Alumni
| Name | Year | Degree |
Advisor | Current Employer (if known) |
Dissertation/Thesis Title or Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erick Patrick Hoke Creeden |
2012 | M.S. | Jeffrey Hicke |
Climate and Weather Associated with Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreaks in Lodgepole Pine Forests Across the Western U.S. |
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| Jacob Wallace Wolf | 2012 | M.S. | John Abatzoglou | Air quality meteorologist with IDEQ | Evaluation of Drought Metrics in Tracking Streamflow in Idaho |
| Forrest Joseph Bowlick | 2012 | M.S. | Crystal Abatzoglou | PhD student Texas A&M | Changed Perceptions of Geography in University Students: Roles of Demography and Background |
| Jeremy Ryan Jenkins | 2012 | M.S. | John Abatzoglou | IDEQ | Non-Thesis |
| Marwa Waseem Abdel Wahab Halmy | 2012 | M.S. | Jeffrey Hicke | PhD student UI | Non-Thesis |
| Stephen Daniel Fricke | 2012 | M.S. | Karen Humes | Research Assoc. UI | Non-Thesis |
| Arjan Meddens | 2012 | Ph.D. | Jeffrey Hicke | Post doc at UI Geography | |
| Terri Jean Stamper | 2012 | M.S. | Jeffrey Hicke | Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Changes in Protected Areas across the Southwestern United States | |
| Christina Rachel Brewer | 2011 | M.S. | Hejun Kang | Non-Thesis | |
| Holly Marie Diehl | 2011 | M.S. | John Abatzoglou | Observed and Projected Climate and Hydrologic Trends in Eastern Nevada and Western Utah | |
| Paul Eugenio Reyes Paredes | 2011 | M.S. | Christine Moffitt | GIS Tools to Assess the Risks and Benefits of Barrier Removal to Native Fish Populations in Idaho | |
| Raechel Anne Bianchetti | 2011 | M.S. | Karen Humes | Ph.D. student, Penn State U | Classification of Mixed-Conifer Forest Stands using SPOT-5 Imagery |
| Stephan Joseph Gmur | 2011 | M.S. | Karen Humes | Non-Thesis | |
| Steven Peterson | 2011 | Ph.D. | Raymond Dezzani | Oak Ridge Nat'l Lab | Modeling United States Railcar Flows, 1985 - 2002 Using Bayesian Methods with Markov Random Fields |
| Benjamin Bright | 2011 | M.S. | Jeffrey Hicke | Research Assoc., UI | Measuring Aboveground Carbon Stocks of a Forest Affected by a Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreak in Idaho Using Lidar and Multispectral Imagery |
| Christopher James Cox | 2010 | M.S. | Von Walden | Ph.D. Program, UI | Atmospheric and cloud conditions over Barrow, Alaska and Eureka, Canada: Flux calculations using Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometers (AERI) |
| Michelle Marie Howard | 2010 | M.S. | Karen Humes | Ph.D. Program, UI | An Evaluation of Modis 250m Imagery for Mapping Surface Turbidity in the Puget Sound |
| Brian Jay Harshburger | 2010 | Ph.D. | Humes/Walden | Founder of Aniuk Consulting, LLC | Approaches for Operational Forecasting of Short-to-Medium Range Streamflow for Snowmelt Dominated Basins |
| Jason Trook | 2009 | M.S. | Jeffrey Hicke | Coeur d'Alene Tribe, GIS Analyst | Effects of Climate Change on the Distribution of the American Pika (Ochotona princeps) in the Western United States |
| Richard Cecil Lovel | 2009 | M.S. | Karen Humes | Non-Thesis | |
| Aimee M. Shipman | 2009 | Ph.D. | Harley Johansen | Latah County Planning, now in Boise | The Structure of Susceptibility: A Multi-Scalar Investigation of Linkages Between Economic Development, Social Organization and HIV Susceptibility in Sub-Saharan |
| Arzhan B. Surazakov | 2009 | Ph.D. | Vladimir Aizen | In So. America | Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Glacier Monitoring: Glacier Variability in Central Asia (Tien Shan and Altai) During the Last 30-60 Years |
| Daniel R. Joswiak | 2009 | Ph.D. | Vladimir Aizen | Changes in Atmospheric Chemical Composition Determined from Ice Core Records in Southwestern Siberia During the 20th Century | |
