Current Students

Claudia Alberico
Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management Ph.D. student
Advisor: Aaron Hipp
Research: Using spatial analytics to understand children’s use of public spaces and health outcomes
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Daniela Agostini
Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management master’s student
Advisor: Jelena Vukomanovic
Research: Identifying the spatial and non-spatial trends in research conducted in Congaree National Park
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William Beam
Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management master’s student
Advisor: Aaron Hipp
Understanding the spatial relationship between parks, urban heat islands, and vulnerable communities
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Laura Belica
Forestry and Environmental Resources Ph.D. student
Advisor: Stacy Nelson
Research: Developing process-based open science methods to monitor and model the impacts of forest change on stream temperatures
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Megan Coffer
Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student
Advisor: Helena Mitasova
Research: Creating metrics to assess the frequency of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms in inland lakes using satellite remote sensing
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Elyssa Collins
Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student
Advisor: Ross Meentemeyer
Research: Forecasting the spatial redistribution of people and infrastructure following sea level rise
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Mollie Gaines
Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student
Advisor: Mirela Tulbure
Research: Examining surface water connectivity and how it may change with forecasted changes in climate and land use
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Xiaojie Gao
Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student
Advisor: Josh Gray
Research: Studying the environmental impacts of global warming, with aims to understand human-nature interactions and global climate change
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Devon Gaydos
Forestry and Environmental Resources Ph.D. student
Advisor: Ross Meentemeyer
Research: Developing participatory models to engage stakeholders in controlling the spread of infectious disease
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Umesh Gupta
Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student
Co-advisors: Raju Vatsavai and Ross Meentemeyer
Research: Specialized AI and deep learning framework for dynamic spatial-temporal models in landscape forecasting, detection and advance prediction
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Jing-Huei Huang
Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management Ph.D. student
Co-advisors: Aaron Hipp and Myron Floyd
Research: Understanding use of urban green spaces through location-based social media data
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Byron Ifediora
Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student
Advisor: Bethany Cutts
Research: Understanding how communities recover from disasters by measuring social cohesion and social vulnerability factors
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Nicole Inglis
Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student
Advisor: Jelena Vukomanovic
Research: Developing decision support tools for fire management teams in National Parks
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Kate Jones
Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student
Advisor: Rob Scheller
Research: Integrating geospatial technologies with ecological modeling to understand forest disturbance and climate adaptation
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Kimia Karimi
Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student
Advisor: Dan Obenour
Research: Modeling watersheds and water quality to assess eutrophication trends under historical and projected scenarios
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Nicholas Kruskamp
Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student
Co-advisors: Ross Meentemeyer and Josh Gray
Research: Combining geospatial technologies and ecological modeling to understand the effects of emerging infectious diseases on forest ecosystems
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Zekun Lin
Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student
Co-advisors: Ross Meentemeyer and Adam Terando
Research: Estimating population density and land cover changes under urban growth, urbanization and climate change scenarios
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Vishnu Mahesh Vivek Nanda
Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student
Co-advisors: Perver Baran and Laura Tateosian
Research: Geospatial data visualization and big data analytics for sustainable development
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Martine Mathieu
Forestry and Environmental Resources master’s student
Advisor: Stacy Nelson
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Venkata Matli
Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student
Advisor: Dan Obenour
Research: Developing geostatistical models to study large-scale aquatic systems (e.g., modeling hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico) with limited available in situ data
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Ian McGregor
Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student
Advisor: Josh Gray
Research: Using remote sensing to understand forest productivity, with the goal of applying this to ecological forecasts and species conservation
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Katie McQuillan
Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student
Advisor: Katie Martin
Research: Investigating how the distribution and ecosystem function of forests and vegetation protect and sustain water resources for people and biodiversity now and into the future
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Garrett Millar
Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student
Advisor: Helena Mitasova
Research: Developing and evaluating geovisualization technologies for the support of spatial thinking, learning, decision making, and problem solving
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Kellyn Montgomery
Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student
Advisor: Helena Mitasova
Research: Geospatial data analytics for managing agricultural crop stressors at multiple scales
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Vinicius Perin
Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student
Advisor: Mirela Tulbure
Research: Applying high-resolution satellite imagery to evaluate small water bodies close to agricultural lands
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Joshua Randall
Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management Ph.D. student
Co-advisors: Jelena Vukomanovic and Bethany Cutts
Research: Developing a multidimensional spatial index characterizing energy poverty at multiple scales
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Shannon Ricci
Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student
Advisor: Del Bohnenstiehl
Research: Developing automated processing techniques to analyze passive acoustic data collected in marine environments
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Paul Schrum
Forestry and Environmental Resources Ph.D. student
Advisor: Stacy Nelson
Research: Leveraging computational geometry to improve geospatial modelling techniques and algorithms
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Laura Tomkins
Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student
Advisor: Sandra Yuter
Research: Studying snow bands and winter storm dynamics in the Northeast United States
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Jashira Torres Pabón
Forestry and Environmental Resources master’s student
Advisor: Stacy Nelson
Research: Analyzing management strategies for the red snapper recreational fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico
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Ruixue Wang
Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student
Advisor: Aaron Hipp
Research: Developing and evaluating new methods in the application of geospatial analysis for the Conservation and Outdoor Recreation (COR) Branch of the National Park Service (NPS)
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Corey White
Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student
Co-advisors: Ross Meentemeyer and Helena Mitasova
Research: Developing a serious game (TomorrowNow) using participatory modeling to inform decisions in smart and connected communities
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Thom Worm
Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student
Advisor: Ross Meentemeyer
Research: Examining human-driven changes in landscapes and forecasting ecological change in a growing world
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Alexander Yoshizumi
Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student
Advisor: Jelena Vukomanovic
Research: Investigating how best to make energy and transportation systems more equitable, sustainable, efficient, and resilient
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