Current Group Members
Former Group Members
Postdocs
Dan Wanyama (2021-2023)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut
Dawn Nekorchuk (2017-2022)
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Spatial Informatics Group
Justin Davis (2016-2020)
Current Position: Research Analyst, Oklahoma Health Care Authority
Francis Dwomoh (2018-2019)
Current Position: Research Scientist, USGS Center for Earth Resoruces Observation and Science (EROS)
Christopher Merkord (2014-2017)
Current Position: Associate Professor, Minnesota State University Mankato
Zhihua Liu (2012-2016)
Current Position: Research Scientist, University of Montana
Chris Wright (2011-2013)
Current Position: Research Associate, Natural Resources Research Institute
Ting-Wu Chuang (2009-2012)
Current Position: Professor, Taipei Medical University
Aki Michimi (2008-2011)
Current Position: Adjunct Professor, University of Connecticut
Mirela Tulbure (2008-2010)
Current Position: Professor, North Carolina State University
Graduate Students
Andrews Korah (8/2024)
Ph.D. in Geography and Environmental Sustainability, University of Oklahoma
Dissertation: Using Satellite Observations to Understand and Project the Urban Expansion Dynamics of the West Africa Urban System
Nikhil Poudyal (8/2024)
M.S. in Geography and Environmetal Sustainability, University of Oklahoma
Thesis: Diurnal Changes in Surface Urban Heat Islands and their Relationships with Land Cover
Robert Moore (5/2024)
M.S. in Geography and Enivonmental Sustainability, University of Oklahoma
Thesis: Enhanced Assessments of Tornado Locations and Damage Using Geospatial Technologies
Avery Taylor (5/2022)
M.S. in Geography and Environmental Sustainability, University of Oklahoma
Andrea McMahon (8/2021)
Ph.D. in Geography and Environmental Sustainability, University of Oklahoma
Dissertation: Earth Observation and Mosquito-Borne Diseases: Assessing Environmental Risk Factors for Transmission via Remote Sensing Data
Francis Dwomoh (5/2018)
Ph.D. in Geospatial Science and Engineering, South Dakota State University
Dissertation: Vulnerability of Protected Areas to Human Encroachment, Climate Change and Fire in the Fragmented Tropical Forests of West Africa.
Kyle Kaskie (5/2018)
M.S. in Biological Sciences, South Dakota State University
Thesis: Mapping and Risk Assessment of Juniper Encroachment Into a Prairie Landscape.
Henok Alemu (5/2015)
Ph.D. in Geospatial Science and Engineering, South Dakota State University
Dissertation: Contemporary Evapotranspiration Changes and Drivers in the Nile Basin.
Alemayehu Midekisa (12/2014)
Ph.D. in Geospatial Science and Engineering, South Dakota State University
Dissertation: Integrating Multi-Sensor Satellite Data for Malaria Early Warning in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia.
Aaron Friesz (8/2012)
M.S. in Geography, South Dakota State University
Thesis: Effects of Bird Community Structure on West Nile Virus Incidence in the Northern Great Plains.
Narayana Ganapathy (12/2011)
Ph.D. in Geospatial Science and Engineering, South Dakota State University
Dissertation: Influences of Forest Roads on the Spatial Pattern of Modern Wildfire Regimes in the East Cascades of Washington State.
Aashis Lamsal (8/2011)
M.S. in Geography, South Dakota State University
Thesis: Evaluating Geospatial Visualization Methods for West Nile Virus Risk Mapping.
Stephen Boyte (8/2009)
M.S. in Geography, South Dakota State University
Thesis: Modeling Fire Disturbance and Forest Structure Change in the Black Hills
Jamie Manangan (12/2006)
M.S. in Wildlife Ecology and Management, University of Georgia
Thesis: Spatial Analysis of the Distributions of Two Tick-Borne Bacteria, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Ehrlichia chaffeensis, in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley.
Darroc Goolsby (12/2005)
M.S. in Forest Biology, University of Georgia
Thesis: Patterns of Land Use and Succession in a Longleaf Pine Forest.
Yangjian Zhang (5/2005)
Ph.D. in Forest Resource Management, University of Georgia
Dissertation: Identification of the Wildland-Urban Interface at Regional and Landscape Scales.
Matthew Reilly (8/2004)
M.S. in Forest Biology, University of Georgia
Thesis: Plant Community Dynamics Following Wildfire in the South Appalachians: Changes in Diversity at Multiple Spatial Scales.
Undergraduate Students
Michael Glessner (2021-2022)
Dillon Haller (2019-2020)
Micala Newland (2019-2020)