All Personnel


Alexa Montello Cullom

Graduate Teaching Assistant
amm27594@uga.edu

Mohammed Almusidi

PhD Student
malmusidi@uga.edu

Pius Appau

PhD Student
piusappau@uga.edu

Pablo Arias-Benavides

Graduate Student
pablo.ariasbenavides@uga.edu

Jay Atkins

PhD Candidate
jay.atkins@uga.edu

Courtney Balling

Graduate Student
cmb65556@uga.edu
706-542-2721

Alison Banks

Graduate Research Assistant
alb67685@uga.edu

Joshua Barkan

Associate Professor
jbarkan@uga.edu

Sergio Bernardes

Associate Director, Center for Geospatial Research, Adjunct Associate Professor, Geography
sbernard@uga.edu

Suzanne Pilaar Birch

Associate Professor, Geography and Anthropology, Director, Quaternary Isotope Paleoecology Laboratory, Coordinator, Georgia Museum of Natural History Internship Program
sepbirch@uga.edu

Elgene O. Box

Retired
boxeo@uga.edu
706-542-2369

George A. Brook

Merle C. Prunty, Jr. Emeritus Professor
gabrook@uga.edu
706-542-2322

Clarence Brookins-Jackson

Graduate Research Assistant
Clarence.BrookinsJackson@uga.edu

Kyle Brooks

William Burgett-Merkel

Graduate Research Assistant
William.BurgettMerkel@uga.edu

Matt Calonius

Undergraduate Program Administrator / Communications Coordinator
mlc53494@uga.edu

Qian Cao

qian.cao1@uga.edu

Ashley Cornish

Graduate Teaching Assistant
aec98077@uga.edu

Kayla Edgett

kayla.edgett@uga.edu

Isabella Fiorentino

Graduate Research Assistant
irf62880@uga.edu
6783782487

Amanda Frossard

Assistant Professor of Chemistry
afrossard@uga.edu
706-542-1968

Maximillian Frye

Graduate Research Assistant, Osborne Graduate Fellow & Cobell Scholar
maximillian.frye@uga.edu

Leslie Geiser

Office Manager and Assistant to the Department Head
lesgei@uga.edu
706 542 2348

Andrew J. Grundstein

Professor
andrewg@uga.edu
706-583-0430

Anna Harper

Dr Anna Harper
a.harper@uga.edu

Peter Hawman

Postdoctoral Research Associate
peterhawman@uga.edu

Fabiana Hayden

Graduate Program Administrator
Fabiana.Hayden@uga.edu

Maya Henderson

Graduate Student , NSF Graduate Research Fellow
mbh75542@uga.edu

Andrew Herod

Regents' Professor, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow (2023), Distinguished Research Professor (2011-2025), Adjunct Professor of International Affairs, Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, Director, UGA à Paris Study Abroad Program, Adjunct Professor, Centre for Decent Work & Industry, School of Management, Queensland University of Technology (Australia).
aherod@uga.edu

Nik Heynen

Distinguished Research Professor, Visiting Scholar, Spelman College, Co-Director, UGA's Cornelia Walker Bailey Program on Land, Sea, and Agriculture
nheynen@uga.edu

William Hinrichs

William Hinrichs

william.hinrichs@uga.edu

Thomas W. Hodler

Emeritus Professor
twhodler@uga.edu

Steve Holloway

Professor , Director, Urban & Metropolitan Studies
holloway@uga.edu

Stan Hopkins

Instructor
shopkins@uga.edu

Rajib Hossain

PhD Student and Graduate Assistant
rajib.hossain@uga.edu

Wei-Ching Hsu

Assistant Research Scientist
weiching@uga.edu

Weiming Hu

Assit. Prof.
weiming@uga.edu

Zhenzhi Jiao

PhD student
zj25792@uga.edu
7062062212

Jamie Jordan

Graduate Research Assistant
jaj19438@uga.edu

Thomas R. Jordan

Emeritus Associate Director of the Center for Geospatial Research
tombob@uga.edu
706-542-2388

Asa Julien

Graduate Research Assistant
asajulien@uga.edu

John A. Knox

Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor, Associate Director and Undergraduate Coordinator for ATSC Program
johnknox@uga.edu
706-542-2118

Pam Knox

UGA Agricultural Climatologist
pknox@uga.edu
706-310-3467

Gabe Kooperman

Associate Professor
kooperman@uga.edu

Abhishek Kumar

Postdoctoral Research Associate
ak68883@uga.edu
7067159844

Hilda E. Kurtz

Professor and Department Head
hkurtz@uga.edu

David Leigh

Professor
dleigh@uga.edu

Ruowei Liu

Ph.D. Candidate
ruowei@uga.edu

Anna Long

Graduate Research Assistant
aml97019@uga.edu

Tyler Lynn

tl22940@uga.edu
706-542-2926

Marguerite Madden

Professor/Director Emeritus/Associate Director for Education and Research, Center for Geospatial Research
mmadden@uga.edu
706-340-7945

