Research Projects (*Fellowship Programs):

NOAA Resilience
BLM Rangeland
JFSP/FS Wildfire
NSF-SGR Wildfire
USDA GeoWEPP
EPA/USACE SWAT
Cornell Cropware
NSF-ITR Debrisflow
MCEER GeoProMT
ETC GeoDRAT
NASA/RIT Wildfire
FIPSE-EHaz*
NSF-IGERT GISci*
DFG-IRTG GISci*
LESAM in the News

LESAM - Landscape-based Environmental System Analysis & Modeling

A collaborative interdisciplinary research lab linking research centers of excellence:  
NCGIA, MCEER
and Center for Geohazard Studies.


This picture was taken on January 7 2008 during an extreme event: the local temperature in Buffalo, NY was 62*F (17*C).

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
extreme events

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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April 04, 2009