Bryan C. Pijanowski, Ph.D.

Professor

Department of Forestry and Natural Resources

305 Forestry Building

Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana 47906

Voice: 765.496.2215

Fax: 765.496.2422

Email: bpijanow@purdue.edu

http://bryanpijanowski.me

http://www.human-environment.org

http://www.soundscapenetwork.org

 

 

Education

1991                 Ph.D., Zoology,

Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

Dissertation: “The adaptive significance of brood reduction and clutch size in the tree swallow” Major Advisor: Donald Beaver

 

1983                 B.S., Biology,

Hope College, Holland, Michigan

 

Academic Appointments

2011-present     Professor, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University

2003-2011        Associate Professor, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University

2001-2003        Assistant Research Professor, Department of Zoology, Michigan State University

1999-2001        Specialist, Department of Geography, Basic Science and Remote Sensing Initiative, Michigan State University

1996-2001        Assistant to the Deans, College of Natural Science, Michigan State University

1996-2001        Assistant Research Professor, Department of Entomology, Michigan State University

1992-1996        Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, Michigan State University

 

Awards

2002                 Best of Show.  Poster on the “Muskegon River Watershed Mega-Model Project”. Selected best out of 83 posters at the MSU Land Use Forum.

1998                 International Scholars – MSU Chapter (Phi Beta Delta).  Special Recognition for Contributions to MSU Study Abroad Programs.

1991                 Vetward-Bound Teaching Citation, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University.

1991                 National Wilson Society and Cooper Ornithological Society Scholastic Achievement Award: Chosen as One of the Nation’s Top Ornithological Student-Researchers.

1991                 George and Martha Wallace Endowed Scholarship Award. Department of Zoology, MSU.

1987                 Sigma-Xi Graduate Student Research Award, Michigan State University.

1979-1983        Michigan ACT Competitive Scholarship.

 

 

 

 

Last updated September  4, 2012

 

Professional Appointments

 

Associate Editor, Journal of Land Use Science (2005-current)

Associate Editor, British Journal of Environment and Climate Change (2012-current)

National Research Council (US) – Drakes Bay Oyster Company Draft EIS Assessment Study (2012)

National Research Council (Romania) – University Environmental Engineering Program Assessment (2011-2012)

National Research Council (Chile) – National Climate Change Center Review Panel (2012)

 

 

RESEARCH

 

Refereed Papers

A.  Journal Articles

 

1.      Pijanowski, B.C., A. Tayyebi, J. Doucette, B. Pekin, D. Braun and J. Plourde. (in review). Fine resolution urban growth simulation at a national scale: Configuring the GIS and neural network based Land Transformation Model to run in a high performance computing (HPC) environment. Environmental Modeling and Software.

 

2.      Tayyebi, A. and B.C. Pijanowski. (in review). Simulating multiple land use classes using the artificial neural network based Land Transformation Model and two nonlinear data mining tools. Expert Systems with Applications.

 

3.      Bowling, L.C., G. Yang, M. Lei, K.A. Cherkauer, B.C. Pijanowski, V. Mishra, D. Niyogi and D.K. Ray. (in review). Impact of future urban expansion on hydrometerology in the Upper Great Lakes Region.  Earth Interactions.

 

4.      Foroutan, F, M. R. Delavar, B.C. Pijanowski, B. N. Araabi. (in review). Cellular automata and genetic algorithm integration for zone-based urban growth modeling: a case study of the Isfahan Metropolitan Area, Iran.  ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information.

 

5.      Tayyebi A., and B. Pijanowski. (in review).  Using CART, MARS and ANN to model land use cover change: Application of data mining tools to three diverse areas in USA and Africa undergoing land transformation.  Applied Soft Computing.

 

6.      Tayyebi, A.H., A. Tayyebi, B. Pijanowski, N. Khanna, J. Shan, S. Homayoni, M.J. Yazdanpanah. (in review).  Error propagation and uncertainty assessment in land use cover change models: Application of artificial neural network and spatial logistic regression.  Computers, Environment and Urban Systems.

 

7.      Plourde, J, B. Pijanowski, and B. Pekin. (in revision). Evidence of increased monoculture cropping in the Central United States.  Agriculture, Environment and Ecosystems.

 

8.      Pijanowski, B.C., A. Davis, K. Robinson and B. Pekin. (in revision). Quantifying error in a land change model across multiple scales: implications for coupling land-climate models.  International Geographical Information Science.

 

9.      Davis, A., R.T. Dale, and B.C. Pijanowski. (in review). A simple life-cycle based model of corn based ethanol production footprints within the conterminous United States.  Biomass and Bioenergy.

 

10.   Davis, A.Y., R.T. Dale, and B.C. Pijanowski. (in review). Using a GIS model to site future lignocellulosic ethanol processing facilities for varying feedbacks and co-location options across the conterminous United States.  Biomass and Bioenergy.

 

11.   Jung, J., B. Pekin and B. Pijanowski. (revised and in review). Mapping old-growth, secondary-growth and selectively logged tropical forests using discrete return LIDAR.  Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing.

 

12.   Pekin, B., A. Zhalnin, and B. Pijanowski. (revised and in review). Assessing risk of ecological impairment in streams and rivers based on loading of multiple water pollutants: Application of a non-point source pollution runoff model to the Great Lake States.  Environmental Management.

 

13.   Kumar, S., V. Merwade, S. Rao and B. C. Pijanowski. (revised and in review). Land-cover change history in the United States from 1850 to 2000: Socioeconomic and biophysical determinants of change. Ambio.

 

14.   Pekin, B., J. Jung, L. Villanueva, B. Pijanowski and J. Ahumada. (in press).  Modeling biodiversity habitat using soundscape recordings and LIDAR-derived metrics of vertical canopy structure in a neotropica1 rainforest. Landscape Ecology.

 

15.   Pekin, B., and B. Pijanowski. 2012. The use of differential diversity measures for biodiversity conservation at global and regional scales.  Biological Conservation.

 

16.   Pekin, B.K. and B.C. Pijanowski. 2012. Land use intensity and global endangerment probability of mammal species. Diversity and Distributions.

 

17.   Tayyebi, A., Pekin, B.K., B.C. Pijanowski, J. Plourde, J. Doucette, and D. Braun. 2012.  Modeling urban growth across the conterminous USA: A national scale application of the Land Transformation Model.  Journal of Land Use Science.

 

18.   Washington-Ottombre, C. and B. Pijanowski. 2012. The role of local rural institutions and rural producer organizations in household adaptation to climate change and variability in rural Kenya.  Regional Environmental Change.

 

19.   Guastavino, C. and B.C. Pijanowski. 2012. Soundscape ecology: a worldwide network.  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 130(4): 2531-2531.

 

20.   Ray, D., B. Pijanowski, A. Kendall and D. Hyndman. 2012. Quantifying uncertainty in the coupling of backcast land use change and groundwater travel time models: Implications for planning and management. Applied Geography 34:356-370.

 

21.   Villanueva-Rivera, L. J., and Bryan C. Pijanowski. 2012. Pumilio: A web-based management system for ecological recordings. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 93: 71-81.

 

22.   Pijanowski, B.C., and A. Farina. 2011. Introduction to the special issue on soundscape ecology.  Landscape Ecology 26:1209-1211.

 

23.   Pijanowski, B.C., Farina, A., Gage S.H., Dumyahn S.L., and Krause B. 2011.  What is soundscape ecology? Landscape Ecology 26:1213-1232.

 

24.   Villanueva-Rivera L., B.C. Pijanowski, J. Doucette, and B. Pekin. 2011. A primer of acoustic analysis for landscape ecologists. Landscape Ecology 26:1233-1246.

 

25.   Dumyahn, S.L., and B. C. Pijanowski. 2011. Beyond noise mitigation: managing soundscapes as common pool resources.  Landscape Ecology 26:1311-1326.

 

26.   Dumyahn, S.L., and B.C. Pijanowski. 2011. Soundscape conservation. Landscape Ecology. 26:1327-1344.

 

27.   Pijanowski, B., L. Villanueva-Rivera, S.L. Dumyahn, A. Farina, B. Krause, B. Napoletano, S. Gage and N. Pieretti. 2011. Soundscape ecology: The science of sound in landscapes. BioScience. 61(3):203-216.

