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Research assistants, research associates and research scholars bring invaluable experience to scholarly projects at the Center for Geospatial Analytics, exercising their talents to develop new approaches to complex problems.

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Whether developing new teaching strategies, competing for selective funding opportunities or providing instrumental talent to spearhead or support existing projects, our research staff are pioneers in their fields.

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December 16, 2024

How “thirsty” trees may make forests more vulnerable to climate change

A new study led by Geospatial Analytics PhD alum Katie McQuillan suggests that increased maple populations in western NC may leave forests more vulnerable to extreme weather conditions like flooding and drought.
Ant on plant - Study Finds Mutualistic Relationships Changing With Climate - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

October 17, 2024

Study Finds Mutualistic Relationships Changing With Climate

Research led by Center Faculty Fellow Elsa Youngsteadt finds that climate change could be destabilizing the mutualistic relationships between insects and plants.
Hunt library and view of the sky - Atmospheric Methane Increase Due Primarily to Wetland Flooding - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

September 25, 2024

Atmospheric Methane Increase During Pandemic Due Primarily to Wetland Flooding

Research led by Center Faculty Fellow Zhen Qu shows that flooded wetlands, not decreased pollution, were key drivers of atmospheric methane increases during the pandemic.
Flooded Philadelphia street - Using Machine Learning to Map Floods - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

August 21, 2024

Using Machine Learning to Map Floods

A Ph.D. student at the Center for Geospatial Analytics trained a machine-learning model to create maps that could help identify potentially flood-prone areas in urban settings.
Colorado River aerial view - A New Global Accounting of Earth's Rivers - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

April 26, 2024

A New Global Accounting of Earth’s Rivers

New research led by Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. alum Elyssa Collins and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory reveals how much water Earth’s rivers hold.
Late blight disease on potato leaf - Using Written Records - and Tweets - as a Roadmap for Plant Disease Spread - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

February 15, 2024

Using Written Records – and Tweets – as a Roadmap for Plant Disease Spread

New research led by Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Ariel Saffer and co-authored by Faculty Fellow Laura Tateosian and MGIST alum Yi-Peng Yang shows how analyzing historic and modern texts can help researchers track and visualize plant diseases like late blight.