{"id":19540,"date":"2023-06-08T10:47:15","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T14:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/?page_id=19540"},"modified":"2026-04-15T14:38:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T18:38:36","slug":"student-success","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/academics\/student-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Master of Geospatial Information Science and Technology (MGIST)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2010, our professional master&#8217;s degree program has been training students to tackle geospatial problems and leverage new technologies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What partnerships have MGIST students formed?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Before graduation, each professional master&#8217;s student works directly with a community partner on a capstone project to solve a real-world challenge through experiential learning. Over 120 partners have worked with our students, from local public works departments and small startups to national nonprofits, federal agencies and international companies.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"is-text wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n    \n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\">\n      <a\n        class=\"ncst-block__button-link btn\"\n        href=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/news\/tag\/service-learning\/\"\n        data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\"\n                      >\n                  <span class=\"text\">Read about past capstone projects<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n              <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where do our MGIST alumni work?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Graduates find employment in a range of fields, from environmental services to government administration.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"is-text wp-block-ncst-accordion\" >\n    <div class=\"accordion \" id=\"ncst-accordion-dtrkty\">\n          \n<details class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion-item\" name=\"\"  >\n      <summary class=\"accordion-item__header\">\n        <span class=\"accordion-item__expansion-indicator\">\n          <span class=\"ncst-plus-minus-toggle\"><\/span>\n        <\/span>\n        <h2 class=\"accordion-item__label h6\">Examples of MGIST alumni employers<\/h2>\n      <\/summary>\n      <p>\n        \n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Esri<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Duke Energy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>City of Charlotte<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>US Army<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NC Department of Transportation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NC Department of Environmental Quality<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Timmons Group<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Geo Owl<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Geospatial Intelligence Agency<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Park Service<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and many more&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n      <\/p>\n  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Ph.D. students have won prestigious fellowships and grants to support their work and published their findings in respected peer-reviewed journals, garnering media attention.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"is-text wp-block-ncst-accordion\" >\n    <div class=\"accordion isLinked\" id=\"ncst-accordion-ckftli\">\n          \n<details class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion-item\" name=\"ckftli\"  >\n      <summary class=\"accordion-item__header\">\n        <span class=\"accordion-item__expansion-indicator\">\n          <span class=\"ncst-plus-minus-toggle\"><\/span>\n        <\/span>\n        <h2 class=\"accordion-item__label h6\">National fellowships, scholarships and grants received by Ph.D. students<\/h2>\n      <\/summary>\n      <p>\n        \n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>American Geophysical Union (AGU) Thriving Earth Exchange Fellowship<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Pathways Program<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Great Lakes Summer Fellows Program (in partnership with the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joint Fire Science Program Graduate Research Innovation Grant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences K.C. Donnelly Externship Award<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nature Conservancy NatureNet Fellowship<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Program (GRFP)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Distinguished Graduate Research Program<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rachel Carson Council Fellowship<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stu Shea USGIF Endowed Scholarship<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Women in GIS Graduate Scholarship<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yale Environmental Fellows Program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n      <\/p>\n  <\/details>\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion-item\" name=\"ckftli\"  >\n      <summary class=\"accordion-item__header\">\n        <span class=\"accordion-item__expansion-indicator\">\n          <span class=\"ncst-plus-minus-toggle\"><\/span>\n        <\/span>\n        <h2 class=\"accordion-item__label h6\">First-author publications by Ph.D. students (since 2020)<\/h2>\n      <\/summary>\n      <p>\n        \n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Allen, L.R., et al. (2024). Objective identification of pressure wave events from networks of 1 Hz, high-precision sensors. <em>Atmospheric Measurement Techniques<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/amt-17-113-2024\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/amt-17-113-2024<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coffer, M.M., et al. (2021). Assessing cyanobacterial frequency and abundance at surface waters near drinking water intakes across the United States. <em>Water Research.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.watres.2021.117377\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.watres.2021.117377<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coffer, M.M., et al. (2020). Performance across WorldView-2 and RapidEye for reproducible seagrass mapping. <em>Remote Sensing of Environment. <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.rse.2020.112036\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.rse.2020.112036<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coffer, M.M., et al. (2020). Quantifying national and regional cyanobacterial occurrence in US lakes using satellite remote sensing. <em>Ecological Indicators.