Graduate Students

ALVAREZ, LUIS FELIPE lfalvarez@ucla.edu (Ph.D. Student M.A. Geography (UCLA, 2010. Thesis: "Uploading Hollywood. A Digital Economic Geography of Film Distribution") B.A. English (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 2009)) Subfield: Digital Economic Geography, Information Economy, Cultural Industries, Economic Geography of the Internet -

Antos, Mike mike.antos[at]ucla.edu (University of California, Los Angeles, PhD. Geography 2015 California State University, Northridge, MA Geography 2005 Ithaca College, BA Art History, 1994) Subfield: urban geography, science-policy interface, water resource management - How does communication at the science-policy interface influence efforts to remake the crumbling modernist infrastructure in urban centers like Los Angeles?

ASHRAF, CAMERAN chashraf@ucla.edu (Ph.D. Student - Geography, UCLA M.A. - Geography, Cal State Fullerton 2009. Thesis: "Light Pollution: The Problem and Its Significance." Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Taylor B.S. - Geography, Cal State Pomona 2005. B.S. - Business Administration, Cal State Pomona 2005.) Subfield: Political Geography, Communications/Internet Geographies, Light Pollution, Middle East, Iran, Religion, Cyberconflict/cyberpower, Technology & society -

BARNES, ABIGAIL CLAIRE clairbarnes@gmail.com (B.A., Psychology of Communication University of California, Berkeley M.A., Geography University of Hawaii, Manoa ) Subfield: Historical and Cultural Geography, Gender, Urban Geography and Architecture, Space and Place, History of Medicine - Dissertation: Pure Spaces and Impure Bodies: The Detention of Prostitutes in the U.S. During World War One

BARRANDA, ANTHONY DELARA hjarta@ucla.edu (Ph.D. Student, Geography, UCLA; M.A., Geography, Arizona State, 2003; B.A., Geography, University of Texas, 2001; B.A., Psychology, University of Texas, 2001) Subfield: Cultural and Historical Geography, Socio-political Geography, Urban geography/architecture - sense of place, public space, airport geographies, symbolic landscapes, architectural perception, social theory, geography of non-normative identity and citizenship

Bender, Catherine Tsukasa ktbender [at] ucla.edu (MA, Global Education, The Ohio State University; BA, Politics, Ithaca College) education, social movements, public space, technology, migration, hope, political economy, Japan

Burkhart, Nick nickburkhart@ucla.edu (B.S. (2010) Arizona State University - Geography) Subfield: Cultural and historical geography, U.S.-Mexico borderlands, California, visual/photographic methodology - Visual landscape history of commerce in Mexican border cities, iconographic representation of place and landscape in the urban Southwest

CAI, SIYU sycai@ucla.edu (M.A. University of California, Los Angeles, expected June 2012 B.A. University of Washington, 2010) Subfield: Economic geography; migration; labor markets; China - My primary research interest is the study of capital and labor flow within economic geography. More specifically, I focus on how capital and labor flow impact regional development in contemporary China. Capital and labor buildup in core regions, follow by incremental development in peripheral areas has been one of the most significant features of economic geography over the last two centuries—notably 19th Century England and 20th Century U.S. I am interested in pursuing this issue in the economic development of China by studying the capital and labor flow between coastal and interior provinces in the overall growth of the Chinese economy. Related to this research, I have a long-term career goal to study and understand the diverse aspects of capitalism.

CHEN, CHEN chenchen923@ucla.edu (Ph.D Candidate, Geography, UCLA, 9/2011 M.A, Agricultural Economics, Renmin University of China, 2008 B.A, Agricultural Economics, Renmin University of China, 2005) Subfield: Regional Development, Migration, Contemporary China -

CHU, VENA venachu[at]ucla[dot]edu (M.A. Geography, UCLA 2009 B.A. Geography and Economics, UCLA 2006) Subfield: Remote sensing, GIS, hydrology, Greenland climate change, water quality -

COOKE, ABIGAIL MONTAGUE cooke@ucla.edu Subfield: Economic Geography - Geography of trade and wage inequality in the U.S.

