Exploring Urban Landscape Connectivity for Pollinators Using Spatially Explicit Agent-Based Models Speaker: Dr. Elsa Youngsteadt, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Ecology, and CGA Faculty Fellow, North Carolina State University Introduction by: Dr. Georgina Sanchez, CGA's Director of Research Engagement Summary: Animal movement is central to ecology, determining individuals’ access to resources and mates while mediating…

Urban Heterogeneity Measurements, Forecasts, and Uses Speaker: Dr. Christa Brelsford, Research Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory Hosted by: Dr. Mollie Gaines, Postdoctoral Research Scholar, FER Summary: How do we measure connectivity in urban environments? How much heterogeneity in urban environments is to be expected? To what extent is the built environment shaped by socioeconomic processes,…

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. students will share current research in a series of short talks. Hosted by: Rachel Kasten, CGA's Student Services Specialist Student presenters: > Titilayo Tajudeen -- Assessing Coastal Forest Retreat under Current and Future Climate and Sea Level Rise Projections; advised by Dr. Katie Martin > Eli Horner -- Quantifying and Partitioning Uncertainty…

Global Data for Local Action: Saving the World One Data Dashboard at a Time Speaker: Dr. Ted Wong, Data Scientist and Research Associate, Urban Analytics, Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, World Resources Institute Hosted by: John Vogler, Research Scholar, CGA Summary: World Resources Institute is a large environmental NGO which (among other things) provides geospatial…