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Florencia Sangermano, associate professor of geography, is part of a global research team hoping to win a five-year, $10 million XPRIZE Rainforest competition by remotely collecting biodiversity data from deep within the Amazon, identifying the most species, and providing the…

Summary of grant: Habitat loss affects plant and animal abundance, composition, and ecology. These changes affect how species interact, leading to changes in ecological function and services, including the transmission of pathogens from animals to humans (called zoonotic spillover). The…

From ClarkNow: “The National Academy of Sciences selected Geography Professor Florencia Sangermano as a Kavli Fellow — an honor bestowed upon young scientists who have made recognized contributions to science. Of the more than 6,200 Kavli Fellows since 1989, 18…

I’m looking for a driven Ph.D. student with a strong work ethic to join my Geospatial Conservation Lab at Clark University. The student will work on a collaborative project between Clark University, EcoHealth Alliance, and Universidade Federal do ABC, Sao…

Dr. Sangermano was selected a member of the 2022 cohort of TRELIS Fellows. The NSF-funded Training and Retaining Leaders in STEM-Geospatial Sciences program (Award #1660400), provides professional development for academic women in the geospatial sciences.

The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) and Google Earth Engine (GEE) have announced 32 projects from 22 countries that will be awarded $3 million USD towards production licenses and $1 million in technical support from EO Data Science to tackle…

Before she graduated in May with a degree in geography and global environmental studies, Tobey Chase ’20 defended her honors thesis — the research for which she conducted very far from Worcester. She studied the factors related to Human-Elephant Conflict…

During the Welcome Back Reception for Faculty on September 25, Dr. Sangermano received the Oliver and Dorothy Hayden Junior Faculty Fellowship Award. She joined three other Geography faculty who received Junior Faculty, Teaching, and Mentoring awards.  Youjin Brigitte Chung- Hodgkins…

During the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, on April 7, 2019, Carly Robbins ’18 ’19 Received 2nd place on the Innovative Applications of Esri GIS Technology Poster Competition. Her work entitled ‘Warming’s Impact on Bird…

Dr. Sangermano will be presenting the Webinar: Identifying Conservation Areas within the Vilcabamba-Amboro Conservation Corridor to Support Corridor Connectivity as part of the consortium led by NatureServe and co-led by the GEO BON Secretariat and EcoHealth Alliance.

“Remote Sensing with TerrSet/IDRISI: A Beginner’s Guide”, co-authored by Timothy Warner, David J. Campagna and Florencia Sangermano, and published by Geocarto International Centre in Hong Kong, is available for purchase from Clark Labs. The text is ideal for students and…

Anika Berger’19 follows the steps of Carly Robbins’18 in receiving the Clark Labs Excellence in GIS Award. Congrats Anika! and all the best in the MS program. 

“Acting as Clark GIS Consulting, students in geography professors John Rogan and Florencia Sangermano’s Wildlife Conservation GIS Research Seminar presented to the Wildlife Conservation Society at its Bronx Zoo headquarters today. Their research focused on how the WCS might work…

Read this article about Yeannet Ruiz, one of my major advisees. It was a pleasure to work with her over the years and see her grow into this amazing person. Congrats Yeannet!

Tobey Chase receives Steinbrecher Fellowship to  investigate the role of fences in human-elephant conflict in the Dinokeng Game Reserve in South Africa. The project integrates field work in the reserve (in collaboration with Operation Wallacea scientists) with GIS-based habitat suitability…