 Alan Buss - Director, UMAC EdPARC - Elementary & Early Childhood Education
Alan Buss
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Director, UMAC EdPARC
Education:
* B.S. Brigham Young University 1989
* M.A. Brigham Young University 1993
* Ph.D. University of Wyoming 1998
Discussion of Research & Teaching Interests:
Mathematics and science autobiographies of pre-service elementary teachers, Strategies for integrating GIS and GPS technologies in the classroom. |
Lydia Dambekalns - Department Head/Associate Professor - Secondary Education
Lydia Dambekalns
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Department Head/Associate Professor
Education:
* B.A. The College of William and Mary 1981
* M.Ed. Pennsylvania State 1994
* Ph.D. 1996
Discussion of Research & Teaching Interests:
* Art Education
* Professional development for art educators
* Interdisciplinary connections (especially art and science)
* International issues in education
* General curriculum development
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Kenneth Driese - Remote Sensing Scientist - Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center
Kenneth Driese
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Remote Sensing Scientist
Education
* Ph.D., University of Wyoming, Botany
* MS, University of Wyoming, Botany
* BA, University of Virginia, Environmental Science
Research Interests
* The use of remote sensing and GIS as tools for natural resource management, ecological research and simulation modeling of ecological processes.
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Alexandre Latchininsky - Assistant Professor - Renewable Resources Department
Alexandre Latchininsky
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Assistant Professor
Education
2001 - Ph.D. in Entomology, University of Wyoming, Laramie WY, USA.
1980 - B.S. and M.S. in Entomology at St. Petersburg State University (Russia).
Research Interests
- Biology, ecology and population dynamics of the acridids
- Diapause, migrations and other adaptations in insect life strategies
- Integrated Pest Management methods of agricultural pest control
- Remote Sensing and GIS in insect ecology
- Environmental impact of pest management programs
- Conservation of rare and endangered Orthoptera species
- Phase variation in locusts
- History of entomology
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William Reiners - Professor - Department of Botany
William Reiners
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Professor
Education
B.A., Knox College, 1959
M.S., Rutgers,1962
Ph.D., Rutgers, 1964
Professor of Botany, 1983
Research Emphasis
My research is primarily at the ecosystem level--particularly biogeochemical processes with a strong temporal-spatial orientation. My long-term goal is to better understand the controls of ecological processes across a wide range of scales, from meters to kilometers to 1000s of kilometers. Typically, my colleagues and I examine these processes in the context of temporal variation as resulting from disturbance events followed by succession, and in terms of spatial variation occurring across landscapes or regions. GIS and remote sensing tools are involved in virtually all projects in his lab.
While research questions are primarily at the ecosystem level, many activities could also be described as "landscape ecology." We are involved in producing ecologically meaningful maps of local landscapes and the state as a whole, and in modeling processes such as alien plant invasions, pollen transport and redistribution of snow by wind using GIS and statistical tools. The propagation of cause and effect across landscapes through transport mechanisms is a principal focal area featured in the book by Ken Driese and myself listed below. |
Ramesh Sivanpillai - Assistant Research Scientist, Forestry - Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center
Ramesh Sivanpillai
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Assistant Research Scientist, Forestry
Education
* Ph D: Forestry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 2002
* M S: Environmental Science & Policy, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, 1995
* M Phil: Environmental Science, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India, 1992
* M Sc: Environmental Studies, Cochin University of Science & Technology, India, 1990
* B Sc: Physics, PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore, India, 1987
Research Interests
* Remote Sensing: Digital image processing of satellite and aerial images, data fusion, image enhancement and classification. Mapping and monitoring land cover, forest, agriculture, rangeland and resources. Change assessment using satellite data. Time series analyses using AVHRR and MODIS data.
* Geographic Information Systems: Integration of GIS and remotely sensed data, analyzing spatial variability in natural resources.
* Landscape Ecology: Analyzing spatial patterns of land cover features and quantify their changes through time using landscape ecological models.
* Statistical Applications: Multivariate analyses, time-series analyses, design and analyses of experiments and geostatistics. |
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