Crow, Britt blcrow@ucla.edu (PhD Candidate, Geography, UCLA; MA, Regional Studies- East Asia, Harvard University, 2009; BA, History and Asian Studies, Bard College, 2006) Subfield: Political geography, environmental politics, development, contemporary China -

DAVIES, DAVID RHYS  (Stanford University (B.A History); London School of Economics (M.Sc. Economic History); UCLA (PhD Candidate)) Subfield: Economic Geography, Urban Economic Growth, Regional Economic Development, Comparative Urbanisation, Political Economy, City Regions, Endogenous Growth, Evolutionary Economics, Patterns of Innovation and Technological Change, International Trade - Inventive Diversity and Economic Growth in Cities: An Ecology of US Patenting

DINTWE, KEBONYETHATA kdintwe[at]ucla[dot]edu (B.Sc. Biological Sciences; Botany. University of Botswana, 2003) Subfield: Physical Geography; My research is on the distribution of the belowground biomass in savanna ecosystem. This research is part of a major project that aims at addressing a major issue in dryland ecology: how belowground plant processes in water-limited ecosystems control belowground organic carbon dynamics under different climate conditions. To address this central issues, this project will define the distribution and dynamics of belowground biomass and soil organic carbon through extensive field data collection and modeling at a suite of sites across a regional climate gradient in the Kalahari. The Kalahari is one of the only places on Earth where this type of natural experiment can be conducted without confounding effects of soil variability. Remote Sensing, GIS -

FERNÁNDEZ, SARAH HAIDÉE sarhafe[at]yahoo[dot]com (Ph.D. Candidate, Geography, UCLA; M.A., Geography, UCLA, 2007; B.A., Latin American Studies [concentration in Ecology and the Environment], UCLA, 2002) Subfield: Political Ecology, Cultural Geography, Environmental History, Development, Latin America -

Ford, O.T. ford [at] ucla [dot] edu (MS, Geography, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, 2009. BA, Generalism in world affairs, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, 2004.) Subfield: World geography; geographic thought; regionalization; interdisciplinary geography; political geography; cultural geography. - My primary concern is regionalization in human geography at the global scale. Additional concerns are the regionalization process in general, including physical and historical applications, and geographic names.

FRICKER, GEOFFREY ANDREW africker[at]ucla[dot]edu (M.A. University of California Los Angeles, Geography, 2009 B.S. University of California Santa Barbara, Physical Geography, 2005 ) Subfield: Remote Sensing, GIS, LiDAR, Forest Structure - Deriving tropical forest stand characteristics and sub-canopy topography from large footprint waveform lidar

FUENTENEBRO, PABLO pfuentenebro@ucla.edu (2011 PhD Geography University of California, Los Angeles Dissertation Title: "New Urban Spaces. Museums, Architecture and the Cultural Economy of Cities" 2005 Licenciatura Geography Universidad Complutense de Madrid Segundo Premio Nacional Fin de Carrera de Educación Universitaria Premio Extraordinario de Licenciatura de Geografía) Subfield: Cultural economy; Place marketing and city branding; Urban regeneration; Museum management and design; Urban Planning - My research focuses on the cultural economy and the role of the cultural industries in the contemporary city. My doctoral dissertation examines the cultural dimension of urbanization, examining the different ways that cities use architecture and cultural infrastructures to promote urban growth through strategies of place-marketing and city-branding. It pays special attention to the programming and design of different cultural infrastructures, with special reference to museums and cities.

GARCIA-ELLIN, JUAN C jcgarcia@ucla.edu (PhD Candidate (CPhil) UCLA, 2008. MA-Geography SUNY-Binghamton, 2000. JD-Law University of Puerto Rico, 1996. BA-Geography University of Puerto Rico, 1993.) Subfield: Urban Geography, Population Geography, Domestic and International Migration, Ethnicity and Place, Geography of Popular Music. - Hispanic Migration in US urban areas. Differences in Hispanic/Latino population subgroups. Domestic and international migration patterns. Latin Music in the US.

GIORGI, ANA PAULA agiorgi@ucla.edu (Ph.D. UCLA Geography Department (2010) M.Sc. Water Resources and Applied Ecology, Universidade de São Paulo (2003) B.S. Biology, Universidade de São Paulo (2000)) Subfield: Biogeography, Landscape Ecology, Reserve Design - Dissertation research: "Spatial conservation planning framework for assessing conservation and restoration opportunities in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil"

GLEASON, COLIN JOSEPH cjgleaso@ucla.edu (M.S., Geospatial Engineering,(2011)State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. B.S., Forest Engineering (2009)State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry.) Subfield: Remote Sensing - I am interested in using remotely sensed data to help solve problems facing society, specifically issues of sustainability/climate change. Currently, I am working with digital photography and satellite imagery to assess glacial melt water runoff in western Greenland.