 

28.   Pijanowski, B., N. Moore, D. Mauree and D. Niyogi. 2011. Evaluating error propagation in coupled land-atmosphere models.  Earth Interactions. 15:1-15.

 

29.   Moore, N., G. Alargaswamy, B. Pijanowski, P. Thornton, B. Lofgren, J. Olson, J. Andresen, P. Yanda, and J. Qi. 2011. East African food security as influenced by future climate change and land use change at local to regional scales. Climatic Change.  DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0116-7.

 

30.   Pijanowski, B., and K. Robinson. 2011. Rates and patterns of land use cover/change in the Upper Great Lakes States, USA: A framework for spatial-temporal analysis.  Landscape and Urban Planning. 102(2):102-116.

 

31.   Tabbeyi. A., B. C. Pijanowski and M. Delavar. 2011. An urban growth boundary model for the Tehran, Iran Metropolitan Area. Landscape and Urban Planning. 100(1-2):35-44.

 

32.   Ray, D., J. Duckles and B. C. Pijanowski. 2011. The impact of future land use scenarios on runoff volumes in the Muskegon River Watershed. Environmental Management 46(3):351-366.

 

33.   McLean, C.E., D.T. Long and B. Pijanowski. 2011. Assessing environmental response and recovery of a Great Lakes watershed using a multi-proxy paleolimnological approach.  PAGES 19(2):58-60.

 

34.   Wiley, M., D. Hyndman, B. C. Pijanowski, A. Kendall, C. Riseng, E. Rutherford,  S. Cheng, M. Carlson, J. Tyler, R. Stevenson, P. Steen, P. Richards, P. Seelbach, and J. Koches. 2010. A Multi-modeling approach to evaluate impacts of global change on river ecosystems.  Hydrobiologia. 657:243–262.

 

35.   Washington-Ottombre, C., B. Pijanowski, D. Campbell, J. Olson, J. Kinyamario, E. Irandu, J. Nganga, and P. Gicheru. 2010. Using a role-playing game to inform the development of land-use models for the study of a complex socio-ecological system. Agricultural Systems 103(3):117-126.

 

36.   Davis, A., B. Pijanowski, K. Robinson and P. Kidwell. 2010. Estimating parking lot footprints in the Upper Great Lakes region of the USA. Landscape and Urban Planning. 96:68-77.

 

37.   Pijanowski, B., L. Iverson, C. Drew, H. Bulley, J. Rhemtulla, M. Wimberly, A. Bartsch and J. Peng. 2010. Addressing the interplay of poverty and the ecology of landscapes: A grand challenge topic for landscape ecologists?  Landscape Ecology 25:5-16. (Faculty of 1000 recognized)

 

38.   Dunning, J.B., A. DeWoody, B. Pijanowski, M. Sepulveda, R. Swihart, H. Weeks, R. Williams and P. Zollner. 2010. Improving wildlife education: fourteen years of change at Purdue University. The Wildlife Professional. 4 (online)

 

39.   Mishra,V., K. Cherkauer, D. Niyogi, L. Ming, B. Pijanowski, D. Ray and L. Bowling. 2010. Regional scale assessment of land use/land cover and climatic changes on surface hydrologic processes. International Journal of Climatology 30:2025-2044.

 

40.   Davis, A., B. Pijanowski and K. Robinson. 2010. Environmental and economic costs of sprawling parking lots in the United States. Land Use Policy  27(2):255-261.

 

41.   Ray, D. and B. Pijanowski. 2010.  A backcast land use change model to generate past land use maps: applications and validation at the Muskegon River Watershed of Michigan, USA. Journal of Land Use Science 5:1-29.

 

42.   Yang, G., L. Bowling, K. Cherkauer, and B. Pijanowski.  2010. Hydrologic response of watersheds to urbanization in the White River basin, Indiana. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 11:122-138.

 

43.   Moore, N., N. Torbick, B. Lofgren, J. Wang, B. Pijanowski, J. Andresen, D. Kim, and J. Olson. 2010. Adapting MODIS-derived LAI and fractional cover into the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS) in East Africa. International Journal of Climatology. 30(3):1954-1969.

 

44.   Tayyebi. A., M. Delavar and B. Pijanowski. 2009. A novel approach for urban growth boundary simulation. International Journal of Environmental Research. 10:493-502

 

45.   Pontius, R. Jr., W. Boersma, J. Castella, K. Clarke, T. Nijs, C. Dietzel, Z. Duan, E. Fotsing, N. Goldstein, K. Kok, E. Koomen, C. Lippitt, W. McConnell, B. Pijanowski, S. Pithadia, A. Sood, S. Sweeney, T. Trung, and P. Verburg. 2008. Comparing the input, output, and validation maps for several models of land change. Annals of Regional Science. 42:11-37.

 

46.   Olson, J. M., G. Alargaswamy, J. Andresen, D. Campbell, A. Davis, J. Ge, M. Huebner, B. Lofgren, D. Lusch, N. Moore, B. Pijanowski, J. Qi, P. Thornton, N. Torbick, J. Wang.  2008. Integrating diverse methods to understand climate-land interactions in East Africa. Geoforum 39: 898–911.

 

47.   Lang, R., G. Shao, B. Pijanowski and R. Farnsworth. 2008. An automated labeling approach for optimizing unsupervised classification of remotely sensed imagery. Computers and Geosciences. 34 (11). 1877-1885.

48.   Alexandridis, K., B. Pijanowski and Z. Lei. 2007. Simulating sequential decision making processes of base action actions in a Multi Agent Based Economic Landscape Model.  Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, (34) 223-244.

 

49.   Pijanowski, B., D. Ray, A. Kendall, J. Duckles and D. Hyndman. 2007. Using backcast land use change and groundwater travel-time models to generate land use legacy maps for watershed management. Ecology and Society 12(2):25 (online).

 

50.   Fitzpatrick, M., D. Long and B. Pijanowski. 2007. Biogeochemical fingerprints of land use in a regional watershed. Applied Biogeochemistry 22:1825-1840.

 

51.   Pijanowski, B., K. Alexandridis and D. Mueller.  2006. Modeling urbanization patterns in two diverse regions of the world. Journal of Land Use Science. (1):83-108.

 

52.   Pijanowski, B. C., S. Pithadia,  B. A. Shellito, and K. Alexandridis. 2005. Calibrating a neural network-based urban change model for two metropolitan areas of the Upper Midwest of the United States. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 19: 197-215.

 

53.   Tang, Z., B.A. Engel, K. J. Lim, B. C. Pijanowski, and J. Harbor.  2005. Minimizing the impact of urbanization on long-term runoff.  Journal of the American Water Resources Association.  41: 1347-1359.

 

54.   Tang, Z., B. A. Engel, B.C. Pijanowski, and K. J. Lim. 2005. Forecasting land use change and its environmental impact at a watershed scale.  Journal of Environmental Management. 76:35-45.

 

55.   Lei, Z., B.C. Pijanowski, and K. T. Alexandridis. 2005. Distributed modeling architecture of a Multi Agent-based Behavioral Economic Landscape (MABEL) Model. Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling & Simulation International, 81(7), pp. 37.

 

56.   Wayland, K., D. Long, D. Hyndman, B. Pijanowski, S. Woodhams and S. Haack. 2003. Identifying relationships between baseflow geochemistry and land use with synoptic sampling and R-Mode factor analysis. Journal of Environmental Quality 32: 180-190.

 

57.   Shellito, B. ,and B. Pijanowski. 2003. Using neural nets to model the spatial distribution of seasonal homes.  Cartography and Geographic Information Systems 30 (3):281-290.

 

58.   Pijanowski, B.C., D. G. Brown, G. Manik and B. Shellito. 2002. Using neural nets and GIS  to forecast land use changes: A land transformation model. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 26: 553-575.

