Department of Geography and Planning

Dr. Kevin Czajkowski

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Department Geography and Planning
The University of Toledo
Toledo, OH 43606

Phone (419) 530-4274

Fax (419) 530-7919

Email kevin.czajkowski@utoledo.edu

Education

  • 1995    Ph.D.   Atmospheric Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.
    Incorporation of Physical Hydrology into a Land-surface Process Model.
    Advisor: William Kuhn
  • 1989    B.S.     Meteorology, State University of New York at Oneonta, Oneonta, NY 13820.
    Graduated Summa Cum Laude.

Positions Held

  • 2010 to present Professor, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toledo.
    Teach Weather and Climate, Physical Geography, Remote Sensing, and teacher professional development courses.
  • 2005 to 2010, 2015 to present Director of the Geographic Information Science and Applied Geographics (GISAG) Lab, The University of Toledo.
  • 2015 to present Director of the Spatially Integrated Social Sciences (SISS) Doctoral Program.
  • 2003 to 2010 Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toledo.
  • 1998 to 2003 Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toledo.
  • 1995 to 1998   Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Geography, University of Maryland
  • 1990 to 1995 Graduate Research Assistant with Dr. William Kuhn, University of Michigan.
    Southern Oxidants Research Program on Ozone Non-Attainment.
    Participated in the Coupled Climate System Modeling Workshop held at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 7/14 to 7/26/91.

Awards

  • 2019 President’s Award for Excellence in Research, University of Toledo
  • 2017 President’s Award for Excellence in Grantsmanship, University of Toledo
  • 2012 Outstanding Researcher of the Year Award, University of Toledo
  • 2007 Commendation from Ohio House of Representatives for K-12 Outreach efforts.
  • 2004 & 2005   Nominated for Outstanding Teacher Award, University of Toledo.
  • 2003 Nominated for Outstanding Researcher Award, University of Toledo.
  • 1993 to 1995   NASA Graduate Student Fellowship in Global Change Research. 

Teaching Experience

The University of Toledo, Department of Geography and Planning

  • GEPL 3540 now GEPL 4540/5540 Weather and Climate
  • GEPL 3550 now GEPL 4550/5550 Physical Geography
  • GEPL 4490/5490 Remote Sensing of the Environment
  • GEPL 4500/5500 Digital Image Analysis
  • GEPL 4910/5910 GIS Applications in the Lake Erie Region
  • GEPL 5910 Remote Sensing Seminar for Teachers
  • GEPL 6910 Global Change and Remote Sensing Teacher Seminar
  • GEPL 6200 Earth System Science for Teachers
  • GEPL 6930 Advanced Climatology
  • SISS 7020 Geospatial Technologies in SISS
  • SISS 8200 SISS and the Environment

External Grants (total $33,275,000 from 1999 to present)

