Research and Projects

The GEP Faculty have a wide range of academic interests and are actively engaged in Research locally and abroad.

Dr. Goman on the Lake

Dr. Goman's NSF Research Grant

Dr. Michelle Goman will receive funding for a large, 5-year interdisciplinary research project in Oaxaca, Mexico.

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Increasing frequency in off-season tropical cyclones and its relation to climate variability and change

José J. Hernández Ayala and Rafael Méndez-Tejeda

Check out Professor José J. Hernández Ayala’s latest publication exploring links between tropical cyclones and global warming.

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Payments for Environmental Service (PES) Agri-Environ. Scheme

Rheyna Laney and Rebekah Moses

Explore Professor Laney's most resent publication.

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Local Wildfire Research

Green, K., Tukman, M., Loudon, D., Schichtel, A., Gaffney, K., Clark, M. (2020)

Check out Dr. Clark's research with local collaborators that assessed the impacts of the 2017 Sonoma Complex fires on woody vegetation using high-resolution remote sensing and machine learning.

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Mapping of forest alliances with simulated multi-seasonal hyperspectral satellite imagery

Mapping of forest alliances with simulated multi-seasonal hyperspectral satellite imagery

Hurricane Maria

Extreme Rainfall Research

Professor Hernández Ayala's recently published paper, co-authored with David Keeling, is making a serious impression in global media