Glover, Katherine C. kcglover[at]ucla[dot]edu (PhD Candidate Geography, 2015 expected, UCLA M.S. Geology, 2004, University of Cincinnati B.A. Geology, 2001, DePauw University) Quaternary Paleoclimate and Paleolimnology My other interests include: remote sensing and GIS, recreational land use and management, environmental policy, energy resources, landscape archaeology, history of California, history of science, teaching pedagogy

Goldstein, Jenny Elaine jgoldstein@ucla.edu (PhD expected, Dept of Geography, UCLA M.A. 2009: Dept of Geography, UCLA B.A. 2005: Theory and History of Architecture, Barnard College, Columbia University) Subfield: cultural geography, political economy, political ecology & environmentalism, development in the tropics, food and agriculture, East Africa, Indonesia - Agroforestry, trade, and carbon markets in Southeast Asia; global and local agro-food systems; the production and politics of taste within the global coffee industry; agricultural land use in California; multi-site ethnography

Grant, Andrew angrant at ucla.edu (M.A. Geography, UCLA 2012 B.A. Geography, UW-Madison 2006 Certificate - Center for Russian, Eastern European, and Central Asian Studies, UW-Madison 2006) Subfield: Political Geography, Cultural Geography, Humanistic Geography - My research interests include, but are not limited to, political, cultural, and humanistic geography. I am fascinated by the ways we create places and give them lives and aspirations of their own. When the individual seeks place within a greater community, and they together imbue their imagined geography with power, then interesting things can result. This sort of world-making has effects both mentally (such as a sublime mountain), and in the world "out there" (when a nation gathers to celebrate and reenact its birth). My Ph.D. research will look at Chinese development policy and its repercussions in the outer Tibetan regions of China's West. Current policies seek to these regions economically and culturally, by way of infrastructure, market, and education advances. Is China succeeding in integrating Tibet? How are these policies producing novel outcomes beyond the China/TGiE opposition? I will explore the question through the lenses of political and cultural geography, as well as through anthropological models of social and political formation in Tibetan communities. My Master's Thesis looked at the role of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Torch Relay in performing the Chinese geo-body. I explore the efficacy of rhetoric around the relay as performative acts, and ask: Was the performance successful? And if so, by and for whom?

Hamdan, Ali Nehmé ahamdan@ucla.edu (B.A. Geography, Middlebury College (2010)) Subfield: Political Geography; Nationalism Studies; Near East Studies. - I am interested in several topics, which I hope to incorporate into my Master's studies:

• Landscape & Memory in the Middle East; politics of memory, memorials & nationalism in Lebanon and Turkey.
• The effects of globalization in the Arab world.
• The historical geography of the Middle East and Central Asia.
• Nationalism studies more generally.

Hammond, Timur W timurhammond@ucla.edu (M.A. (2010) University of Los Angeles, California B.A. (2005) University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) My master's thesis focused on Orhan Pamuk's memoir Istanbul: Memories and the City. I was particularly interested in the ways in which Pamuk claims a rooted and local identity; at the same time, I argued that one of Pamuk's central projects in his memoir was to place himself in Istanbul without endorsing a nationalist project. My doctoral research will be located in the Istanbul neighborhood of Eyüp and study some of the ways in which the neighborhood - or particular sites within the neighborhood - have come to be understood as especially Islamic.

HOWELL, ANTHONY JAMES a.howell@ucla.edu (PhD Student, Geography, UCLA; M.S. Geography, Michigan State Univ.; B.A. Political Science, Michigan State Univ.; B.A. Chinese Language and Culture) Subfield: Geopolitics: Border studies and ethnic conflict; Economic and Urban Geography: labor markets and minority, migration, and inequality studies; urban poverty; U.S.; China; quantitative methods; GIS - Interested in economic development and border trade in Western China. Specifically I am interested in examining the combined effects of the "Open up the West" campaign and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's mandate on development, trade, and questions of security in Xinjiang.