  • PI – Ohio EPA Environmental Education Fund (OEEF), Engaging K-12 Students in Authentic Science and Stewardship: Reconnecting to the Land at Earth Heart Farms, $33,676, June 2022 – May 2023.
  • Co-I (WestEd) – NASA Science Activation, PLACES, Broadening Data Fluency Through the Integration of Nasa Assets and Place-Based Learning to Advance Connections, Education and Stewardship (NASA PLACES), $235,350, Jan 2022 – Dec 2025.
  • PI – Ohio Department of Higher Education (Ohio State University), Water quality benefits/Mapping of conservation practices in the Maumee River Basin using remote sensing, $108,325, Sept 2021-Aug 2023.
  • PI – H2Ohio (Ohio State University), Water quality benefits/Mapping of conservation practices in the Maumee River Basin using remote sensing, $76,586, Sept 2021-Aug 2023.
  • PI – NASA, Mission Earth: Fusing GLOBE with NASA Assets to Build Systemic Innovation in STEM Education 2.0, $7,905,215, January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2025.
  • PI – NOAA B-Wet, PI – NOAA B-Wet, Engaging Students and Teachers Through GLOBE: Authentic Watershed Studies in the Maumee and Lake Erie Watersheds, $79,202, Jan. 2020 to June 2021.
  • Co-I (Refsnider) – NSF REU, REU Site: Undergraduate Research and Mentoring - Using the Lake Erie Sensor Network to Study Land-Lake Ecological Linkages, $346,356, Feb 2019 to Jan. 2022.
  • PI – NOAA B-Wet, Engaging Students and Teachers Through GLOBE: Authentic Watershed Studies in the Maumee and Lake Erie Watersheds, $65,897, Jan. 2019 to June 2020.
  • Co-I (Ames) – Ohio Dept Higher Ed, HAB associated health effects among recreational lake users, $131,737, Feb, 2018 – Jan 2020.
  • Co-I (Rai) - Ohio Dept Higher Ed, Effectiveness In Implementation: Mapping Agricultural Management Practices, Farmer Perceptions And Outcomes, $120,889, Feb, 2018 – Jan 2020.
  • PI – NSF I-Corps, I-Corps: 3-Dimensional Data Output from Remote Sensing Derived Algorithms, $50,000, May-Dec. 2017.
  • PI – Lake Erie Protection Fund, BMP Development for Swan Creek Watershed: Pilot, $15,000, January – December 2017.
  • PI – EPA (Great Lakes Restoration Initiative), Invasive Species Prevention from Retailers via Metagenetics, Supply Chains, and Public/Stakeholder Engagement, $499,991, Feb. 1, 2016 to March 31, 2018.
  • PI – NASA, Mission Earth: Fusing GLOBE with NASA Assets to Build Systemic Innovation in STEM Education, $6,868,402, January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2020.
  • PI -NSF, REU Site: Undergraduate Research and Mentoring-Using the Lake Erie Sensor Network to Study Land-Lake Ecological Linkages. $322,943, April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2018.
  • PI – NASA Langley, Developing Online Protocol Modules to Engage Citizen Scientists for GLOBE, $73,362, March 1, 2015 to Dec. 31, 2015.
  • Co-I-NSF, (Schlemper), Advancing Geospatial Thinking and Technologies in Grades 9-12: Citizen Mapping, Community Engagement, and Career Preparation in STEM,” $573,981.00, National Science Foundation, DRL, ITEST, September 2014 - August 2017.
  • PI – Ohio Sea Grant, Mapping Drain Tile and Modeling Agricultural Contribution to Nonpoint Source Pollution in the Western Lake Erie Basin, $76,308, Feb. 1, 2014 to Jan. 31, 2016.
  • PI – Ohio Space Grant and GLOBE, GLOBE Teacher Training, $8,800, Jan. 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013.

Journal Publications

Doraiswamy, N., Wilson, G., Czerniak, C. M., Tuttle, N., Porter, K., & Czajkowski, K. (2022). Teacher Leader Model Standards in Context: Analyzing a Program of Teacher Leadership Development to Contextual Behaviours of Teacher Leaders. Journal of Educational Management. 5(1), 49-62. https://doi.org/10.12973/eujem.5.1.49.

Uddin, M-S. and K.P. Czajkowski, 2022. Performance Assessment of Spatial Interpolation Methods for the Estimation of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide in the Wider Geographic Extent, J. Geovis & Spatial Analysis, 6:10, pp. 9-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41651-022-00105-1

Martin, A., K. Miller-Bains, J. Malmberg, L. Chambers, and K. Czajkowski, 2022. Characterizing Student-Driven Research Investigations Contributed to the GLOBE Program Citizen Science Initiative in a Formal Education Context, Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 7(1): 11, pp. 1–16. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ cstp.480

Rahman, M-I. K.A Panozzo, B. Saltzman, A. Ames, B. Alam, Y. Jiang, K.P. Czajkowski, O. Oluwafemi, 2021. Using Spatial Panel Model to Measure the Effects of Mobility Changes and Non-Pharmaceutical Intervention Policies on COVID-19 Growth Rates in the United States, Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology, Editor-in-Chief: Andrew Lawson, Elsevier, (Submitted).

Snyder, M.R., C.A. Stepien, N.T. Marshall, H.B. Scheppler, C.L. Black, K.P. Czajkowski, 2020. Detecting aquatic invasive species in bait and pond stores with targeted environmental (e)DNA high-throughput sequencing metabarcode assays: Angler, retailer, and manager implications, Biological Conservation, 245, 108430.

Shetty, S., O. Yamoah, M. Schlemper, K.Czajkowski, V. Stewart, 2020. Understanding Changing Perceptions of Neighborhood and Increasing Community Engagement Among Youth: What Sketch Maps and Qualitative GIS Can Tell Us, Applied Geography, Submitted.

Schlemper, M. B., B. Athreya, K. Czajkowski, V. C. Stewart, and S. Shetty. 2019. Teaching spatial thinking and geospatial technologies through citizen mapping, problem-based inquiry in grades 7-12. Journal of Geography. DOI:10.1080/00221341.2018.1501083.

