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Geography Ph.D. Students

Amr Ali
M.S. - ITC / International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, The Netherlands
Advisor: Thill
amali1@uncc.edu
- GIS & spatial modeling
- Land use change
- Urban growth & transportation modeling
- Mass transit planning
Robyn M. Byers
M.A. Towson University
Advisor: Xiang
rbyers12@uncc.edu
- Environmental Planning
- Climate Change
- Community Involvement
Thi Hong Diep Dao
M.S.E - University of Calgary, AB, Canada
Advisor: Thill
tdao@uncc.edu
- Precise positioning and navigation
- Urban/High sensitivity GPS
- Network based positioning
- GIS for transportation & personal services
Amy Davis
M.L.A. - Syracuse University
Advisor: Meentemeyer
ajstephe@uncc.edu
- GIS applications in ecology
- Biological invasions
- Landscape & urban ecology
- Urban & environmental planning
Elizabeth Delmelle
M.A. - SUNY Buffalo
Advisor: Thill
edelmell@uncc.edu
- GIS and Spatial Modeling
- Transportation
- Sustainable Development
James T. Dixon
M.S. - University of Alabama Advisor: H. Smith
jdixon36@uncc.edu
- Urban Planning/Studies
- Geography of Health
- Environment and Society
- Globalization
Monica Dorning
M.S. - Wright State University, Dayton OH
Advisor: Meentemeyer
mdorning@uncc.edu
- Landscape ecology
- Environmental protection
- Conservation planning
- GIS and environmental modeling
Greg Fields
M.A. - Webster University, M.A. - UNC Charlotte, M.S. - UNC Charlotte
Advisor: Thill
mgfields@uncc.edu
- Transportation (Congestion, Accessibility, Growth & Highway Investments)
- Urban Air Quality
Zhaoya Gong
B.S. - Beijing Forestry University, M.A. - University of Toledo
Advisor: Thill
zgong1@uncc.edu
- GIS & Remote Sensing
- Urban land use modeling
- Artificial neural networks
- Agent-based modeling
Sarah Haas
M.S. - University of Florida, B.S. - Texas State University
Advisor: Meentemeyer
shaas1@uncc.edu
- Landscape ecology
- Remote sensing & GIS
- Human land-use and wildland preservation
- Landscape genetics
Ryan D. James
MCRP - Ohio State University, M.A. - University of Cincinnati
Advisor: Campbell rjames24@uncc.edu
Research Interests:
- Economic Development
- Spatial Models
- Location Analysis
Mona Kashiha
M.S. - KNT University
Advisor: Thill
mkashiha@uncc.edu
- Mobile GIS
- location-based Services
- Context-aware mobile guide systems
Jonathan Kozar
M.A. - UNC Charlotte
Advisor: Graves
jmkozar@uncc.edu
- Regional Economic Development
- Regional/Land Use Planning
- Flexible Production Processes
- Urban Economic Transformations
Thomas Ludden
M.A. - UNC Charlotte
Advisor: Furuseth
tmludden@uncc.edu
- Neighborhood Statistical Area Analysis
- GIS and Spatial Modeling
- Economic Geography
- Spatial Statistics
Paul N. McDaniel
M.A.E. - University of Alabama at Birmingham, M.S. - University of Tennessee
Advisor: Smith
pmcdani2@uncc.edu
- Population and Urban Geography
- Migration, Transnationalism, and Immigration
- Globalization
- Quantitative Methods, Statistics, and Demography
Harry Meng
M.A. - UNC Charlotte
Advisor: Xiang
xmeng@uncc.edu
- Regional planning
- Multi-criteria Analysis and Eveluation
- Decision support system
Onyewuchi Obirieze
M.Sc GIS - University of Nottingham United Kingdom
Advisor: Thill
oobiriez@uncc.edu
- GIS in urban studies/urban growth
- Spatial modeling of urban dynamics
- Public health and infectious diseases in developing countries
- Geographic data in public sector decision support systems
Kunwar K. Singh
M. Tech. - Indian Institute of Remote Sensing,
M.S. - Saint Cloud State University

Advisor: Meentemeyer
ksingh9@uncc.edu
- Geospatial Science
- Environmental monitoring and modeling - Dynamics of Land-use/land-cover change
- Spatial Statistics
Jae Soen Son
M.A. - Korea University, Seoul, Korea
Advisor: Thill
json5@uncc.edu
- Urban Geography - Globalization and Global Cities
- Quantitative Methods
- Network Analysis
Kara Tiller
M.A. - UNC Charlotte
Advisor: Thill
kcobermy@uncc.edu
- Transportation
- Disaster Planning
Ramon L. Concepcion Torres
M.A. - Geography, Binghamton University (SUNY)
Advisor: Smith
rconcep1@uncc.edu
- Latino Migration in the United States
- Ethnic Geography
- Urban and Population Geography
Tomas Vaclavik
M.S. - Palacky University, Czech Republic, Fulbright exchange student at Clark University
Advisor: Meentemeyer
tvaclavi@uncc.edu
- GIS & remote sensing
- Ecological conservation & management
- Disease ecology
- Land-use/land-cover change
Yuhong Zhou
M.S.- ITC / International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, The Netherlands
Advisor: Thill
yzhou14@uncc.edu
- GIS & transportation
- Spatial modeling and agent-based simulation
- Urban growth & urban spatial planning
- PPGIS
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INES Ph.D. Students
Vijaya Gagrani
M.S. - JNU, New Delhi, INDIA
Advisor: Allan
Vgagrani@uncc.edu
- Hydrological Modeling
- Watershed Processes
- Storm Water Management
Brad Johnson
M.S. - Idaho State University
Advisor: Eppes
bgjohnso@uncc.edu
- Paleoclimate proxies in Alpine Environments
- Geology - Ecology interactions
- Distribution of Rock Glaciers
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Melissa Karlin
M.S. - Florida Atlantic University
Advisor: Chadwick
mkarlin1@uncc.edu
- Use of remote sensing and GIS for habitat assessments
- Wildlife biology
- Land use/land cover change in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Jason Shiflet, P.G.
B.S. - Geology, Clemson University, M.S. - Geology, University of Georgia
Advisor: Jefferson
jeshifle@uncc.edu
- Geochemistry
- Hydrogeology
- Environmental Contamination
- Fate and Transport Modeling
Kelly Smith
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PPOL Ph.D. Students
Kirstin E. Wells
B.A. - Calvin College, M.A. - Virginia Tech
Advisor: Thill
kewells@uncc.edu
- Public transportation
-Transportation equity
- Metropolitan Planning Organizations
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