You’re invited to a special event at the Center for Geospatial Analytics at NC State University on May 22, 2025, as part of the GRASS Developer Summit Raleigh 2025. We’ll kick things off at 4:00 PM with a series of fast-paced GRASS Lightning Talks by speakers from mundialis, Natrx, Bohannan Huston, government, and academia, showcasing…
Monitoring Dryland Ecosystem Function with Multi-Source and Multi-Scale Remote Sensing Speaker: Dr. Matt Dannenberg, Associate Professor, School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability, University of Iowa Hosted by: Dr. Chris Jones, Senior Research Staff and Faculty Fellow, Center for Geospatial Analytics, NC State Summary: Drylands make up ~40% of Earth’s land surface and are home to…
From Software Distribution to Species Distribution: an Engineer’s Journey into Marine Spatial Ecology Speaker: Mr. Jason Roberts, Associate in Research, Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University Hosted by: Dr. DelWayne Bohnenstiehl, Professor in the Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and CGA Faculty Fellow Summary: Species distribution models increasingly drive regulatory and policy decisions…
Leveraging Geospatial Analytics for Watershed-Scale Surveillance of Antibiotic Resistance and Pesticides Speaker: Dr. Jacelyn Rice-Boayue, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, and CGA Faculty Fellow Introduction by: Dr. Georgina Sanchez, CGA's Director of Research Engagement Summary: Municipal wastewater discharges are an increasingly important resource amid climate-driven water stress, but also a significant…
Leveraging Geospatial Science to Better Understand How We Live, Work and Play Speaker: Dr. Enbal Shacham, Associate Dean for Research in the College for Public Health and Social Justice, and Professor of Behavioral Science and Health Equity, Saint Louis University Hosted by the Geospatial Graduate Student Organization and part of GIS Week at NC State.…
Virtual symposium with posters viewable online from 12pm Dec 10 until 2pm Dec 11. The MGIST Digital Symposium is an opportunity for our graduating professional master’s students to present their Capstone projects to the geospatial community at NC State and beyond. This includes student peers, alumni, faculty and staff from across the university, and our…
Data Challenges in Geospatial Measures of Parks and Ways Forward Speakers: Dr. Katie Burford and Dr. Youngjae Won, Postdoctoral Research Scholars, Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, North Carolina State University Hosted by: Dr. Aaron Hipp, Professor and CGA Fellow for Social and Behavioral Science Applications, Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, North…
Exploring Urban Landscape Connectivity for Pollinators Using Spatially Explicit Agent-Based Models Speaker: Dr. Elsa Youngsteadt, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Ecology, and CGA Faculty Fellow, North Carolina State University Introduction by: Dr. Georgina Sanchez, CGA's Director of Research Engagement Summary: Animal movement is central to ecology, determining individuals’ access to resources and mates while mediating…
Urban Heterogeneity Measurements, Forecasts, and Uses Speaker: Dr. Christa Brelsford, Research Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory Hosted by: Dr. Mollie Gaines, Postdoctoral Research Scholar, FER Summary: How do we measure connectivity in urban environments? How much heterogeneity in urban environments is to be expected? To what extent is the built environment shaped by socioeconomic processes,…
Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. students will share current research in a series of short talks. Hosted by: Rachel Kasten, CGA's Student Services Specialist Student presenters: > Eli Horner -- Quantifying and Partitioning Uncertainty through Space and Time in Ecological Forecasts using the Sobol Method; co-advised by Dr. Chris Jones and Dr. Ross Meentemeyer Summary: Whenever we…