UF Geographer assists outbreak response in Africa

Posted on September 27, 2013

Dr. Kathy Alexander, Virginia Tech, and Dr. Jason Blackburn, UF Geography, have evaluated the seasonal patterns and likely causes of diarrheal disease outbreaks in Botswana using a simple questionnaire and existing hospital staff and infrastructure. The approach does not require increased human or economic resources, and it can give immediate insight into public health threats […]

Andy Garcia works for Gates

Posted on September 23, 2013

Congratulations to Andres “Andy” Garcia who has just started a new two-year position with the Gates Foundation in Seattle. Andy will be developing geospatial applications to trace and display the distribution and spread of various diseases globally. He will return to Gainesville in a month to defend his doctoral thesis.

Dr. James Elsner to speak at Colloquium September 26

Posted on September 18, 2013

Dr. James Elsner is the Earl & Sophia Shaw Endowed Chair in Geography at Florida State University. He will give a guest lecture on hurricanes in MET4532/MET6530 on September 25 and present his tornado-related research during Colloquium on September 26, 2013. He has co-authored three books and over 115 journal articles on hurricane climatology, risks, […]

SEER Lab models Bacillus anthracis

Posted on September 6, 2013

Working with partners from Italy, Kazakhstan, and the US (Louisiana State University), Drs. Jocelyn Mullins and Jason Blackburn developed ecological niche models of Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax, to predict the geographic distribution of the disease across the landscape of each country. The work was published in PLOS ONE (http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0072451). Previous studies have […]

Eric Keys interviewed by Guardian

Posted on September 5, 2013

Recently Professor Eric Keys was interviewed by the prestigious British newspaper, The Guardian, for his opinion as to how world markets could best help the poor. Eric’s suggestions were among 18 derived from a panel of experts. Eric notes: Information is key to M4P: Where I work in southeastern Mexico, the biggest impediment to agricultural […]

Carly Muir wins undergraduate prize

Posted on September 4, 2013

Carly Muir won the prize for the best undergraduate poster at the Florida Society of Geographers Annual Meeting in Tallahassee. Her research, carried out as a directed independent study, is part of a large NASA funded program in the department under the leadership of Prof. Southworth. Carly analyzed daily rainfall records from Maun, Botswana between […]

Amber Todoroff chosen for IDREHSI Experience

Posted on August 29, 2013

Amber was one of ten interns chosen to participate in the National Science Foundation’s Interdisciplinary Research Experience in Hyperspectral Imagery (IDREHSI) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa. During this program she completed four weeks of intensive hyperspectral digital image processing and field lab training, accompanied by […]

Stephanie Zick awarded AMS travel grant

Posted on August 19, 2013

Congratulations to Geography Ph.D. student Stephanie Zick, who has been awarded an American Meteorological Society (AMS) student travel grant to attend the 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology in Breckenridge, CO, to be held September 16-20, 2013. The AMS awards student travel grants to senior undergraduate and graduate AMS student members, in recognition of the invaluable […]

Jeff Lower becomes President of MAPPS

Posted on June 24, 2013

Congratulations and kudos to Jeff Lower, who holds both undergraduate and Master’s degrees from the Department. Jeff will become President of Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors (MAPPS) this summer. MAPPS is the US national association of firms in the surveying, spatial data and geographic information systems field. Its members are engaged in surveying, photogrammetry, […]

Dr. Peter Waylen named Gibson Term Professor

Posted on May 1, 2013

“Dr. Peter Waylen has been named a Robin and Jean Gibson Term Professor for 2013-2014. The honor recognizes faculty members who demonstrate excellence in scholarship, teaching, and service, and carries a salary bonus and a small amount of research support. These professorships are funded entirely by private donors to the college for rewarding top faculty […]

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