People

Current Group Members

Former Group Members

Postdocs

Yusuf Jamal (2024-2026)
Current Position: Associate Professor, Integral University

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 Resources Observation and Science (EROS)

Christopher Merkord (2014-2017)
Current Position: Associate Professor, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Zhihua Liu (2012-2016)
Current Position: Research Scientist, CTrees

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

Bridget Greb (8/2026)
M.S. in Geography and Environmental Sustainability, University of OKlahoma
Thesis: The Impact of Different Drought Metrics on West Nile virus Prediction in Oklahoma

Eric Bump (12/2025)
Ph.D. in Geography and Environmental Sustainability, University of Oklahoma
Dissertation: Broadening Climate Perspective in Vector Ecoloyg by Examining Multidimensional Drivers Across Scales

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 Environmental 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 Environmental 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

Ryan Penic (2024-2025)

Michael Glessner (2021-2022)

Dillon Haller (2019-2020)

Micala Newland (2019-2020)