Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr
Graduate School of Geography
950 Main Street, Worcester MA 01610-1477, United States of America
PHONE 001 508 793 7761
EMAIL rpontius@clarku.edu
PERSONAL URL www.clarku.edu/~rpontius/
UNIVERISTY URL https://www.clarku.edu/faculty/profiles/robert-pontius/
ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7287-5875
CITATIONS https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Lfmhbd8AAAAJ&hl=en
updated 19 April 2024
SUMMARY OF SCHOLARLY
CONTRIBUTIONS
Professor Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, Gil for short, creates quantitative methods that contribute to Geographic Information Science (GIS), Remote Sensing, and Statistics. Pontius is an applied statistician and environmental scientist with expertise in GIS, ecological modeling, and land change science. He has derived mathematical proofs concerning measurements that are essential in a variety of fields. Several of these methods have been incorporated into the GIS & Image Processing software TerrSet, which has over 100,000 users worldwide. His solo authored book is entitled Metrics That Make a Difference: How to Analyze Change and Error. His collection of videos help to disseminate his work.
EXPERTISE
Geographic Information Science (GIS)
Coupled Human and Natural Systems
Quantitative Ecological Modeling
Land Change Science
Spatial Statistics
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Science 1994
State University of New York
College of Environmental Science and Forestry
-authored dissertation entitled “Modeling Tropical Land-Use Change and
Assessing Policies to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Release from Africa”
Master of Applied Statistics 1989
The
Bachelor of Science -- Mathematics, Economics 1984
University of Pittsburgh
Cleveland Institute of
EXPERIENCE
Professor 2011-present, Tenured Associate Professor 2004-2011, Assistant Professor 1998-2004
Associate Director of Geography 2015-2018, Acting
Director of IDCE 2007
Clark University
Graduate School of Geography 1998-present
Department of International Development, Community, and Environment (IDCE)
1998-2010
-teaches GIS, Land Change Science, Map Comparison, Quantitative Modeling,
Statistics
-coordinated Masters program in GIS for Development and Environment 1998-2008
-advised Human Environment Regional Observatory program
-advises Doctoral, Masters and Bachelors students
Associate Scientist 1995-1997
Tellus Institute & Stockholm Environment Institute
-analyzed environmental sustainability and conducted GIS-based modeling
Assistant Professor 1994-1995
Boston University
-taught in Department of Geography and Center for Energy & Environmental
Studies
Research Assistant 1992-1994
State University of New York
-researched global carbon cycle and land use
Teaching Associate 1990-1991, 1987-1989
State University of New York
-taught Forest Biometrics
The Ohio State University
-taught Mathematics
Statistical Consultant 1990-1994
State University of New York
-consulted on numerous projects
Mathematical Statistician 1989-1990
United States Department of Agriculture
-designed area-sampling frames
Mathematics Teacher 1985-1987
United States Peace Corps in Tanzania
-taught Advanced-level Mathematics
HONORS
Fulbright Scholar 2022-2023
Brazil
Scientific Advisory Committee Member
MapBiomas 2020-present
National Research Council Committee Member
Committee on Needs and Research Requirements for Land Change Modeling 2011-2012
Second most highly cited paper (Pontius and Cheuk 2006)
International Journal of Geographical Information Science during 2006-2010
Invited Keynote Speaker
MOPT Advanced Spatial Modeling and Analysis, Lisbon, Portugal 2024
International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Online 2023
International Conference on Geospatial Information Sciences, Merida, Mexico 2019
Conference on Computational Interdisciplinary Sciences, Guanajuato, Mexico 2012
Schermerhorn Lecture, University of Twente (ITC) Enschede, The Netherlands 2011
Reunión Nacional Sociedad Latinoamericana en Percepción Remota, Morelia, Mexico 2011
National French Geomatics Conference (SAGEO) Toulouse, France 2010
Southern Forestry and Natural Resources GIS conference, Orlando FL, USA 2008
Spatial Accuracy conference in Lisbon, Portugal 2006
American Institute of Biological Sciences Distinguished Scientist Award
Investigators of the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) network 2010
Who’s Who Inductee
Heritage 2010
Marquis 2010
Continental 2009
Executives and Professionals 2009
Global 2009
Strathmore 2009
Michael Brehney Prize for best paper
Environment and Planning B 2005
Zayed International Prize for the Environment
Authors of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005
Exceptional Merit
Clark University 2003, 2005, 2007
Hodgkins Prize for excellence in scholarship, teaching and service
Clark University 2003
Oliver and Dorothy Hayden Junior Faculty Fellow
Clark University 2003
ESRI Scholar
GIScience Conference 2002
Technical Communication Award
Society for Technical Communication 1997
International Jugglers Association 1996
Distinguished Teaching Fellow
State
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Inductee
The
Mathematics Summer Fellow
The
BOOKS AND SPECIAL
ISSUES
1. Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore. 2022. Metrics That Make a Difference: How to Analyze Change and Error. Advances in Geographic Information Science. Springer Nature Switzerland AG: Cham. 117 pages. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-70765-1
2. Brown, Daniel G, Lawrence E Band, Kathleen O Green, Elena G Irwin, Atul Jain, Eric F Lambin, Robert G Pontius Jr, Karen C Seto, B L Turner II, Peter H Verburg. 2014. Advancing Land Change Modeling: Opportunities and Research Requirements. The National Academies Press: Washington DC. 145 pages. https://doi.org/10.17226/18385
3. Polsky, Colin, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, John Renne (guest editors). 2023. Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Land Use/Land Cover Change in Heterogeneous Coastal Landscapes. Special Issue of Land. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/land/special_issues/coastal_landscapes
4. Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore. John Rogan (guest editors). 2021. Land Change Assessment Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Science. Special Issue of Remote Sensing. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing/special_issues/remote_sensing_land
5. Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore. John Rogan (guest editors). 2021. Land Change Assessment Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Science. Special Issue of Land. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/land/special_issues/land_remote_sensing
6. Paegelow, Martin, María Teresa Camacho Olmedo, Jean-François Mas, Thomas Houet, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr (guest editors). 2013. Land change modelling: moving beyond projections. Special Issue of International Journal of Geographical Information Science. 27(9): 1691-1827. http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tgis20/27/9#.Ur1t97QmSdw
PUBLICATIONS AS PEER
REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES italics denote
student
1. Henríquez, Cristian, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, Paulina
Contreras. 2024. Performance of CA_Markov and
DINAMICA EGO models to evaluate urban risk in
Antofagasta and Mejillones, Chile. Natural
Hazards 120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-024-06512-5.
2. Strzempko, Jessica,
Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr. 2023. The
Flow matrix offers a straightforward alternative to the problematic Markov
matrix. Land 12(7),
1471. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12071471.
3. Viana, Claudia
M., Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr.,
Jorge Rocha 2023. Four Fundamental Questions to Evaluate Land Change
Models with an Illustration of a Cellular Automata–Markov Model. American Association of Geographers
113(10): 2497-2511. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2023.2232435.
4. Khallaghi, Sam,
Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr. 2022. Area method compared with Transect method to
measure shoreline movement. Geocarto
International 37(20): 5963-5984. https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2021.1926556.
5. Ahmadlou, Mohammad, Mohammad Karimi, and Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr. 2021. A New Framework to Deal with the Class Imbalance Problem in Urban Gain
Modeling Based on Clustering and Ensemble Models. Geocarto International. 37(19): 5669-5692 https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2021.1923826.
6. Evenden, Emily,
Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr. 2021. Encoding a Categorical Variable for Input to
TerrSet’s Multi-Layer Perceptron. ISPRS International Journal of
Geo-Information 10(10): 686. https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/10/10/686.
7. Harati, Saeed, Liliana Perez, Roberto Molowny-Horas, Robert
Gilmore Pontius Jr. 2021. Validating models
of one-way land change: an example case of forest insect disturbance.
Landscape Ecology 36(10), 2919-2935. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-021-01272-0.
8. Liu, Zhen,
Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr. 2021. The Total Operating Characteristic from Stratified
Random Sampling with an Application to Flood Mapping. Remote Sensing
13(9): 3922. https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/19/3922
9. Sangermano, Florencia, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, Jamieson Chaitman, and Aaron
Meneghini. 2021. Linking land change model evaluation to model
objective for the assessment of land cover change impacts on biodiversity.
Landscape Ecology 36(9): 2707-2723. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-021-01251-5
10. Shafizadeh-Moghadam, Hossein, Masoud Minaei, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, Ali Asghari, Hashem Dadashpoor. 2021.
Integrating a Forward Feature Selection algorithm, Random Forest, and Cellular
Automata to extrapolate urban growth in the Tehran-Karaj Region of Iran.
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 87: 101595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2021.101595
11. Elmes, Arthur, Hamed Alemohammad, Ryan
Avery, Kelly Caylor, J Ronald Eastman, Lewis Fishgold, Mark A Friedl, Meha
Jain, Divyani Kohli, Juan Carlos Laso Bayas, Dalton Lunga, Jessica L McCarty, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, Andrew B
Reinmann, John Rogan, Lei Song, Hristiana Stoynova, Su Ye, Zhuang-Fang Yi, Lyndon
Estes. 2020. Accounting for
training data error in machine learning applied to Earth observations. Remote
Sensing 12(6): 1034. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12061034
12. Quan, Bin, Robert
Gilmore Pontius Jr, Hui Song. 2020. Intensity
Analysis to communicate land change during three time
intervals in two regions of Quanzhou City, China. GIScience
& Remote Sensing 57(1): 21-36. https://doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2019.1658420
13. Varga, Orsola Gyongyi, Robert
Gilmore Pontius Jr, Zsuzanna Szabo, Szilard Szabo.
2020. Effects of category aggregation on land change
simulation based on Corine land cover data. Remote Sensing 12(8): 1314. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12081314
14. Xie, Zheyu, Robert
Gilmore Pontius Jr, Jinliang Huang, and Vilas Nitivattananon. 2020. Enhanced intensity analysis to quantify
categorical change and to identify suspicious land transitions: a case study of
Nanchang, China. Remote Sensing
20(12): 3323. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12203323
15. Pontius
Jr, Robert Gilmore. 2019.
Component intensities to relate difference by category with difference overall.
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 77: 94-99.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2018.07.024
16. Shafizadeh-Moghadam, Hossein, Masoud
Minaei, Yongjiu Feng, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr. 2019. GlobeLand30 maps show four times larger gross than net land change from
2000 to 2010 in Asia. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation
and Geoinformation 78: 240-248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2019.01.003
17. Varga, Orsolya Gyöngyi, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr,
Sudhir Kumar Singh, Szilárd Szabó. 2019. Intensity Analysis and the Figure of Merit’s
Components for assessment of a Cellular Automata - Markov simulation model. Ecological Indicators 101: 933-942. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.01.057
18. Estoque, Ronald C., Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, Yuji Murayama, Hao Hou, Rajesh B. Thapa,
Rodel D. Lasco, Merlito A.
Villar. 2018. Simultaneous Comparison and Assessment of Eight Remotely Sensed
Maps of Philippine Forests. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation
and Geoinformation 67: 123-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2017.10.008
19. Huang, Boqiang,
Jinliang Huang, Robert Gilmore Pontius
Jr, Zhenshun Tu. 2018. Comparison of Intensity Analysis
and the land use dynamic degrees to measure land changes outside versus inside
the coastal zone of Longhai, China. Ecological Indicators 88: 336-347 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.12.057.
20. Pontius
Jr, Robert Gilmore. 2018. Criteria to Confirm Models that Simulate Deforestation
and Carbon Disturbance. Land 7(3): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3390/land7030105
21. Quan, Bin, Ren Hongge, Robert
Gilmore Pontius Jr, Peilin Liu. 2018.
Quantifying Spatiotemporal Patterns Concerning Land Change in Changsha, China. Landscape and Ecological Engineering 14: 257-267. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11355-018-0349-y
22. Ye, Su,
Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, Rahul Rakshit.
2018. A review of accuracy assessment for object-based image analysis:
from per-pixel to per-polygon approaches.
