Researchers
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.
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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Dr. Okan Pala
This research associate won a grant from Distance Education and Learning Technologies Applications to create an educational hurricane drill for his new disaster management course.
Justin Shedd
The research associate specializing in GIS for fire management is also a GeoMentor with the American Association of Geographers and helps students at local schools explore mapmaking.
Dr. Chris Jones
This research associate is the lead developer of PoPS, the Pest or Pathogen Spread forecast, a system that is helping the USDA and other agencies manage the spread of invasive insect pests.
Bill Slocumb
Specializing in developing web mapping applications for the National Park Service, this research associate mentors students to create useful and popular web tools to navigate parks like Shenandoah.