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2012

• Becker-Reshef, Inbal- University of Maryland- Food, Price and Conflict: Earth Observations-based Agricultural Production forecasting to assess potential impacts on grain markets and civil unrest
• Cobourn, Kelly-Boise State University. Water Institutions and Agricultural Land-Use Change across the Western U.S.
• Galford, Gillian-University of Vermont. Environmental and socioeconomic outcomes of the new African Green Revolution
• Grace, Kathryn-University of Utah. Examining the links between agriculture and human health in a context of climate change: A case study of three West African countries - Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali
• Julian, Jason –University of Oklahoma. Land Management Impacts on Water Quality in New Zealand across Political Boundaries
• Leisz, Stephen-Colorado State University. Increased accessibility, landscape changes, rural transformations, and urbanization: Impacts of the east-west economic corridor from Da Nang, Vietnam, to Khon Kaen, Thailand
• McCarty, Jessica -Michigan Tech Research Institute. The role of environmental, socioeconomic, institutional, and land-cover/land-use change factors to explain the pattern and causal drivers of anthropogenic fires in post-Soviet Eastern Europe
• Wendland, Kelly – University of Idaho. Land tenure, property rights, and land cover and land use change at transboundary sites in the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor University of Idaho
• Loboda, Tatiana- University of Maryland. Social drivers of land cover change around African transboundary Peace Parks
• Zhou, Yuyu-Joint Global Change Research Institute. Understanding and Simulating Global Urban Expansion in the Context of Climate Change

2011

• Falkowski, Michael - Michigan Technological University. Enhancing Tools and Geospatial Data to Support Operational Forest Management
  and Regional Forest Planning in the Face of Climate Change
• Kirschbaum, Dalia - Goddard Space Flight Center. Using Remotely Sensed Data to Bridge Empirical and Physical Approaches for
  Landslide Monitoring and Early Warning

2009

• Franz, Kristie - Iowa State University. Remote Sensing Data as Drivers for Streamflow Prediction Models for the Upper Midwest: Focusing on the Wetting and Drying Periods
• Hayes, Daniel - University of Alaska Fairbanks. Diagnosis and Attribution of the Contemporary North American Terrestrial CO2 Sink: The Role of Disturbance and Land Use Change
• Lohman, Rowena - Cornell. The Next Decade of NASA satellites: Bringing New Data into the Classroom and as Constraints on Coastal Subsidence
• Palace, Michael - University of New Hampshire. Estimation of tropical forest structure using multiple remote sensing platforms and field based data

2007

• Jin, Yufang - University of California - Irvine. Fire-induced Changes in Albedo and the Associated Radiative Forcing: A Comparison of Boreal Canada and Australia Tropical Savannas
• Kennedy, Robert - USDA Forest Service. Leveraging Temporal Variation In Climate And Management Across National Parks In The Western U.S. To Characterize Three Decades Of Landscape Vegetation Dynamics
• Lobell, David - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Agricultural Applications Of Multi-Year Remote Sensing: A Research And Education Program
• Mountrakis, Giorgos - State University of New York. Satellite-Derived Anthropogenic Land Use/Land Cover Changes: Integrating Detection, Modeling And Educational Approaches

2005

• Manson, Steven - University of Minnesota. American Land Change: Integrated Research and Education on Decision Making in Coupled Human-Environment Systems
• Nair, Udaysankar - University of Alabama - Huntsville. Investigation of microclimatic changes associated with tropical forest fragmentation using remote sensing and numerical modeling
• Powers, Jennifer - University of Minnesota. A Regional-Scale Analysis of Regenerating Tropical Dry Forests in Costa Rica: Measurements and Models of the Linkages among Biodiversity, Ecosystem Function and Carbon Storage
• Song, Conghe - University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. Impacts of Land-Cover/Land-Use Change on Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Budget

Graduate Students

2016

• Andrea Melchiorre. Satellite Constellation Requirements for 30 m Global Burned Area Mapping

2015

• Leila Cooper-University of Montana. Landsat-driven analysis of the impacts of climate on carbon release resulting from forest disturbance.
• Caroline Curtis-University of Massachusetts Amherst. Using time series of remotely sensed imagery to understand invasive pine dispersal.
• Francis Dwomoh-South Dakota State University. Vulernability of protected areas to human encroachment, climate change, and fire in the fragmented topical forests of West Africa.

