Welcome! Research in our Geospatial Analytics Lab (People) in the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment at Auburn University is broadly focused on GIS and remote sensing applications in natural resources and forestry. We are interested in the development of methodologies, frameworks and products at multiple spatial scales, with an overall goal to improve or enhance the ability to achieve sustainability.

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Funded Projects

  1. “Strengthening Environmental Data Science program in the black belt region through undergraduate scholarships, curriculum development, and experiential learning”, USDA NIFA, 2023-2026 (Co-PI).
  2. “A Multi-scale Framework for Quantifying Forest Aboveground Carbon in the Southeastern United States”, Treeline Carbon Management, 2024-2027 (PI).
  3. “Using multispectral imagery & airborne lidar data to evaluate AmeriCorps’ resilient ecosystem management”, Public Lands Service Coalition (PLSC), 2024-2026 (PI).
  4. “Enhancing The Ability to Detect Forest Changes from Hurricane Disturbance Using Multitemporal Spaceborne Lidar and Imagery”, 2023 RSP Award Program (AU), 2023-2025 (PI).
  5. “From photon clouds to gridded vegetation products with ICESat-2”, NASA, 2023-2025 (Co-I).
  6. “Effects of state-sponsored habitat management on Alabama’s wildlife communities: evaluating the past to improve the future”, ADCNR – Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division, 2023-2028 (Co-PI).
  7. “Carbon estimates in harvest operations”, USDA Forest Service, 2023-2025 (Co-PI).
  8. “Have REDD+ conservation interventions prevented degradation and associated carbon emissions in Argentina’s Atlantic forests?”,  Swedish Research Council (FORMAS), 2023-2026 (Co-PI).
  9. “Mitigating Needle Blight: A Growing Economic Threat to Pine Forests”, USDA Forest Service, 2022-2025 (Co-PI).
  10. “Mitigating Climate Change Through Forest Carbon Sequestration Programs”, USDA Forest Service, 2022-2025 (Co-PI).
  11. “Student Cooperative for Wildlife Habitat and Plant Management and Monitoring, GIS Mapping, and Invasive Species Control”, 2022-2027 (Co-PI).
  12. “Combining multispectral imagery, airborne lidar and field inventory for invasive species management in Alabama’s coastal areas”, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station Production Agriculture Research Funding Program (AU), 2021-2022 (PI).
  13. “Investigating drivers of changing water resources in the Southeastern United States using a multidisciplinary approach”, Agricultural Research Enhancement and Seed Funding Program (AU), 2021-2023 (Co-PI).
  14. “ICESat-2 Science Team: Lidar photons and machine learning for deriving vegetation biophysical parameters”, NASA, 2020-2023 (Co-I).
  15. “Redstone Arsenal Forestry Program Inventory and Support”, US Army Corps of Engineers, 2019-2023 (Co-PI).