People

Ensar Basakin

Visiting PhD Student

Bethany Blakeley

Postdoctoral Scholar

Sophie Hoffman

Data Scientist

Sophie received her B.S. degree from UW-Madison in 2020. She graduated with a double major in Atmospheric Science and Applied Mathematics, as well as a minor in 2D Studio Art. She has been workin in lab since Fall 2022, and work so far includes: writing Python script to clean and process Ameriflux data, using the data package hesseflux to partition GPP and RECO from Ameriflux measurements, combining Ameriflux data with GOES-R data, contributing to dataset and manuscript publication, and web design.

Anam Khan

PhD Student

Anam is a PhD student in Forest and Wildlife Ecology. She is studying the impacts of tropospheric ozone deposition on plant and ecosystem carbon and water relations.

Shabda Gajbhiye

PhD Student

Danielle Losos

Data Scientist

Danielle graduated from Yale College with a B.S. in Environmental Science and is working with the Space Science and Engineering Center and the Department of Biological Systems Engineering. Danielle brings her expertise in optical remote sensing, GIS, and cloud-computing into the realm of carbon cycle modeling. Danielle is also developing an operational tool to map the burn severity of wildland fires. Prior to this position, Danielle worked for the GOES-R geostationary satellite program at NOAA/NASA.

Sadegh Ranjbar

PhD Student

Sadegh is a remote sensing specialist currently pursuing a PhD in Biological Systems Engineering. His research focuses on near real-time estimation of terrestrial carbon and water cycling using machine learning techniques. Sadegh earned a Bachelors of Engineering degree in Surveying and Geomatics Engineering and a MS degree in Remote Sensing Engineering from the University of Tehran. His research interests lie in the analysis of diverse remote sensing datasets using artificial intelligence and machine learning methodologies for applications in agroecosystems and urban systems.

Ojaswee Shrestha

PhD Student

Ojaswee’s research interests include utilizing remote-sensing satellite and carbon flux data to understand terrestrial ecosystem function. She has a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science and Master’s in Earth and Environmental Resources Management and in Integrative Biology. She has a wide range of research experiences including butterfly ecology for species conservation, ecological engineering of agricultural rice systems using eco-friendly biological pest-control, species-environmental quality modeling using GIS and assessing impacts of extreme weather on vegetation productivity using remote sensing.

Paul Stoy

Principal Investigator

Paul is a Professor in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin. He is affiliated with the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Forest and Wildlife Ecology, the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies including the Center for Climate Research.