Florencia Sangermano
Assistant Professor, Geography
Scholarly Interests
GIS, Spatial analysis, Remote Sensing, Landscape Ecology, Soundscape Ecology, Conservation
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Florencia Sangermano is a geographer specialized in geographic information science (GIS), remote sensing, landscape ecology, and ecoacoustics applied to conservation. Her research focuses on climate and land cover change impacts on ecosystems and biodiversity through the lens of geospatial analysis, with the objective of supporting conservation planning and ecosystem management.
Her current research evaluates the impact of deforestation, fragmentation, and forest regeneration on zoonotic spillover risk in the Brazilian Atlantic forest, and on the use of soundscapes to monitor habitat health.
I earned a B.Sc./M.Sc. equivalent (Licenciatura) in Biology from Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina, where I worked in the field of Geoecology; and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Geography from Clark University.
Courses Offered
GEOG 293/383: Introduction to Remote Sensing
GEOG 296/397: Advanced Raster GIS
GEOG 336: Wildlife Conservation GIS Seminar
GEOG 381: Emerging Technologies in Conservation
GEOG 190/310: Introduction to GIS
GEOG 330: Introduction to Species Distribution Modeling
GEOG 389: Conservation GIS
386.03: SP. TOP: Habitat Modeling
Degrees
- Ph.D. in Geography, Clark University, 2009
- M.A. in Geography, Clark University, 2008
- Licenciatura in Biology, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, 2003
Affiliated Department(s)
- Geography Department
- Clark Labs, International Development, Community and Environment (IDCE), Marsh Institute, Biology
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Scholarly and Creative Works
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Protecting Brazilian Amazon Indigenous territories reduces atmospheric particulates and avoids associated health impacts and costs
Published in Communications Earth & Environment
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2023
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Vol. 4
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Issue #1
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The Effect of Landscape Characteristics and Climate Variables on West Virus Infection Risk in Massachusetts
AAG 2023
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Denver
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2023
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Panel: How to Navigate and Chart a Course Forward for Women+ Graduate Students in GIScience. Theme: Toward More Just Geographies
AAG 2023
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Denver
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2023
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The soundscape of Central Massachusetts: relationships with habitat structure and anthropogenic pressure
GIS Day Keynote Speaker. Rowan University Department of Geography Planning and Sustainability
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Glassboro, NJ
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2022
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2022 Israeli-American Kavli Frontiers of Science
Emptied Ecosystems Page - 13
Linking Landscapes to Soundscapes: Uncovering the Relationships between
Acoustic Diversity, Habitat Structure and Anthropogenic PressureIsraeli-American Kavli Symposium
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Irvine, CA
October
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2022
Sponsored by National Academy of Sciences
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Massachusetts’ Soundscapes
George Perkins Marsh Institute / Jeanne X. Kasperson Library Seminar
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Clark University
February
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2022
Sponsored by Marsh Institute
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Translating Geography Degrees into Environmental, Conservation, and Sustainability Work
Professional Development Spring Webinar Series
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Online
May
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2022
Sponsored by Association of American Geographers
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Connecting Massachusetts’ landscapes to soundscapes
Association of American Geographers
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Online
February
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2022
Sponsored by AAG
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Published in Landscape and Urban Planning
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2022
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Post-fire spectral recovery of three fires in the Southern Rocky Mountains
Published in Remote Sensing
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2022
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The Influence of Burn Severity on Post-Fire Spectral Recovery of Three Fires in the Southern Rocky Mountains
Published in Remote Sensing
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2022
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Vol. 14
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Issue #6
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Applying Landscape Fragmentation Analysis to Icescape Environments: Potential Impacts for the Pacific Walrus
Published in Polar Research
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2022
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Applying Landscape Fragmentation Analysis to Icescape Environments: Potential Impacts for the Pacific Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens)
Published in Polar Research
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2021
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Graduate Programs in Conservation GIS
Society of Conservation GIS Annual conference
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online
August
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2021
Sponsored by SCGIS
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Linking land change model evaluation to model objective for the assessment of land cover change impacts on biodiversity
Published in Landscape Ecology
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2021
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Understanding agricultural fire dynamics in the southern Yucat'an Peninsular Region using the MODIS (C6) active fire product
Published in Remote Sensing Letters
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2021
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Vol. 12
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Issue #7
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Remote Sensing with TerrSet 2020: A Beginners Guide. Kindle Edition.
