People

Dr. 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.

Shabda Gajbhiye

PhD Student

Ojaswee Shrestha

PhD Candidate

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.