Faculty
Jonathan Greenberg
Dr. Greenberg's research centers on addressing questions of the impacts of climate change and land use/land cover change on vegetated ecosystems using remote sensing data. My research ranges across scales from individual plants to the globe, across many terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and utilizes state-of-the-art remote sensing imagery including hyperspectral, hyperspatial, multi-temporal, thermal, and LiDAR data.
Dr. Greenberg's research centers on addressing questions of the impacts of climate change and land use/land cover change on vegetated ecosystems using remote sensing data. My research ranges across scales from individual plants to the globe, across many terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and utilizes state-of-the-art remote sensing imagery including hyperspectral, hyperspatial, multi-temporal, thermal, and LiDAR data.
Graduate Students
Theo Hartsook
Theo is an MS student in the Natural Resources & Environmental Science program at the University of Nevada, Reno. He completed his B.S. in Environmental Science at Queens of Charlotte in North Carolina. His research focuses on using TLS and UAV data to assess and monitor change in Sierra Nevada forests.
Theo is an MS student in the Natural Resources & Environmental Science program at the University of Nevada, Reno. He completed his B.S. in Environmental Science at Queens of Charlotte in North Carolina. His research focuses on using TLS and UAV data to assess and monitor change in Sierra Nevada forests.
Adriana Parra
Adriana is a PhD student in the Evolution, Ecology and Conservation Biology program (EECB) at the University of Nevada, Reno. She is from Colombia, where she completed her B.S. in Environmental Engineering and her Master studies in Earth Sciences. Adriana is interested in assessing the effects of anthropogenic activities and climate change in the composition and ecological services of mangrove ecosystems.
Adriana is a PhD student in the Evolution, Ecology and Conservation Biology program (EECB) at the University of Nevada, Reno. She is from Colombia, where she completed her B.S. in Environmental Engineering and her Master studies in Earth Sciences. Adriana is interested in assessing the effects of anthropogenic activities and climate change in the composition and ecological services of mangrove ecosystems.
Laura Wade
Laura Wade is an MS student in the Natural Resources and Environmental Science program at the University of Nevada, Reno. She completed a B.S. in Marine Biology from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her interest diverted to forestry through different ecological field technician jobs. Before joining the GEARS Lab as an MS student, Laura worked as a TLS field technician.
Laura Wade is an MS student in the Natural Resources and Environmental Science program at the University of Nevada, Reno. She completed a B.S. in Marine Biology from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her interest diverted to forestry through different ecological field technician jobs. Before joining the GEARS Lab as an MS student, Laura worked as a TLS field technician.
Staff
Katelyn Josifko
Katelyn is a field and laboratory technician in the GEARS Lab, focusing on the collection, preprocessing and analysis of terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) data. Katelyn completed her B.S. in Ecohydrology at the University of Nevada, Reno in 2019.
Katelyn is a field and laboratory technician in the GEARS Lab, focusing on the collection, preprocessing and analysis of terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) data. Katelyn completed her B.S. in Ecohydrology at the University of Nevada, Reno in 2019.
Adriano Matos
Adriano is a Geospatial Lab Technician for the GEARS lab and received his B.S. in Environmental Science. A former student majoring in Computer Science and Computer Engineering, he switched to Environmental Science to narrow his focus on the use of geotechnologies to assess and solve problems. While still having that narrower focus, Adriano’s interests range between both fields of study.
Adriano is a Geospatial Lab Technician for the GEARS lab and received his B.S. in Environmental Science. A former student majoring in Computer Science and Computer Engineering, he switched to Environmental Science to narrow his focus on the use of geotechnologies to assess and solve problems. While still having that narrower focus, Adriano’s interests range between both fields of study.
Alumni
FOrmer Graduate Students
Bailey D. Morrison
Bailey earned her PhD in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2018. Bailey's dissertation was entitled “Potential past and future tree migration responses to climate change”. Bailey currently works as a post-doctoral research associate at Brookhaven National Laboratory in the Terrestrial Ecosystem Science and Technology (TEST) lab with Dr. Shawn Serbin.
Bailey earned her PhD in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2018. Bailey's dissertation was entitled “Potential past and future tree migration responses to climate change”. Bailey currently works as a post-doctoral research associate at Brookhaven National Laboratory in the Terrestrial Ecosystem Science and Technology (TEST) lab with Dr. Shawn Serbin.
Nathan Pavlovic
Nathan earned his MS in Geography and Geographic Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2015. His thesis was entitled "“Burning questions: a geospatial analysis of fire regime change in Côte d’Ivoire, 1984-2014”. Nathan currently works as a member of the Fire, Fuels, and Remote Sensing Group at Sonoma Technology, Inc.
Nathan earned his MS in Geography and Geographic Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2015. His thesis was entitled "“Burning questions: a geospatial analysis of fire regime change in Côte d’Ivoire, 1984-2014”. Nathan currently works as a member of the Fire, Fuels, and Remote Sensing Group at Sonoma Technology, Inc.
Courtney Reents
Courtney earned her MS in Geography and Geographic Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2016. Her thesis was entitled “Detection and characterization of forest disturbances in California”. Courtney is currently employed as a GIS Specialist at Municipal GIS Partners, Inc.
Courtney earned her MS in Geography and Geographic Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2016. Her thesis was entitled “Detection and characterization of forest disturbances in California”. Courtney is currently employed as a GIS Specialist at Municipal GIS Partners, Inc.
Yi Zou
Yi earned her MS in Geography and Geographic Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2015. Her thesis was entitled “A contextual classification approach for forest land cover mapping using high spatial resolution multispectral satellite imagery: a case study in Lake Tahoe, California”. Yi is currently employed as a UX/UI Designer at Publicis Sapient.
Yi earned her MS in Geography and Geographic Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2015. Her thesis was entitled “A contextual classification approach for forest land cover mapping using high spatial resolution multispectral satellite imagery: a case study in Lake Tahoe, California”. Yi is currently employed as a UX/UI Designer at Publicis Sapient.
Former Postdoctoral Scholars
Zhengyang Hou
Zhengyang Hou was a postdoctoral researcher in the GEARS Lab at the University of Nevada, Reno, from 2017 to 2018.
Zhengyang Hou was a postdoctoral researcher in the GEARS Lab at the University of Nevada, Reno, from 2017 to 2018.
Qing Xu
Qing Xu was a postdoctoral researcher in the GEARS Lab, first at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and then at the University of Nevada, Reno from 2015 to 2019. Dr. Xu is currently employed at the International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation (INBAR).
Qing Xu was a postdoctoral researcher in the GEARS Lab, first at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and then at the University of Nevada, Reno from 2015 to 2019. Dr. Xu is currently employed at the International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation (INBAR).