Dr. Jonathan Greenberg and the Global Environmental Analysis and Remote
Sensing (GEARS) Laboratory is currently inviting applications for Doctoral
or Master's work starting in Fall 2013 for students interested in one or
both of the following topics:

*Landscape Level Plant-Climate Interactions*: Students should be interested
in applying remote sensing, GIS, and modeling to the following questions at
local to global scales:

   - How do plants respond to their climate at multiple scales?
   - What will be the future state of vegetated ecosystems under climate
   change?
   - How do non-climate factors impact the distribution of plants?

Students interested in this topic are encouraged to apply to either
the Department
of Geography and
GIScience<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geog.illinois.edu%2Fgrad%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeHiC6zNk9RPTLUif1B4TNElZicCw>
 (http://www.geog.illinois.edu/grad/app/) and/or the Program in Ecology,
Evolution and Conservation Biology
(PEEC)<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fsib.illinois.edu%2Fpeec%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfuDnGvQShSPoZkr0OQiNiCrGWBWg>
 (http://sib.illinois.edu/peec/admissio.htm).  A degree or background in
biogeography, environmental science, ecology, and/or biology is encouraged
for applicants, as well as previous experience in remote sensing and GIS.

*Remote Sensing Science*: Students should be interested in developing
advanced remote sensing algorithms, particularly those that leverage high
performance computing and machine learning algorithms.  GEARS is interested
in the following general topics:

   - Computer vision techniques applied to high spatial resolution remote
   sensing imagery
   - Fully automated pre-processing techniques including orthorectification
   and atmospheric correction
   - Radiative transfer modeling and model inversion
   - Advanced techniques in hyperspectral, hyperspatial, multitemporal,
   thermal, and Lidar data processing

Students interested in this topic are encouraged to apply to the Department
of Geography and
GIScience<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geog.illinois.edu%2Fgrad%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeHiC6zNk9RPTLUif1B4TNElZicCw>
 (http://www.geog.illinois.edu/grad/app/).  Previous programming experience
and a background in remote sensing and GIS is highly recommended.

Prospective graduate students will be expected to develop their own
research goals, and should have curiosity, motivation, and
independence.  Prospective
students are encouraged to review the research program of Dr. Greenberg at
http://www.geog.illinois.edu/people/jgrn, and email a short summary of
their research interests as well as a CV to Dr. Greenberg
(jgrn@illinois.edu) before
applying to the program.  Applications to the Department of Geography and
GIScience<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geog.illinois.edu%2Fgrad%2Fapp%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdfuTNY9Lc4A6VXrZx-sRMIxOm36Q>
are
due *January 13*.  Applications to the Program in Ecology, Evolution and
Conservation Biology<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fsib.illinois.edu%2Fpeec%2Fadmissio.htm&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcdNRQBM8M4sck6gZKOIeT5ciWjZw>
(PEEC) are due *January 1, 2013*.  Funding will be available from a variety
of sources, including fellowships, research assistantships, and teaching
assistantships.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Greenberg

-- 
Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
607 South Mathews Avenue, MC 150
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: 217-300-1924
AIM: jgrn307, MSN: jgrn307@hotmail.com, Gchat: jgrn307, Skype: jgrn3007

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