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 141(July): 137-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2018.04.002
23. Akinyemi, Felicia O., Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, Ademola K. Braimoh.
2017. Land change dynamics: insights from Intensity Analysis applied to an
African emerging city. Journal of Spatial Science 62(1): 69-83. https://doi.org/10.1080/14498596.2016.1196624
24. Pontius
Jr, Robert Gilmore, Jinliang
Huang, Wenle Jiang, Sam Khallaghi, Youtao Lin, Jiyuan Liu, Bin Quan and Su Ye. 2017. Rules to write mathematics to clarify metrics such as the land use
dynamic degrees. Landscape Ecology 32(12): 2249-2260. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-017-0584-x
25. Pontius
Jr, Robert Gilmore, Roopa Krithivasan, Laura Sauls, Yan Yan, Yujia Zhang.
2017. Methods to summarize change among land categories across time intervals.
Journal of Land Use Science 12(4): 218-230. https://doi.org/10.1080/1747423X.2017.1338768
26. Bradley, Andrew V., Isabel M.D. Rosa, Robert G. Pontius Jr, Sadia E. Ahmed,
Miguel B. Araujo, Daniel G. Brown, Amintas Brandăo
Jr., Gilberto Câmara, Tiago G.S. Carnerio,
Andrew J. Hartley, Matthew J. Smith, Robert M. Ewers. 2016. SimiVal,
a multi-criteria map comparison tool for land-change model projections.
Environmental Modelling & Software 82: 229-240.
27. Song, Hui, Bin Quan, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, Yongshun Han, Hongge Ren. 2016. Land Change in Terms of Quantity
and Allocation: Case Study of Quanzhou, China. Open Journal of Soil and Water
Conservation 4(4): 82-92.
28. Teixeira, Zara, Joăo C Marques, Robert Gilmore
Pontius Jr. 2016. Evidence for deviations from uniform changes in a
Portuguese watershed illustrated by CORINE maps: An Intensity Analysis
approach. Ecological Indicators 66:
382-390.
29. Zhou, Pei,
Jinliang Huang, Robert Gilmore
Pontius Jr, Huasheng Hong. 2016. New
insight into the correlations between land use and water quality in a coastal
watershed of China: Does point source pollution weaken it? Science of the Total Environment 543: 591-600.
30. Aldwaik,
Safaa Zakaria, Jeffrey A
Onsted, and Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr.
2015. Behavior-based aggregation of land categories for temporal change
analysis. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
35(Part B): 229-238.
31. Blanchard,
Samuel, Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore, and K M Urban. 2015. Implications of using
2m versus 30 m spatial resolution data for suburban residential land change
modeling. Journal of Environmental Informatics 25(1): 1-13.
32. Camacho Olmedo, María Teresa, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, Martin Paegelow,
and Jean-François Mas. 2015. Comparison
of simulation models in terms of quantity and allocation of land change.
Environmental Modelling & Software 69: 214-221.
33. Enaruvbe, Glory and Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr. 2015. Influence of classification errors on Intensity Analysis of land changes
in southern Nigeria. International Journal of Remote Sensing 31(1):
244-261.
34. Huang, Jinliang, Yaling
Huang, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr,
and Ling Huang. 2015. Geographically Weighted Regression to measure spatial
variations in correlations between water pollution versus land use in a
watershed. Ocean & Coastal Management 103: 13-24.
35. Giner, Nicholas M, Colin Polsky, Robert G. Pontius Jr, Daniel
Miller Runfola, and Samuel J. Ratick. 2014. Creating
Spatially-Explicit Lawn Maps Without Classifying Remotely-Sensed Imagery: The
case of suburban Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Cities and the Environment 7(1):
article 10, 28 pages.
36.
Muńoz-Erickson, Tischa A., Ariel E. Lugo, Elvia
Meléndez-Ackerman, Luis E. Santiago-Acevedo, José Seguinot-Barbosa,
Pablo Méndez-Lázaro, Myrna Hall, Braulio Quintero,
Alonso Ramírez, Diana García-Montiel, Robert
Gilmore Pontius Jr, Olga M. Ramos-González, Raúl Santiago-Bartolomei, Julio Verdejo-Ortíz,
Jorge R. Ortíz-Zayas, Carmen M. Concepción, Daniela
Cusack, Juan Giusti, William McDowell, María Luz Cruz-Torres, Julio Vallejo,
Lindsay Cray, Jess Zimmerman, Víctor Cuadrado-Landrau,
and Magaly Figueroa. 2014. Knowledge
to Serve the City: Insights from an Emerging Knowledge-Action Network to
Address Vulnerability and Sustainability in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Cities and the Environment 7(1): article 5,
24 pages.
37.
Liu,
Yan, Yongjiu Feng, Robert Gilmore
Pontius Jr. 2014. Spatially-Explicit Simulation of Urban Growth through
Self-Adaptive Genetic Algorithm and Cellular Automata Modelling. Land
3(3): 719-738.
38. Pontius Jr,
Robert Gilmore and Benoit Parmentier. 2014. Recommendations
for using the Relative Operating Characteristic (ROC). Landscape Ecology 29(3):
367-382.
39. Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore and Ali
Santacruz. 2014. Quantity, Exchange and Shift Components of
Differences in a Square Contingency Table. International Journal of Remote
Sensing 35(21): 7543-7554.
40. Pontius Jr,
Robert Gilmore and Kangping Si. 2014. The Total Operating
Characteristic to measure diagnostic ability for multiple thresholds. International
Journal of Geographical Information Science 28(3): 570-583.
41. Runfola,
Daniel S.M., Thomas A. Hamill,
Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, John
Rogan, Nick Giner, Albert Decatur and Samuel Ratick. 2014.
Using Fine Resolution Orthoimagery and Spatial
Interpolation to Rapidly Map Turf Grass in Suburban Massachusetts.
International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research 1(1): article 4,
17 pages.
42. Villamor, Grace, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, and Meine van Noordwijk. 2014. Agroforest’s
growing role in reducing carbon losses from Jambi (Sumatra), Indonesia.
Regional Environmental Change 14(2): 825-834.
43.
Zhou, Pei,
Jinliang Huang, Robert Gilmore Pontius
Jr, and Huasheng Hong. 2014. Land Classification and Change
Intensity Analysis in a Coastal Watershed of Southeast China. Sensors 14(7): 11640-11658.
44. Aldwaik,
Safaa Zakaria and Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr. 2013. Map errors
that could account for deviations from a uniform intensity of land change.
International Journal of Geographical Information Science 27(9): 1717-1739.
45. Brown, Daniel G, Peter H Verburg, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr and Mark D
Lange. 2013. Opportunities to improve impact, integration, and evaluation of
land change models. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 5: 452-457.
46.
Giner, Nicholas M, Colin Polsky, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, and Daniel
Miller Runfola. 2013. Understanding the social determinants of lawn
landscapes: A fine-resolution spatial statistical analysis in suburban Boston,
Massachusetts, USA. Landscape and Urban Planning 111: 25-33.
47.
Huang,
Jinliang, Qingsheng Li, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, Victor Klemas,
and Hasheng Hong. 2013. Detecting the dynamic linkage
between landscape characteristics and water quality in a subtropical coastal
watershed, southeast China. Environmental Management 51(1): 32-44.
48.
Mas, Jean-François,
Britaldo Soares Filho, Robert Gilmore Pontius
Jr, Michelle Farfán Gutiérrez, and Hermann
Rodrigues. 2013. A suite of tools for
ROC analysis of spatial models. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
2(3): 869-887.
49. Paegelow, Martin, Maria Teresa Camacho
Olmedo, Thomas Houet, Jean-Francios Mas, and Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr. 2013. Land
Change Modeling: Moving Beyond Projections. International Journal of
Geographical Information Science 27(9): 1691-1695.
50. Pontius Jr, Robert
Gilmore, Yan Gao, Nicholas M Giner, Takashi Kohyama, Mitsuru Osaki and Kazuyo
Hirose. 2013. Design and Interpretation of Intensity Analysis Illustrated by
Land Change in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Land 2(3): 351-369.
51. Runfola,
Daniel Miller, Colin Polsky, Craig
Nicolson, Nicholas Giner, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, Joseph Krahe, Albert Decatur. 2013. A Growing Concern? Examining
the Influence of Lawn Size on Residential Water Use in Suburban Boston, MA,
USA. Landscape and Urban Planning 119:
113-123.
52.
Runfola, Daniel and Robert
Gilmore Pontius Jr. 2013. Measuring the Temporal Instability of Land Change
using the Flow matrix. International Journal of Geographical Information
Science 27(9): 1696-1716.
53. Aldwaik,
Safaa Zakaria and Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr. 2012. Intensity
analysis to unify measurements of size and stationarity of land changes by
interval, category, and transition.
Landscape and Urban Planning 106(1): 103-114.
54. Gutierrez-Velez,
Victor and Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr. 2012. Influence
of carbon mapping and land change modelling on the prediction of carbon
emissions from deforestation.
Environmental Conservation 39(4): 325-336.
55. Huang, Jinliang, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, Qingsheng Li,
and Yujia Zhang. 2012. Use of intensity
analysis to link patterns with processes of land change from 1987 to 2007 in a
coastal watershed of southeast China. Applied Geography 34: 371-384.
56. McConnell,
William J, James DA Millington, Nicholas J Reo, Marina Alberti, Heidi Asbjornsen, Lawrence A Baker, Nicholas Brozovic,
Laurie E Drinkwater, Scott A Drzyzga, José Fragoso,
Daniel S Holland, Claire A Jantz, Timothy A Kohler, Herbert DG Maschner, Michael Monticino,
Guillermo Podestá, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, Charles L Redman, David Sailor, Gerald
Urquhart, and Jianguo Liu,. 2011. Research
on Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS): Approach, Challenges and
Strategies. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 92(2): 218-228.
57. Chen,
Hao and Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr. 2011. Sensitivity of a land change model
to pixel resolution and precision of the independent variable. Environmental
Modeling & Assessment 16: 37-52.
58. Gao, Yan, Prashanth Marpu, Imgard Niemeyer, Daniel Runfola, Nick Giner, Thomas Hamill,
and Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr. 2011.
Object-based classification with features extracted by a semi-automatic feature
extraction algorithm - SEaTH. Geocarto
International 26(3): 211-226.
59. Pontius
Jr, Robert Gilmore and Marco Millones. 2011. Death to Kappa:
birth of quantity disagreement and allocation disagreement for accuracy assessment.
International Journal of Remote Sensing 32(15): 4407-4429. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2011.552923
60. Pontius
Jr, Robert Gilmore, Smitha Peethambaram, and Jean-Christophe
Castella. 2011. Comparison of three maps at multiple resolutions: a case study
of land change simulation in Cho Don District, Vietnam. Annals of the
Association of American Geographers 101(1): 45-62.
61. Chen,
Hao and Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr. 2010. Diagnostic tools to evaluate a
spatial land change projection along a gradient of an explanatory variable.
Landscape Ecology 25: 1319-1331.
62. Manandhar, Ramita, Inakwu O. A. Odeh, and Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr. 2010. Analysis of twenty years of categorical land
transitions in the Lower Hunter of New South Wales, Australia. Agriculture,
Ecosystems and Environment 135: 336-346.
63. Pontius
Jr, Robert Gilmore and Xiaoxiao Li. 2010. Land transition estimates
from erroneous maps. Journal of Land Use Science 5(1): 31-44.
64. Pontius
Jr, Robert Gilmore and Neeti Neeti.
2010. Uncertainty in the difference between maps of future land change scenarios.
Sustainability Science 5(1): 39-50.
65. Pontius
Jr, Robert Gilmore and Silvia Petrova. 2010. Assessing a
predictive model of land change using uncertain data. Environmental Modelling
& Software 25(3): 299-309.
66. Pontius
Jr, Robert Gilmore and John Connors. 2009. Range of categorical
associations for comparison of maps with mixed pixels. Photogrammetric
Engineering & Remote Sensing 75(8): 963-969.
67. Alo, Clement Aga and Robert
Gilmore Pontius Jr. 2008. Identifying
systematic land cover transitions using remote sensing and GIS: The fate of
forests inside and outside protected areas of
68. Kuzera,
Kristopher and Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr. 2008.
Importance of matrix construction for multiple-resolution categorical map
comparison. GIS and Remote Sensing 45(3): 249-274.
69. Pontius
Jr, Robert Gilmore, Wideke
Boersma, Jean-Christophe Castella, Keith Clarke, Ton de Nijs, Charles Dietzel,
Zengqiang Duan, Eric Fotsing, Noah Goldstein, Kasper Kok, Eric Koomen, Christopher D. Lippitt, William
McConnell, Alias Mohd Sood, Bryan Pijanowski, Snehal
Pithadia, Sean Sweeney, Tran Ngoc Trung, A.