Kahn, Patrick pkahn@ucla.edu (PhD Student, UCLA (expected completion - 2013) - Geomorphology and Modeling Dissertation: Aeolian and Fluvial Linkages in Vegetated Arid Environments: Jornada Experimental Range, New Mexico M.A. Geography [with distinction] - Geomorphology and Spatial Modeling, California State University, Northridge, 2008 Thesis: Modeling Karst Distribution in an Alpine Location: Mineral King, Sequoia National Park, CA B.A. Geography - Environmental Science and GIS w/ Minor in Geology [cum laude], California State University, Northridge, 2006 ) Subfield: Geomorphology; Spatial Modeling; Remote Sensing; GIS; Environmental Studies; Hydrology; Desert Environments; Mountain Environments - My research has entailed applying spatial modeling and remote sensing as tools to better characterize geomorphic process. Specifically, I have modeled karst morphogenesis in alpine environments. My dissertation work focuses on modeling aeolian and fluvial interactions in the Jornada Basin using rare earth minerals as sediment tracers to model vegetation spacing and how it relates to increasing aridification. Furthermore, I'm attempting to model (spatially and mathematically) wind and water sediment balances to better understand the linkages between aoelian and fluvial processes in arid regions. I have also investigated the effects of sandblasting on plant and leaf level physiology.

Le, Tuyen tl57[at]ucla[dot]edu (Ph.D.- Geography, UCLA (expected 2014) M.A.- Geography, UCLA (2011) B.A.- Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin (2006)) Subfield: Environmental policy, political ecology, nature-society relations, nature-culture interaction, ethno-/economic botany - Non-timber forest products, agroforestry, conservation policy, wildlife trade and regulation in Southeast Asia

Levine, Paul Alexander paul.levine[at]ucla.edu (B.A. Brown University, 2000, Geology/Biology and Computer Music) Subfield: Hydroclimatology, biogeochemical cycles, remote sensing, disease vectors - My research interests are in land-atmosphere transfer processes and the synergy between the hydrologic and carbon biogeochemical cycles. I am currently investigating these phenomena in Cameroon, Central Africa, in collaboration with colleagues from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology who are researching the population genomics of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae.

LIU, KAN liukan@ucla.edu (University of California, Berkeley, B.S.2011,Economy, B.A.2011,Chinese Literature) Subfield: Land, Agrarain capitalism, Internal migration, China - My current research is to better understand the impact of rural-to-urban migration on rural land development in contemporary China.

Lustig, Nicholas Ferris nicholaslustig@ucla.edu ((2007) B.A. Rhetoric with Honors; University of California, Berkeley ) Subfield: urban geography, urban design, assemblage urbanism, digital cities, world cities, surveillance studies, CCTV, information systems, biotechnology, police studies, military history/theory, militarized cities, Marx, Marxist geography (esp. Harvey), Autonomist Marxism (esp. Negri), Adorno, Foucault, Deleuze, Lacan, Baudrillard, Virilio, complexity theory, psychoanalysis, architecture, contemporary art, urban cinema, post-WWII American poetry - M.A. Thesis: "The Role of Surveillance in the Emergence of an Urban Governmentality of Hegemonic Despotism" Current Projects: Dissertation: "Advanced Urban Biopower: Control Programs and Machinic Biopolitics in Contemporary US Cities" "From Disciplines to Control Programs: Archives to Databases, Molds to Modulations, and Docile Bodies to Nodular Cyborgs" "Postmodern Urban Geopolitics: Cities as the Sources, Sites, and Stakes of Contemporary Conflict" "The Future of Surveillance Systems in Urban Areas: Ubiquitous Computing, Embedded Dataveillance, Smart CCTV and Programmed Cyborgs" "Some Uses and Abuses of Deleuze in Geography" "The Art of Urban Design and The Design of Urban Art: Spatial Concepts For and Lessons From Recent Intersections Between Art and Architecture"

Lyons, Evan A elyons@ucla.edu (M.A. Geography, UCLA 2010 B.S. Earth and Environmental Science, UC Irvine 2005) Subfield: Remote sensing, GIS, land use/land cover change, high latitude climate change... -

