Joe Messina
Hi, I'm a doctoral candidate
in the department of Geography at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. I work in the Landscape Characterization and Spatial Analysis Laboratory
for Dr. Steve Walsh. My research focuses on the dynamics of landuse and
landcover change in the Ecuadorian Amazon. I consider my self a GISc and
remote Sensing person with interests in landscape and human ecology, computational
pattern metrics, and simulations. If everything goes as planned, I'll graduate
in May 2001. Like most doctoral students, my near-term goal is a tenure
track position in a major research institution.
I spent three years
in the US Army - primarily at Ft. Campbell with the 101st Abn. My specific
unit was 3/320th FABN, though technically we were 3/319th for a month or
two. I enlisted as a 13C (battlefield GIS). After the Army,
I enrolled at George Mason University
were I received degrees in Biology and Geography and a University Certificate
in Environmental Management. After graduation, I worked for the SPOT
Image Corporation as a remote sensing scientist. In 1997, I started
the Ph.D. program in geography at UNC-Chapel
Hill.
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