Adaktilou, N., R. Landenberger, K.P. Czajkowski, P. Liu, M-L. Hedley, J. Struble. 2018. Using geospatial technology to enhance science teaching and learning: A case study for ‘SATELLITES’ geo-science program, International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 13(7), 605-621.

Schlemper, M.B., V.C. Stewart, S. Shetty, and K. Czajkowski, 2018. Including student’s geographies in Geography education: spatial narratives, citizen mapping and social justice, Theory & Research in Social Education, 43(4) 603-641.

Doraiswamy, N., Porter, K., Wilson, G., Paprzycki, P., Czerniak, C., Tuttle, N., Czajkowski, K. 2016. Development and validation of an instrument to assess teacher leadership behaviors in an NSF-funded MSP. Journal of School Leadership, 26, 726-755.

Book Chapters

Rahmen, M-I., K.P. Czajkowski, Y. Jiang, and K. Weaver, 2018. Validation of GLOBE Citizen Science Air Temperature Observations Using Data from the Great American Solar Eclipse, book on the Great American Solar Eclipse, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, p. 601.

Stepien, Carol, Frank Calzonetti, Jonathan M. Bossenbroek, Kevin P. Czajkowski, Timothy L. Bollin, and Cyndee L. Gruden, 2017. Enhancing Environmental Sustainability through a University Field Station, Sustainability Practice and Education on University Campuses and Beyond, Chapter 7, Sustainability Practice and Education, 109-144.

Recent Presentations/Professional Conferences

2022, Czajkowski, K., How Hot Are Cities Getting? Study the Urban Heat Island Effect, American Meteorological Society, Science is for Everyone panel, Jan 25, 2022.

2021, Rahman, M-I, K. Czajkowski, Y. Jiang, and K. Weaver, Validation of GLOBE Citizen Science Air Temperature Observations Using Data from the Great American Solar Eclipse, AGU, New Orleans, Dec. 2021.

2021, Czajkowski, K., M. Pippin, D. Padgett, Y. Jiang, A. Rizzi, S. Adams, and E. Hollyday, Engaging students in authentic air quality research projects through collaboration with university and NASA scientists, AGU, New Orleans, Dec. 2021.

2021, Czajkowski, K.P., S. Mierzwiak and J. Struble, What is Making Your Neighborhood So Hot?, National Science Teachers Association, Portland, OR, Oct. 2021.

2021, Czajkowski, K.P., and J. Struble, How Hot are Cities Getting? Study of Urban Heat Island Effect, NASA STEM Engagement & Educator Professional Development Collaborative, Nov. 2021.

2021, Czajkowski, K.P., J. Struble, C. Buffington, D. Padgett, D. Bydlowski, J. Bourgeault, Using Phenomenon-based Bundles Through the GLOBE Program to Facilitate Student Research Projects, Citizen Science Association Conference, April 2021.

2021, Czajkowski, K.P., and J. Struble, Student Observations, Climate Change and Sustainability, The Nature of Cities Festival, March, 2021

2021, Saltzman, Barbara S., April L. Ames, Daryl F. Dwyer, Kevin P. Czajkowski, and Michael A. Valigosky. “Harmful Algal Bloom Associated Health Affects among Western Lake Erie Residents and Recreational Users.” APHA’s Annual Meeting and Expo 2021. October 2021. 

2021, Saltzman, Barbara S., April L. Ames, Michael A. Valigosky, Daryl F. Dwyer, and Kevin P. Czajkowski. “HAB Associated Health Effects and Airborne Microcystin Levels among Recreational Lake Users.” International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR). Spring 2021.

2020 Czajkowski, K. and J. Struble, How Hot Are Cities Getting? Study the Urban Heat Island Effect, Joint Webinar with NASA Earth Science Education Collaborative (NESEC), Sept. 17, 2020.

2020 Bydlowski, D., K. Czajkowski and J. Struble, NASA Resources, GLOBE Program and Student Research, Michigan Earth Science Teacher Association Meeting, Detroit, MI, Mar. 5, 2020.

2019 Czajkowski, K., M. Templin, G. Lipscomb, J. Struble, M-L. Hedley, S. Mierzwiak, Md. I. Rahman, R. Apardian, Engaging Citizen Scientists Through the GLOBE Urban Heat Island Effect Campaign, University of Toledo Research Symposium, April 17, 2019.