70. Pontius
Jr, Robert Gilmore,
71. Pontius
Jr, Robert Gilmore, Robert
Walker, Robert Yao-Kumah,
Eugenio Arima, Stephen Aldrich, Marcellus Caldas, and Dante Vergara. 2007.
Accuracy assessment for a simulation model of Amazonian deforestation. Annals
of the Association of American Geographers 97(4): 677-695.
72.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore and Mang
Lung Cheuk. 2006. A generalized cross-tabulation matrix to compare
soft-classified maps at multiple resolutions. International Journal of
Geographical Information Science 20(1): 1-30.
73.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore and Christopher
D Lippitt. 2006. Can error explain map differences over time? Cartography
and Geographic Information Science 33(2): 159-171.
74.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore, Anna
J Versluis and Nicholas R Malizia.
2006. Visualizing certainty of extrapolations from models of land change.
Landscape Ecology 21(7): 1151-1166.
75.
Fedorko,
Evan, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, Stephen
Aldrich, Luc Claessens, Charles Hopkinson Jr and
Wilfred Wolheim. 2005. Spatial distribution of land type in regression models of pollutant
loading. Journal of Spatial
Hydrology 5(2): 60-80.
76.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore and Jeffrey
Malanson. 2005. Comparison of the structure and accuracy of two land change
models. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 19(2): 243-265.
77.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore and Joseph
Spencer. 2005. Uncertainty in extrapolations of predictive land change
models. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 32: 211-230.
78. Fedorko, Evan, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, Stephen Aldrich, Luc Claessens, Charles Hopkinson Jr and Wilfred Wolheim. 2004. Spatial distribution of land type in regression models of pollutant loading. Biological Bulletin 207: 173.
79.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore, Diana
Huffaker and Kevin Denman. 2004.
Useful techniques of validation for spatially explicit land-change models.
Ecological Modelling 179(4): 445-461.
80. Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore and Nicholas R Malizia. 2004. Effect of category aggregation on map comparison. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3234: 251-268. in M J Egenhofer, C Freksa, and H J Miller (eds): GIScience2004.
81.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore and Pablo
Pacheco. 2004. Calibration and validation of a model of forest
disturbance in the Western Ghats,
82.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore, Emily
Shusas and Menzie McEachern.
2004. Detecting important categorical land changes while accounting for persistence.
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 101(2-3): 251-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2003.09.008
83. Holden, Matthew, Christopher Lippitt, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr and Carissa Williams. 2003. Building a database of historic land cover to detect landscape change. Biological Bulletin 205: 257-258.
84.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore,
85.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore and Kiran
Batchu. 2003. Using the relative operating
characteristic to quantify certainty in prediction of location of land cover
change in
86. Huffaker, Diana and Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr.
2002. Reconstruction of Historical Land Cover in the
87. Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore. 2002. Statistical methods to partition effects of quantity and location during comparison of categorical maps at multiple resolutions. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing 68(10): 1041-1049. https://www.asprs.org/wp-content/uploads/pers/2002journal/october/2002_oct_1041-1049.pdf
88. Menon,
Shaily, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, Joseph Rose, M L Kahn, and Kamal
89. Pontius
Jr, Robert Gilmore, Joseph Cornell and Charles A S Hall. 2001.
Modeling the spatial pattern of land-use change with GEOMOD2: application and
validation for
90. Pontius
Jr, Robert Gilmore and Laura
Schneider. 2001. Land-use change model validation by a ROC method for the
Ipswich watershed,
91. Schneider, Laura and Robert
Gilmore Pontius Jr. 2001. Modeling land-use change in the Ipswich
watershed,
92. Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore. 2000. Quantification error versus location error in comparison of categorical maps. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing 66(8): 1011-1016. https://www.asprs.org/wp-content/uploads/pers/2000journal/august/2000_aug_1011-1016.pdf
93. Hall, Charles, Hanqin Tian, Ye Qi, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, and Joseph Cornell. 1995. Modelling spatial and temporal patterns of tropical land-use change. Journal of Biogeography 22: 753-757.
94. Hall,
Charles A S, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, Lisa Coleman, and Jae-Young Ko.
1994. The environmental consequences of having a baby in the
PUBLICATIONS AS BOOK
CHAPTERS italics denote student
95. Pontius
Jr, Robert Gilmore, Jean-Christophe
Castella, Ton de Nijs, Zengqiang Duan, Eric Fotsing,
Noah Goldstein, Kasper Kok, Eric Koomen, Christopher
D. Lippitt, William McConnell, Alias Mohd Sood, Bryan Pijanowski, Peter
Verburg and A. Tom Veldkamp. 2018. Lessons and Challenges in Land Change Modeling Derived
from Synthesis of Cross-Case Comparisons.
Chapter 8 in Martin Behnisch and Gotthard Meine
(eds.) Trends in Spatial Analysis and
Modelling. Geotechnologies and the Environment 19: 143-164. Springer
International Publishing: Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52522-8_8
96. Gao, Yan, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, Nicholas
M. Giner, Takashi S. Kohyama,
Mitsuru Osaki, Kazuyo Hirose. 2016. Land Change
Analysis from 2000 to 2004 in Peatland of Central Kalimantan, Indonesia Using GIS
and an Extended Transition Matrix. pages 433-443. Chapter 29 in: Mitsuru Osaki
and Nobuyuki Tsuji (eds.) Tropical Peatland Ecosystems, Springer: Japan. DOI:
10.1007/978-4-431-55681-7_29. ISBN 978-4-431-55680-0.
97.
Runfola, Daniel Miller, Colin Polsky, Nicholas Giner, Robert
Gilmore Pontius Jr, Craig
Nicolson. 2013. Future Suburban Development and the Environmental Implications
of Lawns: A Case Study in New England, USA. pages 119-141. Chapter in D. Czamanski, I. Benenson, and D. Malkinson (eds.) Modeling of Land-Use and Ecological Dynamics,
Springer Berlin: Heidelberg.
98. Headley, Rachel M K, John Harrington
Jr, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, and Cynthia
L Sorrensen. 2009.
Landsat mapping of local landscape change: the satellite-era. pages 137-154.
Chapter 7 in Brent Yarnal, Colin Polsky, and James
O’Brien (eds.) Sustainable Communities on a Sustainable Planet: The
Human-Environment Regional Observatory project. Cambridge University Press:
Cambridge UK.
99. Polsky, Colin, Sara Assefa, Kate del Vecchio,
Troy Hill, Laura Merner, Isaac Tercero, and Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr. 2009.
The mounting risk of drought in a humid landscape: structure and agency in suburbanizing
Massachusetts. pages 229-249. Chapter 11 in Brent Yarnal,
Colin Polsky, and James O’Brien (eds.) Sustainable Communities on a Sustainable
Planet: The Human-Environment Regional Observatory project. Cambridge
University Press: Cambridge UK.
100.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore, Shaily Menon, Joseph Duncan, and Shalini
Gupta. 2009. Fundamentals for using
geographic information science to measure the effectiveness of land
conservation projects. pages 539-557. Chapter 23 in P K Joshi, P Pani, and S N
Mohapatra (eds.) Geoinformatics for Natural Resource Management. Nova Science
Publishers: New York NY.
101.
Verburg,
Peter H., Kasper Kok, Robert Gilmore
Pontius Jr, and A Veldkamp. 2006. Modelling land-use and land-cover change.
pages 117-135. Chapter 5 in Eric F Lambin and Helmut J Geist (eds.) Land-use
and land-cover change: Local process and global impacts.
102.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore and Beth
Suedmeyer. 2004. Components of agreement in categorical maps at multiple
resolutions. pages 233-251. Chapter 17 in Ross S Lunetta and John G Lyon (eds).
Remote Sensing and GIS Accuracy Assessment. CRC Press:
PUBLICATIONS IN OTHER
VOLUMES italics denote student
103. Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore. 2017. Book Review of EUROPEAN LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS: CORINE LAND COVER DATA. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. February pp. 81-82.
104. Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore and Kangping Si. 2015. Spatial Decision Support Systems. In: James D. Wright (editor-in-chief), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition, Vol 23. Oxford: Elsevier. pp. 136–141.
105. Ellis, Erle. 2013. Land-use and land-cover change. in Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore and Cleveland, Cutler J (eds.). Encyclopedia of Earth. < http://editors.eol.org/eoearth/wiki/Land-use_and_land-cover_change>.
106. Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore. 2010. Land Use Analysis. in B Warf (ed.). Encyclopedia of Geography 4: 1733-1734. Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks CA. <www.sage-ereference.com/geography/Article_n695.html>.
107. Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore. 2010. Billie Lee Turner II (1945-). in B Warf (ed.). Encyclopedia of Geography 6: 2891-2892. Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks CA. <www.sage-ereference.com/geography/Article_n1167.html>.
108. Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore. 2008. Foreword. pages v-vii in Martin Paegelow and Maria Teresa Camacho Olmedo (eds.). Modeling Environmental Dynamics: Advances in Geomatic Solutions. Springer-Verlag: Berlin Heidelberg.
109.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore. 2006.
Pattern to process. page 462. in H Geist (ed). Our Earth’s
110.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore and
Peter H Verburg 2006. Scale. pages 527-529. in H Geist (ed). Our Earth’s
111.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore. 2006.
Transition matrix. pages 605-607. in H Geist (ed). Our Earth’s
112.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore and
Kasper Kok. 2006. Validation. pages 633-638. in H Geist (ed). Our Earth’s
113.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore and Mang
Lung Cheuk. 2005. Using indices to track changes in land use. pages 99 in K Chopra, R Leemans,
P Kumar, and H Simons (eds.) Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Ecosystems and
Human well-being: Policy Responses, volume 3. Island Press,
PUBLICATIONS AS
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS italics denote
student
114.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore, Thomas Bilintoh, Gustavo de L. T. Oliveira, Julia Z. Shimbo. 2023. Trajectories of losses and gains of soybean
cultivation during multiple time intervals in western bahia, BRAZIL. Space Week Nordeste. Fortaleza,
Brazil https://gsweb4vh4.umd.edu/documents/robert-gilmore-pontius-jr-thomas-bilintoh-gustavo-de-l-t-oliveira-and-julia-z-shimbo-.
115.
Galvăo
da Fonseca, Antonio Victor and
Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr.
2023. Comparison among time series maps of
deforestation in the Amazon: How independent monitoring systems relate to
official data. Anais do XX Simpósio Brasileiro de Sensoriamento Remoto 20: 1057-1060. Florianópolis,
Brazil https://proceedings.science/sbsr-2023/papers/comparison-among-time-series-maps-of-deforestation-in-the-amazon-how-independent?lang=en.
116.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore and Xiaoxiao Li. 2008.
Estimating the land transition matrix based on erroneous maps. Conference
proceedings of Studying, Modeling and Sense Making of Planet Earth.
117.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore, Shaily Menon, Joseph Duncan, and Shalini Gupta. 2008. GIS methods to
quantify effectiveness and leakage in land conservation projects. Conference
proceedings of Studying, Modeling and Sense Making of Planet Earth.
118.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore and Marco
Millones. 2008. Problems and solutions for kappa-based indices of agreement.
Conference proceedings of Studying, Modeling and Sense Making of Planet Earth.
119.
Parmentier,
Benoit and Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore. 2007. Improvements in the use of the
ROC statistic for landscape ecology. Conference proceedings of the World
Congress of the International Association for Landscape Ecology. Wageningen,
The Netherlands 2 pages.
120.
Peethambaram,
Smitha and Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore. 2007. Assessment of a land change model
using a three-dimensional matrix at multiple scales. Conference proceedings of
the World Congress of the International Association for Landscape Ecology.
Wageningen, The
121.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore, Jean-Christophe Castella, Ton de Nijs,
Zengqiang Duan, Eric Fotsing, Noah Goldstein, Kasper Kok, Eric Koomen, Christopher D. Lippitt, William McConnell,
Bryan Pijanowski, Alias Mohd Sood, A.
