I joined the University of Georgia in August 2025 as an Assistant Professor of Precision Forestry in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. My academic and research efforts center on developing and teaching courses in remote sensing, digital image processing, and GIS programming. I also lead research initiatives focused on applying deep learning to forest health monitoring, biomass estimation, wildfire forecasting, and crop mapping. Prior to my current role, I served as an Assistant Professor at Michigan Technological University (2020–2025), where I contributed to advancements in geospatial analytics and environmental monitoring. From 2018 to 2020, I was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where I specialized in remote sensing, machine learning, and large-scale human infrastructure mapping. I hold a Ph.D. in Geomatics and an M.S. in Statistics from the University of Florida, as well as an M.S. in GIS Engineering from SUNY ESF.
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