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ecolind.2019.105976\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ecolind.2019.105976<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collins, E.L., et al. (2024). Global patterns in river water storage dependent on residence time. <em>Nature Geoscience<\/em>.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41561-024-01421-5\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41561-024-01421-5<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collins, E.L., et al. (2022). Predicting flood damage probability across the conterminous United States. <em>Environmental Research Letters. <a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.1088\/1748-9326\/ac4f0f\">https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.1088\/1748-9326\/ac4f0f<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Composto, R.W., et al. (2024). Quantifying urban flood extent using satellite imagery and machine learning. <em>Natural Hazards<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11069-024-06817-5\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11069-024-06817-5<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Das, R., et al. (2024). Assessment of discontinuity-controlled rock slope instability for debris slide initiation: a GIS-based kinematical analysis in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN, USA. <em>Environmental Earth Sciences<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s12665-024-11578-2\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s12665-024-11578-2<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Das, R., et al. (2024). Machine learning-based assessment of regional-scale variation of landslide susceptibility in central Vietnam. <em>PLoS One<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0308494\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0308494<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Das, R., Wegmann, K.W. (2022). Evaluation of machine learning-based algorithms for landslide detection across satellite sensors for the 2019 Cycline Idai event, Chimanimani District, Zimbabwe. <em>Landslides<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doil.org\/10.1007\/s10346-022-01912-9.pdf\">https:\/\/doil.org\/10.1007\/s10346-022-01912-9.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fleming, C., et al. (2025). Enhancing U.S. swine farm preparedness for infectious foreign animal diseases with rapid access to biosecurity information. <em>Preventive Veterinary Medicine.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.prevetmed.2025.106765\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.prevetmed.2025.106765<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gaines, M.D., et al. (2024). Projecting surface water area under different climate and development scenarios. <em>Earth\u2019s Future<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2024EF004625\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2024EF004625<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gaines, M.D., Tulbure, M.G., Perin, V. (2022). Effects of climate and anthropogenic drivers on surface water area in the Southeastern United States. <em>Water Resources Research. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021WR031484\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021WR031484<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gao, X., et al. (2023). Observations of satellite land surface phenology indicate that maximum leaf greenness is more associated with global vegetation productivity than growing season length. <em>Global Biogeochemical Cycles<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2022GB007462\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2022GB007462<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gao, X., Gray, J.M., Reich, B.J. (2021). Long-term, medium spatial resolution annual land surface phenology with a Bayesian hierarchical model. <em>Remote Sensing of Environment<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.rse.2021.112484\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.rse.2021.112484<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gao, X., et al. (2021). Longer greenup periods associated with greater wood volume growth in managed pine stands. <em>Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.agrformet.2020.108237\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.agrformet.2020.108237<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Goodall, L.A.N., et al. (2025). Recent multilevel demographic and compositional shifts in North Carolina Piedmont forests. <em>Canadian Journal of Forest Research.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1139\/cjfr-2025-0222\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1139\/cjfr-2025-0222<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Goodall, L.A.N., et al. (2026). Modeling forest restoration potential in the Scottish Highlands using multiple machine learning approaches. <em>New Forests.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1139\/cjfr-2025-0222\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1139\/cjfr-2025-0222<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Haedrich, C., et al. (2023). Integrating GRASS GIS and Jupyter Notebooks to facilitate advanced geospatial modeling education. <em>Transactions in GIS<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/tgis.13031\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/tgis.13031<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ifediora, B., Cutts, B.B. (2023). Open and shut: Identifying activity patterns by volunteer organizations active in disaster using space-time permutation scan statistics. <em>International Journal of Mass Emergencies &amp; Disasters<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/02807270231171629\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/02807270231171629<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inglis, N.C., Vukomanovic, J. (2020). Climate change disproportionately affects visual quality of cultural ecosystem services in a mountain region. <em>Ecosystem Services. <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ecoser.2020.101190\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ecoser.2020.101190<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inglis, N.C., Vukomanovic, J. (2020). Visualizing when, where, and how fires happen in U.S. parks and protected areas. <em>ISPRS Intl Journal of Geo-Information<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/ijgi9050333\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/ijgi9050333<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jones, K., et al. (2024). Mapping wildfire jurisdictional complexity reveals opportunities for regional co-management.