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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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!

Elizabeth Halasz

Undergraduate Research Assistant

​Elizabeth ('22) is a geography major from South Carolina. She is working on understanding the impact of climate and cost on visitation in recreational areas around Richmond.  In her free time, she enjoys hiking, traveling, rowing on the James River and participating in Richmond’s foodie culture.

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Marc Gorman

Undergraduate Research Assistant
Marc (‘21) is an Environmental Studies major and French minor. He is working on the Acadia National Park fall foliage project using R and ArcPro to assist with climatic variable derivation, data manipulation, and visual aid creation. In his free time, Marc enjoys running, cooking, rollerblading, board games, and walks in the woods

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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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