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Geography Ph.D. Students

Amr Ali
M.S.
Advisor: Thill
amali1@uncc.edu
- GIS & spatial modeling
- Land use change
- Urban growth & transportation modeling
- Mass transit planning
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
James T. Dixon
M.S. University of Alabama Advisor: H. Smith
jdixon36@uncc.edu
- Urban Planning/Studies
- Geography of Health
- Environment and Society
- Globalization
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
Jose E. Funes
M.S. University of Illinois
Advisor: Meentemeyer
jfunes@uncc.edu
- Spatial analysis
- Remote sensing & GIS
- Agriculture, ecosystems, and environment
- Disease ecology
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. from University of Alabama at Birmingham, M.S. University of Tennessee
Advisor: H. Smith
pmcdani2@uncc.edu
- Population and Urban Geography
- Migration, Transnationalism, and Immigration
- Globalization
- Quantitative Methods, Statistics, and Demography

Tang Shikai
Advisor: Thill
stang9@uncc.edu
- Spatial Statistics
- Spatial Analysis
- Geographical Information System
Kara Tiller
M.A. UNC Charlotte
Advisor: Thill
kcobermy@uncc.edu
- Transportation
- Disaster Planning
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
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
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
Jason Shiflet, P.G.
BS - Geology, Clemson University, MS - Geology, University of Georgia
Advisor: Jefferson
jeshifle@uncc.edu
- Geochemistry
- Hydrogeology
- Environmental Contamination
- Fate and Transport Modeling
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