<br><em>Global Environmental Change<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.gloenvcha.2024.102804\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.gloenvcha.2024.102804<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jones, K., Vukomanovic, J. (2023). Mapping South Florida daily fire risk for decision support using fuel type, water levels, and burn history. <em>Fire<\/em>.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/fire6060236\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/fire6060236<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Karimi, K., et al. (2023). Contrasting annual and summer phosphorus export using a hybrid Baysean watershed model. <em>Water Resources Research<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2022WR033088\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2022WR033088<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lake, T.A., Laginas, B.B., et al. (2026). Continental-scale computer vision models reveal generalizable patterns and pitfalls for urban tree inventories with street-view images. <em>ISPRS Open Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ophoto.2026.100122\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ophoto.2026.100122<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lawrimore, M.A., et al. (2024). Creating spatially complete zoning maps using machine learning. <em>Computers, Environment and Urban Systems<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.compenvurbsys.2024.102157\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.compenvurbsys.2024.102157<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mathieu, M.E., Gray, J., Richmond-Bryant-J. (2023). Spatial associations of long-term exposure to diesel particulate matter with season and annual mortality due to COVID-19 in the contiguous United States. <em>BMC Public Health<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s12889-023-15064-5\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s12889-023-15064-5<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Matli, V.R.R., et al. (2020). Fusion-based hypoxia estimates: Combining geostatistical and mechanistic models of dissolved oxygen variability. <em>Environmental Science and Technology<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.est.0c03655\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.est.0c03655<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>McQuillan, K., Hwang, T., Martin, K.<strong><em> <\/em><\/strong>(2023). Extended growing seasons and decreases in hydrologic connectivity indicate increasing water stress in humid, temperate forests. <em>Agricultural and Forest Meteorology<\/em>.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.agrformet.2023.109525\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.agrformet.2023.109525<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>McQuillan, K., Tulbure, M.G., Martin, K.L. (2022). Forest water use is increasingly decoupled from water availability even during severe drought. <em>Landscape Ecology<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10980-022-01425-9\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10980-022-01425-9<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Millar, G.C, et al. (2021). Space-time analytics of human physiology for urban planning. <em>Computers, Environment and Urban Systems<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.compenvurbsys.2020.101554\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.compenvurbsys.2020.101554<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Montgomery, K., et al. (2020). Measures of canopy structure from low-cost UAS for monitoring crop nutrient status. <em>Drones.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/drones4030036\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/drones4030036<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Osia, U., Cutts, B.B., et al. (2025). Infrastructure as environmental health policy: Lessons from the Clean School Bus Program\u2019s challenges and innovations. <em>International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/ijerph22081232\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/ijerph22081232<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Perin, V., et al. (2022). A multi-sensor satellite imagery approach to monitor on-farm reservoirs. <em>Remote Sensing of Environment. <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.rse.2021.112796\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.rse.2021.112796<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Perin, V., et al. (2021). Monitoring small water bodies using high spatial and temporal resolution analysis ready datasets. <em>Remote Sensing<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/rs13245176\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/rs13245176<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Perkins, D., et al. (2026). Geography of race and income shape spatial data gaps in two national participatory science projects. <em>People and Nature.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/pan3.70307\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/pan3.70307<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reckling, S.K., et al. (2024). Equity in wastewater monitoring: Differences in the demographics and social vulnerability of sewered and unsewered populations across North Carolina. <em>PLoS ONE<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0311516\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0311516<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ricci, S.W., Bohenstiehl, D.R.<em> <\/em>(2022). Monitoring visitation at North Carolina artificial reef sites using high spatiotemporal resolution PlanetScope imagery. <em>Regional Studies in Marine Science<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.rsma.2022.102511\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.rsma.2022.102511<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Saffer, A., et al. (2025). Quantifying uncertainty forecasts of when and where invasions happen. <em>Biological Invasions<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10530-025-03573-w\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10530-025-03573-w<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Saffer, A., et al. (2024). Reconstructing historic and modern potato late blight outbreaks using text analytics. <em>Scientific Reports<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41598-024-52870-2\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41598-024-52870-2<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Saffer, A., et al. (2024). GIATAR: a Spatio-temporal Dataset of Global Invasive and Alien Species and their Traits. <em>Scientific Data.