122.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore,
123.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore and Yelena Ogneva-Himmelberger. 2007. Lessons
from the first decade of running a Master of Arts program in Geographic
Information Science in the
124.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore and John
Connors. 2006. Expanding the conceptual, mathematical, and practical
methods for map comparison. pages 64-79. Conference proceedings of the meeting
of Spatial Accuracy 2006. Lisbon, Portugal.
125.
Petrova, Silvia and Robert
Gilmore Pontius Jr. 2005. Using imperfect information to validate a
model of land change. Conference
Proceedings of the meeting of the American Society for Photogrammetry and
Remote Sensing.
126.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore,
127.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore and Evan
Fedorko. 2005. Spatial distribution of land type in regression
models of pollutant loading. Conference
Proceedings of the meeting of the American Society for Photogrammetry and
Remote Sensing.
128.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore, Anna
J Versluis, and Nicholas R Malizia.
2005. Visualizing the certainty for extrapolations from models of landscape change.
Conference proceedings of the meeting of Geocomputation.
Ann Arbor MI. 6 pages.
129.
Alo, Clement and Robert
Gilmore Pontius Jr. 2004. Detecting the influence of protection on landscape
transformation in southwestern
130.
Kuzera, Kristopher and Robert
Gilmore Pontius Jr. 2004. Categorical coefficients for assessing
soft-classified maps at multiple resolutions. Conference proceedings of the
joint meeting of The Fifteenth Annual Conference of The International
Environmetrics Society and The Sixth Annual Symposium on Spatial Accuracy
Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences.
131.
Paladino, Louis and Robert
Gilmore Pontius Jr. 2004. Accuracy assessment and uncertainty in baseline
projections for land-change forestry projects. Conference proceedings of the
joint meeting of The Fifteenth Annual Conference of The International Environmetrics
Society and The Sixth Annual Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in
Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences.
132.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore and Christopher
Lippitt. 2004. A method to distinguish real landscape change from map error
during map comparison. Conference proceedings of the joint meeting of The
Fifteenth Annual Conference of The International Environmetrics Society and The
Sixth Annual Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and
Environmental Sciences.
133.
Versluis,
Anna J, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, and Nicholas
R Malizia. 2004. Visualizing the rate at which the accuracy of a land
change prediction decays. Conference proceedings of the meeting of the
University Consortium for Geographic Information Science. Silver Spring MD. 29
pages.
134.
Caeiro, Sandra,
Sandra Sousa, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr
and Marco Painho. 2003. Sado estuary management areas: hard versus soft
classification maps comparison. Conference proceedings of CoastalGIS 2003,
Fifth International Symposium on GIS and Computer Cartography for Coastal Zone
Management.
135.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore and Jeffrey Malanson. 2003. Methods to
compare the accuracy of different types of land use change models. Abstract in
Conference proceedings of Framing Land Use Dynamics.
136.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore,
137.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore, Luc Claessens, Charles Hopkinson Jr, Abdelkrim Marzouk, Ed Rastetter, Laura Schneider, Joseph Vallino. 2000. Scenarios of land-use
change and nitrogen release in the Ipswich watershed,
PUBLICATIONS AS
SOFTWARE MANUALS italics denote student
138.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore and Hao
Chen.
139.
Raskin, Paul, Charles Heaps, Jack Sieber, and Robert
Gilmore Pontius Jr. 1996. Polestar system manual.
ADDITIONAL
PUBLICATIONS
140.
Polsky, Colin,
Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, Nicholas M. Giner, Albert Decatur, Daniel Miller
Runfola, and Rahul Rakshit. 2012. HERO Object-based Lawn Mapping
Exploration of Suburbia: Rationale, Methods and results for the NSF Plum Island
Ecosystems Long-Term Ecological Research Site. Working Paper 2012-24, Marsh
Institute, Clark University, Worcester MA.
(www.clarku.edu/departments/marsh/news/WP2012-24.pdf)
141.
Schneider,
Laura, Merryl Alber, John Moore, Jeff Onsted, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, Nathan Sayre, and Jonathan Thompson.
2009. A common denominator: Modeling land and water use change in LTER sites.
pages 18-29. Chapter 2 in Challenges for the Implementation of the Decadal Plan
for Long-Term Ecological Research: Land and Water Use Change. Report of a
workshop held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 16-19, 2008.
142.
Polsky,
Colin, John Rogan, Robert Gilmore
Pontius Jr., and Billie Lee Turner II. 2007. Undergraduate GIScience
Research at
143.
Raskin, Paul, Eric
Kemp-Benedict, David Calef, Charles Heaps, and Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr.
1997. Halfway to the Future: normative scenarios and environmental perils.
144. Raskin, Paul, Peter Gleick, Paul Kirshen, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, Kenneth Strzepek. 1997. Water Futures: assessment of long-range patterns and problems. Chapter 3 of Comprehensive assessment of the freshwater resources of the world. SEI: Stockholm, Sweden.
145.
Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore and
Paul Raskin. 1996. Energy resources and
sustainability. Global industrial and social progress institute.
146.
Hall, Charles, Hanqin Tian, Ye
Qi, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, Joseph Cornell, and James Uhlig.
1995. Spatially-explicit models of land-use change and their application to the
tropics. DOE Research Summary 31, February. Carbon Dioxide Information and
147.
Hall, Charles, Hanqin Tian, Ye Qi, Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, Joseph Cornell, and James Uhlig. 1995. Modeling
land-use change. CDIAC Communications 21, February. CDIAC:
148. Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore. 1994. Modeling tropical land use change and assessing policies to reduce carbon dioxide release from Africa. Doctoral dissertation. State University of New York / College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Syracuse NY.
149. Pontius Jr, Robert Gilmore. 1990. Modified agricultural weighted estimators. United States Department of Agriculture, Staff Report SSB-90-05.
GRANTS
1. 2023-2026. $749,669. Principal Investigator.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. “Irrigation
as climate-change adaptation in the Cerrado biome of Brazil evaluated with new
quantitative methods, socio-economic analysis, and scenario models”
Award # 80NSSC23K0508.
2. 2022-2028. Team Total = $7,649,999. Clark subcontract = $336,128. Co-Investigator. National Science Foundation. “LTER: Plum Island Ecosystems, the impact of changing landscapes and climate on interconnected coastal ecosystems”. Award # OCE-2224608.
3. 2023. $11,375. Principal Investigator
with student André
Domingues. Edna Bailey Sussman Fund. “Tracking the gross change of ponds in the Plum Island Ecosystems”.
4. 2022. $6,300. Principal
Investigator with student Zainab Farid. Edna Bailey Sussman Fund. “Quantifying
beaver ponds in a dynamic landscape in a changing climate”.
5. 2022. $5,580. Principal
Investigator with student Madeline Regenye. Edna Bailey Sussman Fund. “Criteria
to confirm simulation models for forestry-based carbon-offset projects”.
6. 2022. $7,350. Principal
Investigator with student Zeyu Zhang. Edna Bailey Sussman Fund. “Creating a
time series of maps to show coastal change during sea-level rise”.
7. 2022. $1,500. Principal
Investigator with student Tanner Honnef. Condakes Fund. “Criteria to confirm
simulation models”.
8. 2021. $100,000. Principal
Investigator. Instituto Humanize. “Methods and software to understand and build
the MapBiomas data”. Award # 21576.
9. 2021. $6,300. Principal
Investigator with student Ethan Manley. Edna Bailey Sussman Fund. “Mapping
Analysis of Non-Point Source Pollutants and Nutrients in the Ipswich and Parker
River Watersheds Due to Land Use”.
10. 2021. $4,200. Principal Investigator
with student Sadie Murray. Edna Bailey Sussman Fund. “Increasing Carbon
Neutrality in New England Biolabs”.
11. 2021. $5,775. Principal
Investigator with student Xiangyu Wen. Edna Bailey Sussman Fund. “Validation
and Accuracy Assessment of Flood Maps Generated from Multi-Sensor and
Multi-Aspect Satellite Observational Systems”.
12. 2021. $7,350. Principal
Investigator with student Aiyin Zhang. Edna Bailey Sussman Fund. “Methods to
characterize changes in salt marshes of estuarine ecosystems in response to sea
level rise”.
13. 2020. $10,000. Principal
Investigator with student Zhen Liu. Edna Bailey Sussman Fund. “The TOC Curve for
User-oriented Accuracy Assessment for the Flood Risk and Exposure Map”.
14. 2020. $8,350. Principal Investigator with
student Thomas Bilintoh. Edna Bailey Sussman Fund. “Methods to study long-term
response of estuarine ecosystems to climate change”.
15. 2020. $7,300. Principal Investigator with
student Jessica Strzempko. Edna Bailey Sussman Fund. “Spatial Analysis
Methods to Assess Changing Wetlands in the Watersheds of Plum Island Ecosystems
(PIE) in Northeastern Massachusetts”.
16. 2016-2022. $6,761,476 = total. Clark subcontract = $408,266. Co-Investigator. National Science Foundation, LTER. “LTER-Plum Island Ecosystems: Dynamics of coastal ecosystems in a region of rapid climate change, sea-level rise, and human impacts”. Award # OCE-1637630.
17. 2017. $3,150. Principal Investigator. Edna
Bailey Sussman Fund. “Mapping marsh dynamics in coastal ecosystems”. Award
# 24546.
18. 2012-2016. $3,920,000 = total. Clark subcontract = $143,188. Co-Investigator. National Science Foundation, LTER. “The PIE-LTER: Interactions between external drivers, humans and ecosystems in shaping ecological process in a mosaic of coastal landscapes and estuarine seascapes”. Award # OCE-1238212.
19. 2016. $5,985. Principal Investigator. Edna
Bailey Sussman Fund. “Applying GIS to quantify marsh dynamics in the Plum Island
Ecosystems”.
20. 2012-2015. $329,992. Co-investigator. National Science Foundation. “REU Site: Mapping Beetles, Trees, Neighborhoods, and Policies: A Multi-Scaled, Urban Ecological Assessment of the Asian Longhorned Beetle Invasion in New England (HERO)”.
21. 2012-2013. $33,550. Principal Investigator. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. “Forest Futures”.
22. 2012. $13,681 = Clark total. Co-investigator. National Science Foundation, LTER. “Plum Island Ecosystems LTER - Supplement” Research Assistantship.
23. 2011. $9,948 = Clark total. Co-investigator. National Science Foundation, LTER. “Plum Island Ecosystems LTER - Supplement” Equipment request.
24.
2011. $11,500. Co-investigator. National Science Foundation, LTER
Social-Ecological Systems Supplement. “Developing protocols for
cross-site research on Local Ecological Knowledge and social-ecological systems”.
25. 2010-2013. $300,000. Participant. National Science Foundation, Urban Long Term Research Areas (ULTRA). “Social-ecological system change, vulnerability and the future of a tropical city.” Award # BCS-0948507.
26. 2010-2012. $1,880,000 = total. Clark subcontract = $69,120. Co-Investigator. National Science Foundation, LTER. “Plum Island Ecosystems Long Term Ecological Research Site Renewal.” Award # OCE-1058747.
27. 2010. $130,355 = team total. Pontius’ portion = $26,500. Co-investigator. National Science Foundation, LTER. “Plum Island Ecosystems LTER - Supplement”. OCE-1026859.
28.
2010-2011. $19,998. Pontius’
portion = $15,954. Co-investigator. National Science
Foundation, LTER. “Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER - Supplement”.
29. 2009-2011. $354,146. Co-investigator. National Science Foundation, Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU). “Land Change and Vulnerability Studies in New England: The Human-Environment Regional Observatory.” Award # SES-0849985.
30.
2009-2010. $25,996 = Pontius’
portion. Co-investigator. National Science Foundation,
LTER Social-Ecological Systems Supplement. “Maps and Locals (MALS): A
Cross-Site LTER Comparative Study of Land-Cover and Land-Use Change with
Spatial Analysis and Local Ecological Knowledge” Award # DEB-0620579.
31.
2009-2010. $11,100 =
team total. $2,000 = Pontius’ portion.
Co-investigator. National Science Foundation, Long Term Ecological Research
(LTER) Social-Ecological Systems Supplement. “Synthesis papers and research
proposal from the Maps and Locals (MALS) project”.
32.
2009. $20,000 = team total.
$9,205 = Pontius’ portion. Co-investigator.
National Science Foundation, LTER. “Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER project”.
33. 2008. $36,000. Co-investigator. Long Term Ecological Research network. “LTER Workshop: Future Scenarios of Land Change”.