 

59.   Wayland, K., D. Long, D. Hyndman, B. Pijanowski, and S. Haack.  2002. Modeling the impact of historical land uses on surface water quality using ground water flow and solute transport models.  Lakes and Reservoirs 7: 189-199.

 

60.   Pijanowski, B.C., B. Shellito and S. Pithadia. 2002. Using artificial neural networks, geographic information systems and remote sensing to model urban sprawl in coastal watersheds along eastern Lake Michigan.  Lakes and Reservoirs 7: 271-285.

 

61.   Brown, D., B. Pijanowski and J. Duh. 2001. Modeling the relationships between land use and land cover on private lands in the Upper Midwest. Journal of Environmental Management. 59:247-263.

 

62.   Boutt, D.F., D.W. Hyndman, B.C. Pijanowski, and D.T. Long. 2001.  Identifying potential land use-derived solute sources to stream baseflow using ground water models and GIS. Ground Water 39 (1): 24-34.

 

63.   Haack, R., T. Petrice, S. Haack, D. Hyndman, D. Long and B. Pijanowski. 2000. Aquatic insects as bioindicators of land use change in the Grand Traverse Bay area of Michigan. Newsletter of the Michigan Entomological Society of Michigan. 45(3) 13.

 

64.   Sharov, A., B.C. Pijanowski, A. Liehbold and S.H. Gage. 1999. What affected the rate of gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) spread in Michigan: Winter temperature or forest susceptibility? Journal of Agriculture and Forest Entomology 1:37-45.

 

65.   Yang, D., B. C. Pijanowski and S. Gage. 1998. Gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) population dynamics in Michigan analyzed using geographic information systems. Environmental Entomology 27:842-843.

 

66.   Cheng, B.H.C., Bourdeau, R., and B. C. Pijanowski. 1996. A regional information system for environmental data analysis. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. 62: 855-861.

 

67.   Pijanowski, B. C. 1992. A revision of Lack’s brood reduction hypothesis using a game theory approach. American Naturalist 139:1270-1292.

 

68.   Lederle, P., B.C. Pijanowski and D. E. Beaver. 1984. Predation on tree swallows by the least chipmunk.  Jack-Pine Warbler. 84: 21.

 

B.    Refereed Book Chapters

 

69.   Pontius, R.G., J-C. Castella, T. de Nijs, Z. Duan, E. Fotsing, N. Goldstein, K. Kok, E. Hoomen, C.D. Lippitt, W. McConnell, A.M. Sood, B. Pijanowski, A.T. Velkamp and P.H. Verburg. 2012. Lessons and challenges in land change modeling as revealed by map comparisons and panel discussions.  In Lessons and challenges in land change modeling. Brouwer, Goetz and Pontius, eds.

 

70.   Tayyebi, A., Delavar, M. R., Pijanowski, B. C., Yazdanpanah, M.J.. 2009. Accuracy Assessment in Urban Expansion Model, Spatial Data Quality, From Process to Decisions, Edited by R. Devillers and H. Goodchild, Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, Canada, pp. 107-115.

 

71.   Tayyebi, A., Delavar, M. R., Pijanowski, B. C., Yazdanpanah, M. J. 2009. Spatial variability of errors in Urban Expansion Model: Implications for error propagation, Spatial Data Quality, From Process to Decisions, Edited by R. Devillers and H. Goodchild, Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, Canada, pp. 134-135.

 

72.   Tayyebi, A., Delavar, M. R., Pijanowski, B. C., Yazdanpanah, M. J., Saeedi, S. and Tayyebi, A. H.. 2010. A Spatial Logistic Regression Model for Simulating Land Use Patterns, A Case Sturdy of the Shiraz Metropolitan Area of Iran, Advances in Earth Observation of Global Change, Edited by Emilio Chuvieco, Jonathan Li and Xiaojun Yang. Springer press.

 

73.   Tayyebi, A., M. Delavar, M. Yazdanpanah, B. Pijanowski, S. Saeedi and D. Tayyebi. 2009. A spatial logistic regression model for simulating land use patterns: A case study of the Shiraz metropolitan area of Iran.  In Advances in Earth Observations of Global Change, Emilio Chuvieco, Jonathan Li and Xiaojun Yang, eds.  Springer-Verlag.

 

74.   Wiley, M., B. Pijanowski, R. J. Stevenson , P. Seelbach, P. Richards, C. Riseng, D. Hyndman and J. Koches. 2007. Integrated Modeling of the Muskegon River: Tools for Ecological Risk Assessment in a Great Lakes Watershed. In: W. Ji, editor, Wetland and Water Resource Modeling and Assessment: A Watershed Perspective, Taylor & Francis, London.

 

75.   Stevenson, R. J., M. J. Wiley, V. L. Lougheed, C. Riseng, S. H. Gage, J. Qi, D. T. Long, D. W. Hyndman, B. C. Pijanowski, and R. A. Hough. 2007. Watershed Science: Essential, Complex, Multidisciplinary and Collaboratory In: W. Ji, editor, Wetland and Water Resource Modeling and Assessment: A Watershed Perspective, Taylor & Francis, London.

 

76.   Pijanowski, B.C., and S.H. Gage. 2003. GIS in action – GIS fights the gypsy moth.  In Getting Started with Geographic Information Systems, K. C. Clark, ed.  Prentice Hall Inc.

 

77.   Skole, D., S. Batzli, S. Gage, B. Pijanowski, W. Chomentowski and W. Rustem. 2002. Forecast Michigan: Tracking Change for Land Use Planning and Policy Making.  Informing the Debate: Urban Housing and Land Development. Institute for Public Policy and Social Research, Michigan State University, East Lansing. pp. 30.

 

78.   Pijanowski, B.C., S.H. Gage, and D.T. Long. 2000. A Land Transformation Model: Integrating Policy, Socioeconomics and Environmental Drivers using a Geographic Information System; In Landscape Ecology: A Top Down Approach, Larry Harris and James Sanderson eds.

 

79.   Pijanowski, B.C., S.H. Gage and D. H. McCullough. 1996. Policy issues as they relate to the impacts of an introduced forest pest, the gypsy moth. In Policy Choices: Framing the Debate for Michigan’s Future. Eds. P. Grummon and B. Mullan. Michigan State University Press.

 

C.    Refereed Conference Proceedings

 

80.    Long, D. , M. Parson, B. Pijanowski, D. Ray, C. Yansa, S. Yohn, C. McLean and R. Vannier. 2009. Assessing ecosystem response to land use change using sediment chemical chronologies and a backcast model.  Conference on Environmental Science and Technologies, Crete, Greece, September 3-5, 2009.

 

81.    Tayyebi, A. and B. Pijanowski.  2009. Comparing a logistic and neural network model of urban change of Tehran, Iran. Proceedings of the Spatial Data Accuracy Conference, Quebec, Canada, June 3-6, 2009.

 

82.    Pijanowski, B.C. 2008. Sustainability, climate change and uncertainty. Proceedings of the Accuracy2008 Conference, Shanghai, China, June 23-28, 2008. 

 

83.    Pijanowski, B.C., J. M. Olson, C. Washington-Ottombre, D. J. Campbell, A. Y. Davis and K. Alexandridis. 2007. Pluralistic modelling approaches to simulating climate-land change interactions. MODSIM 2007 Proceedings.  Christchurch, New Zealand. December 4-7, 2007.

 

84.    Pijanowski, B.C. 2006. Afforestation patterns in the upper Midwest, USA. Proceedings of the IUFRO Landscape Ecology Conference, Sept. 26-29, 2006. Locorotondo, Bari, Italy.

 

85.    Alexandridis, K. and B.C. Pijanowski. 2005. Modular Bayesian inference and learning of decision networks as stand-alone mechanisms of the MABEL model: Implications for visualization, comprehension, and policy-making. Paper presented at the Agent2005 Conference on: Generative Social Processes, Models and Mechanisms. Argonne National Laboratory and The University of Chicago, October 13-15, 2005.

 

86.    Alexandridis, K., B. Pijanowski and Z. Lei. 2004. The use of robust and efficient methodologies in agent-based modeling: Case studies using repeated measures and behavioral components in the MABEL Simulation Model. Agent2004 Conference, Chicago, Illinois. October 5, 2004.

