Postdoctoral Research Associate, Rutgers University Environmental Damage in the Greater Yucatán
In my current research, I employ the theory, data, and methods of GIScience and Remote Sensing for the investigation of: Land cover classification and change detection Natural and anthropogenic disturbance events Vegetation variability and phenology Landscape composition and configuration Uncertainty and error propagation in data integration I am especially interested in methods of identifying, quantifying, and distinguishing natural and anthropogenic sources of land change in heterogeneous and rapidly changing environments. My dissertation research, focused in the Lerma-Chapala-Santiago watershed of central Mexico, sought to resolve three major challenges regarding the use of coarse-resolution remotely sensed data for the analysis of land change.  Under the advisorship of Drs. John Rogan and B. L. Turner, II, I completed my PhD at the Graduate School of Geography of Clark University in 2010, entitled Land Change in Central Mexico: Landscape Heterogeneity, Natural Variability, and Classification Uncertainty.
I am currently employed as a postdoctoral research associate in the Geography Department at Rutgers University in association with the Environmental Damage in the Greater Yucatán project, directed by Dr. Laura Schneider.  This interdisciplinary project is focused on the social and ecological impacts and responses following Hurricane Dean, which struck the peninsula as a category 5 storm in August, 2007.