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Erin Hestir

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Professional Title: 
Associate Professor
Education: 

Ph.D. Geography — University of California, Davis

B.A.   Geography — University of California, Berkeley

Bio: 
Dr. Erin Hestir is an assistant professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering and a faculty member in the Environmental Systems Graduate Group. Her research focuses on land and water systems under threat from competing pressures to meet societal needs for water and food security while sustaining biodiversity and other ecosystem services such as water quality. She has expertise in geospatial analytics, hyperspectral and satellite remote sensing and sensor networks for inland and coastal waters and wetlands. Dr. Hestir also has expertise in the application of remote sensing for water resources and ecosystem management, and in facilitating the adoption of remote sensing for environmental reporting. Her complete publication list is at https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=oesyJAkAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao