Last Name: Dempewolf     First Name: Jan

Title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow

TEAM Role: GIS and Remote Sensing Specialist

Institution: University of Maryland, College Park

Address: 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500

City: Arlington     State: VA     Postal Code: 22202

Country: United States

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    Research Discipline: Geography
    Research Region: Global

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Bio: Jan Dempewolf is interested in the application of remote sensing and GIS algorithms to monitor regional ecosystem change, vegetation and land cover dynamics to better understand their impact on changes in biodiversity. Jan received his PhD at the University of Maryland at College Park, USA analyzing fire dynamics and the woodland to grassland balance in an East African savanna environment. During graduate studies at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, USA he became interested in the application of remote sensing and GIS techniques to ecological questions. He received his Diploma (Master's) degree in Geo-Ecology from the University of Bayreuth, Germany, with specialization in biogeography and agroecology. Jan has conducted field work in East African savannas, the moist forests of the Yucatán, montane rain forests in Peru, and the boreal forests of Alaska. Recently, Jan has contributed to carbon emissions research conducted in southern Borneo by developing remote sensing algorithms for estimating forest cover conversion. His current role at TEAM is the development of protocols for defining the spatial extent of areas to be monitored around the field stations and for monitoring land cover change using remote sensing techniques. He also conducts global-scale analysis of projected climate change and impacts on biodiversity.

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