California State University Long Beach MS GIScience Project Advisor
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Cohort 13 (2026)

• Tyler Caldwell; Jacob Olson; Fernando Pensamiento; and Charla Robertson. Umm Al-Jimāl Digital Field Collection and Object-Based Image Analysis for Archaeological Heritage.
• Henry Austin; Ben Crane; and Jack Johnson. Shifting Habitats: A Modeling of the Future.
• Monisha Baruah; Aura Sandoval; and Minh-Khoi Trinh. Street Infrastructure Mapping and Inventory Modernization for the City of Fort Bragg, CA .
• Lilianne Corral; Valerie Gonzalez; and Katherine Lecuyer. GIS Solutions for Green Abalone Restoration: Geodatabase and Web Application Development.
• Beatrice Arellano; Kathy Chavarria; and Zane Liston. A Geospatial Study of Detroit’s Living Library: GIS Applications at Arboretum Detroit.
• Zhuba Goldenlamb; Kevin Hauser; and Heliodoro Sigala. Geospatial Approaches for Mapping and Monitoring Gold Spotted Oak Borer Infestation and Forest Health in Los Angeles County, California.

Cohort 12 (2025)



• Angelica Cruz and Jully Voong. Fort Bragg Unlocked: Addressing the Path Ahead.
• Adeel Anwar. Application of GIS Based Machine Learning Approach for Spatial Data Generation for the City of Fort Bragg, California.
• Yvonne Tran; Corbin Chantravat; and Andrew Grendell. Machine Learning Model Development Using Pixel-Based Random Forest and Blackshark.Ai for Feature Classification at Umm Al-Jimāl.
• Conae Seeney; Brett Peoples; and Christian Garcia. Suitability Modeling for Environmental Justice Evaluation.
• Alma Vazquez; Tsae Yun Yang; Darcy Tate; and Sevada Barseghian. The Huntington Garden Wayfinder.
• Gisela Beltran; Maritza Toles; Hannah Jugar; and Megan McBee. Utilizing Machine Learning and Image Analysis to Classify Vegetation Alliances of Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy (PVPLC) Reserves.
• Angel Bautista; John Hernandez; Max Ryden; and Ekaterina Veremeva. Mapping Vegetation: UAV and lidar Insights at River Ridge.

Cohort 11 (2024)



• Andrea Perez and Benny Lopez. Mixed Method Research to Support Coastal Restoration Efforts.
• Viviana Celaya; Elise Sawa; and Maria del Carmen Hernandez. Temporal Trends in Giant Kelp Canopy Cover & Kelp Habitat Mapping and Monitoring for Restoration on Catalina Island.
• Andrea Dondiego; Deborah Hernandez; Fernando Nuñez; and Gareth Waughan. Long Beach HHS: Vaccination Analysis Geospatial Analysis on Flu, Tdap and COVID-19.
• Renee Giragosian; Matthew Hershberger; and Ariana Perez Alvarez. Enhancing Vegetation Classification using LiDAR & Photogrammetry at River Ridge Ranch.
• Muniba Mukhtar; Thomas Bellegarde; and Daniel Mateo. Developing a Kriging Interpolation Tool Using the Esri JavaScript API for the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project.
• Talisa Andrade and Donald Reinartz Jr. Roots of The Great Los Angeles Project: Facilitating the Soil Delineation Process for Geospatial and Statistical Analysis.
• Brian Cortez and Yetzali Pena. Cultural Heritage in 3D: A Digital Reconstruction and Cultural Heritage Management System for the Umm-Al Jimal Archaeological Site.

Cohort 10 (2023)



• Bouwman, Mari; Valeria Rodriguez and Olga Tambazidis. Unearthing the Past: Integrating GIS Technology in Archaeological Exploration.
• Ching, Camryn; Iris Flores and Julie Lazor. Lidar-Based Tree Classification and Feature Extraction: Harnessing ArcGIS Pro and Deep Learning for Height and Canopy Width Analysis.
• Corrales, Catlin; Alikhan Beisenbayev and Axel Moser. River Ridge Ranch: Empowering Geospatial Insights with ArcGIS Hub.
• Daniels, Megan; Mauria Hebert; Ryan Martin and Yesenia Mendoza. San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Land Use & Environmental Justice.
• Dutta, Abhinov; Ajendar Mamindla and Prudhvi Katta. Proof of Concept of Indoor Mapping for a University Building: Implementing ArcGIS Indoors for California State University Long Beach.
• Haller, Jason; Jonathan Oronia and Camille Pham. Applying Esri’s Water Distribution Utility Network Foundation to a Botanical Garden Irrigation System.
• Immerso, Destiny; Bruce Williams and Devyn Yuhashi. Huntington Botanical Gardens Greenhouse Space Management.
• Minasian, Haig; Holden Ford and Anja Oca. The Moore Institute Open Data Portal: GIS Standardization of Microplastic Pollution Research.