MAIDA, BARBARA YABLON bymaida@ucla.edu (PhD, 2011: UCLA, Geography; MA, 2002: CSU Northridge, Geography [w/ distinction]; BS, 1992: CSU Northridge, Health Sciences [w/ Biology minor] ) Subfield: Cultural Geography, Historical Geography of North America, esp. with regard to medical topographies. -

MERSEL, MATTHEW KING mmersel@ucla.edu (M.A. Geography, UCLA (expected Spring 2012) B.S. Geological Sciences (Geography Minor), University of Florida, 2008) My research interests are focused on global freshwater resources, recognizing the importance that water has to both science and society. I am particularly interested in how satellite remote sensing can be used as a tool to study and measure the distribution and dynamics of rivers worldwide. To that end, I am presently working on a project related to an upcoming NASA satellite, the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission, exploring an empirical method by which river channel depth can be estimated from a space-based remote sensing platform. This forthcoming technology will provide unprecedented insight into the spatial and temporal dynamics of surface water, globally, with vast implications for both hydrologic science and water as a resource.

Miller, Rick - rickmiller@ucla.edu (C.Phil, 2008, UCLA; M.Arch, 1997, SCI-Arc; B.A, 1992, Connecticut College) Subfield: nomadic/sedentary, domestic architecture, (sub)urban migration, mobile landscape, built culture, Inner Asia - The ger-districts, named for the traditional felt tents that still dominate the domestic landscape surrounding Ulaanbaatar, extend urban space yet retain connections to Mongolian pastoralism. How people build vernacular architecture to respond to both a settled environment and a nomadic heritage forms the basis of my research.

NARINS, TOM tnarins@ucla.edu (PhD Student - UCLA) Subfield: Political Geography, Chinese-Latin American relations, contemporary China, contemporary Latin America, environmental politics - Interested in China's political and economic role in Latin America. Research also involves the environmental impacts of emerging relations between these two regions. Also interested in the geopolitics of entryways (seaports, canals, airports, rail lines) and their role in understanding globalization.

REISSER, WESLEY J. reisser@ucla.edu (Ph.D. 2010 in Geography - UCLA; M.A. 2007 in Geography - The George Washington University; B.A. 2004 Summa Cum Laude in International Affairs & History, minors in Art History & Geography - The George Washington University) Subfield: Political Geography, History of Cartography, Geopolitics of Energy & Water, Borders & Peace Settlements, The Balkans & Eastern Europe, Israel-Palestinian Conflict - American Border Proposals and Maps at the Paris Peace Conference, Energy Independence & the Geopolitics of Oil, Geopolitics of the Post-Cold War World

ROBINSON, CHELSEA MARIE cmrobins@ucla.edu (B.A. Geography/ Environmental Studies, UCLA 2009 Minor in Conservation Biology) Subfield: Forests, Remote Sensing - I am interested in forest biomass and distribution. My current research utilizes the fusion of radar and lidar data to estimate aboveground forest biomass in the state of Maine. The aim is to develop algorithms that can correlate backscatter values with AGB, that can then be extrapolated over the state.

ROVZAR, COREY MARIE c.rovzar@ucla.edu (B.A. Geography/Environmental Studies, minor GIS, UCLA 2011) Subfield: edangered tropical dry forest restoration, gis, remote sensing, species distribution models -

SHAH, CHINTAN A. cashah@ucla.edu (B.E. (Computer Engineering), Bombay University, 2000; M.S. (Computer Science), Syracuse University, 2003; Ph.D. (Geography), UCLA, 2010. )

SILVER, MARIKO EVA mariko.silver@aya.yale.edu 

SKILES, S. McKENZIE mskiles@ucla.edu (BS, Environmental Studies, University of Utah (2008) BS, Geography, University of Utah (2008) GIS Certificate (Remote Sensing and Applied GIS), University of Utah (2008) MS, Geography, University of Utah (2010) PhD, Geography, UCLA) Radiative forcing by dust and black carbon in snow, remote sensing of the cryosphere, snow hydrology and snowmelt modeling, cryosphere-climate interaction.