34. 2008.
$11,991. Co-investigator. National Science Foundation, Research Experiences for
Undergraduates associated with Coupled Natural Human Systems. “Suburbanization,
Water-Use, Nitrogen Cycling & Eutrophication in the 21st
Century: Interactions, Feedbacks & Uncertainties in a
35. 2007-2013. $1,442,930. Co-investigator. National Science Foundation, Coupled Natural Human Systems. “Suburbanization, Water-Use, Nitrogen Cycling & Eutrophication in the 21st Century: Interactions, Feedbacks & Uncertainties in a Massachusetts Coastal Zone.” Award # BCS-0709685.
36. 2007. $20,000. Co-investigator. National Science Foundation, Supplement to Coupled Natural Human Systems. “Suburbanization, Water-Use, Nitrogen Cycling & Eutrophication in the 21st Century: Interactions, Feedbacks & Uncertainties in a Massachusetts Coastal Zone.”.
37. 2006. $6,000. Principal Investigator. National Science Foundation, REU. Compliment to subcontract entitled “Plum Island Ecosystems Long Term Ecological Research.”
38. 2005. $6,000. Principal Investigator. National Science Foundation, REU. Compliment to subcontract entitled “Plum Island Ecosystems Long Term Ecological Research.”
39. 2004-2010. $4,920,000 = team total; $61,000 = Pontius’ portion. Co-investigator. National Science Foundation, LTER. “Plum Island Ecosystems Long Term Ecological Research” OCE-0423565. Marine Biological Laboratory Subaward 24123.
40. 2004-2005.
$400,000 = team total. Co-investigator. National Science Foundation, REU. “The
Human Environment Regional Observatory (
41. 2003. $6,000. Principal Investigator. National Science Foundation, REU. Compliment to subcontract entitled “Integrated, Ecological-Economic Modeling of Watersheds and Estuaries at Multiple Scales.”
42. 2002-2006.
$300,253 = team total; $60,995 = Pontius’ portion. Co-investigator. National
Science Foundation, REU. “The Human Environment Regional Observatory (
43. 2002. $6,000. Principal Investigator. National Science Foundation, REU. Compliment to subcontract entitled “Integrated, Ecological-Economic Modeling of Watersheds and Estuaries at Multiple Scales.”
44. 2001. $6,000. Principal Investigator. National Science Foundation, REU. Compliment to subcontract entitled “Integrated, Ecological-Economic Modeling of Watersheds and Estuaries at Multiple Scales.”
45. 2000-2005.
$290,000. Contributor and Supervisor. National Science Foundation. “Human
Environment Regional Observatory (
46. 1999-2000. $77,460 = Pontius’ portion. Co-investigator. National Science Foundation, LTER. "Ecological-Economic Modeling of Watersheds and Estuaries at Multiple Scales". Award # DEB-972682.
47. 1999. $2,500. Contributor. National Council for the Social Studies. Enhancement of Geographic Literacy program. "Students Acting and Participating to Reinforce Community Spirit".
48. 1995.
$2,000. Principal Investigator. Oxfam
INVITED EXTERNAL EXPERT
REVIEW PANELS
1. 2014 Georgia Sea Grant Proposal
Review.
2. 2009 Georgia Sea Grant Proposal
Review. Atlanta GA.
3. 2009 Environmental Science
Division. Environmental Protection Agency. Las Vegas NV.
4. 2008 Chesapeake Bay Program.
5. 2006 Chesapeake Bay Program.
6. 2006 Helmholtz Association.
7. 2006 Nonlinear Global Change
Grants. Environmental Protection Agency.
8. 2005-2006 Four panels of Dissertation
Research Improvement Grants. NSF.
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEES
1. 2021-present MapBiomas.
2. 2009-2019 Executive Committee of
the Plum Island Ecosystems LTER site.
3. 2018 Member of Scientific Committee
for the Spatial Accuracy Conference. Beijing, China.
4. 2015 Participant in the Suburban
Landscapes Workshop. Woods Hole, MA.
5. 2014 Participant in Tansley Group’s LULC modelling ensemble. London, United
Kingdom.
6. 2013 Science Council for Long Term
Ecological Research. Las Cruces, NM.
7. 2012-2015 Coastal and Ocean Management
Institute’s IAAC. Xiamen, China.
8. 2012-2013 Scientific Advisory Board
for Spatial Statistics 2013 Conference. Columbus, OH.
9. 2011-2012 National Research Council
Committee: Needs … for Land-Change Modeling.
10. 2012 Member of Program Committee for
AGILE workshop. Avignon, France.
11. 2008-2011 Officer in the Spatial Analysis
and Modeling Specialty Group of the AAG.
12. 2011 Invitee to Specialist Meeting
for Mapping Ideas. San Diego CA.
13. 2011 Co-Organizer for Maps and
Locals (MALS). Andrews Experimental Forest OR.
14. 2011 Member of Program Committee
for CDSM symposium by ISPRS. Hong Kong.
15. 2010 Member of Scientific Committee
for the conference Enviromatics. Amman, Jordan.
16. 2009 Member of Scientific Committee
for the Spatial Accuracy Conference. Leicester UK.
17. 2009 Advisor to Massachusetts Water
Resources Research Center Conference. Amherst MA.
18. 2008-2009 Panelist to the journal
Nature.
19. 2008 Workshop Participant in Long
Term Ecological Research (LTER). San Juan PR.
20. 2008 Workshop Participant in
Biophysical and Socioeconomic Systems. Minneapolis MN.
21. 2008 Symposium Participant in Long
Term Ecological Research (LTER). Worcester MA.
22. 2007 Member of Scientific Committee
for the Spatial Accuracy Conference. Shanghai China.
23. 2006 Advisor to National Ecological
Observatory Network (NEON). Harvard Forest MA.
24. 2006 Advisor to Long Term
Ecological Research (LTER). Madison WI.
25. 2006 Advisor to integrating social
science in LTER. Estes Park CO.
26. 2005 Advisor to land change
modeling for U.S. Geological Survey. Pingree Park CO.
27. 2005 Advisor to Long Term
Ecological Research (LTER). Boston MA.
28. 2005 Advisor to integrating social
science in LTER. Athens GA.
29. 2005 Advisor to forecasting models
within NEON. Woods Hole MA.
30. 2004 Co-organizer for conference on
The Future of Land Use. The Netherlands.
EDITORIAL BOARDS
1. Annals of the Association of
American Geographers 2010-2013
2. Computers, Environment and Urban
Systems 2012-2014
3. Environmental Management 2012-present
4. Environments 2019-present
5. Encyclopedia of Earth 2006-2016
6. Frontiers in Environmental Science 2022-present
7. GIScience and Remote Sensing 2014-present
8. International Journal of
Geographical Information Science 2007-2022
9. ISPRS International Journal of
Geo-Information 2019-present
10. Journal of Geospatial Science and
Technology 2013-present
11. Land 2012-present
12. Lagos Journal of Geo-Information
Sciences 2012-present
13. Landscape Ecology 2007-2021
14. Modeling Earth Systems and
Environment 2014-present
15. Remote Sensing Letters 2009-present
16. Spatial Statistics 2011-2015
REVIEWER FOR PROFESSIONAL SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS (# OF TIMES)
1. Advances in Research (3)
2. African Journal of Agricultural Research (2)
3. African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology (1)
4. Agricultural Systems (2)
5. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (13)
6. AIMS Environmental Science (1)
7. Ambio (1)
8. Annals of GIS (1)
9. Annals of the American Association of Geographers (28)
10. Anthropocene (1)
11. Applied Vegetation Science (2)
12. Applied Geography (6)
13. Applied Geomatics (1)
14. Arabian Journal of Geosciences (1)
15. Atmospheric Environment (1)
16. Biological Conservation (1)
17. Bioscience (1)
18. Biosystems Engineering (1)
19. Biotropica (1)
20. British Journal of Applied Science & Technology (2)
21. Bulletin of Geography: socio-economic series (1)
22. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing (2)
23. Carbon Balance and Management (3)
24. Cartographica (1)
25. Chinese Journal of Population, Resources, and Environment (1)
26. Climate Policy (1)
27. Cogent Environmental Science (1)
28. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems (39)
29. Computers and Geosciences (4)
30. Conservation Biology (1)
31. Conservation and Society (1)
32. Current Landscape Ecology Reports (1)
33. Data & Knowledge Engineering (1)
34. Ecological Applications (3)
35. Ecological Complexity (2)
36. Ecological Economics (12)
37. Ecological Informatics (2)
38. Ecological Indicators (2)
39. Ecological Modelling (12)
40. Ecology and Society (1)
41. Ecosystems (2)
42. Environment and Planning A (2)
43. Environment and Planning B (12)
44. Environment, Development and Sustainability (3)
45. Environments (2)
46. Environmental Conservation (1)
47. Environmental Management (51)
48. Environmental Modelling & Software (22)
49. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (2)
50. Environmental Science & Technology (1)
51. Eos (1)
52. Forest Ecology and Management (2)
53. Forest Ecosystems (1)
54. Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering in China (3)
55. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment (1)
56. Frontiers in Environmental Science (3)
57. Frontiers in Remote Sensing (1)
58. Frontiers in Psychology (1)
59. Geocarto International (4)
60. Geoforum (1)
61. Geographical Analysis (2)
62. Geology, Ecology and Landscapes (1)
63. Geoinformatica (1)
64. Geoscientific Model Development (2)
65. GIScience and Remote Sensing (4)
66. Geo-spatial Information Science (1)
67. Global Ecology and Conservation (3)
68. Global Ecology and Biogeography (1)
69. Global Environmental Change (2)
70. Heliyon (1)
71. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (2)
72. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation (3)
73. International Journal of Climatology (1)
74. International Journal of Digital Earth (2)
75. International Journal of Environment and Pollution (1)
76. International Journal of Geographical Information Science (49)
77. International Journal of Image and Data Fusion (1)
78. International Journal of Plant and Soil Science (3)
79. International Journal of Remote Sensing (26)
80. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development (3)
81. International Regional Science Review (2)
82. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (9)
83. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (2)
84. Journal of Arid Environments (1)
85. Journal of Costal Research (1)
86. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences (2)
87. Journal of Environmental Informatics (1)
88. Journal of Environmental Management (6)
89. Journal of Forestry Research (2)
90. Journal of Geographic Information System (1)
91. Journal of Geography and Regional Planning (2)
92. Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis (1)
93. Journal of Global Ecology and Environment (1)
94. Journal of Historical Geography (1)
95. Journal of Land Use Science (15)
96. Journal of Plant Ecology (1)
97. Journal of Scientific Research and Reports (2)
98. Journal of Spatial Information Science (2)
99. Journal of Spatial Science (2)
100. Journal of Stochasitc Environmental Research & Risk Assessment (1)
101. Journal of Urban Technology (1)
102. Land (37)
103. Lake and Reservoir Management (2)
104. Land Degradation & Development (5)
105. Land Use Policy (4)
106. Landscape and Ecological Engineering (2)
107. Landscape and Urban Planning (13)
108. Landscape Ecology (124)
109. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment (1)
110. Mountain Research and Development (1)
111. NED University Journal of Research (2)
112. Natural Hazards (2)
113. Natural Hazards and Earth Systems Sciences (2)
114. Nature Communications (2)
115. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry (1)
116. Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards (1)
117. Patterns (2)
118. PeerJ (1)
119. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing (7)
120. Plant Ecology (1)
121. PLOS ONE (5)
122.