 

87.    Wiley, M. J., B. C. Pijanowski, P. Richards, C. Riseng, D. Hyndman, P. Seelbach and R Stevenson. 2004. Combining valley segment classification with neural net modeling of landscape change: A new approach to integrated risk assessment for river ecosystems.  Proceedings of  WEF 2004 Specialty Conference Series: Watershed 2004, Dearborn Michigan.  Water Environment Federation.

 

88.    Alexandridis, K., B. Pijanowski, and Z. Lei. 2003.Simulating land-use entelechy using the Multi-Agent-based Behavioral-Environmental Landscape (MABEL) model. 2003. Agent2003 Conference. Chicago, Illinois.

 

89.    Alexandridis, K., B. Pijanowski, and Z. Lei. 2003.Simulating Land-use Entelechy Using the Multi-agent-based Environmental Landscape (MABEL) Model. 2003. K. Alexandridis, B. Pijanowski, and Z. Lei. October 3, 2003. Agent2003 Conference. Chicago, Illinois.

 

90.    Pijanowski, B. and K. Alexandridis. 2002. A Multi Agent Based Environmental Landscape (MABEL) Model: A Distributed Artificial Intelligence Simulation Model. Proceedings of the Second World Congress of Environmental and Resources Economics.  Monterrey, California, June 12, 2002.

 

91.    Pijanowski, B., M. Bauer, K. Sawalia and B. Shellito. 2001. Using remote sensing to parameterize the Land Transformation Model for the Twin Cities. Proceedings of the ASPRS Meetings, St. Louis, Mo. April 2001

 

92.    Pijanowski, B.C., D. Hyndman, and B. Shellito. 2001. The Application of The Land Transformation, Groundwater Flow and Solute Transport Models For Michigan’s Grand Traverse Bay Watershed. American Planning Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 13, 2001.

 

93.    Wayland, K, D. Long, D. Hyndman, B. Pijanowski and S. Haack. 2000.   Biogeochemical Fingerprinting of a Rapidly Urbanizing Watershed. National Nonpoint Source Monitoring Workshop, August, 2000.

 

94.    Pijanowski, B.C., D.T. Long, S.H. Gage and W.E. Cooper. 1997. A Land Transformation Model: Conceptual Elements, Spatial Object Class Hierarchies, GIS Command Syntax and an Application to Michigan's Saginaw Bay Watershed. Land Use Modeling Workshop.  Sioux Falls, South Dakota, June 3-5, 1997.  Sponsored by NCGIA and USGS.

 

95.    Pijanowski, B.C., T. Machemer, S.H. Gage, D. T. Long, W. E. Cooper and T. Edens. 1996. The GIS syntax of a spatial-temporal land use change model.  In Proceedings of the Third Conference on GIS and Environmental Modeling.  GIS World Publishers.

 

96.    Bourdeau, R., B. H.C. Cheng and B. Pijanowski. 1993. A decision support system for regional environmental analysis: in 25th International Symposium on Remote Sensing and Global Environmental Change: Tools for Sustainable Development, April 4-8, Graz, Austria.

 

97.    Gage, S.H., and B. Pijanowski. 1993. Application of remote sensing and analysis of digital landscape maps to assess ecological risk from pest populations: in 25th International Symposium on Remote Sensing and Global Environmental Change: Tools for Sustainable Development, April 4-8, Graz, Austria.

 

98.    Pijanowski, B., C. He, and B. H.C. Cheng. 1992. Integration of human and natural science data for planning and management within a regional framework:  The Saginaw Bay Watershed Project: in Proceedings of the Building A Global Environmental Change Information Cooperative: First CIESIN Users Workshop, November, 1992.        

 

Funding

A.      Competitive Grant Proposals Funded

 

Pijanowski, B.C., and C. Gustavano. 2011-2016. A global sustainable soundscape network.  National Science Foundation.  Coupled Natural-Human Dynamic Systems. $499,990.

Pijanowski, B.C., T., Hook, R. Goforth, K. Cherkauer, and K. Troy. 2009-2014. $569,000. Environmental and Ecological Engineering PhD Program.  United States Department of Education GAANN Program.

Ghosh, J., M. Crawford and B.C. Pijanowski.  2007-2012. Advanced learning and integrative knowledge transfer approaches to remote sensing and forecast modeling for understanding land use change. National Science Foundation: III-CXT. $890,000.

Pijanowski, B.C., and 11 others.  2006-2013.  Partnering for Land Use Sustainability (PLUS).  $342,000. Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University.

Bowling, L., K. Cherkauer, B.C. Pijanowski and D. Niyogi. 2007-2011. Multi-sensor, multi-scale assessment of urban impacts in the Great Lakes Region. NASA Land use-hydrology program. $600,000.

Pijanowski, B.C., Assessment of land use planning needs for online decision support for water quality in the Great Lakes Basin. $107,000.  Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant.

Pijanowski, B.C., 2008-2010. Simulating Social and Land-use Adaptations to Climate Change on Mount Kenya. National Science Foundation: Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement. $11,500.

Wise, D., L. Heneghan, B.C. Pijanowski, N. Tuchman, and L. Westphal. 2009-2012. Connecting the Social and Ecological Sciences with Planners, Managers, and the Public” Building a broad foundation for the Chicago Region ULTRA. National Science Foundation. $299,920.

Rutherford, E., B. C. Pijanowski, B. Miller, and M. Wiley. 2010-2013. Quantifying tipping points of watershed change for purpose of land use planning. Environmental Protection Agency.  Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. $500,000.

Pijanowski, B.C., 2009-2013. A national Land Transformation Model for the USGS National Fish Habitat Assessment Project. $342,000. United States Geological Survey.

Campbell, D., B.C. Pijanowski, J. Andresen, D. Lush and J. Olson. 2003-2009. An integrated assessment of regional land-climate interactions. $1,750,000.  National Science Foundation. Coupled Natural-Human Dynamic Systems.

Hyndman, D.W. and B.C. Pijanowski. 2003-2008. Quantifying the impact of land use and climate change on groundwater/surface water interactions in regional Great Lakes watersheds.  $455,000. National Science Foundation. Water Cycle Program.

Wiley, M., B.C. Pijanowski, J. Koches. 2002-2008. A Collaborative Approach to Understanding the Dynamics of the Muskegon Watershed:   A Comprehensive Model, Risk Assessment and Tools for Use in Management.  Great Lakes Fishery Trust. $1,220,000.

Stevenson, R.J., M. Wiley, S.H. Gage, B.C. Pijanowski. 2002-2008. Ecological Risk Assessment of the Muskegon River Watershed. Great Lakes Fishery Trust. $1,580,000.

Stevenson, R.J., M. Wiley, J. Qi, D. Long, B. Pijanowski. 2002-2008. Examining the dynamics of the Lower River Muskegon River Watershed. Great Lakes Fishery Trust. $1,520,000.

Seelbach, P., B.C. Pijanowski, R.J. Stevenson and M.J. Wiley. 2002-2006. Developing relations among human activities, stressors, and stream ecosystem responses and linkages in integrated regional, multi-stressor models. Environmental Protection Agency STAR Program. $838,000.

Pijanowski, B.C., 2008. Modeling risks of grassland conversion from agriculture. The Nature Conservancy. $25,000.

Stevenson, R.J., M.J. Wiley, L. Zhang, and B.C. Pijanowski. 2002-2006. Ecological classification of rivers for environmental assessment: demonstration, validation, and application to regional risk assessment across Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin.  $748,000. Environmental Protection Agency STAR Program.

Gage, S.H. and B. Pijanowski. 2004. Tipping points in land use change. $65,000. Kellogg Foundation.

Campbell, D., J.. Olson, D. Lusch, B. Pijanowski and J. Andresen. 2001-2002. Climate change and land use change processes in East Africa. $64,000.  NSF Biocomplexity of Coupled Natural and Human Systems.

