At the intersection of social, natural, and information sciences, CISR is composed of a diverse team of faculty, staff, and students that conduct their research under the collaborative focus of the center. What brings us together is a common interest in using spatial science and technology to address pressing interdisciplinary problems. A core team sets the direction for CISR's research initiatives and serves as mentors to postdoctoral research fellows, research specialists, and graduate students engaged in spatial projects.
Research Focus: spatial/landscape ecology; conservation biology; spatially-explicit ecological models; geospatial tool development, including integration of statistical methods; spatially-enabled web service and application development; spatial database design and modeling.
Research Focus: political ecology studies; transformation of natural and social environments in Latin America by the forces of globalization, neoliberalism and geopolitical change; field methods.
Research Focus: Population and community ecology; wildlife conservation; predator-prey dynamics; climate change impacts on biodiversity.
The Steering Committee is comprised of individuals representing a cross-section of university stakeholders and serves in an advisory capacity to the functions and activities, both research and instructional, of the Center. Through this partnership, the Center aims to ensure the growing campus and community demand for spatial technology is met in a coordinated, effective and efficient manner.
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Department |
Research |
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| Dan Costa |
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
Physiological ecology of marine mammals & birds |
| Ben Crow |
Sociology |
Water, global inequalities, development, sustainabilty |
| Greg Gilbert |
Environmental Studies |
Plant and plant disease ecology, tropical ecology, conservation |
| Raphael Kudela |
Ocean Sciences |
Ecological modeling, satellite oceanography, phytoplankton ecology; harmful algal blooms |
| Suresh Loda |
Computer Science |
Visualization, vision, innovation, entrepreneurship |
| Roberto Manduchi |
Computer Engineering |
Sensor processing and image analysis, assistive technology and environmental modeling |
| Cameron Monroe |
Anthropology |
Historical archaeology, complex societies, political economy, landscape |
| Casey Moore |
Earth and Planetary Sciences |
Marine geology, structural geology, tectonic hydrogeology |
| Don Potts |
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
Population biology & coral reef ecology |
| Eli Silver |
Earth and Planetary Sciences |
Marine geology and geophysics, active tectonics, remote sensing |