Proceedings of the National
123. Process Safety and Environmental Protection (4)
124. Qeios (1)
125. Regional Environmental Change (2)
126. Remote Sensing (7)
127. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment (1)
128. Remote Sensing of Environment (28)
129. Remote Sensing Letters (56)
130. Simulation (1)
131. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory (1)
132. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography (3)
133. Science of the Total Environment (2)
134. Scientific Reports (1)
135. Scholarly Undergraduate Research Journal (2)
136. Social Science Computer Review (1)
137. Society and Natural Resources (1)
138. Spatial Statistics (1)
139. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment (2)
140. Sustainability (2)
141. Sustainable Cities and Society (3)
142. The Professional Geographer (6)
143. The Open Ecology Journal (2)
144. The Arab World Geographer (1)
145. Transactions in GIS (4)
146. Urban Ecosystems (2)
147. Urban Geography (1)
148. Urban Informatics (1)
149. Urban Studies (1)
150. Water (1)
151. Water International (2)
152. Wetlands Ecology and Management (2)
REVIEWER FOR BOOKS, GRANTS, PROMOTIONS AND OTHER (# OF TIMES)
1. AidData (1)
2. Asian Institute of Technology (1)
3. Association of American Geographers Remote Sensing Specialty Group (2)
4. CALFED Bay-Delta Authority (3)
5. California Energy Commission (2)
6. Cambridge Press (1)
7. Change Detection and Spatio-temporal Modelling International Symposium (3)
8. Elsevier Press (2)
9. Encyclopedia of Earth (2)
10. Environments (13)
11. Enviromatics 2010 (3)
12. Global Center for Food Systems Innovation (1)
13. Handbook of Remote Sensing Chapter (1)
14. Hemlholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ (1)
15. ISPRS 2020 Congress (6)
16. ISPRS 2021 Congress (2)
17. ISPRS 2022 Congress (4)
18. Indiana University at Bloomington (1)
19. International Foundation for Science (1)
20. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (1)
21. Kawerak Inc (1)
22. Key Topics and Perspectives in Landscape Ecology Chapter (1)
23. Luxembourg National Research Fund (4)
24. MIT Press (1)
25. National Academy of Sciences (1)
26. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (3)
27. National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration (1)
28. National Environment Research Council (2)
29. National Research Council (5)
30. National Science Foundation (21)
31. Natural Environment Research Council (1)
32. Netherlands Foundation for the Advancement of Tropical Research (1)
33. Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (1)
34. Oxford Press (1)
35. Portland State University (1)
36. Remote
Sensing and GIS Applications for
37. Spatial Accuracy Symposia (4)
38. Texas A&M University (2)
39. Temple University (1)
40. United States Civilian Research & Development Foundation (3)
41. University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (1)
42. University of Colorado / Boulder (1)
43. University of Connecticut (1)
44. University of Delaware (1)
45. University of Toronto (1)
46. University of Texas at Austin (1)
47. University of Texas at Dallas (2)
48. University of Queensland (1)
49. Wageningen University (1)
50. Wesleyan University (1)
51. Wiley Press (1)
PRESENTER INVITED BY
UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH CENTERS
1. 2023 South Dakota State University.
2. 2023 Earth Resources Observation and Science
(EROS) Center.
3. 2023 Universidade Federal
de Săo Carlos.
4. 2023 Universidade
Estado de Santa Catarina, Brazil.
5. 2023 Universidade
de Săo Paulo, Brazil.
6. 2023 Universidade
Federal de Goias, Brazil.
7. 2022 Universidade de
Brasilia, Brazil.
8. 2022 Universidade Federal
de Goias, Brazil.
9. 2022 Universidade Estatal de Feira de Santana, Brazil.
10. 2022 Universidade
Federal da Bahia, Brazil.
11. 2022 Instituto Tecnologico
Vale, Brazil.
12. 2022 Universidade
Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
13. 2017 Hengyang Normal University, China.
14. 2017 Hunan University of Science and
Technology, China.
15. 2016 Hunan University of Science and
Technology, China.
16. 2016 Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic
Research. Luxembourg.
17. 2015 University of Connecticut. Storrs,
Connecticut.
18. 2014 Hunan University of Science and
Technology, China.
19. 2014 Xiamen University, China.
20. 2013 University of California. Riverside CA.
21. 2012 United Nations’ Food and Agricultural
Organization. Rome, Italy.
22. 2012 University of Lagos. Lagos, Nigeria.
23. 2012 Obafemi Awolowo University (RECTAS).
Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
24. 2012 Office of the Surveyor General. Abuja, Nigeria.
25. 2012 Universidad de Alcalá.
Alcala de Henares, Spain.
26. 2011 University of Twente (ITC). Enschede,
The Netherlands.
27. 2011 Central Intelligence Agency. Wye River,
MD.
28. 2011 University of New Mexico. Albuquerque NM.
29. 2011 New Mexico State University. Las Cruces
NM.
30. 2010 Yale University. New Haven CT.
31. 2010 University of Maryland. College Park MD.
32. 2010 Universidad del Turabo.
San Juan PR.
33. 2009 Harvard Forest. Petersham
MA.
34. 2008 Truman State University.
35. 2007 Digital Governance and Hotspot Geoinformatics.
36. 2007
37. 2007
38. 2007 The
39. 2006
40. 2005 Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and
the Environment.
41. 2005
42. 2005
43. 2005
44. 2005 National Remote Sensing Agency.
45. 2005
46. 2005
47. 2004
48. 2004 Universidad Metropolitana. San Juan PR.
49. 2004
50. 2004 Universite Catholique.
51. 2004
52. 2004
53. 2003
54. 2003
55. 2002
56. 2001
57. 2000
58. 1998
59. 1996
60. 1995
61. 1995
62. 1995
63. 1994
PRESENTER AT CONFERENCES
1. 2024 How
and why do some authors claim their data and models are good? Keynote
Speaker. Modelacao, Ordenamento e Planeamento
Territorial (MOPT) Advanced Spatial Modeling and Analysis. Lisbon, Portugal.
2. 2024 Kappa the Undead. Session
Organizer. American Association of Geographers. Honolulu HI.
3. 2024 Mapping and Analyzing Land
Use and Land Cover Changes in Brazil. Session Organizer. American Association of Geographers. Honolulu HI.
4. 2023 Four fundamental questions to
evaluate land change models with an illustration of a Cellular Automata –
Markov model. Session Organizer. American Association of Geographers. Online.
5. 2023 What will inspire us to switch
from unhelpful metrics to enlightening metrics? International Society for
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Online.
6. 2022 Stratified random sampling
generates the Total Operating Characteristic with an application to flood
mapping. Session Organizer. American Association of Geographers. New York NY.
7. 2022 Stratified
random sampling generates the Total Operating Characteristic. Session
Organizer. International Association for Landscape Ecology. Riverside CA.
8. 2021 Enhanced intensity
analysis to quantify categorical change and to identify suspicious land
transitions: a case study of Nanchang, China. Session Organizer. American Association of
Geographers. Seattle
WA.
9. 2021 Total Operating Characteristic curves and Leaf diagrams improve
assessment of GIS-based simulations for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation
and forest Degradation (REDD+). International Association for Landscape Ecology. Reno NV.
10. 2020 A remarkable GIS dataset at
coastal LTER sites. Plum Island Ecosystems All Scientists Meeting. Woods Hole
MA.
11. 2019 GlobeLand30 maps show four times larger gross than
net land change from 2000 to 2010 in Asia. Session Chair. American Geophysical Union. San Francisco CA.
12. 2019 Uses, abuses and improvements
of metrics that measure of error and change. International Conference
on Geospatial Information Sciences. Merida Mexico.
13. 2019 Criteria to Confirm Models that Simulate Deforestation and Carbon
Disturbance. Global Land Programme. Bern Switzerland.
14. 2019 Component intensities to
relate difference by category with difference overall. Session Organizer. American
Association of Geographers. Washington DC.
15. 2018 Criteria to Confirm Models that Simulate Deforestation and Carbon
Disturbance. American Geophysical Union. Washington DC.
16. 2018 Locational Analysis and Land Use Change. Session Organizer. American
Association of Geographers. Keene NH.
17. 2018 Rules to write mathematics to clarify metrics such as the land use
dynamic degrees. American Association of Geographers. New Orleans LA.
18. 2017 Comparison among Six Datasets
of Forest at 2010 in the Philippines. American Association of
Geographers. Boston MA.
19. 2016 Recommended measurements to summarize
paired observations: Going MAD with Willmott. American Association of
Geographers. San
Francisco CA.
20. 2015 Mean Absolute Deviation to
compare maps of a continuous variable. World Congress of the
International Association for Landscape Ecology. Portland OR.
21. 2015 Quantitative Methods for land
change science. Scenarios to Simulation Workshop. Dartmouth College, Hanover NH.
22. 2014 Components of Mean Absolute
Deviation at Multiple Spatial Resolutions. Fourth International Workshop on
Earth Observation and Remote Sensing Applications. Changsha, China.
23. 2014 Detection of important land
transitions using Intensity Analysis. Session Organizer. Global Land Project. Berlin,
Germany.
24. 2014 Best practices to evaluate
land change models. Session Co-organizer. Global Land Project. Berlin, Germany.
25. 2012 Computation models for land
change prediction. Keynote Lecture at Conference on Computational
Interdisciplinary Sciences. Guanajuato, Mexico.
26. 2012 Quantity and allocation
disagreement for matrix summarization to replace kappa. International
Association for Landscape Ecology. Newport RI.
27. 2011 Interpretation of the Relative
Operating Characteristic (ROC) to measure the accuracy of land change
simulation. Association of American Geographers. Seattle WA.
28. 2011 The importance of acknowledging
disagreement. Keynote Lecutre at Reunión
Nacional Sociedad Latinoamericana en
Percepción Remota. Morelia,
Mexico.
29. 2010 Mapping human environment
interactions. All Scientists Meeting. Woods Hole MA.
30. 2010 The importance of
acknowledging errors. National French Geomatic Conference (SAGEO). Toulouse
France.
31. 2010 Comparison of three maps at
multiple resolutions. Global Land Project. Tempe AZ.
32. 2010 Teaching land change science
with research questions, GIS data, student diversity, sans books. Global Land
Project. Tempe AZ.
33. 2010 San Juan ULTRA-Ex. Global Land
Project. Tempe AZ.
34. 2010 Size, Intensity, and
Stationarity of land changes by interval, category, and transition. Global Land
Project. Tempe AZ.
35. 2010 Methods for cross site
comparison of land change. Association of American Geographers. Washington DC.
36. 2009 Accuracy assessment of object-oriented
classification using virtual globes. Geoinformatics2009. Fairfax VA.
37. 2009 Uncertainty in the difference
between maps of future land change scenarios. Association of American
Geographers.
38. 2009 Inclusion of uncertainty in
landscape models of coupled human natural systems. International Association
for Landscape Ecology.
39. 2009 Certainty of land change models.
Massachusetts Water Resources Research Conference. Amherst MA.
40. 2009 Social/Ecological Science and
Land Change. All Scientists Meeting. Woods Hole MA.
41. 2008 Estimating the land transition
matrix based on erroneous maps. Studying, Modeling & Sense Making of Planet
Earth.
42. 2008 GIS methods to quantify
effectiveness and leakage in land conservation projects. Studying, Modeling
& Sense Making of Planet Earth.
43. 2008 Problems and solutions for
kappa-based indices of agreement. Studying, Modeling & Sense Making of
Planet Earth.
44. 2008 How certain are you of your
geographic information?: blunders and breakthroughs in
accuracy assessment. Southern Forestry and Natural Resources GIS conference.
Orlando, FL.
45. 2008 Identifying systematic land
cover transitions using remote sensing and GIS: The fate of forests inside and
outside protected areas of
46. 2007 Lessons and challenges for
land change modelers as revealed by a comparison of thirteen cases. Conference
on the science and education of land use: a transatlantic multidisciplinary
approach. Washington DC.
47. 2007 Map comparison to assess the
prediction of vegetation response to El Nino in Southern Africa. World Congress
of the International Association for Landscape Ecology. Wageningen, The
Netherlands.
48. 2007 Lessons from the first decade
of running a Master of Arts program in Geographic Information Science in the
United States. Electronic Culture and New Humanitarian Technologies of the XXI
century, Astrakhan Russia.
49. 2007 A generalized cross-tabulation
matrix to compare soft-classified maps at multiple resolutions. Association of
American Geographers. San Francisco CA.
50. 2006 Expanding the conceptual,
mathematical, and practical methods for map comparison. Spatial Accuracy 2006.
Lisbon, Portugal.
51. 2006 Validation of the Behavioral
Landscape Model as applied to deforestation along the Trans-Amazonian highway.
International Association for Landscape Ecology.
52. 2006 Quantitative assessment for a
model of Amazonian deforestation. Association of American Geographers.
53. 2005 Cross case comparison for
several prominent land change models. Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of
Global Environmental Change.
54. 2005 Certainty of the extrapolation
of land change in the Ipswich River Watershed. All Scientists Meeting. Woods
Hole MA.