Cohort 9 (2022)



• Alexander, Mitchell; Kevin O’Sullivan; Steven Swain and Nicholas Tarpinian. River Ridge Ranch: Oak Tree Mortality through Imagery Analysis.
• Oliveira, Fabricia; Shuvan Paul and Eric Urso. Carbon Sequestration Calculation using Image Segmentation and Classification in California's Central Valley.
• Alamo-Lopez, Monica; Narasimha Pavan Appala and Nathan Shapiro. Geospatial analysis of professional networks following completion of the CSULB MS in GISci (2012-2022).
• Davis, Jordan; Jessie Quigley; Jonathan Reisfeld and Max Sugarman. Can machine learning and aerial imagery be used to locate unhoused populations in high-risk disaster areas of Los Angeles County?
• Gomez, Ramiro and Sai Sandesh Narukullapati. United States Inland Waterways Assessment.
• Alvarez, Claudia and Jared Milkes. An Overview of Bicycle Collisions in the City of Long Beach, California from 2016 to 2020.
• Espinoza, Sebastian; Minerva Lara; Joshua Moreno and Michael Pazmino. Mapping the Prominent Flora at Abalone Cove Reserve for Habitat Preservation of At-Risk Species.

Cohort 8 (2021)



• Aguilar, Stephanie and Andrew Pineda. Clash of Classifications - Deep Learning vs Machine Learning.
• Blood, Timothy; Edgar Chacon; Brittney Medrano and Jennie Ramirez. Council for Watershed Health: Compton Creek Analysis of Trash & Homeless Encampments.
• Bodrogi, Kevin; Kane Diaz and Brandon George. How Do You Define A Tree? Creating a Carbon Sequestration Report for River Ridge Ranch Using Unoccupied Aerial Vehicles.
• Chesher, William; Adam Doyle and Summer Roberts. Crowdsourced Connectivity: Narrowing the Digital Divide for Los Angeles County with Wifi-nder and Volunteered Geographic Information.
• Gaston, Emily; Kevin Martinez and Sierra Teramura. Reading a Bird’s Mind: Insights from Small to Microscale Mapping to Better Understand and Predict Western Snowy Plover Nest Selection.
• Ly, Roger; Diana Rathfelder and Nicholas Rodriguez. Object-based Vegetation Mapping of Abalone Cove using sUAS Imagery and ENVI.
• Sheilds, Chandler and Manjula Tanguturi. Countywide Address Management System (CAMS) Locator Redevelopment.

Humboldt State University Thesis Committee Chair (2000-2013)
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• Garner, James. 2013. Selection of Disturbed Habitat by Fishers (Martes pennanti) in the Sierra National Forest.
• Barnes, Jason, 2012. A sociospatial model to predict the success of entrepreneurs in Mendocino County, California.
• Morrison, Jess, 2012. Geospatial modeling of population growth scenarios for the Humboldt Bay, California region: adapting SLEUTH to a rural environment.
• Michaelis, Janene, 2012. A Spatial Modeling Tool for Community Health Risk Assessment: A Case Study of Type II Diabetes Patient Nonadherence in Humboldt County, California.
• Ollar, Alexis, 2011. Planting Seeds for Sustainability: Identifying Potential Food Insecure Regions of Humboldt County, Utilizing Geographic Information Systems.
• Ramirez, Nicolas D., 2011. Modeling Ecotoxicological Stressors Using GIS.
• Davenhall, Brian R., 2009. Spatial Interpolation: A simulated analysis of the effects of sampling strategy on interpolation method.
• McGovern, Ian P., 2008. Using Multiple Resolution Digital Images and GIS to determine vegetation sampling locations at Whiskeytown National Recreational Area
• Gilkerson, Whelan A., 2008. A spatial model of eelgrass (Zostera marina) habitat in Humboldt Bay, California.
  
• Degagne, Rebecca S., 2007. Examining the distribution of Dicymbe corymbosa monodominant forests in western Guyana using satellite imagery.
  
• Kauffman, Jennifer L., 2007. Development and application of a GIS based evaluation for prioritization of wetland restoration opportunities.
  
• Kirk, Thomas A., 2007. Landscape-scale habitat associations of the American marten (Martes americana) in the greater Southern Cascades region of California.
  
• Miller, Linda M., 2006. Evaluation of low-altitude vertical aerial videography as a method for identifying and estimating abundance of residual trees.
  
• Judd, Chaeli, 2006. Mapping aquatic vegetation : using bathymetric and hyperspectral imagery to classify submerged eelgrass in Humboldt Bay, California.
  
