Sean Ahearn

Professor and Director, CARSI Lab
Email: sahearn@hunter.cuny.edu
Phone: 212-772-5327
Fax: 212-650-3013
Office: 1023 HN

Mailing Address:
Department of Geography
Hunter College of the City University of New York
695 Park Ave.
New York, NY 10065


Biography:

Dr. Ahearn is Professor of Geography and Director of the Center for Advanced Research of Spatial Information (CARSI). He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Monitoring in 1986 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an M.S. from the same institution. He received a B.S. in 1978 from the College of Environmental Science and Forestry-Syracuse University. He was an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota from 1986-1990. He conducts research in both remote sensing and geographic information system and has published in IEEE Geo-science and Remote Sensing, the International Journal of Remote Sensing, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, Conservation Biology, Ecological Modeling, the American Journal of Epidemiology and the International Journal for Geographic Information Science. His interests include agent-based models for geographic modeling, space-time analysis, digital image analysis, ecological modeling, emergency response and urban geographic systems. He has been a board member of the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) for the last 3 years.

Education:

Ph.D. 1986 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Institute for Environmental Studies, Environmental Remote Sensing Program
M.S. 1982 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Institute for Environmental Studies, Environmental Remote Sensing Program
B.A. 1978 State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry and Syracuse University

Research Interests:

agent-based models, space-time analysis, digital image analysis, ecological modeling, emergency response, urban geographic systems

Courses:

Curriculum Vitae

               
Last updated August 27, 2007.