55. 2005 Multiple resolution model validation.
International conference on the future of statistical theory, practice and
education.
56. 2005 Multiple scale pattern
recognition and the foundation of observation-free statistics. American Society
for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
57. 2005 State of the art of land
change models as measured by quantitative validation. International Association
for Landscape Ecology.
58. 2004 Land-change model comparison. Conference
Co-Organizer. Integrated assessment of the land system: the future of land use.
59. 2004 Conference on environment and
land change. Universidad Metropolitana. San Juan PR.
60. 2004 Detecting the influence of protection on
landscape transformation in southwestern
61. 2004 Uncertainty in extrapolation
of predictive land change models. Association of American Geographers.
62. 2004
Student-faculty research and action. Campus Compact Conference.
63. 2004
Products and lessons from the HERO program. Human Dimensions of Global Change,
64. 2003 Validation of land-use change
models at multiple resolutions.
65. 2003 Uncertainty in Extrapolations
of Predictive Land Change Models. Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of
Global Environmental Change.
66. 2003 Socio-economic drivers of
land-use change at several sites in the Plum Island Ecosystems LTER region.
National Science Foundation Headquarters.
67. 2003 Techniques in GIS-based modeling
of land cover. Organized Session. Association of American Geographers.
68. 2003 Overview of
69. 2002 Uncertainty Analysis in Land
Change Modeling: Constructing a Gridded Map from Tabular Data. GIScience 2002.
70. 2002
Methods to detect a process in a pattern. AAG.
71. 2002
The Clark Master of Arts program in GISDE. AAG.
72. 2002
Human Environment Regional Observatory in
73. 2002 Integrating Land Use Change
and Nutrient Flows. National Science Foundation. LTER Workshop.
74. 2002 GIS & Mercury Research.
Northern Ecosystem Research Cooperative.
75. 2002 Land Use, Nitrate,
Precipitation and Permeability. All LTER Scientists Meeting, Marine Biological
Laboratory, Woods Hole MA.
76. 2002 Land Research in
77. 2001
Assessing map accuracy by components of chance, change, quantity,
stratification, position and resolution. Environmental Protection Agency.
78. 2001
A Multiple Resolution ROC statistic to validate a GIS-based model of deforestation
in
79. 2001 Land-Use Change Models and Methods. Workshop for integrating Social Science into Long Term Ecological Research. Madison WI.
80. 2001
Meeting professional needs for Geographic Information Systems.
81. 2001 Measures of agreement between maps. AAG. New York NY.
82. 2000
A statistical method to compare categorical maps at multiple scales. First
international conference on GIScience.
83. 2000
Scenarios of land-use change and nitrogen release in the
84. 2000
Land modeling in the
85. 2000 Land-use change modeling. NSF-long term ecological research. Woods Hole MA.
86. 2000
Statistical methods to validate land use change models. Human Dimensions of Global
Change,
87. 2000
The next 100 years of land use and nitrogen release in the
88. 2000
Statistical methods to validate land-use simulations. Association of American
Geographers.
89. 1999
Relative operating characteristic to validate maps of suitability for land-use
change. International LUCC Workshop at Wageningen, The
90. 1999
Tools to protect your watershed.
91. 1999
Public participation in GIS. University Consortium on Geographic Information
Science.
92. 1999
Land-use change modeling in the
93. 1999
Lessons for integrated modeling. National Science Foundation, Human Dimensions
of Global Change,
94. 1999 Land-use change modeling. Marine Biological Laboratory. Woods Hole MA.
95. 1998
Modeling the spatial pattern of land-use change. Association of American Geographers.
96. 1997
Scenarios of Global Change Using POLESTAR. Global Scenario Group, Stockholm
Environment Institute.
97. 1993
A coordinated research program on carbon fluxes in the tropics IV: a
geographically based model of carbon flux due to land-use change in tropical
WORKSHOPS TAUGHT
1. 2024 Metrics That Make a Difference.
MOPT Conference. Lisbon,
Portugal.
2. 2024 Metrics That Make a Difference.
American Association of Geographers. Honolulu, HI.
3. 2023 A series of three workshops
for MapBiomas. Online.
4. 2023 Metrics That Make a Difference.
International Society for Photogrammetry and R.S.
5. 2022 Metrics That Make a Difference.
International Association for Landscape Ecology.
6. 2021 Metrics That Make a Difference.
International Association for Landscape Ecology.
7. 2021 Metrics That Make a Difference.
American Association of Geographers online.
8. /2020 Metrics That Make a
Difference. Global Land Programme online.
9. 2020 Metrics That Make a Difference.
Association of American Geographers online.
10. 2019 Metrics That Make a Difference.
International Conference on GIS, Merida Mexico.
11. 2019 Land Change Modelling. Global Land
Programme, Bern Switzerland.
12. 2019 Methods to Quantify Differences
between Maps. AAG, Washington DC.
13. 2018 Methods to Quantify
Differences between Maps. AAG, New Orleans LA.
14. 2017 Land Change Analysis. American
Association of Geographers, Boston MA.
15. 2016 Land Change Analysis. American
Association of Geographers, San Francisco CA.
16. 2015 Land Change Models. International
Association for Landscape Ecology (IALE), online.
17. 2015 Land Change Modeling. IALE World
Congress, Portland OR.
18. 2014 Land Change Modeling. Hunan
University of Science and Technology, China.
19. 2014 Land Change Modeling. Xiamen
University, China.
20. 2014 Intensity Analysis. Global
Land Project. Berlin, Germany.
21. 2013 Maps and Locals. LTER. Boulder
CO.
22. 2012 Land Change Modeling. Brisbane,
Australia.
23. 2012 Land Change Modeling. Cairns,
Australia.
24. 2012 Land Change Modeling. Guanajuato,
Mexico.
25. 2012 Land Change Modeling. Inter.
Assoc. for Landscape Ecology (IALE). Newport, RI.
26. 2012 Accuracy Assessment. Surveyor
General of the Federation. Abuja, Nigeria.
27. 2012 Land Change Modeling. RECTAS. Ile-Ife,
Nigeria.
28. 2012 Land Change Modeling.
Universidad de Alcalá. Alcala de Henares, Spain.
29. 2011 Land Change Modeling. University
of Twente (ITC). Enschede, The Netherlands.
30. 2011 Land Change Modeling. XIX
Reunion Nacional SELPER. Morelia, Mexico.
31. 2011 Land Change Modeling. Geo-information
Society of Namibia. Windhoek, Namibia.
32. 2011 Land Change Modeling. University
of Maine. Orono ME.
33. 2011 Land Change Modeling. Association
of American Geographers. Seattle WA.
34. 2010 Land Change Modeling. SAGEO.
Toulouse, France.
35. 2010 Land Change Modeling. Global
Land Project. Sapporo, Japan.
36. 2010 Land Change Modeling. Global
Land Project. Tempe AZ.
37. 2010 Land Change Modeling. Association
of American Geographers. Washington DC.
38. 2010 Maps and Locals. LTER.
Fairbanks AK.
39. 2009 Maps and Locals. LTER All
Scientists Meeting. Estes Park CO.
40. 2009 Land Change Modeling. Association
of American Geographers. Las Vegas NV.
41. 2008 Land Change Modeling Methods.
42. 2007 Land Change Modeling in Carbon
Projects. Conservation International.
43. 2007 Land Change Modeling. IALE
World Congress. Wageningen, The Netherlands.
44. 2007 Science of Map Comparison series
of lectures.
45. 2006 Land Change Modeling. Inter.
Assoc. for Landscape Ecology (IALE). San Diego CA.
46. 2005 Land Change Modeling. Inter.
Assoc. for Landscape Ecology (IALE). Syracuse NY.
47. 2005 Land Change Modeling. Ashoka
Trust (ATREE).
48. 2003 Land Change Modeling. Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
49. 1999-2004 Statistics in Environmental
Science.
WEBINARS
1. 2024 International Society for
Digital Earth.
2. 2023 National Aeronautics and Space
Administration. Best
Practices for Classification Accuracy Metrics https://lcluc.umd.edu/sites/default/files/Pontius-Webinar.mp4. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.15519.78244.
MEDIA APPEARANCES
3. 2013 Television Interview. WCCA Worcester,
Massachusetts
4. 2012 Radio Interview. University of
Lagos, Nigeria.
5. 2008 Radio Interview. WICN
Worcester, Massachusetts.
6. 2007 Television Interview.
Astrakhan, Russia.
HOST OF INTERNATIONAL
SCHOLARS
1. 2023 J Perales.
2. 2022 R Lopez-Farias.
3. 2021 R Molinero.
4. 2019 O Varga.
5. 2018-2019 B Quan, J Chen.
6. 2017 N Barkoczi,
A Kozics, O Varga.
7. 2015-2016 P Zhou.
8. 2013 C Kruger.
9. 2012 M Gallardo Beltran.
10. 2009-2010 J Huang.
11. 2009 F Schierhorn.
COURSES
TAUGHT AT
Professional seminar on geographic information sciences for development and environment
1998-2003, 2006-2010.
Research seminar on geographic information sciences for development and environment
1999-2010.
Research seminar on Human-Environment Regional Observatory
2001-2010.
Land and Water Resources
2013.
Introduction to computer and quantitative methods
1999-2003, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2017, 2020-2021.
Intermediate quantitative methods
2020-2021.
Advanced Raster GIS
2010-2011.
GIS and land change models
1999-2009, 2014-2024.
GIS and map comparison
2009, 2011, 2013-2023.
GIS and land change science
2005-2010, 2012-2016.
Ecology and economy in the tropics
1998-2000.
Introduction to quantitative modeling (
1995.
Introduction to geographic information science (
1995.
Environmental problems in developing countries (
1994.
International resources and environmental management (
1994.
Mathematics for the social sciences (The Ohio State University)
1988.
Advanced level mathematics (
1985-1987.
ADVISOR OF STUDENT THESES
Major advisor of doctoral dissertations:
1. In progress. A Fonseca. Methods of map comparison.
2. In progress. A Zhang (co-advisor with J Rogan). Mapping and measurement of land change.
3. 2024. T Bilintoh. Methods to analyze a time series of a categorical variable.
4. 2019. A Santacruz. Recent and future anthropogenic transformation of the Colombian Llanos.
5. 2013. N Giner (co-advisor with C Polsky). Validating, analyzing, and predicting lawn maps: application of GIScience and spatial analysis in the northern Boston suburbs.
6. 2012. S Aldwaik. Fundamental concepts of intensity analysis to understand changes among categories.
7. 2012. R Rakshit. Accuracy assessment of object-based image analysis maps.
8. 2012. D Runfola (co-advisor with C Polsky). Human-environment interactions across space and time: examining lawns and land change in the United States.
9. 2010 Z Jiang (co-advisor with R Eastman). Development
of an areal object based
network pattern classification in road extension simulation.
10. 2009 H Chen. Methods to explore the relationship between land change prediction and its variables through accuracy assessment.
Reader for doctoral dissertation: Cecil, Manson, McEachern, Pacheco, Snell.
Major advisor of Masters theses:
1. 2023 Z Zhang. A method to measure how the quality of
classifications influences change.
2. 2022 C Wang. Quantifying
the Time Series Pattern of a Binary Variable.
3. 2021 E Evenden. Sample Empirical
Probability encodes categories for input to a neural net.
4. 2021 Z Liu. Stratified random sampling generates the Total Operating Characteristic.
5. 2021 J Strzempko. The Flow matrix offers a straightforward alternative to Markov matrix.
6. 2017 J McDermott. Use of one versus two time points for calibration of land change models.
7. 2016 S Philbrick. Analyzing the response of land change models to intractable problems.
8. 2015 Y Finegold. Probabilities in land change modeling.
9. 2013 L Cornell. Assessment and Modeling of Hydrological Response to Urbanization.
10. 2011 R Chaudhry. Developing web-based “Interval, Category, and Transition Application”.
11. 2011 T Hamill. Spatial methods to predict land cover.
12. 2011 D Rees. Relationship between fine green vegetation and socioeconomic factors.
13. 2011 W Xiang. Comparison of flow matrix and Markov matrix.
14. 2011 Y Zhang. Characterizing land changes over several points in time.
15. 2010 S Blanchard. Implications of using fine versus coarse spatial resolution data in LUCC.