Gage, S., D. Skole and B. Pijanowski. 2000-2001. Developing a Tool for Forecasting Urban Change in Michigan:  The Potential Impacts of Urban Sprawl on Land Based Industries in Michigan. $124,000. Kellogg and Frey Foundations.

Skole, D., R. Groop, S. Gage, and B. Pijanowski. 1999-2002. A Regional Environmental Science Applications Center for the Upper Great Lakes States (with 10 others at the University of Minnesota and University of Wisconsin). NASA Regional Environmental Science and Application Centers.

Skole, D., and B. Pijanowski. 1997-2001. Assessing Primary and Secondary Impacts from the MDOT Proposed US-31 Bypass between Holland and Grand Haven. $262,000. Michigan Department of Transportation.

Brown, D., M. Viseavich and B. Pijanowski. 1997-2001. Hierarchical Investigation of Socioeconomic Drivers of Decadal Scale Land-Cover Changes in the Upper Midwest.  NASA Land use/cover change Program.

Pijanowski, B., D.T. Long, D.W. Hyndman and S. Haack. 1998-2001.  Modeling the Influence of Land Use Change on Biogeochemical Indicators and Great Lakes Loadings for Watershed Management.  $510,000. Michigan Great Lakes Protection Fund.

Gage, S.H., B. Pijanowski, W. Cooper and D. Long. 1994-1996. $420,000.  Developing a pilot Land Transformation Model for the Saginaw Bay Watershed.  Environmental Protection Agency. 

Gage, S.H., B. Pijanowski, and J. Bartholic.  1992-1995. Assessment of Current Data, Decision Support Tools and Geographic Information Resources in the USDA for use in Global Change Research. $140,000.  USDA-ARS.

Gage, S.H. and Pijanowski, B.C.. 1993-1996. Data and Technology Support for the Slow-the-Spread of the Gypsy Moth National Pilot Project. $230,000.  USDA Forest Service.

Pijanowski, B.C., and S.H. Gage. 1994-1995. Determining historical rates of spread of gypsy moth populations in Michigan. $20,000. USDA Forest Service.

 

B.    Grants and Awards Received by Dr. Pijanowski’s Graduate Students

 

Kimberly Robinson, NOAA-CILER Fellowship, 2010-2011, $23,000.

Sarah Dumyahn, EPA STAR PhD Fellowship, 2010-2012, $90,000.

Luis Villanueva-Rivera.  Kellogg Biological Station - Academic Award to Attend Mathematics for Ecologists Workshop.  $1200.  June 2010 (3 wk course).

Luis Villanueva-Rivera. OTS Travel Award to Attend Sensor and Sensor Network Course at La Selva Biological Research Station. $3000.  August 2010.

Sarah Dumyahn, Purdue Andrews Travel Grant $1500.  To conduct research at the National Park Service Natural Sounds Program Office in Ft. Collins, CO. August 2010.

Luis Villanueva-Rivera. NASA-MSU Travel Award to Attend US-IALE Conference in Athens, Georgia.  $350. April 2010.

Kimberly Robinson. NASA-MSU Travel Award to Attend the US-IALE Conference in Snowbird, UT. $350. April 2009.

Camille Washington-Ottombre.  AAG Travel Award to Attend the American Association of Geographers Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. $100. March 2009.

Camille Washington-Ottombre. SSRC Fellowship Award. $7,000. June 2008-September 2009.

Camille Washington-Ottombre. Andrews Fellow Travel Grant. $1000. June 2008-December 2008.

Amelie Davis. NASA-MSU Travel Award to Attend the US-IALE Conference in Madison, Wisconsin. $350. April 2008.

Brian Napoletano. NASA-MSU Travel Award to Attend the US-IALE Conference in Tuscon, Arizona. $350. April 2007.

Jonah Duckles. Travel Award from International Programs in Agriculture. $1000. Travel to Moldova. 2006.

Camille Washington-Ottombre. Travel Award to Attend the 2006 Open Global Environmental Science – Earth Systems Science Partnership Conference in Beijing, China.  $1000. November 3-10, 2006.

 

Invited Presentations (selected, including 5 keynotes)

1.       Pijanowski, B.C. 2011. Technologies to support decision making in the Great Lakes basin.  Environmental Protection Agency SOLEC Conference, October 21, 2011.  Erie PA.  (KEYNOTE).

2.       Pijanowski, B.C., Ray, D. A. Kendall and D. Hyndman. 2010. Land use legacies and impacts to planning and natural resource management of watersheds.  Ecological Society of America. Pittsburgh, PA. August 3-6, 2010.

3.       Pijanowski, B.C., 2010.  Science, Society and Uncertainty: Are Scientists Truth Seekers?  Meso-American Conservation Society Meetings, San Jose, Costa Rica, November 2010. (KEYNOTE).

4.       Pijanowski, B.C., 2009. Uncertainty in land use modeling. NSF Workshop on Land Use and Renewable Energy Using Life Cycle Assessment Approaches. Boston, MA, October 6-7, 2009.

5.       Pijanowski, B.C., 2009. Land use legacy and watershed management. North American Benthological Society, Grand Rapids, Michigan, May 21, 2009.

6.       Pijanowski, B.C., 2009. Soundscape ecology: Integrating climate, land use and acoustics, Conference to Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the International Institute for Wildlife Conservation and Management (ICOMVIS), Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, October 12-15, 2009. (KEYNOTE).

7.       Pijanowski, B.C., and D. Ray. 2009. Calibration and validation of a backcast land use change model. International Association of Great Lakes Researchers. Toledo, OH. May 18, 2009.

8.       Pijanowski, B. 2009. Landscape pattern, poverty and regime shifts in Moldova: How institutional change impacts ecosystems and livelihoods. US IALE Meetings, Snowbird, Utah, April 13, 2009.

9.       Pijanowski, B., C. Washington-Ottombre, J. Olson and D. Campbell. 2008. Poverty and landscape patterns.  Special session on the role of landscape ecologists to address the issue of poverty reduction. US IALE Meetings, Madison, Wisconsin. April 11, 2008.

10.    Pijanowski, B. Modeling sustainability and land use change. Accuracy2008 Conference, Shanghai, China. June 24, 2008. (KEYNOTE)

11.    Pijanowski, B. Urban footprints in the United States. 2007. SMURT (Simulation and Modeling Urban Resilience and Transitions) Conference, Melbourne, Australia. Dec 3, 2007. (KEYNOTE)

12.    Pijanowski, B. 2006. Can we predict land use change into the future? Earth System Science Partnership. November 9, 2006. Beijing, China.

13.    Pijanowski, B. 2006. Land Use Modeling and Analysis: Sustainability Footprints. November 12, 2006. American Association of Soil Science. Indianapolis, Indiana.  (Special Session Plenary).

14.    Pijanowski, B. 2005. Land Use Change in the Great Lakes. International Association of Great Lakes Researchers. May 5, 2006. Windsor, Canada. (KEYNOTE).

15.    Pijanowski, B., D. Ray, A,. Kendall and D. Hyndman. 2005. Land Use Legacies: Impacts of Land Use Change on Surface Water Quality through Groundwater Travel Times.  International Association of Landscape Ecologists. April 27, 2006. San Diego, California.

16.    Pijanowski, B. 2005. A summary of work examining the biological impacts to streams of land use change in Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan. October 5, 2005.  Illinois Department of Natural Resources Office, Springfield, Illinois.

17.    Pijanowski, B. 2005. Land Use Initiatives in Indiana. MSU Extension Community Resource Development Association.  August 30, 2005.

18.    Pijanowski, B. 2005. Sources of uncertainty in our understanding of coupled climate-land interactions. NSF Workshop on Biocomplexity in Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, January 3, 2005.

19.    Pijanowski, B. 2005. The study of complex coupled land-climate systems. Alabama A&M University, April 1, 2005. To Departments of Forestry and Plant and Soil Science.

20.    Pijanowski, B. 2004. What is biocomplexity and how does a liberal arts education help to become a good 21st century scientist?  Hope College, Holland, MI.

21.    Pijanowski, B. and D. Campbell.  2004. Modeling societies and natural resources in Kenya. University of Nairobi. June 2004.