2014

• Katerine Chadwick-Carnegie Institution of Washington. Remote sensing of Landscape-scale variability in a tropical ecosystem.
• Tony Chang-Montana State University. Physical disturbance model integration with bioclimatic envelope modeling for conservation management.
• Francis Dwomoh-South Dakota State University. Vulernability of protected areas to human encroachment, climate change, and fire in the fragmented topical forests of West Africa.
• Chris Hakkenberg-University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Understanding the Impact of land cover/Use change on plant diversity: scaling from plots to landscapes using multi-sensor remote sensing.
• Catalina Munteanu-University of Wisconsin-Madison. Long-term forest dynamics in mountain regions accounting for topography, land use history and management regimes to indentify high convervation-value ecosystems.

2013

• Woubet Alemu-South Dakota State University. Modeling Land Surface Phenologies and Seasonalities Using Earthlight: A Comparison between Tropical and Temperate Croplands, and Application to Assessment of Agricultural Productivity
• Caitlin Andrews-University of Maine. The Acadian Forest and Climate Change: Analyzing Shifting Species Distributions and Effects to the Carbon Balance
• Michael Beland-San Diego State University. Mapping Oil-Impacted Vegetation in Louisiana Salt Marshes: Investigating the Effects of Endmember Spatial, Temporal and Inter-Specific Variability on Vegetation Cover Estimates
• Nan Feng-University of Alabama in Huntsville. Understanding the Climatic Impacts of Land Use Change and Biomass Burning Aerosols over Southeast Asia Using Numerical Models and Satellite Observations
• Nandita Gaur-Texas A&M University. A New Heterogeneity Triangle to Characterize Land-surface Heterogeneity for Estimating Near-Surface Soil Moisture Beyond Darcy Scale
• Caitlin Kotigis- University of Wisconsin. Nelson Institute  Urbanization, Climate Change, and Rice Crop Sustainability
• Jie Zhang- University of Maryland, College Park. Global Agricultural Drought Monitoring From Satellite Observation

2012

• Zhao Liu-University of California, Irvine. An Explicit Representation of River Networks in a Catchment-Based Land Surface Model Framework for SWOT Assimilation
• David Marvin-University of Michigan. Are Tropical Lianas Increasing in Abundance? An Integrated Satellite-Aerial-Ground Approach for Liana Detection at the Landscape Scale
• Sam Rabin- Princeton University. Understanding Land Use and Fire at a Global Scale
• Carlos Ramirez Reyes-University of Wisconsin-Madison. Monitoring Deforestation to Evaluate Mexico's Payments for Ecosystem Services and Assess Land Use Change Effects on Jaguar Habitat
• Paul Schmid-Purdue Univeristy. Investigating the Impacts of Land-Surface Heterogeneity and Urban Aerosols on
  Thunderstorms Using Numerical Models and Multiplatform Satellite Observations
• Xiaopeng Song-University of Maryland. An integrated Assessment of Deforestation on Terrestrial Carbon Storage and Value of Ecosystem Services
• Hao Tang-University of Maryland. Determining Tropical Rain Forest Successional States Using Vertical Leaf Area Index (LAI) Profiles from Lidar Remote Sensing
• Abel Woldelmichael - Tennessee Tec University. Understanding Atmospheric Rivers, Terrain and Anthropogenic Land Cover Changes on Storm Modification Around Large Dams Using Multi-Sensor Satellite Data, Cloud Tracking and numerical Modeling