| Eileen Marie Perry | 2009 | Ph.D. | Karen Humes | Asst. Dir., WSU Prec. Ag: Postdoc, CSIRO, Australia | Three Studies in Spatial Characterization of Crops Using Remote Sensing and Other Non-Destructive Methods for Precision Agriculture |
| Jennifer Lynn Rooker | 2009 | Ph.D. | Karen Humes | Asst. Prof., Texas State U. | Lidar-Based Estimates of Leaf Area Index to Evaluate Coarse-Resolution, Satellite Based-Retrievals |
| Catherine Lyn Weaver | 2008 | M.S. | Gundars Rudzitis | Restructuring and Economic Development in a Post-Industrial City: A Case Study of Butte, Montana | |
| Jonathon Brent Slone | 2008 | M.S. | Ray Dezzani | Working in South Carolina | Resource Selection Function Modeling of Grizzly Bears Habitat in the Selkirk and Cabinet-Yaak Ecosystems |
| Meghan Kathaleen Lonneker | 2008 | M.S. | Karen Humes | Idaho Dept of Lands, Geospatial Analyst | Estimation and Mapping of Canopy Fuel Parameters for Mixed Conifer Forests Using Discrete Return Lidar and Multispectral Satellite Data |
| Yelizaveta Skryzhevska | 2008 | Ph.D. | Harley Johansen | Asst. Prof., Miami U of Ohio | Regional Inequalities in Ukraine: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Implications |
| Meghan Lonneker | 2008 | M.S. | Karen Humes | Mapping Canopy Fuels Characteristics with Lidar and Multispectral Data | |
| Richard C. Lovel | 2008 | M.S. | Karen Humes | Non-Thesis | |
| Brandon Cletus Moore | 2006 | M.S. | Von Walden | Ph.D. Program, UI | Statistical Downscaling of Medium-Range Weather Forecasts Within Snowmelt Dominated Basins in the Intermountain West |
| Devonee Harshburger | 2006 | M.S. | Harley Johansen | Walgreens, GIS Analyst | Efficacy of the Medically Underserved Area (MUA) Program to Determine Health Care Access Risk in Idaho |
| Joli Ann Hill | 2006 | M.S. | Karen Humes | Oregon Dept of Natural Resources | Mapping Alternate Host Species for the Apple Maggot in the Yakima Canyon Riparian Zone |
| Troy R. Blandford | 2006 | M.S. | Karen Humes | Montana Dept of Natural Resources | Seasonal and Synoptic Variations in Near-Surface Air Temperature Lapse Rates in a Mountainous Basin |
| Jane Xinxin Zhang | 2006 | Ph.D. | Kang-Tsung Chang | Asst. Prof., Massachussetts | Effects of DEM Resolutions on the WEPP Runoff and Erosion Predictions: A Case Study of Forest Areas in Northern Idaho |
| Denon S. Hildreth | 2005 | M.S. | Karen Humes | Pima County, Arizona, GIS Analyst | The Analysis and Classification of Remotely Sensed Data to Provide Support for Weed Management on Rangeland in North Central Idaho |
| Jeffrey Richard Gossard | 2005 | M.S. | Gundars Rudzitis | High Technology Firm Location and Socioeconomic Change in King County | |
| W. Lance Roth | 2005 | M.S. | Von Walden | Polar Field Services | Validation of the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder over the Antarctic Plateau |
| Yao Tang | 2005 | M.S. | Karen Humes | U of North Dakota, Research Analyst | Identification and Classification of Forest Tree Species Composition in Mixed Coniferous Forests of Northern Idaho Using SPOT 5 Imagery |
| Amy Lynn Haak | 2005 | Ph.D. | Gundars Rudzitis | Trout Unlimited | An Integrated GIS and Political Ecology Approach to Conservation Geography on National Forests in Idaho |
| Katetegeilwe Moses Rwiza | 2005 | Ph.D. | Harley Johansen | Position in Tanzania | Analysis of Physical and Social Economic Factors in Maize Production Decision-Making in Tanzania |
| Daniel R. Joswiak | 2005 | Ph.D. | Vladimir Aizen | Postdoc at China; just returned to US | Changes in Atmospheric Chemical Composition Determined from Ice Core Records in Southwestern Siberia During the 20th Century |