16. 2010 R Shmookler. Modeling water use in the metropolitan area planning council region.
17. 2010 W Adjei. Testing the sensitivity of land change results to category aggregation.
18. 2010 J Alpern. How to tell when map difference indicates land change.
19. 2010 T Nguyen. Sensitivity of land cover analysis to category aggregation.
20. 2009 S Broo. Managing water resources for suburban drought.
21. 2008 C Brill. Using GIS to contrast perceived versus preferred priorities for redevelopment.
22. 2008
O Kim. Comparison
of two land change modules: the case study of
23. 2007 V Guiterrez. How accurate do land change models need to be?
24. 2007
S Aldwaik. Transportation paths between the
25. 2007 X Li. Method to estimate the land transition matrix from two erroneous maps.
26. 2007 J Pearson. Influence of spatial extent on the measurement of land change.
27. 2007
28. 2006 G Kariuki. Measurement of map comparison at multiple spatial and temporal scales.
29. 2006
J Nsibirwa. What are the sources of uncertainty in
the 1951 map of the
30. 2006
M Rayner. A sampling strategy for evaluating land cover change in
31. 2006
32. 2006
L Silva. A stratified random sampling strategy in Minas Gerais,
33. 2005 D Sucharski. Improvements for the use of the ROC to compare maps.
34. 2004
J
35. 2004
36. 2004 K Kuzera. A technique for understanding issues of scale in map comparison.
37. 2004
38. 2004 O Thontteh. Verification of vegetation index predictions using multi-scale comparison.
39. 2004 R Yao-Kumah. Model validation to determine research priorities.
40. 2003
C Alo. Detecting the influence of protection on landscape transformation in
41. 2003
42. 2003
43. 2003 L Paladino. Accuracy assessment in baseline projections for forestry projects.
44. 2003 J Spencer. Uncertainty in extrapolations of predictive land change models.
45. 2002 K Denman. Predictability of land change at multiple resolutions.
46. 2002 M Castrence. Rapid coral reef assessment with remote sensing.
47. 2002 M Cheuk. A generalized confusion matrix for comparing soft-classified maps.
48. 2002
M Komwa. Assessing best bet cropping
patterns in
49. 2002 J Head. Identifying impermeable surface from remotely sensed images.
50. 2002
M Lowry. Site Selection for the
51. 2002
52. 2002 D Parker. A Method to Produce Hydrologically Corrected DEMs.
53. 2001 A Agrawal. Uncertainty analysis of land-use change modeling in GIS.
54. 2001
K Al-Ghamdi. Establishing a municipal GIS to manage utilities of
55. 2001
K Batchu. Using ROC
to quantify uncertainty in prediction of land cover in
56. 2001 M Cope. Land cover classification using Fisher’s linear discriminant analysis.
57. 2001 A Dushku. Assessing effectiveness of carbon offset projects with a GIS model.
58. 2001 K Leung. Incorporation of Spatial Configuration in Land Allocation.
59. 2001
R Meyer. Evaluation of video data for vegetation mapping in
60. 2001 A Nelson. Quantifying the effectiveness of conservation projects 1.
61. 2001
62. 2001 C Rossi. GIS and discriminant analysis to determine the habitat of a fish species.
63. 2001 B Suedmeyer. Components of agreement in maps at multiple resolutions.
64. 2001 T Tada. Land use and nitrate loading in small stream catchments.
65. 2001
K Walton. Shaping the views of the forest industry in
66. 2000
B Bouvier. Opium cultivation and land use change in northeast
67. 2000
P Coye. Modeling land use and nutrient loading for the
68. 2000
A Gonzales. Environmental Justice in
69. 2000
M
70. 2000
C Kigasawa. Rice cultivation and land-use change in the Amano Watershed.
71. 2000
C Lee. Land-cover change in
72. 2000 P Palmero. Nature reserve selection and design for species conservation.
73. 2000
I Popescu.
74. 2000 J Puhakka. Establishing municipal GIS for utilities and excavation damage control.
75. 1999 A Alspach. Appropriate GIS.
76. 1999 P Burgess. Conservation and development in conflict.
77. 1999 S Ford. From paper charts to virtual maps in the marine environment.
78. 1999
D Juhn. Modeling forest disturbance resulting from scenarios of migration in
79. 1999
D Koch.
80. 1999
81. 1999 M Metevier. Generation and evaluation of scenarios for local planning.
82. 1999 L Sotomayor. GIS Analysis: monitoring and modeling of mangrove in Ecuador.
83. 1999 J Suero. The credibility of indigenous knowledge.
84. 1999
85. 1998
C Huang. Real-time landscape monitoring during typhoon period in
86. 1998
D Ly. Spatial statistical analysis of deforestation in
87. 1995
88. 1995
J Kramer. Community-based conservation in southern
Reader for Master of Arts: Armistead, Ambagis, Bennett, Benz, Eschenbacher, Fulk, Gabrielle, Marcano, Normandin, Shandra, Sinvula, Silinski, Sweet.
Major advisor of Undergraduate Honors theses:
1. 2024 T Honnef. The Total Operating Characteristic requires improvements. Highest Honors.
2. 2023 R Ward. REDD+ methodology when creating risk maps. Honors.
3. 2020 S Murray. Simpler is more effective than complex for a GIS-based simulation. Honors.
4. 2017 D O’Brien. GIS Validation for projects to Reduce Emissions (REDD). Honors.
5. 2015 R Chapman. Algorithm to compare maps of a continuous variable. High Honors.
6. 2013 Y Finegold. Projecting Global Forest Resources to 2050. Highest Honors.
7. 2010 T Hamill. Visualizing and co.mputing land cover proportions. High Honors.
8. 2010 K Travis. Developing validation protocols for a water database. High Honors.
9. 2006 J Connors. Quantifying associations for comparison of maps. Highest Honors.
10. 2004
11. 2003 D Huffaker. The scale at which land change models are accurate. High Honors.
12. 2003 P Morris. Measuring and predicting leakage from conservation projects. High Honors.
13. 2002 S Aldrich. Water Quality as a function of land use. High Honors.
14. 2002
E Frost. Phosphorous concentrations of
15. 2002 J Hecht. Effects of land cover, precipitation and geology on low flows. Honors.
16. 2002 E Shusas. Detecting the process in a pattern. High Honors.
17. 2001 L Penniman. Sedimentation in the Tatnuck Brook Watershed. Highest Honors.
Reader for Undergraduate Honors: McArdle, Shandra, Zarin.
ADVISEE AWARDS
1. 2022 R Ward. Association of American Geographers Undergraduate 1st Place Poster
2. 2022 C Wang. Association of American Geographers Remote Sensing 3rd Place Poster
3. 2022 A Zhang. Association of American Geographers Cartography 3rd Place Poster
4. 2021 T Bilintoh. Association of American Geographers COMA 2nd Place Paper
5. 2021 Z Liu. Association of American Geographers GIS 2nd Place Paper
6. 2021 J Strzempko. Association of American Geographers SAM 3rd Place Paper
7. 2020 T Bilintoh. Association of American Geographers GIS/RS 2nd Place Poster
8. 2019 S Khallaghi. Association of American Geographers GIS/RS 2nd Place Poster
9. 2017 C Truong. AAG Cartography 2nd Place Illustrated Paper
10. 2017 D O’Brien. Association of American Geographers GIS/RS/Cartography 3rd Place Poster
11. 2015 R Chapman. AAG GIS/RS/Cartography 3rd Place Poster
12. 2013 L Hansen. Association of American Geographers GIS/RS/Cartography 2nd Place Poster
13. 2012 D Runfola. Coupled Human and Natural Systems Fellow to attend IALE meeting
14. 2012 K Si. AAG Spatial Analysis & Modeling 2nd Place Paper
15. 2012 C Keeler. AAG Water Resources Undergraduate 1st Place Poster
16. 2011 C McCann. AAG Water Resources Undergraduate 1st Place Poster
17. 2011 Y Zhang. AAG Spatial Analysis & Modeling 2nd Place Paper
18. 2011 S Geise. Association of American Geographers GIS/RS/Cartography 3rd Place Poster
19. 2010 S Aldwaik. Coupled Human and Natural Systems Fellow
20. 2010 J Alpern. Association of American Geographers GIS/RS/Cartography 3rd Place Poster
21. 2010 K Johnson. AAG Spatial Analysis & Modeling Undergraduate 1st Place Paper
22. 2010 K Travis. AAG Water Resources Undergraduate 1st Place Poster
23. 2010 N Giner. Association of American Geographers Remote Sensing 2nd Place Paper
24. 2010 Y Zhang. Association of American Geographers GIS/RS/Cartography 2nd Place Poster
25. 2008 O Kim. Association of American Geographers GIS/RS/Cartography 2nd Place Poster
26. 2008 C Brill. Urban and Regional Information and Systems Association 2nd Place Paper
27. 2007 S Aldwaik. Urban and Regional Information and Systems Association 1st Place Paper
28. 2007 B Parmentier. Association of American Geographers GIS Finalist Paper
29. 2007 M Millones. Association of American Geographers RS Honorable Mention Paper
30. 2006 J Connors. Association of American Geographers GIS/RS/Cartography 2nd Place Poster
31. 2004
32. 2004 C Lippitt. Association of American Geographers Remote Sensing 1st Place Paper
33. 2004
MAJOR SERVICE TO CLARK UNIVERSITY (YEARS)
Chair of Task Force on Undergraduate Education (2008-2009)
Co-Chair of Sustainability Taskforce Ad Hoc Subcommittee (2013-2014)
Co-Chair of United Way (2008-2009)
Member of Committee on Personnel (2005-2008, 2016-2017), chair during 2007-2008
Member of Ad Hoc Committee on Program of Liberal Studies (2016)
Member of Athletics Committee (2014-2016)
Member of Steering Committee (2007-2008)
Member of Academic Affairs Committee (2007-2008)
Member of Research Board (2003)
MAJOR SERVICE TO DEPARTMENTS OF GEOGRAPHY AND IDCE (YEARS)
Associate Director of Graduate School of Geography (2015-2018)
Chair of Director Search Committee (2017, 2020)
Chair of Doctoral Admissions Committee (2014-2018, 2022)
Chair of Undergraduate Studies Committee (2009-2011, 2020-2023)
Chair of Atwood Committee (2008-2009)
Chair of GIS Professor Search Committees (2005-2006, 2008-2009)
Chair of Personnel Promotion Committees (2006, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2024)
Acting Director for Department of IDCE (2007)
Chair of GISDE 5-year plan (2005-2006)
Coordinator of Master of Arts program in GIS for Development and Environment (1998-2008)
MEMBERSHIPS
American Association of Geographers
American Geophysical Union
Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
International Association for Landscape Ecology
REFERENCES
Dr. Daniel Brown
Professor and Endowed Chair
Director of Environmental and Forest Sciences
University of Washington
1492 NE Boat Street
Seattle WA 98105
USA
e-mail: danbro@wu.edu
telephone: 001 206 685
1928
Dr. J Ronald Eastman
Professor of Geography
Clark University
950 Main Street
Worcester MA
01610
USA
e-mail: reastman@clarku.edu
telephone: 001 508 849
2321
Dr. Anne E Giblin
Senior Scientist
Lead Principal Investigator for Plum Island Ecosystems
Long Term Ecological Research site
The Ecosystems Center
Marine Biological Laboratory
7 MBL Street
Woods Hole MA 02543
USA
e-mail: agiblin@mbl.edu
telephone: 001 508 289 74488
Dr.
Professor of Marine Sciences
Director of Georgia Sea Grant College Program
University of
e-mail: chopkins@uga.edu
telephone: 001 706 542 1855
Dr. Billie Lee Turner II
Gilbert F. White Professor of Environment and
Arizona State University
Tempe AZ 85287-0104
USA
e-mail: billie.turner@asu.edu
telephone: 001 480
965 7533
Dr. A
Rector, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth
Observation (ITC)
University of Twente
P.O. Box 6
7500 AA Enschede
The Netherlands
e-mail: veldkamp@itc.nl
telephone: 31 053 4874269
Dr. Jianguo Wu
Dean’s Distinguished Professor
of Landscape Ecology / Sustainability Science
Editor of Landscape Ecology
Arizona State University
P. O. Box 874501
Tempe AZ 85287-4501
e-mail: jingle.wu@asu.edu
telephone: 001 480 965 1063