Join the SLACCR Lab!

If you're an undergraduate interested in understanding why landscapes change, and human and environmental consequences of those changes, or, of you're interested in GIS, remote sensing, climate modelling, agriculture, data analysis, literature reviews, map-making, and science communication, join the Sensing Land, Agriculture, and Climate Change (SLACCR) Lab. Email me at sspera@richmond.edu.

Yunuen Reygadas Langarica

Postdoctoral Researcher

​Yunuen has a PhD in Geographic Information Science (GIScience) from Texas State University in Fall 2019. She is very passionate about applying GIS science approaches to environmental modeling. Specifically, her work focuses on analyzing time series of remotely sensed vegetation data, as well as on examining how vegetation changes impact the climate system, and vice versa. In her free time, she loves riding horses, exercising, and dancing.

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Scott LaRocca

Post-Baccalaureate Research Assistant

​​Scott received a BS in Environmental Biology & Ecology from Western Colorado University in the Fall of 2020. He is fascinated by forest ecology, earth science, and remote sensing, and works to link ecological processes with earth observation data to help further conservation goals. When not at work, he enjoys all things outdoors and well as travel and exploration. 

NASA/SERVIR Undergraduate Team

We currently have a team of undergraduates working on our project understanding how deforestation and forest degradation are affecting ecosystem services in the southwestern Amazon. To learn all about that team, click here! If you're interested in working on this project, reach out at the email address above.