22.    Pijanowski, B. 2004. Social and Ecological Complexity of Laurentian and East African Great Lake Basins. Argonne National Laboratory. Chicago, IL. April 21, 2003.

23.    Pijanowski, B. 2003. Modeling Dynamic Landscapes at a Variety of Scales. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. October 17, 2003.

24.    Pijanowski, B. 2003. Overview of two land use change models. Indiana University, Center for Institutions, Population and Environmental Change (CIPEC), Bloomington, December 5, 2003.

 

Membership in Professional Societies

Global Land Project, Member

American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Association of Geographers

American Geophysical Union

International Association of Landscape Ecology – US Chapter

International Association of Landscape Ecology – Africa Chapter, (charter  member)

 

 

TEACHING

Courses

Since 1991, Dr. Pijanowski has taught Earth Systems Science (MSU), Introductory Biology – Ecology, Evolution and Organisms (MSU), Biological Information Systems (MSU), Landscape Ecology and GIS (Purdue), Biogeography (Purdue), Sustainable Land Use Systems I & II (Purdue) and Spatial Ecology (Purdue). The descriptions of Purdue courses follow:

 

Landscape Ecology and GIS.  Dr. Pijanowski has taught the course four times (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010).  The course attracts students from all across campus, including AGRY, BIOL, EAS, ENTM. and SOC.  Lectures summarize the main concepts in landscape ecology, emphasizing spatial-temporal scales, landscape patterns and biophysical processes.  Several specific application areas of landscape ecology also are covered, including land use and hydrology, habitat structure and organisms, land use and climate interactions, and coupled socio-ecological systems.  Application areas draw upon the rich diversity of research projects being conducted in Dr. Pijanowski’s research lab.  The 3-hr GIS lab introduces students to GIS software, spatial data, standard analysis techniques, visualization and simulation models.


Biogeography and GIS. Dr. Pijanowski has taught this course twice (2005, 2007). This course combines a seminar format (read and discuss papers) with a 3-hr laboratory where students work with standard global and regional databases used in typical biogeography studies.  GIS lab includes the use of GIS to model amphibian distributions across the US, the use of biome forecast models to assess impacts of climate change on global ecosystem distribution, the use of geostatistics to model the distribution of forest pests in the Upper Midwest and the use of conservation planning tools to determine best management strategies for improving habitat corridor distribution for black bears.

 

Sustainable Land Use Systems I. Taught once in Fall of 2008 with Dr. Suresh Rao (Civil Engineering) and Dr. Linda Lee (ESE Director), the course examined whether Midwest land use systems can be sustainable.  Thirty-three students were enrolled. Students were placed into subgroups where they discussed specific topics related to FNR’s Partnering for Land-Use Sustainability (PLUS) signature research-extension area. 

 

Sustainable Land Use Systems II. Taught for the first time in Spring of 2009 to 20 students, the course examined sustainability from various perspectives: social, biophysical and philosophical, using a standard guest-lecture followed by discussion format.  This course forms the basis of the new Ecological Sciences and Engineering (ESE) Interdisciplinary Graduate Program (IGP) organized through the Discovery Park Center for the Environment.  The course was led by Dr. Lee with participation from Dr. Rao and Dr. Pijanowski.

 

Spatial Ecology and GIS.  Students (mostly juniors in FNR) are introduced to concepts and principles of landscape ecology and biogeography in the lectures.  The 3-hr GIS lab builds on GIS skills initially developed in FNR 210.  Students learn how to analyze spatial data using vector and raster tools in ArcGIS.  Laboratory exercises include: hydrologic modeling, land use change analysis, interpolation of animal survey data using semivariograms, use of global IUCN data for assessing distribution of bats worldwide, and the use of conservation tools (an ArcGIS extension) for habitat management.

 

Teaching of Science and Engineering at the Undergraduate Level.  A graduate level course that reviews pedagogical techniques of teaching undergraduate lecture, field and laboratory courses.  Topics include: Blooms taxonomy, metacognition and learning, interdisciplinarity, role playing, 5-minute paper exercises, internationalizing the curriculum, the art and philosophy of the syllabus, mentoring, teaching and the promotion process, and assessment (formative and summative).

 

Student Advising and Mentoring

Current Graduate Students  

 

1.       Sarah Harvey, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Natural Resource Management and Soundscapes Using the Common Pool Resource Paradigm (started April 2007). Expected Completion July 2012. Committee has been formed and a plan of study is filed.  Sarah is an EPA Star fellowship recipient (2010-2012).

2.       Luis Villanueva-Rivera, Ph.D. Student, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Characterizing Biophony in Tropical Wetland Systems. Started August 2007.  Expected Completion July 2012.

3.       Kimberly Robinson, Ph.D. Student, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Uncertainty in Data Sources Used as Inputs to Land Use Change Models. Started Spring 2008.

4.       Amin Tayebbi, Ph.D. Student, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Land Use Modeling Using Neural Networks.  Started Fall 2010.

5.       NahNah Kim, M.S., Student, Ecological Sciences and Engineering/Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. Started Fall 2010.

6.       Jim Plourde, M.S. Student, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. Started Summer 2011.

 

Former Graduate Students

 

7.       Brian Napoletano. Ph.D., Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. Spatial-temporal patterns of breeding bird species richness in the conterminous United States. Started Fall 2005. Expected Completion Nov 2010.

8.       Camille Washington-Ottombre, Ph.D., Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. Use of role-playing simulation in advancing land change and climate change modeling.  SSRC fellowship recipient (2008-09).  Defended April 20, 2010. Currently Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio.

9.       Amelie Davis, Ph.D., Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. Sustainable Land Use Systems and Geographic Information Science.  Completed June 2009.  Currently ACS Postdoctoral Fellow, David E. Shi Center for Sustainability, Furman University, Greenville South Carolina.

10.    Jonah Duckles, M.S., Department of Forestry and Natural Resources.  Examining Future Scenarios of Land use Change and Impacts for Planning and Management. Completed May 2008.

11.    Konstantinos Alexandridis. Ph.D. Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. Modeling Land Use Change Using a Multi-Agent based Behavioral Economic Landscape (MABEL) Model. Completed May 2006. Currently Assistant Professor, University of the Virgin Islands, Center for Marine and Environmental Studies, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.

12.    Bradley Shellito. Ph.D. Department of Geography, Michigan State University. Use of neural networks and multivariate statistics to model seasonal home development in the Upper Great Lakes States. Completed in 2002. Currently Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio.

 

Graduate Student Committees

 

  1. Marie Tripoli (MS, conferred 2004, Bernie Engel, Agricultural and Biological Engineering)
  2. Zhenxu Tang (PhD, conferred 2005, Bernie Engel, Agricultural and Biological Engineering)
  3. Dan Mica (MS, conferred 2005, Kerry Rabenold, Biological Sciences)
  4. Alison Goss (PhD, conferred 2006, Jon Harbor, Earth and Atmospheric Science)
  5. Ruilli Lang (MS, conferred 2006, Guofan Shao, Forestry and Natural Resources)
  6. Dibyajoyi Tripahty (PhD, conferred 2007, Jon Harbor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)
  7. Diane Packett (MS, conferred 2007, Barny Dunning, Forestry and Natural Resources)
  8. Bogdan Chivoiu (PhD expected 2010, Guofan Shao, Forestry and Natural Resources)
  9. Carol Rizkalla (PhD, conferred 2009, Rob Swihart, Forestry and Natural Resources)
  10. Shulin Yang (PhD, conferred 2010, Jeff Holland, Entomology)
  11. James Beasley (PhD, conferred Spring 2010, Gene Rhodes, Forestry and Natural Resources)
  12. Guoxiang Yang (PhD defense Fall 2010, Laura Bowling, Agronomy)
  13. Dena Fiacchino (PhD defense Fall 2010, Bruce Bordelon, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture)
  14. Mihoon Jeong (PhD defense Fall 2011, Bernie Engel, Agricultural and Biological Engineering)
  15. Charlotte Castillo (PhD defense Fall 2011, Kevin Gurney, Agronomy and Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)
  16. Jeryang Park (PhD, defense 2012, Suresh Rao, Agronomy and Civil Engineering
  17. Xiaoxiao Li (PhD, defense 2012, Guofan Zhao, Forestry and Natural Resources)

