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WELCOME!
We are a geospatial data science research group at the University of Delaware. We use multi-scalar satellite images and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools to investigate a wide range of environmental issues such as crop responses to weather variability, smallholder farming, vegetation trend, food and nutrition security, and urban sustainability. We conduct our research in different parts of the world including Asia, Africa and the USA. Are you planning to join a vibrant research group for your graduate studies? Or are you an undergrad looking for research experience? Come work with us!! Contact us for more details on how to apply to UD Geography. |
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Recent News
- Congratulations to EASEL Lab's second PhD: Dr. Manan Sarupria! (April 2025)
- Dr. Mondal was selected to serve as a Lead Author for the monitoring assessment for the
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). (August 2024) - Congratulations to M. Sarupria for successfully defending his dissertation proposal. (August 2024)
- Dr. Mondal got promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure. (May 2024)
- Congratulations to EASEL Lab's first PhD: Dr. Matthew Walter! (May 2024)
- Congratulations to PhD candidate M. Ahouangbenon who received a Doctoral Fellowship for Excellence! (February 2024)
- Congratulations to M. Sarupria for advancing to PhD candidacy AND winning the Fan Favorite Award at DENIN PItch:90! (Nov-Dec 2023)
- Dr. Mondal is named an "Elevate the Discipline" scholar in Climate & Society by the American Association of Geographers. (July 2023)
- Congratulations to PhD candidate M. Walter who received a Doctoral Fellowship for Excellence! (February 2023)
- Congratulations to PhD candidate M. Walter for being awarded a NASA DE Space Grant Graduate Fellowship for 2022-23 and winning the Second Prize for the Graduate Student Poster Award at DENIN Research Symposium. Congratulations, Matt! (May 2022)
- PhD student M. Ahouangbenon received a UD Climate Change Hub Graduate Research Enhancement Grant to support his international fieldwork. Congrats, Matthieu!! (March 2022)
- PhD student M. Ahouangbenon won TWO awards from the American Association of Geographers (AAG): the 2022-2023 Student Research Award from the Human Dimensions of Global Change (HDGC) Specialty Group and the 2022 Graduate Research Grant Award from the Africa Specialty Group (ASG). (February 2022)
- PhD student M. Walter received the Ecological Society of America 2022 Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award. (February 2022)
- Dr. Mondal received a new grant award from the Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology. (February 2022)
- Dr. Mondal is the new Director of the Environmental Science program. (September 2021)
- Dr. Mondal's research featured in a new UDaily article. (August 2021)
- Congratulations to EASEL lab PhD student M. Walter for being awarded a NASA DE Space Grant Graduate Fellowship for 2021-22. Congratulations, Matt! (May 2021)
- Dr. Mondal delivered two invited seminars at the Boise State Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Program and the University of North Carolina Wilmington Earth and Ocean Sciences. (April 2021)
- EASEL lab undergrad I. Ventimiglia will be supported through a DE Space Grant Summer Research Internship for her Vietnam project. Congratulations, Isabella! (March 2021)
- Dr. Mondal delivered an invited seminar at the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences at the University of Washington. (March 2021)
- M. Walter won the First Prize - second year in a row - at the Graduate Student Paper Competition at the 2020 Fall meeting of the Middle States Division of the American Association of Geographers (MSAAG). Way to go, Matt!!! (October 2020)
- A. Qadir is the recipient of the 2020 Ta Liang Memorial Award sponsored by the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS). Congratulations, Abdul! (January 2020)
- Dr. Mondal delivered an invited talk at the 2019 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. (December 2019)
- M. Walter and A. Qadir won the First and Second Prize, respectively, for their oral presentations at the 2019 Fall meeting of the Middle States Division of the American Association of Geographers (MSAAG). Congratulations, Matt and Abdul!! (October 2019)
- A. Qadir won the First Prize for the poster competition organized by the International Statistical Institute (ISI) and ESRI. Congratulations, Abdul! (August 2019)
- M. Walter won the First Prize for his poster presentation at the Human and Climate Series III: Water Management and Policy Symposium. (Spring 2019)
- M. Walter received UD Mather Graduate Fellows Research Award for 2019-2020 to partially fund his thesis research. Congratulations, Matt! (June 2019)
- Dr. Mondal received a University of Delaware Research Foundation (UDRF) grant to study coffee landscapes in Vietnam. (Apr 2019)
- Dr. Mondal delivered a talk on a collaborative work on monitoring Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) monitoring at the 4th Open Science Meeting of the Global Land Programme in Bern, Switzerland. (Apr 2019)
- EASEL lab will be attending the American Association of the Geographers (AAG) annual meeting at Washington D.C. PI Mondal will be delivering a talk, while MS students Qadir and Walter will be presenting posters. (Apr 2019)
- Dr. P. Mondal received a General University Research (GUR) grant to study changing rice intensification patterns in Vietnam. (Mar 2019)
- Undergraduate researchers Jessica Clark and Callie McFadden are recipients of Center for Food Systems and Sustainability (CENFOODS) internship. Congratulations Jessica and Callie!! (Feb 2019)
- Dr. P. Mondal received a grant from the Delaware Energy Institute to work with PI Prof. C. Archer on the energy footprint of food. (Jan 2019)
- EASEL lab members (Dr. Mondal and A. Qadir) presented their work at the 2018 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting held in Washington D.C. (Dec 2018)
- EASEL lab PI Dr. Mondal attended the Annual Rutgers Climate Symposium as an invited speaker and panelist in November 2018.