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LESAM -
Landscape-based Environmental System
Analysis & Modeling
A collaborative interdisciplinary research lab linking research centers of
excellence:
NCGIA, MCEER
and
Center for Geohazard Studies.
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This picture was taken on January 7 2008 during an extreme
event: the local temperature in Buffalo,
NY was 62*F (17*C).
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Our Mission:
The development and
implementation of
integrated, user-friendly
analysis and
modeling
techniques
using
GIScience, Remote Sensing,
Environmental
Modeling, and
readily available data sets
to
support
rapid, practical and effective
decision-making
in managing
natural resources and
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Chris S. Renschler
(Director, *Advisor/Co-advisor)
LESAM Lab Members:
*Martin Minkowski PhD Candidate UB Geography
*Suzanne Roussie PhD
Candidate UB Geography
*Yan Yang PhD Candidate UB Geography
*Risa Ikeya PhD Candidate UB Geography (Kyoto University, Japan)
*Amy Frazier PhD Student UB Geography (IGERT in
GIScience)
*Jorge Bajo PhD Student UB Geography
*Phil Evans MA/MS Student UB Geography
*Heidi Perry MA/MS Student Geography
*Heather Collins MA/MS Student UB Geography
*Haifeng Yu MA/MS student UB Geography
LESAM Alumni:
*Luis Miguel Tanarro Garcia
Post-doctoral Researcher 2007 UB Geography (Universidad
Complutense, Madrid, Spain)
*Taesoo Lee PhD 2008 UB Geography (Texas A&M, College
Station, Texas)
*Mary Ellen Miller PhD 2007 UB Civil, Structural & Environmental
Engineering (Colorado State University, Boulder, Colorado)
*Laercio Namikawa PhD 2006 UB Geography (INPE - National Institute for Space
Research, São José dos Campos, Brazil)
*Alexandre
Sorokine PhD 2004 UB Geography (Oakridge National Laboratory, Oak
Ridge, Tennessee)
Alexander C. Walkowski
Visiting Scientist UB - 2005 PhD Cand. Universität Münster, Münster, Germany
Esperanza Munoz-Salinas Visiting Scientist UB 2004 - PhD 2007 Universidad Complutense, Geografía
(University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland)
Yuxia Huang PhD 2008 UB Geography (Texas A&M, Corpus Christi, Texas)
Gaurav Sinha PhD 2008 UB Geography
(Ohio University, Athens, Ohio)
*Daniel Sheehan MA 2008 UB Geography
*Vijay Sambandhan Loganathan MA 2007 UB Geography
*G. Allen Hoerle MA 2006 Geography
*Jennifer Mussel MA-PSM 2005 UB Geography
*Matthew Malinowski MA 2005 UB Geography
*Marissa Harvey MA 2005 UB Geography
*Marc Koopman MA 2002 UB Geography
Tom Stieve MA 2004 UB Geography
Christopher Martin BA 2008 UB Geography
How to become a LESAM lab member?
Contact the LESAM director and
- Join the UB Geography PhD,
MA/MS, PSM,
or BA Program in
GIScience
or
Earth, System Sciences .
- Apply for fellowship funding through the IGERT in
GIScience, IGERT in
Ecosystem Restoration through Interdisciplinary Exchange (ERIE) or
FIPSE program.
Contact Information
LESAM is located in 142 Wilkeson,
Dept. of Geography Wilkeson Quad.
For questions and comments please contact the
LESAM research
leader
at:
- Telephone
- +1 (716) 645 0480 (office)
or 645 2722 (LESAM lab)
- FAX
- +1 (716) 645-2329
- Postal address
- Landscape-based Environmental System Analysis & Modeling (LESAM)
- 105 Wilkeson Quad, Buffalo, New York 14261, U.S.A.
- Electronic mail
- General Information:
rensch@buffalo.edu
Webmaster:
rensch@buffalo.edu
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