GIS, Spatial Data Science & Remote Sensing Research
Geographic Information Science (GIS) is an inherently interdisciplinary field of study that deals with gathering, analyzing and communicating spatially-explicit data about our world. Spatial data science examines the geospatial data, computation, and visualization. Remote sensing uses a wide variety of satellite, aircraft, and drone platforms to collect environmental data used in both GIS and spatial data science. Research by faculty and students in ESS includes advanced techniques like artificial intelligence and machine learning, and advanced technologies like hyperspectral and lidar remote sensing. ESS applications of GIS, spatial data science, and remote sensing are amazingly diverse, and include spatial disparities in environmental hazards and health, changes in vegetation due to drought and disturbance, spread of disease through populations, changes in glaciers and snowpack, and economic and social differences across urban landscapes. Courses in GIS, spatial data science, and remote sensing provide students with a valuable, in-demand skill set.
GIS, Spatial Data Science & Remote Sensing Faculty
Associate Professor
Past and present climate change, paleoecology, environmental modeling, data mining and analysis.
Professor
Environmental Hazards, Emergency Management, Transportation, Geographic Information Science
Professor
Director, School of Environment, Society, and Sustainability
Director, URSA Lab
Hyperspectral, Multispectral, and Lidar Remote Sensing of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Wildfire and Firefighter Safety, Imaging Spectroscopy
Professor
Microwave Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere, Application of Radar Interferometry to Studies of Glaciers and Ground Displacement
Assistant Professor; Department of Economics and School of Environment, Society, & Sustainability
Assistant Professor
Geographic Data Science, Spatiotemporal Computing, Machine Learning, Spatial Epidemiology
Associate Professor
Political Geography, Political Violence, Kenya, Spatial Statistics, GIS, Climate Change,
and Conflict
Associate Professor
Director, HATER Lab
GIS, Spatial analysis, Geography of Terrorism and Insurgent Activity, Complex Systems in Social and Geographic Spaces
Professor
Geomorphology, Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, Geoarchaeology, Arid Lands, Petroleum Geology
Associate Professor, Director of Snow Hydrology Research-to-Operations Laboratory (Snow HydRO Lab)
Mountain Hydrology, Snow Optics and Remote Sensing, Radiative Forcing by Light Absorbing Particles in Snow and Ice, Cryosphere-Climate Interaction.
Associate Professor, Director, Utah Geo-Health Lab
Director, MSGIS program
GIS and Spatial Methods in Understanding and Solving Environmental Health Problems