Principal Investigator (PI)
Pinki Mondal
Dr. Mondal is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences at the University of Delaware and a Resident Faculty at the UD Data Science Institute. She holds a joint appointment in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at UD. She is an interdisciplinary scientist interested in the dynamics of coupled natural and human systems with training in environmental remote sensing and Geographic Information Science (GIS). She is particularly interested in developing geospatial methods for landscape-level monitoring and assessments. Her research interests span over a diverse set of environmental issues, including: agriculture, climate, diet, and nutrition. Her current research focuses on climate change impacts and adaptation in the developing countries.
Prior to joining UD, she was a Senior Research Associate at the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) - a center within the Earth Institute at Columbia University and an Adjunct Professor in the Spitzer School of Architecture at City University of New York - City College. She has worked as a Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the DeFries Lab at Columbia University, New York and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has a Ph.D. in Land Change Science from the University of Florida (Go Gators!!).
Email: mondalp@udel.edu; Twitter: @environmondal; Google Scholar
Dr. Mondal is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences at the University of Delaware and a Resident Faculty at the UD Data Science Institute. She holds a joint appointment in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at UD. She is an interdisciplinary scientist interested in the dynamics of coupled natural and human systems with training in environmental remote sensing and Geographic Information Science (GIS). She is particularly interested in developing geospatial methods for landscape-level monitoring and assessments. Her research interests span over a diverse set of environmental issues, including: agriculture, climate, diet, and nutrition. Her current research focuses on climate change impacts and adaptation in the developing countries.
Prior to joining UD, she was a Senior Research Associate at the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) - a center within the Earth Institute at Columbia University and an Adjunct Professor in the Spitzer School of Architecture at City University of New York - City College. She has worked as a Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the DeFries Lab at Columbia University, New York and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has a Ph.D. in Land Change Science from the University of Florida (Go Gators!!).
Email: mondalp@udel.edu; Twitter: @environmondal; Google Scholar
Graduate Students
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Matthieu Ahouangbenon
Matthieu Jean-Claude Ahouangbenon was born in Benin. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Sciences from the University of Abomey-Calavi and obtained his first MSc degree from the Geographic Institution of Land Management at the university of Abomey-Calavi. From serving as a GIS spatial analyst agent to working as a residence manager and a volunteer, he built a scientific career grounded in leadership and expertise. He pursued his second MSc degree as a Fulbright alumnus at the State University of New York, college of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, where he worked on the projected impacts of climate change on maize, millet and rice in West Africa, employing a GIS/remote sensing based approach. Currently, he is engaging in his PhD degree at the University of Delaware where he plans to focus on the applications of remote sensing in agriculture. He joined EASEL lab in Fall 2020. E-mail: mathdel@udel.edu |
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Matthew Walter
Matt joined EASEL lab in Fall 2018. He has a BA in Environmental Studies with concentration in Environmental Planning and minor in Public Policy, a Graduate GIS Certificate, and an MS in Geography. He is interested in using GIS and remote sensing as tools to monitor the impact of humans on natural and built environments and inform the decision-making process in public policy. He has experience in applying machine learning techniques, multispectral and SAR remote sensing imagery, geospatial analysis, and environmental field work. His research so far has covered topics such as wetland degradation, land cover changes, and invasive species mapping. As a PhD student at the University of Delaware, he plans to apply geospatial tools to researching sustainability within cities. E-mail: mswalter@udel.edu |
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Vishruta Yawatkar
Vishruta joined EASEL lab in Fall 2019. Her previous research projects involved work on topics like animal behavior, bioacoustics, and molecular phylogeny. These projects gave her opportunities to study large data sets and learn about different techniques for analysis of image, video, acoustic as well as genetic data. She is particularly interested in implementing data science techniques to do interdisciplinary research. As an EASEL lab member, she is working on an NSF-funded EPSCoR project on saltwater intrusion in the Delmarva Peninsula using remote sensing and GIS tools and techniques. E-mail: vyawatka@udel.edu |
EASEL Lab Alumni:
Abdul Qadir: graduated with MS in 2020 (current: PhD student, University of Maryland, College Park)
Jessica Clark: graduated with BS in 2020 (current: Associate Scientist I, QPS)
Callie McFadden: graduated with BS in 2020 (current: PhD student, Rutgers University)
Abdul Qadir: graduated with MS in 2020 (current: PhD student, University of Maryland, College Park)
Jessica Clark: graduated with BS in 2020 (current: Associate Scientist I, QPS)
Callie McFadden: graduated with BS in 2020 (current: PhD student, Rutgers University)
Undergraduate Researchers
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Nicole Flowerhill
Nicole is an environmental science and economics major with a minor in political science. She grew up in Delaware and is interested in research related to environmental economics as well as oceanographic and geological studies. In the past, she studied ADCP data near the Jiulong estuary and collected CTD data near Xiamen, Fujian, China, and will now study the state of food security of Indian small-scale farmers. E-mail: nflower@udel.edu |