 

Visiting and Postdoctoral Scientists

 

1.      Dr. Wie Song, PhD in Geography, Institute of Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences (June 2012-December 2012)

2.      Dr. Burak Pekin, PhD in Forest Resource Sciences, University of Western Australia (Sept 2010-August 20, 2012)

3.      Dr. Jinha Jung, PhD. In Remote Sensing, Purdue University (2011-current)

4.      Dr. Andryi Zhalnin, PhD in Forest Ecosystem Modeling and GIS (January 2010-Decmeber 2011)

5.      Dr. Deepak Ray, PhD in Regional Climate Change, UA-H 2005. (August 2005-August 2009).

6.      Mr. Desaradan Mauree, Madame Curie University, Paris, France.  Error propagation in coupled land-climate models

7.      Dr. Daniel Mueller, Humboldt University,  Berlin, Germany. Application of land change models to the US and Albania (Spring 2005)

8.      Mr. Ronaldo Sholte, Brazilian Environmental Research Organization, Use of GIS to Study Schistosomiasis (Fall 2006-Spring 2007)

9.      Dr. Andrei Kirilenko, PhD in Computer Science, Russia, 2001. (Jan 2006-May 2006).

10.   Mr. Sergiu Budesteanu, Moldova Academy of Sciences, Land Use and Water Quality in Moldovan Landscapes (Fall 2005)

 

Undergraduate Students

 

Eleven Purdue undergraduate students have conducted research in the HEMA lab.  Two (Robinson and Kilpatrick) won first place honors for the posters that presented work conducted in the lab. Undergraduates who have worked under Dr. Pijanowski’s supervision include:

1.      Kimberly Robinson, FNR, Natural Resources Management and Planning (first place award on parking lots and impervious surfaces at FNR Research Symposium 2008)

2.      Katherine Lillie, FNR, Wildlife Ecology.

3.      Ashlee Kilpatrick, FNR, Wildlife Ecology (first place award for poster on Historical Landscape Ecology at the C4E April 2008 Research Symposium).

4.      Dasaraden Mauree, Civil Engineering.

5.      Jinghan Li, FNR, Natural Resources Management and Planning

6.      Amanda Thalhammer, FNR, Wildlife Ecology

7.      Li Jingha, FNR, Natural Resources Planning and Decision Making

8.      Zhifen Pan, FNR, Natural Resources Planning and Decision Making

9.      Jessica Johnson, FNR, Wildlife

10.   James Plourde, FNR, Natural Resources Planning and Decision Making

 

ENGAGEMENT AND SERVICE

 

Media Coverage of Research

A.      Radio and TV Interviews

 

Global Soundscape Network (December 2011).  NPR’s Living on Earth radio interview.

 

Soundscapes as a New Science (December 2011).  American Institute of Physics, Washington D.C., New Science Series.  To be broadcast on WGBH.

 

Soundscape Ecology: A New Science of the Landscape (April 22, 2011). Live radio interview on Science Friday NPR with Ira Flatow (special Earth Day segment of the program).

 

Soundscape Ecology: A New Science of the Landscape (April 2011).  NPR’s Living on Earth radio interview.

 

B.      Newspapers and Magazines

 

Soundscape Ecology – Purdue New Research Grant (December 2011).  Journal and Courier Newspaper Q&A Story.

 

Urban Sprawl and River Health (Summer 2010).  Several articles appeared (week of August 3, 2010) in newspapers (e.g., USA Today) reporting on recent paper published in Environmental Management that showed that controlling urban sprawl and encouraging more forest growth in watersheds would increase the health of rivers in the Midwest.  Interviewed also by Texas Public Radio.  Story on the Purdue News web site had third most hits off the main page for August.

 

Recording the Sounds of Nature (Fall 2008). An article by Wired Magazine (September 11, 2008) entitled “A Listening Party for Nature” summarized work by Dr. Pijanowski and several colleagues around the world who examine how recording sounds across landscapes can be used to study human impacts to the environment.

 

Parking Lot Footprint Study (Fall 2007). A press release issued by Agricultural Communications in September of 2007 was picked up by regional and national papers.  An article that appeared in the Christian Science Monitor generated numerous interviews (National Public Radio, WISC-TV, Indianapolis Star, USA Today) and appearances on radio shows (Wisconsin Public Radio).  Versions of the press release also appeared in Auto World, BBC News, Yahoo News, London Times, Sydney Times, Detroit Free Press, among others. Planning offices in Fort Wayne, Boston, Dallas, Los Angeles, Portland (Oregon), Chicago, Flint and Atlanta called/emailed to discuss parking lot solutions.

 

C.    Museums

Land use legacy animation and the American Museum of Natural History (Spring 2008).  In January of 2008, staff at the American Museum of Natural History contacted Dr. Pijanowski about acquiring GIS layers from his recent Ecology and Society publication.  AMNH took the GIS layers and developed a 2 minute computer animation explaining the land use legacy concept that was presented in the paper.  The animation was broadcast to 21 museums around the world, including some in Australia.  The animation is also being used by Purdue University to showcase computer based research occurring on campus.

 

Outreach Projects and Activities

A.     Local Decision Maker

 

Dr. Pijanowski is the FNR representative to the 3-person Governing Board for Purdue’s award-winning Local Decision Maker (LDM) land use planning tool.  LDM contains an interface to GIS data layers that allows users to examine economic, political, infrastructure and natural resource data layers commonly used for comprehensive planning by local governments.  The online tool also has planning tutorials, database descriptions and spatial manipulation capabilities enabling local governments to efficiently exploit the latest information for their assessments.  LSM is being used throughout the state, with >75,000 hits on the web site during March 2010 alone.  In recognition of its impact, LDM received the Indiana Geographic Information Center’s 2010 Excellence in GIS Award.  

 

Dr. Pijanowski’s role is to provide input on (1) the use of natural resource layers that would be helpful for local land use planning and (2) incorporation of new analytical capabilities (e.g., integration of simple what-if models) that would extend current capabilities.  He also provides technical assistance related to GIS and relational database management, and serves as a liaison for bridging of activities and expertise that exist with LDM and the FNR PLUS signature area. 

 

B.     Presentations to Lay Audiences 

Dr. Pijanowski welcomes the opportunity to showcase the work being done at Purdue and in his lab. Selected presentations given to lay audiences since arriving at Purdue follow:

  1. Patterns of land use change in the Muskegon River Watershed.  Newaygo County Planning Team. August 29, 2003.
  2. Computers, environmental research and how to say hello in Swahili. FNR Family Day. September 2003.
  3. Using computer simulations to forecast land use change in Michigan.  To Soybean and Hog Producers Association of Indiana. April 22, 2004.
  4. Studying the Environment and Societies in Africa. Project Now – Spring Fest. April 24th 2004. Stewart Hall, Purdue University.
  5. Land use models.  Indiana Land Use Consortium, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  6. Using geographic information systems to study environmental change. Clinton County Extension Community Retreat.  March 5, 2005.
  7. Climate change in Indiana. American Legion Office, Kentland, Indiana. July 13, 2008.

 

C.     Publications for Lay Audiences

Dr. Pijanowski helped lead a report to Senator Lugar’s office entitled “Climate Change Impacts on Indiana Natural Resources”.  The report, submitted in February of 2008 and coordinated out the Purdue Climate Change Research Center, helped frame the Senator’s stance on impacts of biofuels and carbon trading on ecosystems. Dr. Pijanowski was one of the lead authors. Several members of the department made significant contributions, including: Drs. Dunning, Williams and Weeks.

 

Dr. Pijanowski also has been involved in developing research bulletins for his Muskegon River Watershed “MegaModel Project”.  Eleven 4-8 page bulletins were prepared for watershed stakeholders attending a June 11-12, 2008 meeting.  Final versions of the bulletins were completed in February 2009. Dr. Pijanowski and his students co-authored six of these bulletins.

