Our diverse staff brings a range of expertise and passion to the Center's work.
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Jiaguo Qi, Ph.D.
Director & Professor
Research Interests: Theoretical development and applications of remote sensing technologies to study the dynamics of the earth surface and its environmental impacts at variable spatial and temporal scales. Vegetation indices, canopy radiative transfer models, data fusion, and assimilation techniques to quantitatively derive surface physical and biophysical properties.
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Phone: (517) 353-8736
E-mail: qi(at)msu(dot)edu |
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David Campbell
Professor, Geography
Research Interests: Land use change and conflict over resources in semi-arid areas of
Africa, Information Systems for Decision Support in Africa, Environment and Development:
people-environment interaction-relationship between land use, environment and socio-
economic systems in rural areas, with particular reference to arid and semi-arid lands,
food security in rural Africa, social and economic aspects of drought and desertification.
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Phone: (517) 884-1884
E-mail: djc(at)msu(dot)edu |
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Manuel Colunga-Garcia, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Eleven years of teaching and research experience. Currently
participating in three multidisciplinary programs: the Long Term Ecological Research
(10 years), the Earth System Science Education (5 years), and the Upper Midwest -
Regional Earth Science Application Center (3 years). More...
Phone: (517) 432-4463
E-mail: colunga(at)msu(dot)edu |
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Rita Martin
Administrative Aide, CLIP, Eaclipse Projects
Phone: (517) 884-1885
E-mail: Rita.Martin(at)ssc(dot)msu(dot)edu |
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Joe Messina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Dynamics of landuse and landcover change in the Ecuadorian Amazon,and specifically - Dynamic Landscapes: Characterization and Simulation of Deforestation, Reforestation and Agricultural Extensification in the Ecuadorian Amazon. More...
Phone: (517) 353-1715
E-mail: jpm(at)msu(dot)edu
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Kathleen Mills
Sponsored Projects Administrator
Responsibilities: Management of center-wide administrative functions, including personnel management, grant and contract administration, budget and revenue management, and policy and planning functions. More...
Phone: (517) 353-2265
E-mail: millsk(at)msu(dot)edu |
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| Cameron Williams
IT Coordinator
Responsibilities: Maintenance of computer operations and administration, including operating systems, communications network infrastructures, systems design and implementation, and computer security; also provides support to software engineering and programming for web-based GIS and data systems. More...
Phone: (517) 432-4675
E-mail: will1082(at)msu(dot)edu
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Mark Cochrane, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor (South Dakota State University)
Research Interests: Dr. Cochrane’s research focuses on understanding spatial patterns, interactions and synergisms between multiple physical and biological factors that affect ecosystems. Recent work has emphasized human dimensions of land-cover change and the potential for sustainable development. More...
Phone: (517) 432-9205
E-mail: mark.cochrane(at)sdstate(dot)edu |
| John Dymond , Ph.D.
BSc(Hons)-Physics, Canterbury University
DSc, Canterbury University
MSc Remote Sensing, London University UK
Research Interests: Soil and Landscape: erosion and sediment processes, hydrology and soil physics, strategic land-use and pedology. More...
E-mail: DymondJ(at)landcareresearch(dot)co(dot)nz |
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| Peilei Fan
Assistant Professor,
School of Planning, Design and Construction
Ph.D. Economic Development, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Interests: high-tech industrialization, Asia's urbanization, spatial analysis
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Phone: (517) 432-6517
E-mail: fanpeile(at)msu(dot)edu |
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Steven K. Friedman
Adjunct Assistant Professor, CGCEO
Research Interests: Basic and applied science issues with the goal to improve understanding of the importance of spatial characteristics of forest ecosystems.
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Phone: (517) 648-6290
E-mail: friedm69@msu.edu
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Marianne Huebner
Associate Professor, Statistics and Probability
Research Interests: Statistical genetics, microarray analysis, ecological models, biological
networks, stochastic differential equations.
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Phone: (517) 432-3385
E-mail: huebner(at)msu(dot)edu
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| Thomas Jayne
Visiting Professor, International Development, Food and Agricultural Resource Economics
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1989
M.S., Michigan State University, 1987
B.A., Bucknell University, 1980
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Phone: (517) 355-0131
E-mail: jayne(at)msu(dot)edu
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| Dong-Yun Kim
Assistant Professor, Statistics (Virginia Polytechnic University)
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2003
Research interests: Statistical genetics, bioinformatics, sequential analysis and change-point reference.
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Phone: 540-231-9891
E-mail: dungyunkim(at)vt(dot)edu |
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| Daniel Kramer
Ast Professor, Fisheries and Wildlife/James Madison College
Research Interests:
biodiversity, conservation, policy, economics, game theory, simulation, modeling, socioeconomics, behavorial economics, institutional analysis, social capital, food webs More...
Phone: (517) 432-2199
E-mail: dbk(at)msu(dot)edu |
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| David Lusch
Senior Research Specialist, RS&GIS
Research Interests: Glacial geomorphology, remote sensing, GIS, agricultural and natural resource management, mesoscale hydrogeology. More...
Phone: (517) 355-8497
E-mail: lusch(at)msu(dot)edu |
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| Carolyn Malmström
Assistant Professor, Plant Biology
Research Interests:
Ecosystem and landscape dynamics, with particularly interest in understanding how ecosystems respond to perturbations, such as changes in disturbance regimes or the introduction of exotic species. More...
Phone: (517) 355-4690
E-mail: carolynm(at)msu(dot)edu |
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| Gerald Urquhart
Assistant Professor, Biology, Lyman Briggs School
Ph.D., University of Michigan
B.S., Lyman Briggs School
Research Interests:
tropical rainforests and their inhabitants. More...
Phone: (517) 355-4690
E-mail: urquhar5(at)msu(dot)edu |
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Bob Walker
Professor, Geography
Research Interests: Land use dynamics, deforestation, population and the environment/behavioral modeling, environmental impact assessment/GIS/Remote Sensing applications.
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Phone: (517) 432-7058
E-mail: rwalker(at)msu(dot)edu
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Lijian Yang
Professor, Statistics and Probability
Research Interests: Non- and semiparametric modeling of economic time series, GARCH type model, impact of GDP adjustment on environmental quality, unemployment rate, confidence bands, dimension reduction (additive model, partially linear model and single index model).
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Phone: (517) 353-6369
E-mail: yangli(at)msu(dot)edu
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Catherine Yansa
Assistant Professor, Geography
Research Interests: Quaternary paleoenvironments (paleobotany, specifically pollen and plant macrofossil analyses); plant geography; people-environment; paleoethnobotany.
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Phone: (517) 353-3910
E-mail: yansa(at)msu(dot)edu
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| Runsheng Yin
Associate Professor, Forest Economics and Policy
Research Interests: International forestry: Ecosystem policy and service valuation, sustainable resource management strategies, implacts of economic reforms on forest growth, human dimensions in LULCC, agroforestry and plantaion forests. Forest Business Management: Timberland ownership and forest investment, efficiency and productivity measurment, timber supply/forest products market dynamics, decision making, public policy change & private forest management. More...
Phone: (517) 432-3352
E-mail: yinr(at)msu(dot)edu |
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