Background
I received my B.S. degree in Imaging Science from Rochester Institute of Technology where I concentrated my studies on physics-based Remote Sensing and GIS. While in Rochester, I consulted a local company and participated in a number of research studies ranging from watershed analysis to radiometrically-accurate synthetic image generation. Recently, I worked for a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), the Aerospace Corporation in Washington D.C. I am currently a first year Ph.D. student in ESPM at UC Berkeley.
Research Overview
Because of my largely theory-based remote sensing background and GIS
experience, I would like to continue in relatively similar area,
but simultaneously refocus my studies to the application side of
the science. My intent is
to investigate how the two technologies can be combined in order
to provide answers more efficiently and more accurately. I also anticipate
adding
other, less developed techniques, such as agent-based and object-based
image analysis to come up with an optimal way of effectively analyzing
a given region.
In terms of applications, I am currently interested in a few areas of research. For instance, I am interested in urban expansion and its effects on surrounding and distant ecology. Land use change modeling is one approach to explore this path. Pattern recognition in remotely sensed data is another area of my interest. Possible research applications involve identifying landscape patterns near watersheds or urban planning.
Resume
Contact information:
Marek Jakubowski
University of California, Berkeley
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
137 Mulford Hall, #3114
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
marekj@nature.berkeley.edu
