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Dr. M. Anwar Sounny-Slitine

Assistant Instructional Professor Affiliate faculty, School of Natural Resources and Environment and Center for Remote Sensing msounnyslitine@ufl.edu @sounny Focus Areas Focus Area 1: Earth System Science Focus Area 3: Places, Networks, & Flows Focus Area 6: Sustainability & Global Environmental Change Focus Area 7: Geospatial Analysis & Techniques Areas of Specialization GIScience Geomorphology Geomorphometry LiDAR […]

Undergrad Certificate: Geospatial Information Analysis

Geospatial information analysis is used increasingly in both research and practice with job opportunities expected to grow 22% from 2010 to 2020. This certificate covers a variety of geospatial technologies and analytic methods, such as digital mapping, geographic information system (GIS), and remotely sensed image processing, aiming to develop spatial thinking ability for students. Lab-based […]

The hunt for sustainability in African rainforests: bushmeat and hunter-gatherers

NOSS – The hunt for sustainability in African rainforests: bushmeat and hunter-gatherers Andrew J. Noss, Daniel J. Ingram Article first published online: NOV 2016 Conservation Biology newsletter, Africa Conservation Telegraph ABSTRACT: Unsustainable hunting threatens both biodiversity and local livelihoods. Three recent publications summarize collaborations of researchers representing an array of institutions working on hunting and wildlife […]

Dr. Robert Walker receives NSF Geography and Spatial Sciences award

Dr. Robert Walker has received an NSF award from the Geography and Spatial Sciences program, to fund a project entitled “International Trade Agreements, Globalization, Land Change, and Agricultural Food Networks” with a budget of $375,000. The research, to be conducted in Mexico, investigates links between spatial shifts in that country’s forest biomes, and neoliberal reforms […]

Human Brucellosis Trends: Re-emergence and Prospects for Control Using a One Health Approach in Azerbaijan (1983–2009)

BLACKBURN – Human Brucellosis Trends: Re-emergence and Prospects for Control Using a One Health Approach in Azerbaijan (1983–2009) I. T. Kracalik, R. Abdullayev, K. Asadov, R. Ismayilova, M. Baghirova, N. Ustun, M. Shikhiyev, A. Talibzade and J. K. Blackburn Article first published online: 25 Sep 2015 in Zoonoses and Public Health DOI: 10.1111/zph.12229 ABSTRACT: Brucellosis is one […]

Dr. Greg Glass

Professor Emeritus gglass@ufl.edu Focus Areas Focus Area 2: Medical Geography in Global Health (MGGH) Areas of Specialization Medical Geography Risk factor analysis Vector-borne and Zoonotic Diseases Educational Background Post-Doctoral Fellow in Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, 1986 PhD in Systematics & Ecology, University of Kansas, 1983 MPhil in Systematics & Ecology, University of […]

Dr. Robert T. Walker

Professor Emeritus Center for Latin American Studies (LATAM) roberttwalker@ufl.edu Curriculum Vitae Focus Areas Focus Area 4: Geopolitics & The Global Economy Focus Area 5: Catastrophes, Conservation, and Conflict Focus Area 6: Sustainability & Global Environmental Change Areas of Specialization Nature-Society Studies Land Change Geospatial Analysis Amazon Educational Background PhD in Regional Science, University of Pennsylvania, […]

Dr. Sadie J. Ryan

Professor, Medical Geography Office: Turlington Hall 3125 she/her/hers Curriculum Vitae Principal Investigator, Emerging Pathogens Institute Co-Director, Florida Climate Institute at UF Research Lab: Quantitative Disease Ecology & Conservation Lab (QDEC Lab) sjryan@ufl.edu Twitter: @SadieRyan OrcID: 0000-0002-4308-6321 Focus Areas Focus Area 1: Earth System Science Focus Area 2: Medical Geography in Global Health (MGGH) Areas of […]

Undergraduate Certificates

Undergraduate Certificates The Department of Geography offers undergraduate certificates in Geographic Artificial Intelligence & Big Data, Geospatial Information Analysis, Medical Geography, and Meteorology and Climatology. Interested in a certificate? Please read our frequently asked questions before you apply. Certificate FAQ (opens in new tab) GeoAI: Geographic Artificial Intelligence & Big Data Certificate The integration of […]