Welcome to our research group in Land Change Science in the Department of Geography at Rutgers University. The research group is lead by Dr. Laura Schneider. We study how socio-ecological systems affect patterns and processes of land-use land-cover change. Specific research interests of the group include understanding forest resilience after disturbances in the tropics, monitoring and modeling tropical deforestation and re-growth, using biophysical remote sensing to map forest dynamics and socio-ecological vulnerability and resilience in rural settings. Two major projects are currently ongoing:
The research group includes Rutgers undergraduate and graduate students (MA and PhD) and graduate researchers (Postdoctoral researchers) with interdisciplinary interest in land change science. We also collaborate with researchers at Clark University, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur in Mexico, University of Virginia andUniversidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador. |