Education

• 2018 Ph.D. in Geography at the University of California, Santa Barbara
• 2014 M.A. in Geography at the University of California, Santa Barbara
• 2012 B.S. Geographical Information Science, Summa Cum Laude, University of Northern Iowa
• 2012 B.A. Ecology & Systematics Honors Research, Magna Cum Laude, University of Northern Iowa

The world’s ecosystems are responding to climate change and facing increasing pressures. Remote sensing generates BIG data that captures and quantifies seasonal and annual changes across the landscape. The ability to capture high temporal, spatial, and spectral resolution imagery has advanced much more rapidly than algorithms for processing, visualizing, and interpreting these images. I believe that pressing ecological questions can be better addressed through a combination of machine learning algorithms, remote sensing data sources, and in situ measurements. I primarily focus on optical and thermal remote sensing, which includes multispectral and hyperspectral sensors. 
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