 

Service to Purdue

A.  Department

Graduate Committee, 2004-present.

Budget and Steering Committee, 2005-present.

FNR Identity Committee, 2003-2004.

NRPDM Curriculum Committee, 2006-present.

Social Committee, August 2004-present.

Search Committee (Chair), Quantitative Analysis and Modeling of Natural Resources, Aug 2010-Mar 2011. Search yielded Songlin Fei.

Search Committee, Natural Resources Planning Specialist, Feb 2011-Apr 2011.  Search yielded Deanna Glosser.

Search Committee, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant & EPA GLNPO – Great Lakes Contaminants Extension Position.  2004. Search yielded Elizabeth Hinchey-Malloy.

Search Committee, Spatial Statistics Position, joint position with Department of Statistics and Department of Forestry and Natural Resources.  2004-2007. Search yielded Hao Zhang.

Search Committee, Human Dimensions of Natural Resources. 2008.  Search yielded Shannon Amberg.

Faculty Mentoring Committee, Linda Prokopy (2004-2007).

Faculty Mentoring Committee, Reuben Goforth (2008-present).

Faculty Mentoring Committee, Helen Rowe (2008-2010) (Chair).

Faculty Mentoring Committee, Shannon Amberg (2009-2010).

Faculty Mentoring Committee, Jeff Dukes (2008-present).

Faculty Mentoring Committee, Rod Williams (2008-present).

Co-Director Partnering for Land Use Sustainability (PLUS) (2007-present).

 

B.  College

Search Committee, Landscape and Nursery Management and Landscape Horticulture. (Two Positions).  Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture. 2003-2005.

Search Committee, College of Agriculture, Dean. Search yielded Randy Woodson. 2004-2005.

Search Committee, Head, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. 2004-2005. Search yielded Rob Swihart

Search Committee, Assistant Director of Agriculture Research Programs,  2005-2007. Search yielded Carl Huetteman.

NRES Steering Committee, School of Agriculture. 2004-2005.

Grievance Committee, 2005-2009.

Hatch/McIntire-Stennis Review Committees for Drs. Florax, Shao, Bowling, Fargione, Zollner, Niyogi, Gramig, and Prokopy (2).

Strategic Planning Committee-Research, 2007-2009.

Review Committee, Center for Information and Regulatory Environment Systems (CIRES), Department of Entomology.  2008. Chaired by Robert Waltz, Director of Indiana State Chemist Office.

Land Grant Mission Award Selection Committee, 2008-2009.

Data Storage Planning Committee, 2009.

Spatial Data Storage Committee, 2009.

Spatial Sciences IGP Exploration Curriculum Committee, 2010.

 

C.  University

Search Committee for Center for the Environment, Director, 2005-2007. Yielded John Bickham.

Search Committee (Chair). Ecological Impacts of Climate Change, 2005-2008. Yielded Joe Fargione (first search) and Jeff Dukes (second search)

Executive Committee for Purdue Interdisciplinary Center for Ecological Sustainability (PICES). 2004-present.

Advisory Committee, Purdue Terrestrial Observatory. August 2003-present.

Internal Executive Committee, Discovery Park Center for the Environment. 2005-2006.

Sensory Landscape/Intelligent Monitoring (SLIM), Discovery Park Center for the Environment, Launch Team Leader. 2005-2006.

EcoHub and Sustainable Futures Launch Team Member, Discovery Park Center for the Environment. 2005-2006.

Environmental Sciences Applications Leader and Executive Committee Member, Purdue Center for Wireless Systems and Applications. 2005-present.

Member, Laboratory for Applications of Remote Sensing (LARS). 2004-present.

Member of Committee to Develop a Graduate Program in Spatial Sciences and Engineering at Purdue, 2007-present. 

Member, Advisory Board, EnVISION Center, ITaP, 2008-present.

LDM Governing Board (FNR representative for the university wide tool development)

 

Service to Professional Organizations

National Science Foundation, Site Review Team, Environmental Synthesis Center, September 2010.

National Science Foundation External Reviewer, Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences, 2009, 2010.

NASA Terrestrial Ecosystems External Reviewer, September 2009.

European Science Foundation, External Reviewer, June 2009.

Austrian Science Foundation, External Reviewer, Feb 2008.

National Science Foundation Panel Member, Coupled Natural-Human Systems, 2007, 2008.

Reviewer of articles for American Naturalist, Landscape Ecology, Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Journal of Environmental Management, Environment and Planning B, International Journal of Geographic Information Science, Earth Interactions, Ecological Modeling, Great Plains Journal,  Journal of Land Use Science, Land Use Policy, Environmental Modeling and Software, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, Forest Ecology and Management, Journal of Terrestrial Observations, Ecological Economics, Earth Interactions, Landscape and Urban Planning, Applied Geochemistry, Journal of Applied Geography, and Computers and Geosciences.

Chair, Quantifying the Performance of Land Use Change Models Session, 6th Open Conference on Global Environmental Change. Bonn, Germany, October 9-14, 2005.

EPA STAR Graduate Fellowship Program Review Panel, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005.

Advisory Board, Grand Traverse Bay Watershed 319 Management Plan Project. 2000-2003

Co-Coordinator, Joint Michigan-Shiga Environmental Sciences Symposium, July 2001.

Management Team, Environmental Sciences in Japan Semester Abroad, Japan Center for Michigan Universities (1999-present)

Dean’s Designee Committee, College of Natural Science Representative, committee reports to the Dean of College of International Studies and Programs, MSU 1996-2001.

Women in Science and Engineering Committee, College of Natural Science, MSU.  1999-2001.

Coordinator, Land Use Cover Change Modeling Session.  International Association of Landscape Ecology (IALE), Arizona State University, April 2000

United States Environmental Protection Agency, STAR Graduate Fellowship Program, Panel Member for Zoology, Entomology and Forestry, Feb 1999 and 2000.

United States Environmental Protection Agency, Land Use Change Modeling Working Group 1999-2002.

United States Geological Survey Land Use Change Modeling Organizing Committee. 1997.

Coordinator of Land Use Modeling Sessions at the Third International GIS and Environmental Modeling Conference, Sante Fe, New Mexico.  Sept. 1997.

USDA-Forest Service Slow the Spread of the Gypsy Moth, National Technical Committee 1993-1996.

United States Global Change Task Force – USDA Forest Service Representative 1992-1994.

 

Service to Stakeholders

Dr. Pijanowski interacts with a variety of stakeholders in the US and East Africa where research project results are used in the development of policy.  Dr. Pijanowski has helped co-lead these workshops where researchers and natural resource managers interact on issues related to land use planning, climate change impacts and natural resource management.  Recent workshops include the following:

 

Climate change adaptation workshops.   Held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Nairobi, Kenya, and Kampala, Uganda, July 2007.  Full day workshops were held with 15-20 natural resource experts in each country where a team of researchers (~3) made presentations summarizing research on land use and climate change forecasts for each country.  Discussions centered on whether different social groups would adapt well to anticipated climate change.  Presentations were made by Drs. Olson and Pijanowski and a member from a collaborating university in each country.

 

Muskegon River Watershed “Mega-Model” Outcomes.  Held in Muskegon, Michigan, in April of 2008, Dr. Pijanowski participated in a two day workshop involving ~30 stakeholders from local and state government, members from the Muskegon River Watershed Assembly (a not-for-profit environmental NGO coordinating research and planning across this regional watershed). Twelve extension bulletins were produced (8 co-authored by Dr. Pijanowski and his students) that summarized various aspects of the project in non-technical terms.

 

Service to Academic Community At-Large

Release of Land Transformation Model.  The neural-network and GIS based model developed by Pijanowski has been released to the broad research community as part of a GNU license agreement established at Michigan State University and Purdue.  The model is provided free of charge along via the web with sample data from Dr. Pijanowski’s Muskegon River Watershed project. Dr. Amelie Davis developed an online video tutorial that walks users through the various steps of data processing, model execution and output analysis. The model has been applied in numerous settings, the most noteworthy being Iran (Tehran), Turkey, Brazil, Australia, Canada (Toronto), Kenya, and China.