2019 Czajkowski, K., Misconceptions About Climate and Climate Change, Toledo Zoo, Feb. 21, 2019.

2019 Czajkowski, K., G. Venicx, J. Struble, Engaging Citizen Scientists Through the GLOBE Urban Heat Island Effect Campaign, Citizen Science Association Meeting, Rayleigh, NC, March 14.

2019  Rai, S., K. Czajkowski, B. Athreya, K. Panozzo, Y. Jiang, A. DiBell, E. McGowan, T. Harrell, A. Krabill, and L. Alarab, Effectiveness in Implementation: Understanding Farmer Perceptions and Factors Impacting Adoption of Agricultural Management Practices, Understanding Harmful Algal Blooms: State of the Science Conference, Ohio Sea Grant, Sept. 2019.

2019  Panozzo, K., S. Rai, K. Czajkowski, Y. Jiang, and B. Athreya, Mapping Agriculture; Developing a Geo-spatial Approach to Investigate Agricultural Practices, Understanding Harmful Algal Blooms: State of the Science Conference, Ohio Sea Grant, Sept. 2019.

2019  Gonzalez, A., S. Rai, K. Czajkowski, B. Athreya, Effectiveness in Implementation: Mapping Agricultural Best Management Practices, Farmer Perceptions, and Outcomes, UT’s National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF-REU) Fellow, Lake Erie Center, Oregon, July, 2019.

2019  Athreya, B. S. Rai, K. Czajkowski, K. Panozzo, Y. Jiang, Effectiveness in Implementation – Mapping Agricultural Management Practices, Farmer Perceptions and Outcomes, Impacting Our Region Through Community-Engaged Research, University of Toledo Research Symposium, Toledo, April, 2019.

2019 Rai, S., K. Czajkowski, K. Panozzo, Y. Jiang and B. Athreya, Effectiveness in Implementation – Mapping Agricultural Management Practices, Farmer Perceptions and Outcomes, Ohio Sea Grant’s 10th Annual Lake Erie Workshop for Science and Outdoor Writers, Stone Lab – Gibraltar Island, Aug   

2019  Czajkowski, K., S. Rai, B. Athreya, K. Panozzo, Y. Jiang, Effectiveness in Implementation – Mapping Agricultural Management Practices, Farmer Perceptions and Outcomes,  International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) – 62nd Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research, New York, June

2019 Athreya, B., K. Czajkowski, S. Rai, K. Panozzo, Y. Jiang;, Studying the Spatial Distribution of Agricultural Best Management Practices through Geospatial Technology and Social Practice, Geographic Research on Harmful Algae Blooms (HABs), American Association of Geographers, Washington DC, April

2019 Adaktilou, N., K. O’Connor, K. P. Czajkowski, and K. Schneider. Evidence of GLOBE’s Impact in Different. Presented at the Annual GLOBE Meeting in Detroit, MI, . July 2019

2019 Cartalis, C. K. P. Czajkowski, and K. Schneider. Nature in Urban Landscapes: Understanding Science, Activating the Society, Enhancing Participation. Presented at the Annual GLOBE Meeting in Detroit, MI, . July 2019

2019 Czajkowski, K. P. Is Your Neighborhood Making You Hot? Presented at the Michigan Science Center for the Annual GLOBE Meeting in Detroit, MI, . July 2019

2019 Czajkowski, K. P., A. Rizzi, J. Taylor, T. Ostrom, and J. Struble. GLOBE Opportunity to Study the Urban Heat Island Effect. Presented at the Annual GLOBE Meeting in Detroit, MI, . July 2019

2019 Czajkowski, K. P., D. Padgett, M. Jabot, and S. Herron. Integrating GLOBE into Undergraduate Education. Presented at the Annual GLOBE Meeting in Detroit, MI. July 2019

2019 Czajkowski, K. P. and S. Mierzwiak. GLOBE Mission EARTH. Poster presented at the Annual GLOBE Meeting in Detroit, MI. July 2019

2019 Taylor, J., A. Rizzi, K. P. Czajkowski, T. Ostrom, and J. Struble. NASA Resources to Support GLOBE Student Learning: Clouds Example. Presented at the Annual GLOBE Meeting in Detroit, MI. July 2019

2018 Czajkowski, K. and J. Struble, Engaging Citizen Scientists to Study the Urban Heat Island Effect Through the GLOBE Program, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Meeting, Washington, DC, Dec.