Chintan Maniyar

Doctoral Student, Graduate Teaching Assistant
chintanmaniyar@uga.edu
347-475-4513

Jessica Martinez

Deepak R Mishra

Merle C. Prunty, Jr. Professor and Head, Director, Center for Geospatial Research (CGR), Director, UGA Small Satellite Research Laboratory (SSRL)
dmishra@uga.edu

Thomas Mote

Distinguished Research Professor, Associate Vice President for Instruction
tmote@uga.edu
706-542-2906

Lan Mu

Professor, GIScience Certificate Program Director
mulan@uga.edu

Blake Neumann

Graduate Research Assistant
blake.neumann@uga.edu

Nancy O'Hare

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Arman Oliazadeh

Graduate Teaching Assistant
ao49206@uga.edu

Desmond Opoku

Master's Student, Graduate Research Assistant
Desmond.Opoku@uga.edu

Amber Orozco

Graduate Teaching Assistant, PhD Candidate, Presidential Fellow
amber.orozco25@uga.edu

Kathy Osei

Graduate Research Assistant
kathy.osei@uga.edu

Clifton W. Pannell

Emeritus Professor
cpan@uga.edu

Rabindra Parajuli

Postdoctoral Research Associate
rabindra.parajuli@uga.edu

Albert J. Parker

Emeritus Professor
ajparker@uga.edu

Kathleen C. Parker

Emeritus Professor
kcparker@uga.edu

Sarah Payne

NASA DEVELOP Fellow
SarahAllisonRose.Payne@uga.edu

Charmayne Planter

Graduate Teaching Assistant, 2024 Osbourne Fellow
Charmayne.Planter@Uga.edu
706-542-2856

Zoe Pollock

David F. Porinchu

Professor
porinchu@uga.edu

Jonathon Preece

Lecturer
jonathon.preece@uga.edu
706-542-2856

Meghna Ray

Graduate teaching assistant
meghna.ray@uga.edu

Alec Reeb

Graduate Student, Graduate Teaching Assistant
Alec.Reeb@uga.edu

Sonrisa Reed

Jennifer L. Rice

Professor of Geography, Director of Graduate Studies, Affiliate Faculty: UGA Institute for Women's Studies & Center for Integrative Conservation Research
jlrice@uga.edu

Binita Rimal

Graduate Research Assistant
br45579@uga.edu

Michelle Ritchie

Assistant Professor
Michelle.Ritchie@uga.edu

Madison Rollins

M.S. Student / UGA Department of Geography / Research Assistant
mmr91362@uga.edu

Farnoosh Roozkhosh

Graduate Teaching Assistant, PhD candidate
Farnoosh.Roozkhosh@uga.edu

Amy J. Ross

Professor
rossamy@uga.edu

Rawad Saleh

Associate Professor of Engineering
rawad@uga.edu

Aharna Sarkar

aharna.sarkar@uga.edu

Fausto Sarmiento

Professor, Director, Neotropical Montology Collaboratory
fsarmien@uga.edu

Lynne Seymour

Associate Professor of Statistics
seymour@stat.uga.edu
706-542-3307

Jerry Shannon

Associate Professor, Undergraduate Coordinator
jshannon@uga.edu
706-542-1656

Rajneesh Sharma

Graduate Student
rajneesh.sharma@uga.edu

Marshall Shepherd

Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor, Director, Atmospheric Sciences Program
marshgeo@uga.edu

Treja Smalls

M.S. Student | Research Assistant
tjs21111@uga.edu

Ryan Smith

Academic Advisor
rsmith40@uga.edu

Alan Stewart

Professor, Mary Frances Early College of Education
aeswx@uga.edu
706-542-1812

David Stooksbury

Associate Professor of Engineering , Graduate Advisor
stooks@engr.uga.edu
706-583-0156

Benjamin Thigpen

Graduate Research Assistant
benjamin.thigpen@uga.edu

Atticus Tomcho

Graduate Student
alt59621@uga.edu

Julia Tootle

Graduate Research Assistant
julia.tootle@uga.edu
205-737-2798

Amy Trauger

Professor
atrauger@uga.edu

Roy A. Welch

Emeritus Professor

Sydney Whilden

Small Satellite Research Lab (SSRL) - Lab Manager
sydney.whilden25@uga.edu
(706)542-2856

Xin Yan

Graduate Research Assistant
xin.yan@uga.edu
515-715-7898

Angela Yao

Professor
xyao@uga.edu
706-583-0326

Brighton Zisadza

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Geospatial Analyst, Drone Pilot
bkz38920@uga.edu
7067142615

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