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41597-024-03824-w\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41597-024-03824-w<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sanchez, F., et al. (2023). Spatiotemporal relative risk distribution of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus in the United States. <em>Frontiers in Veterinary Science<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fvets.2023.1158306\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fvets.2023.1158306<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tiwari, V., et al. (2024). Rice yield estimation framework using time-series satellite data &amp; machine learning. <em>PLoS One<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0309982\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0309982<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tiwari, V., et al. (2024). Automated in-season rice crop mapping using Sentinel time-series data and Google Earth Engine: A case study in climate-risk prone Bangladesh. <em>Journal of Environmental Management<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jenvman.2023.119615\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jenvman.2023.119615<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tomkins, L.M., et al. (2022). Image muting of mixed precipitation to improve identification of regions of heavy snow in radar data. <em>Atmospheric Measurement Techniques<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/amt-15-5515-2022\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/amt-15-5515-2022<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>White, C.T., et al. (2023). An open-source platform for geospatial participatory modeling in the cloud. <em>Environmental Modelling &amp; Software<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.envsoft.2023.105767\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.envsoft.2023.105767<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>White, C.T., et al. (2022). Rapid-DEM: Rapid topographic updates through satellite change detection and UAS data fusion. <em>Remote Sensing<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/rs14071718\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/rs14071718<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>White, C.T., et al. (2021). Spatially explicit fuzzy cognitive mapping for participatory modeling of stormwater management. <em>Land.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/land10111114\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/land10111114<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Worm, T., et al<em>.<\/em> (2024). Border interceptions reveal variable bridgehead use in the global dispersal of insects. <em>Global Ecology and Biogeography<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/geb.13924\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/geb.13924<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n      <\/p>\n  <\/details>\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion-item\" name=\"ckftli\"  >\n      <summary class=\"accordion-item__header\">\n        <span class=\"accordion-item__expansion-indicator\">\n          <span class=\"ncst-plus-minus-toggle\"><\/span>\n        <\/span>\n        <h2 class=\"accordion-item__label h6\"><strong>Ph.D. student dissertations<\/strong><\/h2>\n      <\/summary>\n      <p>\n        \n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ncsu.edu\/resolver\/1840.20\/46644\">Dancing with Data: Geospatial Analytics for Tracing Innovation in Urban Dance Culture<\/a> (Christopher Dunstan, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ncsu.edu\/resolver\/1840.20\/46535\">Advanced Geospatial Modeling through Tangible Interfaces and Computational Notebooks<\/a> (Caitlin Haedrich, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ncsu.edu\/resolver\/1840.20\/46484\">Policy, Place, and Practice: Mapping Data into Decisions for Environmental Investment<\/a> (Uchenna Osia, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ncsu.edu\/resolver\/1840.20\/46390\">What&#8217;s All This Then? Managing Piedmont Forests for Balanced Ecosystem Service Delivery<\/a> (Louis Goodall, 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ncsu.edu\/resolver\/1840.20\/46336\">Quantifying the Ephemeral: A High-Resolution Remote Sensing Fusion Framework to Map Dynamic Inundation and Estimate Wetland Methane Fluxes<\/a> (Jenna Abrahamson, 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ncsu.edu\/resolver\/1840.20\/45716\">Interacting Effects of Disturbance, Management, and Climate Drive Landscape-scale Change Across Contrasting Temperate Forest Types in the 21st century<\/a> (Andrew Shannon, 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.lib.ncsu.edu\/items\/085f9399-fcbd-40ff-b9f7-f1e625c0170a\">Blind Spots in Citizen Science Data: Implications of Volunteer Biases in eBird Data<\/a> (Deja Perkins, 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.lib.ncsu.edu\/items\/a67c1a97-e525-4b87-8970-1c7570e80401\">Advancing Climate-Resilient Agriculture and Disaster Management: Applications of Remote Sensing and Machine Learning in Data-Scarce Bangladesh<\/a> (Varun Tiwari, 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ncsu.edu\/resolver\/1840.20\/46698\">Global Prediction of Invasive Insect Spread<\/a> (Thom Worm, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ncsu.edu\/resolver\/1840.20\/44416\">Spatial Predictive Modeling of Particulate Matter Related to Health Effects<\/a> (Martine Mathieu, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ncsu.edu\/resolver\/1840.20\/45402\">Betting the Farm: Does Homogenization Threaten Smallholders&#8217; Climate Resilience?<\/a> (Isabella Hinks, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ncsu.edu\/resolver\/1840.20\/44403\">Reducing Global Pest Forecast Uncertainty with Text Mined Media Records<\/a> (Ariel Saffer, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.lib.ncsu.edu\/items\/d83278ee-e144-4304-9e71-0783a1c06fd3\">Fields and Foragers: Linking Pesticide Landscapes to Wildlife Demography for Pollinator Risk Assessments<\/a> (Annie Paulukonis, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ncsu.edu\/resolver\/1840.20\/42037\">Observed Mesoscale Surface Air Pressure Waves and In-cloud Characteristics in the Context of Winter Storm Structures<\/a><br>(Luke Allen, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ncsu.edu\/resolver\/1840.20\/42019\">Leveraging Remote Sensing and Machine Learning for Advanced Landslide Analysis: From Detection to Prediction to Monitoring across Diverse Geo-environments<\/a> (Raja Das, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ncsu.edu\/resolver\/1840.20\/42006\">Using Earth Observation Data of Different Spatial Resolutions to Quantify the Influence of Anthropogenic and Climate Drivers on Surface Water Dynamics<\/a> (Mollie Gaines, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.lib.ncsu.edu\/items\/75562503-f670-4396-af74-775d5de606b3\">Spatiotemporal Analysis of Innovation Using an Automated Publication Screening<\/a> (Nicholas Grokhowksy, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ncsu.edu\/resolver\/1840.20\/41667\">Multi-Scale Modeling for Wildland Fire Decision Support<\/a> (Kate Jones, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.lib.ncsu.edu\/items\/e59f0b8b-1a9a-4119-b155-bfa58ab694e7\">Synthesis of Radar-Observed Characteristics, Storm Structures, and Surface Snowfall Rates in 10+ Years of Northeast US Winter Storms <\/a>(Laura Tomkins, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.lib.ncsu.edu\/items\/7e7d2617-4d48-4330-8102-2b5aa9d30a0d\">Assessing Spatio-Temporal Variability in Watershed Nutrient Loadings Using Statistical-Mechanistic Modeling<\/a><br>(Kimia Karimi, 2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ncsu.edu\/resolver\/1840.20\/41086\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Does Chilling Explain the Divergent Response of Spring Phenology to Urban Heat Islands?