Faculty
John Abatzoglou, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr. John Abatzoglou conducts research on a multitude of weather and climate phenomena, and is particularly interested in the role they have on wildfire, water resources, and ecosystems of the western United States.
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Assistant Professor
Dr. John Abatzoglou conducts research on a multitude of weather and climate phenomena, and is particularly interested in the role they have on wildfire, water resources, and ecosystems of the western United States.
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Vladimir Aizen, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Research Interests: Alpine Glaciology, Alpine Hydrology, Alpine Climatology
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Research Professor
Research Interests: Alpine Glaciology, Alpine Hydrology, Alpine Climatology
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Raymond J. Dezzani, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: economic geography, political geography/geopolitics, globalization, regional political/economic integration and inequality, philosophical foundations of geography and spatial processes, probabilistic political economy, spatial statistics and modeling, world-systems perspective and spatially-explicit evolutionary processes/landscape genetics.
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Associate Professor
Research Interests: economic geography, political geography/geopolitics, globalization, regional political/economic integration and inequality, philosophical foundations of geography and spatial processes, probabilistic political economy, spatial statistics and modeling, world-systems perspective and spatially-explicit evolutionary processes/landscape genetics.
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Tim G. Frazier, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr. Frazier's research involves climate change, hazards, and urban sustainability. Raised in a region exposed to several types of geophysical hazards, Dr. Frazier's expertise is coupled with first-hand experience and personal interest.
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Assistant Professor
Dr. Frazier's research involves climate change, hazards, and urban sustainability. Raised in a region exposed to several types of geophysical hazards, Dr. Frazier's expertise is coupled with first-hand experience and personal interest.
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Jeffrey Hicke, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dr. Hicke studies global environmental change issues across a range of spatial and temporal scales. He investigates the interaction of climate, forests, and disturbances such as wildfire and insect outbreaks.
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Associate Professor
Dr. Hicke studies global environmental change issues across a range of spatial and temporal scales. He investigates the interaction of climate, forests, and disturbances such as wildfire and insect outbreaks.
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Karen Humes, Ph.D.
Department Chair and Professor
Research Interests: Applications of remote sensing and GIS in hydrology, environmental science, and planning for renewable energy.
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Department Chair and Professor
Research Interests: Applications of remote sensing and GIS in hydrology, environmental science, and planning for renewable energy.
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Michael Jennings, Ph.D.
Associate Research Professor
Dr. Michael Jennings spends his time as a scientist and teacher, working, sometimes desperately, to achieve a sustainable planet. He has written more than fifty scientific papers, monographs, and books on biodiversity and conservation. His projects include: what landscapes will look and function like in the near future as today’s climates are disrupted; global biodiversity status and trends; endangered ecosystems; and, the ecology and classification of plant and animal communities
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Associate Research Professor
Dr. Michael Jennings spends his time as a scientist and teacher, working, sometimes desperately, to achieve a sustainable planet. He has written more than fifty scientific papers, monographs, and books on biodiversity and conservation. His projects include: what landscapes will look and function like in the near future as today’s climates are disrupted; global biodiversity status and trends; endangered ecosystems; and, the ecology and classification of plant and animal communities
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Harley Johansen, Ph.D.
Professor
Dr. Johansen’s research expertise is economic development at the community and regional level, business location decisions, demography, and foreign direct investment into transition countries. He has over 20 years of research experience in Nordic countries, eastern Europe and Russia, based on four Fulbright fellowships and grants from NSF and other sources. He is currently working on adaptation to climate change in Arctic municipalities of Nordic countries and Russia.
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Professor
Dr. Johansen’s research expertise is economic development at the community and regional level, business location decisions, demography, and foreign direct investment into transition countries. He has over 20 years of research experience in Nordic countries, eastern Europe and Russia, based on four Fulbright fellowships and grants from NSF and other sources. He is currently working on adaptation to climate change in Arctic municipalities of Nordic countries and Russia.
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Hejun Kang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr. Kang’s research encompasses areas of: GIS and visualization, transportation geography, activity analysis, time geography, integrated land-use and transportation models, human interactions and social exclusion.
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Assistant Professor
Dr. Kang’s research encompasses areas of: GIS and visualization, transportation geography, activity analysis, time geography, integrated land-use and transportation models, human interactions and social exclusion.
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Crystal Kolden, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Wildfire Management; Ecology; Climate Impacts; GIS; Remote Sensing; Invasive Species
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Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Wildfire Management; Ecology; Climate Impacts; GIS; Remote Sensing; Invasive Species
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M. Duane Nellis Ph.D.
University President and Professor
Dr. Nellis’ research interests relate to remote sensing applications to land and water resources assessment.
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University President and Professor
Dr. Nellis’ research interests relate to remote sensing applications to land and water resources assessment.
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Von Walden, Ph.D.
Professor
Dr. Walden's research interests include polar meteorology and remote sensing of polar clouds and snow, as well as understanding climate change in the western U.S. He has conducted seven field experiments in the Antarctic and Arctic regions and is preparing to deploy instrumentation at Summit Station, Greenland as part of National Science Foundation’s Arctic Observing Network.
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Professor
Dr. Walden's research interests include polar meteorology and remote sensing of polar clouds and snow, as well as understanding climate change in the western U.S. He has conducted seven field experiments in the Antarctic and Arctic regions and is preparing to deploy instrumentation at Summit Station, Greenland as part of National Science Foundation’s Arctic Observing Network.
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