2026 Grad Student Proposal Presentations
Celebrating the incredible work of our 2026 Geography graduate students! Your research showcases innovation, dedication, and a deep commitment to understanding and improving our world. Congratulations on your outstanding proposals presentations, we are excited to see where your work leads next!
- Emmie Muschek - Tracking Dispersal Mechanisms and Tree Range Shifts in a Warming Western U.S.
- Mariah Sainz - Coexistence within a Bat Community: Multiple Dimensions of Niche Partitioning within a Fine Scale Landscape
- Tomas Piedad - Philippine Transnational Regional Identity, Labor Pathways, and Belonging in Long Beach, CA
- Joe Caxton Odawa - Shade Equity and Distribution, and its Effects on the People of Long Beach, California
- Edward Kaszyński - The Hidden Problem in Oak Woodlands
- Flora Huang - A Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning and Machine Learning for Fine-Scale Invasive Plant Mapping Using UAV/ Satellite Imagery
- Lucas South - The Dark and Quiet Sky: Local Impacts of Satellite Interference on Ground Based Astronomy
- Sam Flexo - How does an Overall Social Vulnerability Score relate to establishing a Firewise Community?
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