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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Valerie Galati

Post-Baccalaureate Research Assistant

​​Val graduated from the University of Richmond in the spring of 2020 with a BS in Biology and minors in Math and Environmental Studies. She is currently working with the NASA SERVIR team to develop an interactive app. Val enjoys running, cooking, swimming, and birdwatching in her free time. 

NASA/SERVIR Undergraduate Team

We currently have nine 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!

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Olivia Hubert

Post-Baccalaureate Research Assistant

Olivia graduated from University of Richmond in the spring of 2019 with a BS in Environmental Studies and a Minor in Visual Media Art Practices. She has been working to help create a timeline of when fall foliage has occurred in Acadia National Park to understand how change in temperature and precipitation has been impacting park visitorship and the economy of the surrounding towns. When not in the Spatial Analysis Lab, she enjoys hiking with her family, painting watercolor landscapes, and going on runs around the city. 

Olivia is an Americorps Fellow working as a education associate for fisheries in Washington state!

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