2011

• Barman, Rahul - University of Illinois. Investigating Biogeophysical - Biogeochemical Interactions In The Northern High- Latitudes Using A Land Surface Model Integrating Recent Advances In Terrestrial Modeling, and Land Use Change
• DeVisser, Mark H - Michigan State University. NESS Fellowship: Land Cover Change and Disease Ecology: The Unintended Impacts of Prosopis Juliflora In Kenya
• Hull, Vanessa - Michigan State University. Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Animal Habitat Selection Across A Coupled Human and Natural System
• Meigs, Garrett W - Oregon State University. Mapping Disturbance Interactions From Earth and Space: Insect Effects On Fuels and Wildfires Across Forests of The Pacific Northwest
• Whitcraft, Alyssa Kathleen - University of Maryland. Developing An Image Acquisition Strategy For Global Agricultural Monitoring

2010

• Barber, Christopher - South Dakota State University. Applied Remote Sensing For Conservation Monitoring
• Fagan, Matthew - Columbia University. Growing Up Fragmented: Using Hyperspectral Imagery to Improve Estimates of Ecosystem Services from Tropical Reforestation
• Gray, Joshua M - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Hydrologic Response of Forested Catchments to Climate and Land Cover/Land-Use Changes
• Pflugmacher, Dirk - USDA Forest Service. Using Landsat-Derived Disturbance and Succession History to Extend Lidar Estimates of Forest Biomass
• Tucker, Colin L - University of Wyoming. Wintertime Plant, Soil, and Ecosystem Carbon Cycling: Scaling Plot-Level Mechanisms to Landscape Level Patterns

2009

• Brandt, Jodi - University of Wisconsin - Madison. Land Use and Land Cover Change in Southwest China's Himalayan Mountains and the Implications for Alpine Meadows, Forest Ecosystems, and Avian Biodiversity
• Carter, Neil - Michigan State University. Coupled Human and Natural System Approach to Studying Tiger-Human Interactions in Chitwan National Park
• Munzimi, Yolande - South Dakota State University. Hydrological Response to Land Cover and Land use Change in the Congo Basin
• Peterson, David - University of Nebraska. The Interannual Variability of Biomass Burning in North America using MODIS Data: Fire Weather Forecasting Applications
• Salmon, Jessica - Boston University. Future Trend of Irrigation Water Demand Using Integrated Remote Sensing and Physical Models
• Valin, Lukas - University of California, Berkeley. Satellite Observations at High Space and Time Resolution: Understanding Requirements for Assessing Urban-Scale NOx and O3
• Wilson, Adam - University of Connecticut. Fire, Phenology and Weather: Implications of Climate Change in Mediterranean Ecosystems

2008

• Barber, Christopher - South Dakota State University. Applied Remote Sensing For Conservation Monitoring
• Broadbent, Eben - Carnegie Institution. Influence Of Forest Architecture On Carbon Assimilation Along An Elevational Gradient In Hawaii: Linking Field Measurements, Airborne LiDAR, And Modelling
• Carlson, Kimberly - Yale University. Evaluating And Modeling The Consequences Of Oil Palm Expansion In Indonesian Borneo Using A Multi-Sensor Satellite Approach
• Chow, Victoria - Harvard University. An Integrated Approach To Quantify Regional Carbon Budgets In North America And Amazonia By Assimilation Of High-Resolution Meteorological And Remote Sensing Data
• Fairman, Jonathan - University of Alabama - Huntsville. Quantifying The Effects Of Upwind Land Cover Change On Alpine Glaciers
• Foster, Jane - University of Wisconsin - Madison. Forest Insect Defoliation And Carbon Dynamics: Linking Remote Sensing With Simulation Modeling
• Longo, Marcos - Harvard University. Interaction Between Convection, Disturbance, And Deforestation In The Amazon: A Remote Sensing And Modeling Study
• Macedo, Marcia - Columbia University. Tropical Deforestation And The Land-Water Interface: Linking Land Use, Stream Connectivity, And The Health Of Freshwater Fish Communities
• O'Neal, Kelley - University of Maryland - College Park. Impacts Of Grazing, Fire, And Precipitation Variability On Woody Plant Cover In Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands, USA
• Santos, Carolina - Michigan State University. Complex Land Use And Cover Trajectories In The Northern Choco Bioregion Of Colombia
• Serbin, Shawn - University of Wisconsin - Madison. An Integrative Approach For Quantifying The Effects Of Disturbance On Regional Forest Carbon Cycling
• Tian, Qing - University of Michigan. From Vulnerability To Sustainability: Vulnerability And Sustainable Development In The Context Of Climatic And Institutional Changes In Rural China
• Tosca, Michael - University of California - Irvine. Effects Of Fire Aerosols On Climate And Drought In Equatorial Southeast Asia
• Velasquez, Jorge - Stoney Brook University. Using Remote Sensing Products To Predict The Impact Of Climate And Land-Cover Change On The Abundance And Distribution Of Andean Birds