2018 Czajkowski, K., S. Darche, D. Padgett, J. Taylor, P. Garik, J. Struble, GLOBE Mission EARTH: Fusing GLOBE with NASA Assets to Build Systemic Innovation in STEM Education, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Meeting, Washington, DC, Dec.

2018 Snyder, M., C. Stepien, H. Scheppler, C. Black, K.P. Czajkowski, Assessing AIS from Bait & Pond Stores Using Environmental DNA, Targeted High-Throughput Sequencing, Morphology, and Angler and Supply Chain Surveys, American Fisheries Society, Annual Meeting, Atlantic City, NJ, August 23, 2018

2018 Schlemper, M.B., V. Stewart, S. Shetty, K.P. Czajkowski, Doing Geography: Expanding Students’ Spatial Narratives through Inquiry and Citizen Mapping, American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting (AAG), New Orleans, LA, April 9-14, 2018.

2018 Rahman, M.I., K.P. Czajkowski, K.L. Weaver, M. Penn, Effect of Great American Solar Eclipse on Local Weather through Citizen Science Observations, American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting (AAG), New Orleans, LA, April 9-14, 2018.

2018 Czajkowski, K.P., C. Stepien, A. Solocha, M. Snyder, C. Black, E. Etey, J. Phillips, H. Scheppler, J. Mitchell, Geographic Investigation of Potential Invasive Species Introduction Through Bait Stores and Anglers, American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting (AAG), New Orleans, LA, April 9-14, 2018.

2018 Czajkowski, K.P., Md. I. Rahman, J. Struble, K. Weaver. Studying the Solar Eclipse with GLOBE (Citizen Science) Data, National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), Atlanta, GA, March 16-19, 2018.

2018 Czajkowski, K.P., Md. I. Rahman, J. Struble, Jump on Board to the GLOBE Urban Heat Island Campaign, National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), Atlanta, GA, March 16-19, 2018.

2018 Czajkowski, K., K. Panozzo, Y. Jiang, A. Ames, BMP Development for Swan Creek Watershed: Pilot, Lake Erie Center Public Lecture, January 18, 2018.

2018 Struble, J., K. Czajkowski, S. Mierzwiak, Nurturing Young Scientists, Science Education Council of Ohio (SECO), January 29, 2018.

2018 Struble, J., K. Czajkowski, S. Mierzwiak, Students Working as Scientists with GLOBE Mission EARTH: Using the GLOBE Observer App, Science Education Council of Ohio (SECO), January 30, 2018.

2017 Czajkowski, K.P. and M.I. Rahman, Effects of the Great American Solar Eclipse on Weather Through Citizen Science Observations, East Lakes Division of American Association of Geographers, Eastern Michigan University, Oct. 13, 2017.

2017 Panozzo, K., K. Czajkowski, N. Singhania, DT Mapper, I-Corps follow-up Meeting, Sept. 29, 2017.

2017 Czajkowski, K., J. Struble, M-L. Hedley, J. Taylor, S. Mierzwiak, P. Garik, S. Darche, D. Padgett, Mission Earth: Fusing GLOBE with NASA Assets to Build Systemic Innovation in STEM Education, NASA CAN meeting, Landsdowne, VA, NASA SciAct meeting, Nov. 13-17, 2017.

2017 Czajkowski, K., M. Templin, J. Struble, S. Mierzwiak, M-L Hedley, D. Padgett, Teacher Preparation with GLOBE and NASA Asset, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Meeting, New Orleans, LA, December 15, 2017.

2017 Fagerstrom, L., K. Czajkowski, S. Mierzwiak. The Capability of GLOBE Data to Correct for Atmospheric Differences in Land Surface Temperature, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Meeting, New Orleans, LA, December 15, 2017.

2017 Czajkowski, K.P. and M.I. Rahman, Effects of the Great American Solar Eclipse on Weather Through Citizen Science Observations, East Lakes Division of American Association of Geographers, Eastern Michigan University, Oct. 13, 2017.

2017 Czajkowski, K.P., Stepien, C., Mitchell, J., Solocha, A., Phillips, J., Scheppler, H., Geographic Investigation of Potential Invasive Species Introduction Through Bait Stores and Anglers, International Association of Great Lakes Research (IAGLR), Detroit, MI, May 16, 2017.

2017 Czajkowski, K.P., D. Padgett, P. Garik, S. Darche, J. Struble, The New GLOBE Program: Engaging students through Hands-on Science Projects, American Association of Geographers (AAG), Boston, MA, April 7, 2017.

