Dr. Jeff Hepinstall Cymerman
About
Dr. Hepinstall-Cymerman is Professor of Landscape Ecology in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia. As a landscape ecologist, he teaches and applies spatial data and modeling techniques to ecological and social systems to measure patterns and processes, and to explore the interactions between coupled natural and human systems. In addition to teaching a graduate course in Landscape Ecology (WILD8330), he teaches introductory and advanced GIS, GPS, remote sensing techniques to undergraduate and graduate students in ecology and natural resource fields. His current research includes exploring the implications of land use and climate change on birds across the urban-rural gradient in Georgia and North Carolina.
Education
Ph.D., Forest Resources 2000
Department of Forest Management, University of Maine, Orono, ME. Dr. Steven A. Sader (advisor). Dissertation: Creating spatially explicit predictions of land bird presence in Maine: Evaluating input data, model performance, and model output.
M.S., Wildlife Ecology 1992
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. Dr. Peter A. Jordan (advisor). Thesis: Evaluation of moose habitat using a geographic information system (GIS) and USFS data according to the Lake Superior moose habitat suitability index (HSI).
B.A., Honors in Biology, 1990
Biology Department, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY. Dr. Randall L. Fuller (advisor). Honors Thesis: Limitation of periphyton by light and nutrients and the response of bacteria to these manipulations.