2007

• Bolch, Michael - Duke University. Evaluating the Effects of Land-Surface Heterogeneity at Various Scales on Atmospheric Boundary Layer Processes
• Dieye, Amadou - South Dakota State University. Land Cover Land Use Change and Soil Organic Carbon under Climate Variability in Semi-Arid to Sub-Humid West African Sahel (1975-2050)
• Dubinin, Maxim - University of Wisconsin - Madison. Effects of Land Use Change on Fire, Vegetation and Wildlife Dynamics in Arid Grasslands of Southern Russia
• Ellicott, Evan - University of Maryland - College Park. Estimating Global Biomass Burning Emissions Using Fire Radiative Power
• Espirito-Santo, Fernando - University of New Hampshire. Natural Forest Disturbance and Carbon Cycling in the Brazilian Amazon: Remote Sensing Approaches at Local and Regional Scales
• Gorsevski, Virginia - University of Maryland - College Park. Impacts of Conflict on Land Cover, Fire Dynamics, and Biodiversity Potential in the Imatong Mountains of Southern Sudan
• Jiang, Xiaoyan - University of Texas - Austin. Using Satellite Observations and a Fully Coupled Land-Atmosphere-Chemistry Model to Study the Coupling between Vegetation and the Hydrologic Cycle Through Biogenic Emissions Pathways
• Kane, Van - University of Washington. Spectral Mixture Analysis of ASTER Images to Estimate Forest Biomass and Habitat
• Lindquist, Erik - South Dakota State University. Using MODIS and Landsat Data to Advance Regional, High-Spatial Resolution Change Monitoring for the Humid Tropical Forests of the Congo Basin

2006

• Adeney, Jennifer - Duke University. Remote Sensing of Essential Drivers of White Sand Systems in the Brazilian Amazon Using Landsat and MODIS
• Barnes, Christopher - South Dakota State University. United States Land Cover Land Use Change, Albedo and Radiative Forcing: Past and Potential Climate Implications
• Christman, Zachary - Clark University. Disaggregating Phenological Variation from Discrete Land-Cover Change in the Rio Lerma-Chapala Watershed, Mexico
• Dasgupta, Swarvanu - George Mason University. Multi-Sensor Approach for Monitoring Fire Risk in the Wildland Urban Interface
• Eckmann, Ted - University of California - Santa Barbara. Validating Retrievals of Subpixel Fire Sizes and Temperatures from MODIS to Improve Understanding and Monitoring of Fires
• Galford, Gillian - Brown University. Biogeochemical Consequences of Land-Use Transitions Along Brazil's Agricultural Frontier
• Lipscomb, Monica - University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. Urban Landscape Patterns: Impacts on Hydrologic Processes and Nitrogen Pollution
• Loughner, Christopher - University of Maryland - College Park. How Do Changes to the Urban Environment Affect Precipitation and Air Quality?
• White, Benjamin - University of Maryland - College Park. Conservation or Degradation: The Impact of Land Cover Change on the "Outstanding Universal Value" of World Heritage Sites