Ross Meentemeyer
Director
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Bio
Ross provides strategic direction and oversight for the Center’s programs and initiatives in research and academics. He works across disciplinary boundaries to develop innovative analytics for scenario-based modeling and visualization of alternative futures. Ross is a Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Professor and faculty member in the College of Natural Resources. In 2019, he was named NC State’s Goodnight Distinguished Professor of Geospatial Analytics. He has been principal investigator of numerous research grants totaling over $15M, including two decades of continuous funding from the National Science Foundation. His projects catalyze the creation of interdisciplinary teams of data scientists––from the natural and social sciences, engineering, and design––who are collaborating on grand societal challenges, such as controlling the spread of infectious disease and creating smart and connected cities. According to Ross, “everything is spatial and location matters in science, society and decision-making.” Ross received his Ph.D. in geography from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also served as president of the US-International Association of Landscape Ecology from 2016 to 2018.
Publications
- An open-source platform for geospatial participatory modeling in the cloud , ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE (2023)
- Forecasting global spread of invasive pests and pathogens through international trade , ECOSPHERE (2023)
- Point Density Variations in Airborne Lidar Point Clouds , SENSORS (2023)
- Spatially interactive modeling of land change identifies location-specific adaptations most likely to lower future flood risk , SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2023)
- Viewscape change highlights shifting drivers of exurban development over time , LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING (2023)
- Integrating principles and tools of decision science into value-driven watershed planning for compensatory mitigation , ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS (2022)
- Predicting flood damage probability across the conterminous United States , ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS (2022)
- Rapid-DEM: Rapid Topographic Updates through Satellite Change Detection and UAS Data Fusion , REMOTE SENSING (2022)
- Spatially disaggregated simulation of interactions between home prices and land-use change , ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING B-URBAN ANALYTICS AND CITY SCIENCE (2022)
- Spotted lanternfly predicted to establish in California by 2033 without preventative management , COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY (2022)