Faculty
Eugenio Arima
PhD, 2005 Michigan St. Univ.
Human- Environment Interactions, Land Systems Science, GIScience, Applied Quantitative MethodsCV
Kelley A. Crews
PhD, 2000 UNC-Chapel Hill
Spatio-temporal Scaling of Landscape Change Dynamics and Dynamism, Resilience and Vulnerability of Socio-Ecological Systems in Developing States, and Ecologies of Global HealthCV
Jennifer Miller
PhD, 2003 SDSU / UCSB
GIScience, Species Distribution Modeling, Movement Pattern AnalysisCV
Carlos Ramos-Scharron
PhD, 2004 Colorado St. Univ.
Hydro-geomorphology, Soil Erosion, Sediment Budget, Watershed Analysis & Management, Land Use Change, Carbon Budget, Mass Wasting
Kenneth R. Young
PhD, 1990 University of Colorado - Boulder
Conservation Biogeography, Tropical Ecosystems, Biodiversity Concerns, Sustatinability IssuesCV
Affiliated Researchers

Thoralf Meyer
PhD, 2014 University of Virginia
Environmental Sciences, Kalahari Ecosystems, Vegetation Dynamics, and Remote Sensing/Spectral UnmixingCV
Graduate Students


Paleohydrology, geomorphology, soils and legacy effects
Thomas Christiansen
Landscape and Disturbance Ecology, Biogeography, Savannas, Photogrammetry & Remote SensingDissertation: Structural Disturbance Classes: Explicitly linking field- and satellite- derived measurements for improved disturbance detection and quantification
CV

Human-Environmental Interactions, Human and Animal Geographies, Human Dimensions of Wildlife Studies
Dissertation: Rewilding, Developing, Evolving: human-environmental relations in context of apex predators in Rajasthan, India
CV

GIScience, Biogreography, Movement Ecology, Movement Analysis, Geovisualization/Cartography, Political Ecology
(Webmaster)
Vegetation Ecology, Remote Sensing, Human-Environment Interactions, Disturbance Ecology, Savanna Dynamics
Thesis: Spatio-temporal Analysis of central Texas savannas: Integrating field data with remotely-derived data sources to inform ecosystem function and management
Thesis: Spatio-temporal Analysis of central Texas savannas: Integrating field data with remotely-derived data sources to inform ecosystem function and management


Alex Marden
Vegetation ecology, conservation, human-environment interactions, remote sensing, savanna ecosystems
Cody Schank
Species Distribution Modeling (SDM), Remote Sensing, Conservation, Biogeography, Camera Trapping, Tropical Ecology
Dissertation: Improving Species Distribution Models for Conservation : A case study on connectivity of Baird’s Tapir habitat in Central America

Geospatial and Ecological Modeling, Remote Sensing, Migratory Populations, Seasonal African Ecosystems, Conflict-Environment Relationships

Human-Environment Interactions, Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Land Use Change, GIS, Applied Quantitative Methods, Conservation Incentives, Ecosystem Services, Visual Representation of Complex Information

Xuebin Yang
GIS and Remote Sensing, Statistical Modeling, Savanna Dynamics
Dissertation: Analyzing potential woody cover of central Texas savannas and the role of resource availability and disturbance regimes in woody plant encroachment
Alumni

Paul Holloway
PhD, 2016Biogeography, GIScience, Species Distribution Modeling, Movement Analysis
Dissertation: Incorporating movement into species distribution models
CV
Niti Mishra
PhD, 2014
GIScience and Remote Sensing, Biogeography, Landscape EcologyDissertation: Multi-scale remote sensing of savanna structural and functional properties and their spatial association in the central Kalahari, Botswana
Currently employed at UW-La Crosse, Department of Geography/Earth Science
CV
PhD, 2016
Mountain Geography, Human Dimensions of Global Change, Landscape Ecology, Biogeography, Conservation
Mountain Geography, Human Dimensions of Global Change, Landscape Ecology, Biogeography, Conservation
Dissertation: Andean glacier recession and implications for high altitude peatlands