Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology
I’m from Connecticut where I got my bachelor’s in environmental science and master’s in natural resources at UConn. During my time at UConn I had the opportunity to work on number of research projects using remote sensing to study a variety of ecosystems, from algal blooms in Long Island Sound and seagrass beds in the …
ResearchGate I was born and raised in Beer-Sheva, Israel. Lived some time in Jerusalem where I earned my Israeli tour guiding license. Spent some time at the shores of Tel-Aviv and moved back to Beer-Sheva for BA (Geography) in Ben-Gurion University of the Negev where I meet Dr. Arnon Karnieli, joined his Remote Sensing Laboratory …
PhD Student Positions Remote Sensing of Agricultural Ecosystems Remote Sensing of Forest Function Forest Masting and Avian Migration (co-advise with Ben Zuckerberg) Post-Doctoral Position Remote Sensing of Vegetation Traits and Function (Hyperspectral Remote Sensing)
In June 2014, UW’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences interviewed Phil about his experience training astronauts. Read about it here.
Characterizing Insect Communities and Insect-mediated Ecosystem Processes in Aspen-dominated Forests We are measuring insect species composition and exploring the influence of insect community structure and composition on ecosystem processes in aspen-dominated forests in northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Three primary drivers of insect population dynamics in forests are (1) the abiotic controls …
Hometown: Udaipur, Rajasthan India Education: PhD, Forestry MS, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Post graduate diploma, Geoinformatics applications for Environmental Assessment and Disaster Management Post graduate diploma, Urban Planning B. Architecture Research focus: Using a combination of spectroscopic, airborne and remotely sensed data to assess the influence of environmental change on landscape-scale patterns of ecosystem service …
Hometown: Fort Meyers, FL Research Description: Relationships among remotely sensed measures of foliar traits and arthropod community composition in an urban forest Personal and Academic Originally from Fort Meyers FL, my family moved to the Rockford, IL when I was young. I greatly enjoy living in the Midwest, but Florida has always felt like home. …
I am originally from Delavan, WI, but I moved to Madison in high school and have remained here ever since. I received my undergraduate degree from here at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where I majored in Zoology and Environmental Studies. Since graduating in May of 2011, I have worked in Phil Townsend’s lab assisting him …