<\/a> (Xiaojie Gao, 2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ncsu.edu\/resolver\/1840.20\/41090\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Advancing Real-time Deforestation Monitoring via Multi-source Remote Sensing Data, Landscape Processes, and End-User Contributions<\/a> (Ian McGregor, 2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ncsu.edu\/resolver\/1840.20\/40990\" target=\"_blank\">Computationally Efficient Approaches to Modeling Flood Risk and River Discharge at Scale <\/a>(Elyssa Collins, 2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ncsu.edu\/resolver\/1840.20\/40771\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Linking Forests and Freshwater Across the Southern Appalachian Forest Landscape<\/a><br>(Katie McQuillan, 2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ncsu.edu\/resolver\/1840.20\/40938\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Disaster Nonprofit Relief and Housing Recovery Using GIS Techniques<\/a>  (Byron Ifediora, 2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ncsu.edu\/resolver\/1840.20\/40848\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facilitating Civic Engagement in Rapidly Urbanizing Regions through Geospatial Participatory Modeling<\/a> (Corey White, 2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.lib.ncsu.edu\/items\/13226dd6-5bfa-4695-b94f-b10cfbf8dd67\">Estimating and Forecasting the Spatio-temporal Hypoxia Dynamics in Northern Gulf of Mexico<\/a> (Venkata Rohith Reddy Matli, 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ncsu.edu\/resolver\/1840.20\/40818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Estimating and Modeling Structural Characteristics of Trees within Aerial LiDAR Data<\/a> (Vishnu Mahesh Vivek Nanda, 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ncsu.edu\/resolver\/1840.20\/39955\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Quantifying On-farm Reservoir Dynamics: An Earth Observation and Hydrological Modeling Approach<\/a> (Vinicius Perin, 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.lib.ncsu.edu\/handle\/1840.20\/39400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mapping Forest Host Species Distributions And Understanding Their Effects On Forecasts Of Disease Spread<\/a><br>(Nicholas Kruskamp, 2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ncsu.edu\/resolver\/1840.20\/39096\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Analytical Approaches for Plant Pest Management Across the Biosecurity Continuum<\/a> (Kellyn Montgomery, 2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.lib.ncsu.edu\/handle\/1840.20\/39251\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Temporally Dynamic Viewscapes for Modeling the Past and Future of Visual Landscape Amenities<\/a> (Nicole Inglis, 2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.lib.ncsu.edu\/handle\/1840.20\/39425\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eyes in the Sky Lend Support for Water Quality Monitoring across Inland and Coastal Environments<\/a> (Megan Coffer, 2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.lib.ncsu.edu\/items\/5efd5864-adfd-456d-96c8-5bee1bc9b2e2\">Emerging Computing Trends, Web GIS Tools, and Forecasting Methods for Geospatial Environmental Decision Support in Service of Complex Land Management Challenges<\/a> (Jason Matney, 2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.lib.ncsu.edu\/items\/1115d0b0-a79f-4032-a5fe-8332a5f044d4\">Geospatial Analytics for Point Clouds in an Open Science Framework<\/a> (Vaclav Petras, 2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.lib.ncsu.edu\/items\/1f0dadff-a1e4-4b14-ba9d-48a837d0fe93\">Tangible Geospatial Modeling<\/a> (Anna Petrasova, 2018)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n      <\/p>\n  <\/details>\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion-item\" name=\"ckftli\"  >\n      <summary class=\"accordion-item__header\">\n        <span class=\"accordion-item__expansion-indicator\">\n          <span class=\"ncst-plus-minus-toggle\"><\/span>\n        <\/span>\n        <h2 class=\"accordion-item__label h6\">Media outlets covering Ph.D. student research<\/h2>\n      <\/summary>\n      <p>\n        \n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Association of Flood Plain Mappers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Aspen Daily News<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CBS 9 (Greenville, NC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CBS 17 (Raleigh, NC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CNN<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colorado Public Radio<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CTV News<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Futurity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>H2O Radio<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Law 360<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Mirage News<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nature World News<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NBC 9 (Denver, CO)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>OBX Today<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Phys.org<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PiPa News<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Science Daily<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Verve Times<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Scientific American<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tech Explorist<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The News &amp; Observer<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WUNC Public Radio (Chapel Hill, NC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n      <\/p>\n  <\/details>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recent Job Placements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Our doctoral program prepares students for a range of careers in industry, academia, government agencies, and nonprofit research organizations. Many graduates are accepted to