• Edwards, Brook R., 2005. Historical assessment of the ecological condition and channel dynamics of the lower Mokelumne River : 1910-2001.
  
• Perry, Matthew T., 2005. Design and evaluation of a web mapping service for the Klamath River basin.
  
• Ritts, William D., 2003. A quantitative risk assessment of Port Orford cedar root disease in the Smith River National Recreation Area.
  
• Hass, Michael D., 2000. A Klamath River fisheries restoration webGIS.
  

Thesis Committee Member
[Thesis linked where available]:




• Santana, Abel, 2015. (California State University, Long Beach) Geospatial Sensor Integration: Design of an Automated Collection, Management and Visualization System for Water Quality Data.
• Shows, Amber, 2014. (Humboldt State University) Tracking Erosion Reduction Activities in the Van Duzen River Watershed with GIS.
• Weltz, Andrew E., 2012. (Humboldt State University) Using a temperature-based GIS model to identify potential habitat for Zostera japonica in Humboldt Bay, California.
• Lomeli, Kirsten C., 2011. (Humboldt State University) Correlations Between Fish Abundance and Physicochemical Parameters in Humboldt Bay, California.
• Royer, Chantell F., 2011. (Humboldt State University) Building a foundation for coordinated water quality monitoring in the Klamath River basin.
• Ybarra, Amanda R., 2011. (Humboldt State University) Latino immigration, globalization and health: striving to find equality in the United States.
• Valdez, Jimmy, 2011. (Humboldt State University) Sociology and health: understanding nonurgent E.R. visits in Humboldt County.
• Groff, Luke A., 2010. (Humboldt State University) A species distribution model for guiding Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa) surveys near the southern extent of its geographic range.
• Zalarvis-Chase, Dimitra, 2010. (Humboldt State University) A predictive model of the Wiyot cultural area in northwest coastal California.
• Deshais, Janelle B., 2010. (Humboldt State University) Predicting sudden oak death transmission hosts in Redwood National and State Parks using ecological niche models.
• Keeble, Sarah M., 2009. (Humboldt State University) Female entrepreneurship in Mendocino County, California
  
• Boni Bramble, Portia, 2009. (Humboldt State University) A survivor's guide to running farmers' markets: The North Coast Growers' Association experience, Humboldt County, CA.
  
• Vuori, Maria, 2009. (University of Helsinki, Finland) Accessibility as a determinant of opportunities : A case study from Peruvian Amazonia.
  
• Crain, Ben J., 2008. (Humboldt State University) Conservation of globally and locally rare plant taxa in Napa County, California.
  
• Letton, John B., 2007. (Humboldt State University) Hazardous fuel mapping and thematic accuracy assessment in the wildland urban interface.
  
• Powers, David, 2007. (Humboldt State University) Generating floodplain attributes for a watershed in Northwestern California : a comparison of standard ten-meter resolution elevation data with laser surveyed one-meter data.
  
• West, Christine, 2007. (Humboldt State University) A comparison of high spatial resolution images for fine scale vegetation mapping.
  
• Pollom, Jennifer E., 2006. (Humboldt State University) Image segmentation and object oriented classification approach to a high spatial resolution image.
  
• O'Neal, Christopher B., 2005. (Humboldt State University) Recent (1950-2003) natural fire rotation in the California range of redwood.
  
• Cole, Mary Erin, 2004. (Humboldt State University) Distribution of fish species in Humboldt Bay, Humboldt County, California, USA : a GIS perspective.
  
• Fitting, Helen, 2004. Modeling the distribution of the Del Norte salamander (Plethodon elongatus) in northwestern California using presence/absence survey data and geospatial environmental variables.
  
• Lee, Christopher A., 2004. (Humboldt State University) Vegetation alliances and associations of the Whiskeytown National Recreation Area.
  
• Aw-yang, Cassie N., 2003. (Humboldt State University) Predictive mapping of the potential geographic distribution of woody plants native to northern California.
  
• Headley, Shawn W., 2003. (Humboldt State University) Developing a geographic information system model to predict illegal marijuana cultivation areas on private timberlands.
  
• Edelman, Eric K., 2001. (Humboldt State University) Detection of changes in surface spectral response using Landsat Thematic Mapper imagery.
  
• Henricy, Sergio Bernardo, 2001. (Humboldt State University) Development of a geographic information system database for the Ten Mile Dunes Preserve at Mackerricher State Park, Mendocino, California.
  
• DiCarlo, Yvette, 2000. (Humboldt State University) Assessment of shipping costs and transportation issues of delivered bulk compost.
  
• Marshall, David, 1998. (Humboldt State University) A Stochastic Spatial Traffic model for the city of Arcata, California.