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The GEODE group enjoys a (very) sunny Flagstaff afternoon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Lab Members<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Scott Goetz<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Regents’ Professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google Scholar<\/a>
Email: Scott.Goetz@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-8903<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests: Ecosystem responses to environmental change, Arctic-boreal vulnerability, biodiversity & habitat, global forest dynamics, remote sensing<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Patrick Jantz<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Research Professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google Scholar<\/a>
Email: Patrick.Jantz@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-9225<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests: Forest canopy structure, geoinformatics, remote sensing, sustainable development<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Patrick Burns<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Senior Research Scientist<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google Scholar<\/a>
Email: Patrick.Burns@nau.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests: Earth observation, remote sensing, lidar, hyperspectral imaging<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kathleen Orndahl<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Senior Research Scientist<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google Scholar<\/a>
Email: Kathleen.Orndahl@nau.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests: Arctic vegetation ecology, climate change impacts on arctic ecosystems, caribou ecology, UAV operations, satellite remote sensing<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Matteo redana<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Postdoctoral Scholar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google Scholar<\/a>
Email: Matteo.Redana@nau.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests: Habitat responses to environmental changes, Tropical forest dynamics, Water-Land habitats interaction, remote sensing, UAVs<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ivan gonzalez<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

PhD Student<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google Scholar<\/a>
Email: ig299@nau.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests: Ecohydrology, remote sensing, land use change, spatial and quantitative ecology<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Skye Salganek<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

PhD Student<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: dss66@nau.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests: Wildlife habitat selection and movement ecology, ungulate ecology, climate change impacts, remote sensing applications, snowpack dynamics and evolution<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shelby Sundquist<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

PhD Student<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google Scholar<\/a>
Email: ss3988@nau.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests: Ecological modelling, disturbances, remote sensing, arctic and boreal forest ecology<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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victoria hope<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Master’s Student<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: vmh234@nau.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests: Remote sensing for conservation science, spatial ecology and landscape analysis, wildlife movement and landscape connectivity, jaguar ecology in human-modified landscapes, forest degradation and land-use change, human\u2013wildlife coexistence, GIS and remote-sensing-based conservation planning<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Affiliated Lab Members<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Logan Berner<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Research Professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google Scholar<\/a>
Email: logan.berner@nau.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests: Forest ecology, carbon cycling, climate change, satellite remote sensing, geospatial modeling<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chris hakkenberg<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Research Professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google Scholar<\/a>
Email: chris.hakkenberg@nau.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests: Remote sensing of forest structure and dynamics, biodiversity, wildfire, carbon<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former Lab Members<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Colin Quinn<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Email: cq73@nau.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests: Biogeography, remote sensing, environmental response to climate and human impact, landscape archaeology<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u017baneta kaszta<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Google Scholar<\/a>
Email: Zaneta.Kaszta@nau.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests: Landscape ecology and genetics, species distribution and biodiversity modelling, decision support systems for conservation, impact of land use change on wildlife and ecosystems, tropical ecology, remote sensing<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Camilo Fagua<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Google Scholar<\/a>
Email: Camilo.Fagua@nau.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests: Spatial analysis, land use change, remote sensing, species distribution modelling, tropical ecology<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adrianna Foster<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Google Scholar<\/a>
Email:  Adrianna.Foster@nau.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests: Forest ecology, vegetation dynamics, disturbances, ecological modeling, climate change, remote sensing<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Richard Massey<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Google Scholar<\/a>
Email: Richard.Massey@nau.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests: Remote sensing, climate change, agriculture, machine learning, high-performance computing, cloud computing architecture<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Melissa Rose<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Research interests: L<\/em>andscape ecology, remote sensing, UAV applications, geospatial analysis, species distribution modelling, biodiversity, conservation<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anna Odell<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests: Macrosystems ecology, vegetation response to climate and land-use change, satellite remote sensing<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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laura puckett<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests: Forest ecology, climate change, remote sensing, ecological modeling<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nancy Peterson<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests: Forest ecology, species modeling, remote sensing, conservation biology<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lab Members Scott Goetz Regents’ Professor Google ScholarEmail: Scott.Goetz@nau.eduPhone: 928-523-8903 Research interests: Ecosystem responses to environmental change, Arctic-boreal vulnerability, biodiversity & habitat, global forest dynamics, remote sensing Patrick Jantz Assistant Research Professor Google ScholarEmail: Patrick.Jantz@nau.eduPhone: 928-523-9225 Research interests: Forest canopy structure, geoinformatics, remote sensing, sustainable development Patrick Burns Senior Research Scientist Google ScholarEmail: Patrick.Burns@nau.edu Research … <\/p>\n

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