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PEOPLE
Directors
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- GIScience & remote sensing
- Forest ecology and management
- Human-environment interactions
- GIS applications in ecology &
conservation
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- GIScience and remote sensing
- Geospatial statistics and geocomputation
- Spatial data management and data mining
- Environment and natural resources management
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Postdoctoral Researchers
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Chunhua Wang
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M.A. Peking University, China,
Ph.D. Oregon State University
Chunhua.Wang@uncc.edu,
CV in pdf:
click here
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Land use change
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Environmental economics
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Regional economics
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Sanjay Lamsal
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M S. Gent University, Belgium, Ph D. University of Florida, USA
slamsal@uncc.edu, CV in
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click here
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Research & Outreach
Scientists
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- GIS and remote sensing
- Land change modeling
- Human-environment interactions
- ESRI Authorized Instructor
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Marketa Vaclavikova
- M.S. Palacky
University, Czech Republic, RNDr. Palacky University, Czech Republic
mvaclavikova@uncc.edu
http://macu.euweb.cz
- Administrative coordination, web design,
PR
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Human-wildlife conflicts
- Nature conservation
- Environmental Impact Assessment
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Luther Quinn
- M.S. University of
Florida, Gainesville
luther.quinn@uncc.edu
- Landscape Ecology
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Human-Environment Interactions
- Society’s Dependence Upon Ecological Services
- GIS Analysis and Predictive Modeling
- Windows/Web .NET/ArcObjects Programming
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Morgan Kennedy
- B.A. Sonoma State University
treegypsy@hotmail.com
- Sudden Oak Death research
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Landscape ecology and conservation
- Land-use change assessment
- Integrated management of forest landscapes
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Ph.D.
Students
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Amy Davis
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M.L.A. Syracuse University
Advisor: Ross Meentemeyer
ajstephe@uncc.edu
- GIS applications in ecology
- Biological invasions
- Landscape & urban ecology
- Urban & environmental planning
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Tomas Vaclavik
- M.S. Palacky University, Czech Republic,
Fulbright at Clark University, RNDr. Palacky University, Czech Rep.
Advisor: Ross Meentemeyer
tvaclavi@uncc.edu
http://tova.euweb.cz
- GIS & remote sensing
- Species distribution modeling
- Landscape and disease ecology
- Land-use/land-cover change
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Sarah Haas - M.S. University of Florida
Advisor: Ross Meentemeyer
shaas1@uncc.edu
- Remote sensing & GIS
- Landscape ecology
- Disease ecology
- Landscape genetics
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Kunwar Singh - M. Tech. Indian Institute of Remote Sensing,
M.S. Saint Cloud State University
Advisor: Ross Meentemeyer
ksingh9@uncc.edu
- Geospatial Science
- Environmental monitoring and modeling
- Dynamics of Land use/Land cover change
- Spatial Statistics
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Monica Dorning
- M.S. Wright State University, Dayton OH
Advisor: Ross Meentemeyer
mdorning@uncc.edu
- Landscape ecology
- Environmental protection
- Conservation planning
- GIS and environmental modeling
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Xuchu Meng
- M.A. University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Advisor: Wei-Ning Xiang
xmeng@uncc.edu
- Multi-attribute assessment and evaluation
- Regional planning and decision making
- Spatial modeling
- System dynamics in regional and ecological
planning
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Zhaoya Gong
- M.A. University of Toledo
Advisor:
Jean-Claude Thill
zgong1@uncc.edu
- GIS & Remote Sensing
- Urban land use modeling
- Artificial neural networks
- Agent-based modeling
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Onyewuchi Obirieze
- M.S. GIS University of Nottingham United Kingdom
Advisor: Jean-Claude Thill
oobiriez@uncc.edu
- GIS in urban studies/urban growth
- Spatial modeling of urban dynamics
- Crime Analysis & Crime Mapping
- Public health and infectious diseases in developing countries
- Geographic data in public sector decision support systems
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Masters Students
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Emily Holland
- B.S. North Carolina State University
Advisor: Ross Meentemeyer
ehollan6@uncc.edu
- Environmental
statistics
- GIS & spatial
analysis
- Habitat suitability modeling
- Ecological
applications
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Xiaojia Wang
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B.S. Southeast University, China
Advisor: Jean-Claude Thill
xwang49@uncc.edu
- Geographic
information sciences
- Spatial
analysis
- Transportation
- Spatial
decision support systems
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Pia Amante
- M.S. Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
Advisor: Ross Meentemeyer
mamante@uncc.edu
- GIS & Remote sensing
- Conservation Biology
- Disease Ecology
- Biodiversity & Ecosystems
- Global Environmental Change
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Geoffrey White
- B.A. University of Arizona
Advisor: Michael Duncan
gwhite21@uncc.edu
- Social justice, political activism
- Human-environmental interaction
- GIS and quantitative analysis
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Public policy and decision support systems
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Shuping Li
- B.E. Xiamen University, China
Advisor: Eric Delmelle
sli16@uncc.edu
- GIS programming
- Geospatial visualization
- Spatial analysis and modeling
- Spatial decision making
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Alex Hohl
- B.S. University of Zurich, Switzerland
Advisor: Ross Meentemeyer
ahohl@uncc.edu
- Environmental Modeling with GIS
- Soils and Geology
- Ecology
- Biogeochemistry
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- GIS/Remote Sensing Environmental Modeling and Analysis
- Human/Environment Interaction Predictive Modeling
- Land-use/Land-cover change effect on resource/energy consumption
- Political Ecology
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Undergrad Research
Assistants
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Brian Wize
- B.S., UNC Charlotte (in progress)
Advisor: Laurie Garo
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Cartographic Design
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Conservation
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Environmental Planning
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Demography
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Information Technology
Support
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- Information Technology
- Computer programming
- GIS applications
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- IT and computer programming support
- GIS software administration
- Arc Spatial Database & Arc Internet Map Servers
- Air quality modeling
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Previous Students & Researchers
Postdoctoral Researchers
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Tom Vanwallegham
- Worked with Meentemeyer
on modeling effects of landscape heterogeneity and
forest structure on understory microclimate conditions
- Currently a Post Doctoral Researcher at the Dept. of
Agronomy, University of
Cordoba, Spain
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Alicia Ellis
- Together with Meentemeyer and Vaclavik, she tested how incorporating the effects of spatial structure and functional connectivity into a spatially explicit model of sudden oak death influences model performance
- Currently a Post Doctoral Researcher at the Dept. of
Entomology, UC Davis, CA
Research Technicians
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Chris Oneal
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Worked on the analysis of historical land-cover changes
in the Big Sur ecoregion,
assisted with research on
mapping Sudden Oak Death Tree mortality
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Maria Pilar Jimenez
Donaire
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Worked on mapping land-use/land-cover changes in Big Sur
ecoregion
PhD Students
Graduate Students
- Robert Huizar
- assisted with several research
topics, e.g., Sudden Oak Death tree mortality in
Big Sur,
urban growth modeling and web site design and maintenance,
etc.
- Jonathan Kozar
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assisted with research on
mapping Sudden Oak Death tree mortality in the Big
Sur ecoregion and maintaining and updating the Center’s GIS library
- Sila Vlachou
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assisted with research on
mapping Sudden Oak Death tree mortality in the Big
Sur ecoregion
Undergraduate Students
- Mindy Mahar
- assisted with research
on mapping land-use/land-cover changes (1929-present)
in the Big Sur ecoregion and helped the Center with information
dissemination.
- Grant Russell
- assisted with research
on mapping land-use/land-cover changes (1929-present)
in the Big Sur ecoregion |
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