Sorin Popescu
Professor
979-862-2614
534 John Kimbrough Blvd., WFES 334, 2120 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-2120
Emre Akturk
Visiting scientist
Mei-Kuei Lu
PhD Student
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Horia Olariu
PhD Candidate
534 John Kimbrough Blvd, WFES Building, Room 360, 2120 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-2120, USA
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Ashley Wilson
PhD student
534 John Kimbrough Blvd, WFES Building, Room 331, 2120 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-2120, USA
Marisa Collura
MS Student
Mackenzie Nelson
MS student
LASERS LAB Alumni
Scientists:
Lonesome Malambo, Research Scientist, 2017-2024, now Texas A&M Forest Service
Post-doctoral advisees:
- Dr. Lonesome Malambo, 2016-2017, Texas A&M Forest Service
- Dr. Nian-Wei Ku, 2018-2021, now Scientist with NV5
- Dr. Tan Zhou, 2018, now Data Scientist, Monsanto
- Dr. Wasantha Ranjani Kulawardhana, 2014, now Associate Professor, Jackson State University
- Dr. Kaiguang Zhao, now Associate Professor at Ohio State, 2009-2010
- Dr. Muge Agca (Mutlu), now Professor, Aksaray University, Turkey, 2010-2011
Chair/co-chair* of Advisory Committees
| Name | Degree, Year of completion | Thesis/Dissertation Title | Post-graduation Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alicia Rutledge Griffin | MS 2006 | Using LiDAR and normalized difference vegetation index to remotely determine LAI and percent canopy cover at varying scales | Ph.D. student, Arizona State University | |
| Muge Mutlu | MS 2006 | Mapping surface fuels using LiDAR and multispectral data fusion for fire behavior modeling | Professor, Aksaray University, Turkey | |
| Kaiguang Zhao | Ph.D. 2008 | Development of an on-the-fly airborne profiling laser system and its application for real-time forest inventory | Associate Professor, Ohio State University | |
| Wesley Marcell* | MS 2009 | Systematic sampling of scanning lidar swaths | ArcGIS Analyst, BNSF Railway | |
| Jared Stukey | MS 2010 | Deriving a framework for estimating individual tree measurements with lidar for use in the Tambeetle southern pine beetle infestation growth model | GIS Manager, Houston oil and gas industry | |
| Muge Mutlu | Ph.D. 2010 | Deriving canopy fuel parameters with in-situ and remote sensing data | Assistant Professor, Aksaray University, Turkey | |
| Nian-Wei Ku | MS 2011 | Assessing Available Woody Plant Biomass On Rangelands With Lidar And Multispectral Remote Sensing | Ph.D. student, TAMU | |
| Ryan Sheridan | MS 2011 | Modeling Plot-Level Biomass and Volume Using Aerial and Terrestrial Lidar Measurements | Ph.D. student, TAMU | |
| Ricky Charles Vernor | MNRD 2012 | Airborne Lidar for Modeling Tree Height Changes Using Multi-temporal Datasets | Pilot, American Airlines | |
| Cara Valinoti* | Ph.D. 2013 | Quantification of Salt Marsh Carbon Stocks: Integration of Remote Sensing Data and Techniques with Field Measurements | Associate Professor, Alabama A&M | |
| Shruthi Srinivasan | MS 2014 | Multi-temporal Terrestrial Lidar for Estimating Individual Tree Dimensions and Biomass Change | GIS Developer, Texas A&M Forest Service | |
| Matt Berg* | Ph.D. 2014 | Integrating historical imagery and sediment radioisotopes to shed light on long-term rangeland dynamics | Postdoctoral Researcher, TAMU | |
| Eric Putman | MS 2017 | Quantifying standing dead tree volume and structural loss with voxelized terrestrial lidar data | Fugro, Inc. | |
| Tan Zhou | Ph.D. 2017 | Advances in Waveform and Photon Counting Lidar Processing for Forest Vegetation Applications | Data Scientist, Monsanto | |
| Nian-wei (Tony) Ku | Ph.D. 2018 | Integration of lidar remote sensing from multiple platforms to assess vegetation biophysical parameters | Scientist, NV5 | |
| Lana Narine | Ph.D. 2019 | Spaceborne Lidar for Estimating Forest Biophysical Parameters | Associate Professor, Auburn University | |
| Meng Liu | Ph.D. 2022 | Feasibility of Burned Forest Classification and Biomass Burning Emission Estimation using ICESat-2 Data | Postdoc, University of Utah | |
| Jiyeon Kim | Ph.D. 2023 | Impact of sea level rise and storm surges on Florida Key deer using lidar and multispectral remote sensing. | Postdoc | |
| Mackenzie Nelson | MS 2023 | Investigating the Relationship Between Tree Competition, Tree Dimensions, and Leaf Area with Mobile Lidar | GIS, Dallas, TX | |
| Marisa Collura | MS 2023 | Upscaling Tree water-use to transpiration using mobile & airborne lidar in East Texas Pineywoods | USDA Forest Service | |
| Tyler Lamb | MS 2023 Non-thesis | Geospatial Applications for Wetlands Mapping | ||
| Horia Olariu* | PhD 2025 | Quantifying Tree Species Classification Accuracy, Land Cover Change, and Evapotranspiration Drivers in the Post Oak Savannah | Postdoc, TAMU | |
| Mei-Kuei Lu | PhD 2025 | Spaceborne LiDAR and Citizen Science For Characterizing Forest Canopy Height and Biomass with Machine Learning Methods | ||