2017, Czajkowski, K.P., C. Stepien, R. Lohner and J. Refsnider-Streby, Undergraduate Research Mentoring: Lake Erie Sensor Network to Study Land-Lake Ecological Linkages, NSF Biology Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) meeting, Washington, DC, March 30, 2017.

2017 Czajkowski, K.P., J. Gotgens, Study of the near-shore environment on the south shore of Lake Erie, Lake Erie Millenium Network Meeting, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Feb. 23, 2017.

2017 Czajkowski, K.P., Mission Earth: Fusing GLOBE with NASA Assets to Build Systemic Innovation in STEM Education, GLOBE North American Regional Meeting, Fayetteville, AR, Jan. 11, 2017.

2016 Czajkowski, K., S. Mierzwiak, D. Padgett, P. Garik, S. Darche, J. Struble Mission Earth: Fusing GLOBE with NASA Assets to Build Systemic Innovation in STEM Education, American Geophysical Union (AGU), San Francisco, CA, Dec. 12, 2016.

2016 Czajkowski, K.P., Mission Earth: Fusing GLOBE with NASA Assets to Build Systemic Innovation in STEM Education, GLOBE North American Regional Meeting, Nashville, TN, Mar. 28, 2016.

2016 Czajkowski, K.P.,  A. Johansen, E. Reynolds, A. Ames, A. Jurski, X. Li, K. Gallagher, and E. Kofi-Opata, K. Panozzo, R. Difalco, Toledo's Water Crisis, 2016, Toledo's Water Crisis, 2014, Use of Remote Sensing to Address Harmful Algal Blooms, Northern Illinois University Symposium, Feb. 19, 2016.

2016 Czajkowski, K.P.,  A. Johansen, E. Reynolds, A. Ames, A. Jurski, X. Li, K. Gallagher, and E. Kofi-Opata, K. Panozzo, R. Difalco, Mapping drain tile to assess agricultural contribution to harmful algal blooms in western Lake Erie basin, University of Toledo Lake Erie Center, Feb. 18, 2016.

2016 Czajkowski, K.P., Mission Earth: Fusing GLOBE with NASA Assets to Build Systemic Innovation in STEM Education, NASA CAN meeting, Dallas, TX, Jan. 19-21, 2016.

Thesis/Dissertation Chair/Reader (10 Ph.D., 58 Masters)

Ph.D. – Md. Salaha Uddin, Spatial Modeling of the Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide in the Contiguous United States, University of Toledo, 2020, Member.

Ph.D. – Brinda Athreya, Spatially Assessing the perceptions and motivations of farmers implementing Best Management Plans (BMPs) in the Western Lake Erie Basin, SISS, University of Toledo, 2020, Chair.

Ph.D. – Edwina Teye, Influence of Permitted Livestock Facilities on Nutrient Transport in the Maumee Watershed: An Assignment Modelling of Manure Distribution, SISS, University of Toledo, 2019, Member.

M.A.E.- Matthew Prange, How Can We Use the Wind Around Us to Power Our Electronics?, , Masters of Arts and Education, Geography focus, University of Toledo, 2019, Co-Chair.

M.S. – Dustin Dehm, A Small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) Based Method for MonitoringWetland Inundation & Vegetation Climate Impacts on Nutrient Loading in Lake Erie, EEES, University of Toledo, 2018, Member.

M.S. – Tiffany Gantner, Climate Impacts on Nutrient Loading in Lake Erie, EEES, University of Toledo, 2018, Member.

Ph.D. – Xi Li, Use of LiDAR in Object-based Classification to Characterize Brownfields for Green Space Conversion in Toledo, SISS, University of Toledo, 2017, Chair.

M.A. – Tajminur Rahman, Evapotranspiration Estimation of Toledo City from MOD16 MODIS Data Product and Compared with Flux Tower Observations, GEPL, University of Toledo, 2016, Chair.

M.A. – Kimberly Panozzo, A Validation of NASS Crop Data Layer in the Maumee River Watershed, GEPL, University of Toledo, 2016, Chair.

M.S. – Michael Cline, Analysis of Coincident HICO and Airborne Hyperspectral Images Over Lake Erie Western Basin HABs, Department of Environmental Studies, 2016, reader.

Personal

I enjoy playing ice hockey and volleyball.

Last Updated: 11/18/22