Dr. Jonathan Greenberg and the Global Environmental Analysis and Remote
Sensing (GEARS) Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno are now
inviting applications for Doctoral or Masters work that will start in Fall
2017 for students interested in the following topics:

Landscape Level Plant-Climate Interactions: Students should be interested
in applying remote sensing, GIS, and modeling to the following questions at
local to global scales:

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   How do plants respond to their climate at regional to global scales
   scales?
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   What will be the future state of vegetated ecosystems under climate
   change?
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   How do non-climate factors such as natural and anthropogenic disturbance
   impact the past, present, and future distribution of plants?

A degree or background in biogeography, environmental science, ecology,
and/or biology is encouraged for applicants, as well as previous experience
in remote sensing and GIS and/or ecosystem modeling.

Remote Sensing Science: Students should be interested in developing
advanced remote sensing algorithms, particularly those that leverage high
performance computing and machine learning algorithms.  GEARS is interested
in the following general topics:

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   Computer vision techniques applied to high spatial resolution LiDAR and
   optical remote sensing imagery
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   Change detection and time series analysis of multitemporal remote
   sensing image datasets, particularly as it applies to multitemporal LiDAR,
   hyperspatial optical, and “hypertemporal” datasets such as Landsat and
   MODIS.

Previous programming experience and a background in remote sensing and GIS
is highly recommended.

Prospective graduate students will be expected to develop their own
research goals, and should have curiosity, motivation, and independence.
Prospective students should email a short summary of their research
interests as well as a CV to Dr. Greenberg jgreenb...@unr.edu before
applying to the program. Funding will be available from a variety of
sources, including fellowships, research assistantships, and teaching
assistantships.

Prospective PhD students should apply to the Ecology, Evolution and
Conservation Biology graduate program (http://www.unr.edu/eecb) and
prospective Masters students should apply to the Natural Resources and
Environmental Science program (https://www.unr.edu/nres).

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