William Adair
Post-doctoral Associate

Education: BS Wildlife Ecology, University of Florida (1988); MS Wildlife, University of Minnesota (1996); PhD Ecology, Utah State University (2003).
Professional Interests: Wildland management, landscape ecology
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Phone: 435-797-4069

Tanushree Biswas
PhD Candidate (Ecology)

Education: BS Zoology (Honors), Bethune College for Women, University of Calcutta, India (1997); MS Wildlife Science, Wildlife Institute, Dehradun, India (1999); PhD Ecology, Utah State University (2003 - present).
Professional Interests: GIS & remote sensing in disturbance ecology, grassland ecosystems, flood modeling of disturbance.
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Webpage: http://cc.usu.edu/~tanu
Phone: 435-797-4482

Sheryl Boyak
Research Assistant

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Kent Braddy
Masters of Science Candidate (Bio-regional Planning)

Education: BS Geography, Utah State University (2003); MS Bio-regional Planning, Utah State University (2004 - present).
Professional Interests: Remote sensing/GIS applications in land use and environmental planning, cadastral mapping, cartographic design and publication, internet mapping applications, web design.
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Phone: 435-797-3750

Jonathan Edgar
Research Technician II

Education: BS Geography, Utah State University (2003).
Professional Interests: Landcover and landuse mapping, database development.
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Webpage: http://www.gis.usu.edu/~jedgar
Phone: 435-797-3750

Chris Garrard
Research Associate

Education: BS Statisitics with emphaisis in Computer Science, Brigham Young University (1993); MS Biology, Utah State University (2002).
Professional Interests: GIS application development, web mapping, GIS modeling, open source software
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Webpage: http://www.gis.usu.edu/~chrisg
Phone: 435-797-2602

Alexander Hernandez
PhD Candidate (Forestry)

Education: BS Forestry, ESNACIFOR, Honduras (1999); MS Watershed Management, CATIE, Costa Rica (2003).
Professional Interests: Land use change dynamics, flood vulnerability and risk assessment, landscape-hydrological processes interaction.
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Webpage: http://www.gis.usu.edu/~alex
Phone: 435-797-4482

Lisa Langs Stoner
Research Assistant

Education: BA Psychology, Loyola Marymount University (1993); 3 Yrs Post-baccalaureate, Ecology & Systematic Biology, Cal Poly State University(1995-1998); MS Range Science, Utah State University (2004).
Professional Interests: Conservation, restoration, and monitoring of rangeland ecosystems, application of spatial analyses to ecological and land management questions.
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Phone: 435-797-4374

Ellie Leydsman McGinty
Masters of Science Candidate (Bio-regional Planning)

Education: BS Environmental Studies, University of Utah (2003); MS Bio-regional Planning, Utah State University (2004 - present).
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Phone: 801-913-0131

John Lowry
Associate Director

Education: BA International Relations, Brigham Young University (1989); MS Geography, University of Utah (1994); PhD Human Dimensions in Ecosystem Science, Utah State University (2003- present).
Professional Interests: Human-environment interactions, ecosytem valuation, land cover mapping, GIS modeling.
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Webpage: http://www.gis.usu.edu/~jlowry
Phone: 435-797-0653

Alan Luce
GIS Technician

Education: BS Geography, Utah State University (2005).
Professional Interests: GIS (geodatabase design), remote sensing, human-climate interactions.
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Phone: 435-797-3750

Christopher M. McGinty
Research Assistant

Education: BS Management, Utah State University (2001) ; MS Geography (2005), Utah State University.
Professional Interests: Monitoring, rangeland ecology, Cheatgrass, ecological modeling.
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Webpage: http://leupold.gis.usu.edu/~chris
Phone: 435-797-3750

Kate Peterson
MS Candidate (Range Science)

Education: BS in Biology, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (1995).
Professional Interests: Mapping rangeland ecosystems using GIS and database applications.
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Phone: 435-797-4482

R. Douglas Ramsey
Director

Education: BS Range Science, Brigham Young Unversity (1982); MS Botany (plant ecology), Brigham Young University (1983); PhD Physical Geography, University of Utah (1989).
Professional Interests: Landscape ecology, environmental monitoring, digital remote sensing, geographic information systems.
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Webpage: http://www.gis.usu.edu/~doug
Phone: 435-797-3783

Samuel Rivera
Post-doctoral Associate

Education: BS Forest Engineering, National Autonomous University (UNAH), Honduras (1988); MS Watershed Science, Utah State University (1998); PhD Watershed Science, Utah State University (2005)
Professional Interests: Research and teaching in: forestry, range, and watershed sciences using GIS and remote sensing tools.
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Phone: 435-797-2572

Daniel Reynolds
GIS Technician

Education: BS Geography, Utah State University (2007).
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Phone: 435-797-3750

Wendy Robinson Rieth
Masters of Science Candidate (Wildlife Biology)

Education: BS Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida (2000); MS Wildlife Biology, Utah State University (2006).
Professional Interests: Wildlife habitat modeling.
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Phone: 435-797-4482

John Weeks
Systems Administrator

Education: BS Computer Information Science, U.C. Santa Cruz
Professional Interests: Computers, networks, and making them work together
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Webpage: http://leupold.gis.usu.edu/~jweeks
Phone: 435-797-7133