ANA PAULA GIORGI
E-mail: agiorgi@ucla.edu
Office: Bunche A158

EDUCATION

PhD Candidate

M.Sc. Water Resources and Applied Ecology, Universidade de São Paulo (2003)

B.S. Biology, Universidade de São Paulo (2000)

SUBFIELDS

Biogeography, Reserve Design, Ecological Niche Modeling, Landscape Ecology

RESEARCH

Dissertation research: "Utilizing remote sensing to identify priorities for restoration and connectivity in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil"

PUBLICATIONS

Gillespie,T.W., Saatchi,S., Pau,S., Bohlman,S., GIORGI,A.P., Lewis,S. 2009. "Towards quantifying tropical tree species richness in tropical forests". International Journal of Remote Sensing, 30(6): 1629-1634.

Gillespie,T.W., Foody,G.M., Rocchini,D., GIORGI,A.P., Saatchi,S. 2008. "Measuring and modelling biodiversity from space". Progress in Physical Geography, 32(2): 203-221.

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2006-2009 UCLA Teaching Associateship
2007 UCLA Latin American Center Field Research Grant
2006-2007 Geography Department Regents Fellowship
2006-2007- UCLA Center for Tropical Research Graduate Student Researcher (Remote Sensing and Conservation Project)

ADVISORS

Thomas Gillespie (chair)
Thomas Smith
Michael Shin
Marilyn Raphael

Luís Fábio Silveira (collaborator)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2009 Association of American Geographers annual meeting. Las Vegas, CA
Title: "Using Species Distribution Modeling to identify occurrences of Pyrrhura lepida (Psittacidae) in the Brazilian Amazon;
Support for Species Taxonomic Studies and Conservation"

2007 Association of American Geographers annual meeting. San Francisco, CA
Title: "Application of Remote Sensing and Ecological Niche Modeling: Approach in Restoration and Conservation of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest"

2006 Joint Workshop on NASA Biodiversity, Terrestrial Ecology, and Related Applied Sciences.
Title: "Application of Ecological Modeling and Remote Sensing Data Assimilation in Restoration and Conservation of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest"