Instructors
Our instructors teaching in the professional master’s and Ph.D. programs are committed to providing high-quality learning experiences that help students grow and apply their new skills to real-world challenges. Instructors additionally designated as Faculty Fellows advise Ph.D. students with similar research interests, listed below.

Perver Baran
Teaching Professor
Center for Geospatial Analytics
Creating Near Real-Time Decision Analytics, Perception and Design of Public Spaces
kperver@ncsu.edu
919-513-2373

Bethany Cutts
Associate Professor
Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management
Engaging Communities with Participatory Modeling, Sustainability Solutions
bbcutts@ncsu.edu
919-515-5749

Joshua Gray
Associate Professor
Forestry and Environmental Resources
Mapping a Dynamic Planet, Land Use and Vegetation Dynamics
josh_gray@ncsu.edu
919-515-3437

Aaron Hipp
Associate Director of Social and Behavioral Science Applications
Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management
Mapping a Dynamic Planet, Built Environments and Human Health
jahipp@ncsu.edu
919-515-3433

Helena Mitasova
Associate Director of Earth and Environmental Sciences Applications
Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Exploring Models through Tangible Interaction, Modeling of Landscape Processes
hmitaso@ncsu.edu
919-513-1327

Stacy Nelson
Professor
Forestry and Environmental Resources
Mapping a Dynamic Planet, Modeling and Analysis of Land and Aquatic systems

Robert Scheller
Professor
Forestry and Environmental Resources
Forecasting Landscape and Environmental Change, Landscape Change and Disturbance
rschell@ncsu.edu
919-513-3973

Laura Tateosian
Associate Teaching Professor
Center for Geospatial Analytics
Mapping a Dynamic Planet, Data Synthesis and Visualization
lgtateos@ncsu.edu
919-515-3435

Raju Vatsavai
Associate Director of GeoAI and Computational Science Applications
Computer Science
Forecasting Landscape and Environmental Change, Big Data Analytics and High Performance Computing
rvatsavai@ncsu.edu
919-515-6019