SMITH, JENN LEE jennlee.smith@gmail.com China; population geography

Stephenson, Scott stephenson@ucla.edu (B.A. Human Biology, Stanford University, 2003 M.A. Geography, UCLA, 2010 Ph.D. Geography, UCLA, expected 2014) Subfield: GIS, environmental change, Arctic systems, geopolitics -

SULLIVAN, ROB sulli@ucla.edu (B.A. in Philosophy, UCLA (Magna Cum Laude) 2007.) Subfield: Cultural Geography, Philosophy of Place. - Speech Acts and Knowledge, Ontological Instability of Place, Imaginary Lands.

TAYLOR, CLARK RUSSELL clarktaylor@ucla.edu (PhD Student, UCLA, 2015; Masters of Landscape Architecture, Cornell University, 2011; BS Landscape Horticuture, Colorado State University, 2007) Subfield: Urban Geography, Sustainable Urbanism, Urbanization, Latin America -

THOMSON, MARCUS JAMES zizroc[at]ucla[dot]edu (Ph.D. student (biogeography), UCLA; M.Sc. (neutrino astrophysics) & B.Sc. (hons. physics), Queen's University, Canada.) Holocene paleoclimatology of Fayum Depression, Egypt; dating methodologies; and climate as a driver of human migration and societal change.

TINGSTAD, ABBIE HILARY abbie1@ucla.edu (Education and Professional Experience 2009: Summer Associate; Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment; RAND Corporation Mentors: Robert Lempert and David Groves 2007- June 2010: Ph.D. Candidate; Department of Geography; University of California, Los Angeles Advisor: Glen MacDonald Dissertation Title: An investigation of paleoclimate in the Uinta Mountains, Utah using diatoms and tree-rings 2006-2008: Environmental technician; USDA Forest Service; Vernal, Utah 2005-2007: Ph.D. student; Department of Geography; University of California, Los Angeles GPA: 4.0/4.0 2004-2005: M.Sc. student; Oxford University Centre for the Environment Advisor: Heather Viles Dissertation Title: Sub-aerially transported salts and the breakdown of coastal cliffs in South Gower, Wales, U.K. Course Assessment: 2-1 2000-2004: Undergraduate; Department of Mathematics; Massachusetts Institute of Technology Advisor: Michael Artin Senior paper title: The application of Nash Equilibrium Theory to the Kyoto Protocol Fields of study: Applied Mathematics, Social Science, German language, Geology GPA: 4.7/5.0) Subfield: Paleoclimatology, Geomorphology, Public Policy - My dissertation research develops paleoclimate records for the Uinta Mountains, northeastern Utah (Upper Colorado River Basin) using tree-rings and the remains of diatoms (environmentally-sensitive unicellular algae) in lake sediments. I am also interested in the application of paleoclimate data to questions that arise in public policy.

WANG, JIDA gdbruins@ucla.edu (C.Phil.(2008-2010). Geography. University of California, Los Angeles. M.S.(2006-2008). Environmental Resources Engineering. State University of New York - College of Environmental Science and Forestry. B.M.(2002-2006). Environmental Economics and Managements. Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology. ) Subfield: Remote Sensing, Hydrology, Spatial Statistics, GIS - Ph.D.: Assessing stress and dynamics of fresh water resource stored in lakes, on global and regional scales. Master of Science: Algorithmic development for urban land use modeling using artificial intelligence and spatial statistics. Bachelor of Managements: Configuration of an indicator system for environmental evalution in Precision Agriculture

Wilford, Justin G. jwilford@ucla.edu (PhD, UCLA, Geography, 2010 M.A. Arizona State University, Political Science, 2003 Thesis: Deliberative Democracy and the City: Rethinking Space as a Source of Political and Communicative Practice; B.A. Arizona State University, Psychology, 2000 ) Subfield: Cultural geography, urban geography, geography of religion - Spatial strategies of American evangelicalism, cultural geography of suburbia and postsuburbia, transnational evangelical networks

Willis, Kate S kwillis@ucla.edu (M.A. University of California, Los Angeles 2011 Geography B.A. Clark University 2008 Environmental Science and Policy, minor Mathematics) Subfield: land use change, urban-wildland interface dynamics, climate change, paleoclimate, GIS, remote sensing, Arctic systems - PhD: Monitoring land use change in the Santa Monica Mountains in the past, present and future. MA: Carbon storage and hydrological reconstruction using testate amoebae analysis and ground penetrating radar in the West Siberian Lowlands and in Churchill, Manitoba.