The CSM, in conjunction with the College of Integrated Science and Engineering, welcomes the Environmental Data Science cohort members below to their respective Colleges.

In total, we hope to hire seven tenure-track faculty who will work collaboratively to develop curricula and research programs at the intersection of data science, climate sciences, and environmental analytics. This team will engage our students in cross-disciplinary environmental research. 

Dr. Johnathan Bush
  • Home Department: CSM, Department of Mathematics & Statistics 
  • Research Areas: Dr. Brown holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics and specializes in data analysis, topology, machine learning, and geometry. 

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Dr. Leone Brown
  • Home Department: CSM, Department of Biology 
  • Research Areas: Dr. Brown holds a Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolution and specializes in urban, disease, landscape, and population ecology as well as bird and butterfly natural history and environmental and health data science. 

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Dr. Alex Capaldi
  • Home Department: CSM, Department of Mathematics & Statistics
  • Research Areas: Dr. Capaldi holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and specalizes in mathematical and statistical modeling, computer simulations, and data science in application to conservation biology, ecology, and evolutionary biology.

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Dr. Weiming Hu
  • Home Department: CISE, Integrated Science and Technology
  • Research Areas: Dr. Hu holds a Ph.D. in Geography and specializes in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), renewable energy, and data analytics. 

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Dr. Xiaojing Tang
  • Home Department: CISE, School of Integrated Sciences
  • Research Areas: Dr. Tang holds a Ph.D. in Geography and specializes in geospatial analysis and modeling for environmental and social applications, time series analysis, and data fusion. 

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Dr. Laura Tipton
  • Home Department: CSM, Department of Biology and Department of Mathematics & Statistics
  • Research Areas: Dr. Tipton holds a Ph.D. in Computational Biology and examines microbiomes in a variety of environments, with a specific focus on statistical analysis. 

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Dr. Dhanuska Wijesinghe
  • Home Department: CSM, Department of Geology & Environmental Science
  • Research Areas: Dr. Wijesinghe holds a Ph.D. in Plant and Environmental Sciences and specializes in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), soil erosion modeling, field soil characterization, and hydrology and coastal wetland systems. 

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