competitive postdoctoral research fellowships immediately after graduation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2025-2026<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-red-heading\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Graduate<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Organization<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Advisor<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Jenna Abrahamson<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Pacific Northwest National Laboratory<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Josh Gray<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Andrew Shannon<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">University of Toronto<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Rob Scheller<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Uchenna Osia<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Bethany Cutts<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Margaret Lawrimore<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">University of Minnesota<br>U-Spatial<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Georgina Sanchez &amp; Ross Meentemeyer<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Stacie Reckling<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Centers for Disease Control &#8211; National Wastewater Surveillance System<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Helena Mitasova<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Caitlin Haedrich<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Battelle<br>Memorial Institute<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Helena Mitasova<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024-2025<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-red-heading\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Student<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Organization<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Advisor<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Varun Tiwari<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Clark University<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Mirela Tulbure<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Thom Worm<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Center for Integrated Pest Management (NC State)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Chris Jones &amp; <br>Ross Meentemeyer<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Ariel Saffer<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Center for Integrated Pest Management (NC State)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Chris Jones &amp; <br>Ross Meentemeyer<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Martine Mathieu<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Emory University<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Jennifer<br>Richmond-Bryant<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Izzi Hinks<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">UNC Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Josh Gray<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2023-2024<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-red-heading\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Student<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Organization<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Advisor<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Mollie Gaines<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">NC State University<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Mirela Tulbure<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Raja Das<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Washington and Lee University<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Karl Wegmann<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Luke Allen<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Stockholm University<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Sandra Yuter<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Annie Paulukonis<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Environmental <br>Protection Agency<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Helena Mitasova<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Nick Grokhowsky<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Arthur J. Gallagher<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Helena Mitasova<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Kate Jones<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">NC State University<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Jelena Vukomanovic<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Laura Tomkins<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Karen Clark &amp; Company<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Sandra Yuter<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2022-2023<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-red-heading\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Student<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Organization<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" 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data-align=\"center\">Josh Gray<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Elyssa Collins<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">NASA Goddard<br>Space Flight Center<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Georgina Sanchez &amp; <br>Ross Meentemeyer<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Corey White<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">NC State University<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Helena Mitasova<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Vishnu Mahesh<br>Vivek Nanda<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">NextEra Analytics<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Perver Baran &amp;<br>Laura Tateosian<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Byron Ifediora<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Environmental<br>Protection Agency<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Bethany Cutts<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Katie McQuillan<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Virginia Tech<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Katie Martin<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Venkata Rohith Reddy Matli<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Spectrum Enterprise<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Dan Obenour<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2021-2022<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-red-heading\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Student<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Organization<\/th><th 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