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2021
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Edition #
Geocarto International Centre Ltd
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Mapping spatiotemporal variability of the urban heat island across an urban gradient in Worcester, Massachusetts using in-situ Thermochrons and Landsat-8 Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) data
Published in GIScience \& Remote Sensing
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2020
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Vol. 57
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Issue #7
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Evaluating the Effect of Habitat Quality on Biodiversity in a Highly Modified Ecosystem.
AAG
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Denver / moved to remote
April
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2020
Sponsored by AAG
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"Rangeland Condition Trends and the Implications on Management for Bison Reintroduction in Montana"
Society of Conservation GIS
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Monterrey California
June
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2019
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Evaluating Wildlife Vulnerability to Mercury Pollution From Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Madre de Dios, Peru
Published in Tropical Conservation Science
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2018
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Vol. 11
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Modelling the distribution of the vector Aedes aegypti in a central Argentine city
Published in Medical and veterinary entomology
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2018
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Vol. 32
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Issue #4
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Monitoring rubber plantation expansion using Landsat data time series and a Shapelet-based approach
Published in ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
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2018
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Vol. 136
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Remote Sensing with TerrSet?s IDRISI: A Beginner's Guide
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2017
Geocarto International - ISBN 978-962822628-3
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Populus tremuloides seedling establishment: An underexplored vector for forest type conversion after multiple disturbances
Published in Forest Ecology and Management
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2017
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Vol. 404
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Surrogate species protection in Bolivia under climate and land cover change scenarios
Published in Journal for Nature Conservation
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2016
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Vol. 34
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Africanized honeybee habitat suitability: a comparison between models for southern Utah and southern California
Published in Applied Geography
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2016
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Vol. 76
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Modeling the risk of spread and establishment for Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) in Massachusetts from 2008-2009
Published in Geocarto International
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2016
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Vol. 31
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Issue #8
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Habitat suitability and protection status of four species of amphibians in the Dominican Republic
Published in Applied Geography
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2015
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Vol. 63
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Forest baseline and deforestation map of the Dominican Republic through the analysis of time series of MODIS data
Published in Data in brief
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2015
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Vol. 4
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Characterizing the potential distribution of the invasive Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) in Worcester County, Massachusetts
Published in Applied Geography
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2013
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Vol. 45
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Global Trends in Seasonality of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), 1982--2011
Published in Remote Sensing
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2013
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Vol. 5
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Issue #10
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Predicting core reproductive habitat for wolverine (Gulo gulo) in Qu'ebec, Canada using a GIS-based deductive modeling approach
Published in Beyond Ktaadn, New Salem, Massachusetts, USA
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2012
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Land cover change in the Bolivian Amazon and its implications for REDD+ and endemic biodiversity
Published in Landscape ecology
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2012
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Vol. 27
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Issue #4
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Evaluation of species distribution model algorithms for fine-scale container-breeding mosquito risk prediction
Published in Medical and veterinary entomology
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2011
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Vol. 25
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Issue #3
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A step-wise land-cover classification of the tropical forests of the Southern Yucatan, Mexico
Published in International Journal of Remote Sensing
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2011
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Vol. 32
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Issue #4
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Similarity Weighted Instance-based Learning for the Generation of Transition Potentials in Land Use Change Modeling
Published in Transactions in GIS
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2010
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Vol. 14
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Issue #5
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Awards & Grants
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Essential Biodiversity Variables - ScaleUp- Harnessing the power of GEE and GEO BON to bring EBVs from concept to application-ready global solutions in service of society
GEO-Google Earth Engine Program
Jul. 1, 2020 - Jul. 1, 2022
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Urban Heat Islands, Mosquito biodiversity and the effect of vegetation as a regulating service in a city of Argentina
National Geographic Society
Sep. 1, 2020 - Aug. 31, 2021
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How to Navigate and Chart a Course Forward for Women Graduate Students in GIScience
UCGIS-TRELIS Carolyn Merry Mini-Grants
Jan. 1, 2023
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Collaborative Research US-São Paulo: “Land use change, ecosystem resilience, and zoonotic spillover risk
NSF BoCP-Design
Jan. 1, 2023
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Oliver and Dorothy Hayden Junior Faculty Fellowship Award
Clark University
2019
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Outstanding Graduate Teacher Award
Clark University
2020
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Kavli Fellow
National Academy of Sciences
2022
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TRELIS Fellow
UCGIS - TRELIS
2022
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