Affiliations
- School of Global Integrative Studies / Geography Program
Affiliations
- Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
Courses Taught
- Resource Efficient Crop Management (AGRO 204)
- Crop Management Strategies (AGRO 405)
Research Interests / Expertise
- GIS
- Agroecology
- Soil Health
Patrick Bitterman
Assistant Professor
- Phone
- 402-472-7078
- patrick.bitterman@unl.edu
- Website
- Website
Affiliations
- School of Global Integrative Studies
Courses Taught
- Principles of GIS (GEOG 217)
- Advance Techniques in GIS (GEOG 422)
- Programming, Scripting, and Automation for GIS (GEOG 432)
- Quality of the Environment (GEOG 181)
Research Interests / Expertise
- Social-ecological systems
- Agent-based modeling
- GIScience
Trenton Franz
Associate Professor & Associate Director for Research (SNR)
- Phone
- 402-472-8718
- trenton.franz@unl.edu
- Website
- Website
Affiliations
- School of Natural Resources (SNR)
- Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute
Courses Taught
- Introduction to Water Science (WATS 281)
- Hydrology (NRES 453/853)
Research Interests / Expertise
- Remote Sensing
- Hydrogeophysics
- Precision agriculture
John Gamon
Professor
CALMIT Airborne Program Leader
- Phone
- 402-472-7529
- jgamon@unl.edu
- Website
- Website
Affiliations
- Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies (CALMIT)
- School of Natural Resources (SNR)
Affiliations
- School of Natural Resources
- National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC)
- Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute
- Center for Great Plains Studies
Courses Taught
- Regional Climatology (NRES 478/878)
Research Interests / Expertise
- Drought monitoring
- Drought risk management
- Climate impacts
Affiliations
- School of Natural Resources (SNR)
Affiliations
- School of Natural Resources (SNR)
Research Interests / Expertise
- Landscape ecology
- Animal movement ecology
- Precision agriculture/conservation
Joe Luck
Professor & Associate Director Eastern NE Research & Extension Center
- Phone
- 402-472-1448
- jluck2@unl.edu
- Website
- Website
Affiliations
- Department of Biological Systems Engineering (BSE)
Affiliations
- Department of Biological Systems Engineering (BSE)
- School of Natural Resources
Affiliations
- Department of Community and Regional Planning
Courses Taught
- Planning with GIS (CRPL 430/830)
- Advanced Spatial Analysis with GIS (CRPL 432/832)
- Urban Spatial Structure (CRPL 495/895)
Research Interests / Expertise
- GIS & Spatial analytics
- Urban and Regional Planning ∓ Policy
- Spatial modeling & Statistics
Christopher Neale
Professor
Director, Water for Food Institute
- Phone
- 402-472-5145
- cneale2@unl.edu
- Website
- Website
Affiliations
- Water for Food Daughtry Global Institute (DWFI)
- Department of Biological Systems Engineering (BSE)
Research Interests / Expertise
- Applied Remote Sensing from satellite and airborne (aircraft and UAV) systems
- Mapping riparian vegetation, wetlands, and irrigated agriculture
- Retrieval of surface energy balance fluxes and evapotranspiration using remote sensing
- GIS applications in irrigation engineering, including development of irrigation water user cadastre maps and databases
- Evapotranspiration measurements with lysimeters, Bowen ratio, eddy covariance and scintillometer systems
- Precision agriculture, crop yield and water productivity estimation from remote sensing
Affiliations
- Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
Courses Taught
- Site Specific Crop Management (AGRO/MSYM/AGEN 431)
- Spatial Variability in Soils (AGRO 831)
Research Interests / Expertise
- GIS and remote sensing
- Site-specific crop management
- Nutrient and water use efficiency
Heather Richards-Rissetto
Associate Professor
- Phone
- 402-472-2420
- richards-rissetto@unl.edu
- Website
- Website
Affiliations
- School of Global Integrative Studies | Department of Anthropology
- School of Natural Resources
Courses Taught
- GIS in Archaeology (ANTH 389/889 )
- Geospatial Approaches in Digital Humanities & Social Sciences (ANTH/GEOG/HIST/CLAS 461/861)
- Digital Heritage Tools (ANTH 386/886)
- Visualizing the Ancient Maya City (ANTH/AHIS/CLAS 406/806)
Research Interests / Expertise
- GIS, 3D Technologies (Photogrammetry, LiDAR), Spatial Analysis, 3D GIS
- Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, Digital Humanities, 3D Data Preservation & Access
Affiliations
- School of Computing
Affiliations
- Department of Biological Systems Engineering (BSE)
Courses Taught
- Site-Specific Crop Management (AGEN/AGRO/MSYM 431)
Research Interests / Expertise
- Remote Sensing
- Digital Agriculture
- Agricultural Information Systems
Tsegaye Tadesse
Professor
- Phone
- 402-472-3383
- ttadesse2@unl.edu
- SNR Website
- SNR Website
- NDMC Website
- NDMC Website
Affiliations
- School of Natural Resources (SNR)
- National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC)
Courses Taught
- Applications of Remote Sensing In Agriculture and Natural Resources (NRES 420/820)
- Food Security: A Global Perspective (NRES/AGRO 429A/829A)
- Climate & Society (NRES 452/852)
Research Interests / Expertise
- Drought monitoring and prediction
- Water resources and risk management
- Datamining
Affiliations
- Community and Regional Planning Program
- School of Natural Resources (SNR)
- Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute
Courses Taught
- GIS in Environmental Design and Planning (CRPL 433/833)
Research Interests / Expertise
- GIS
- Environmental impact assessment
- Hazard mitigation
Laura Thompson
Associate Extension Educator
- Phone
- 402-245-2224
- laura.thompson@unl.ed
- Personal Website
- Personal Website
- CropWatch Website
- CropWatch Website
Affiliations
- Nebraska Extension
Research Interests / Expertise
- GIS and remote sensing
- Digital agriculture
- Site-specific crop management
Affiliations
- Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
Affiliations
- Center for Resilience in Agricultural Working Landscapes (CRAWL)
- School of Natural Resources (SNR)
Research Interests / Expertise
- Resilience
- Regime shifts
- Landscape Ecology
Affiliations
- Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies (CALMIT)
- School of Natural Resources (SNR)
Courses Taught
- Introduction to Geospatial Technologies (NRES 218)
- GIS in Agriculture and Natural Resources (NRES 415/815)
Brian Wardlow
Professor
Director, Center for Advanced Land Management Information
Technologies
- Phone
- 402-472-6729
- bwardlow2@unl.edu
- Website
- Website
Affiliations
- Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies (CALMIT)
- School of Natural Resources (SNR)
Courses Taught
- Introduction to Remote Sensing (NRES 418/818 and GEOG 418/818)
- Applications of Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Natural Resources (AGRO 419/819 | GEOG 419/819 | GEOL 419/819 | NRES 420/820)
Research Interests / Expertise
- Remote sensing for drought monitoring
- Climate-vegetation interactions
- Land use/land cover characterization
- Ecological applications
Affiliations
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering
- Director, Holland Computing Center
Courses Taught
- Data Modeling for Systems Development (CSCE 411/811)
- Data Visualization (CSCE 412/812 )
- Computer Graphics (CSCE 470/870 )
Research Interests / Expertise
- Geospatial data management
- Visualization
- High-performance computing
Affiliations
- Department of Statistics
Courses Taught
- Spatial Statistics (STAT 432/831)
Research Interests / Expertise
- Statistical modeling on spatial and spatio-temporal data with applications in agriculture, natural resources and environmental science