MA/MS Theses and Research Projects

MA/MS Theses and Research Projects
Name Title Year Committee
Vanessa Michael Evaluating Carbon Stocks in a Tropical Urban Mangrove Forest, Suva, Fiji Andrew Oliphant, Sara Baguskas, Leonhard Blesius
Lejane Kwan Post-Pandemic San Francisco CBD: A Spatiotemporal Analysis on Pedestrian and Consumer Patterns XiaoHang Liu, Jerry Davis
Josh von Nonn An open-source workflow for scaling burn severity metrics from drone to satellite Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis
Logan Hansen Remotely sensing the effects of managed wildfire programs on Sierra Nevada meadows Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius
Marina Bozinovic Assessing noise exposure to beaked and sperm whales in the California Current Ellen Hines, Sara Baguskas, Anne Simonis (Biology)
Andy Murillo Queer Gender & Bicycling in Santa Cruz, CA Courtney Donovan, Jason Mark Henderson
Olivia Duane Conifer Encroachment on Meadow Environments in Lassen Volcanic National Park Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius
Vincent Molina Urban Green Space Accessibility and Seniors’ Quality of Life in San Francisco Jason Mark Henderson, Nancy Wilkinson, XiaoHang Liu
Kelly DeForest Spatiotemporal Distribution Modeling of Baleen Whales in the Santa Barbara Channel Ellen Hines, Jerry Davis, Jaime Jahncke (Point Blue)
Preston Duncan Spotted Owl Territory Selection and Reproductive Success in Marin County, CA Ellen Hines, Leora Nanus, Kristen Dybala (Point Blue)
Andrea Ramirez Using Physical Safety Surveys to Understand Mobility Barriers for Seniors Riding BRT Jason Mark Henderson, XiaoHang Liu
Clarissa Maciel Impact of farming practices on soil greenhouse gas emissions Andrew Oliphant, Jennifer Blecha, Leonhard Blesius
Jessica Solis Investigating the impact of wildfire disturbance and microclimate on carbon and water fluxes in a coastal fog-influenced grassland ecosystem Sara Baguskas, Jerry Davis, Andrew Oliphant
Eleanor Morgan Scorched Legacy: Wildfire Impacts on Water Quality in a Montane Valley Creek Leora Nanus, Jerry Davis
Raymond LeBeau Geomorphic Change Detection in an Incised Montane Meadow Stream Channel Jerry Davis, Sara Baguskas, Leonhard Blesius
Eduardo Piaggio Satellite-Derived Bathymetry: Moving from empirical to non-empirical methods Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis
Dariya Draganova Spatiotemporal Change in Housing Affordability for Single Parent Households in Davis, CA Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Kristin Bowman Factors that Obstruct or Support the Development of Urban Sustainable Landscape Demonstration Nancy Wilkinson, Jason Mark Henderson
Bethany Frantz Habitat and bycatch risk of South American sea lions in northern Chile Ellen Hines, Jerry Davis
Maret Bartlett California Highway 89 Wildlife Crossing Structures: Planning, Construction, and Effectiveness Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Sarah Gomes Coastal fog and butterflies: How does microclimate impact butterfly habitat in San Francisco Sara Baguskas, Andrew Oliphant, Nancy Wilkinson, Laura Burkle
Linda Jo Morton Citizen Participation in Environmental Planning: A Case Study of Oakland Measure DD Nancy Wilkinson, Ellen Hines, Jasper Rubin
Allison Kelly Evaluating Fire Fuels in Northern California Oak Woodlands using Unmanned Aerial Systems Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis, Matthew Clark
William Wiskes Identification of Abandoned Logging Roads in Point Reyes National Seashore Leonhard Blesius, Ellen Hines
Chloe Martin Dynamics of Climate, Phenology, and Productivity Across a Hydrologic Gradient in a Montane Meadow Sara Baguskas, Jerry Davis, Kevin Simonin
Patrick Ehhalt Investigating Variability in CO2 Fluxes in Urban Gardens, Oakland CA Andrew Oliphant, Sara Baguskas
Nicholas Fetherston Effects of Restoration on Water Quality in a Sierra Nevada Meadow Leora Nanus, Jerry Davis
Dennis Jongsomjit The effects of sea-ice movement on Adélie penguin winter migration Ellen Hines, Jerry Davis, Dr. Grant Ballard, Point Blue
Shamim Mousavi Assessing Meadow Carbon Cycling Using Digital Repeat Photography and Eddy Covariance Techniques Andrew Oliphant, Sara Baguskas
Jolene Bertetto Investigating the role of vegetation on midafternoon microclimates in a residential courtyard Andrew Oliphant, Leora Nanus
Ana Pelegrini Guimaraes Urban greenspace, bluespace, stress, and depression during pregnancy: San Francisco Bay Area Jerry Davis, Nancy Wilkinson, Anna Studwell, Lara Cushing
Reese Hann Impact of the Built Environment on Microclimate in San Jose, California Andrew Oliphant, Sara Baguskas
Joe Ahrenholtz Modeling the Effects of Density Zoning on Racial/Ethnic Clustering in Oakland Jerry Davis, XiaoHang Liu
Eliza Bailey Personal Narratives: Discovering San Francisco's Changing Spaces for Queer Women Nancy Wilkinson, Courtney Donovan
Michael Tarantino Comparing Classification Methods for Mapping Invasive Floating Vegetation in the Sacramento Delta Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis
Julian LoGiudici Assessment of Alpine Lakes Exceeding Critical Loads of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition in the Greater Yellowstone Area Leora Nanus, Jerry Davis
Paul Dunn Geospatial Analysis of the Effects of Canopy Insolation Partitioning on Biodiversity in a Temperate Montane Forest Leonhard Blesius, Andrew Oliphant, Chad Hanson
Jeffrey Blumenthal Spatial Modeling of Oyster Drill Habitat Preferences in Richardson Bay, California Ellen Hines, Leora Nanus, Andy Chang
Philip Lynch Remote Sensing: Classifying Urban Land Use Types with Satellite Imagery Leonhard Blesius, Ellen Hines
Jasleen Pannu A Critical Analysis of Environmental Activism in West Contra Costa County Nancy Wilkinson, Leora Nanus
Kang Xiong A Remote Sensing Analysis of Pitch Canker in Bishop Pines at Point Reyes National Seashore Leonhard Blesius, Sara Baguskas, Jerry Davis
Salma Abdel-Raheem Using participatory mapping for marine spatial planning in Saint George's Caye, Belize Ellen Hines, XiaoHang Liu, Quentin Clark
Heather Co The Impact of Waste Management Policy on Marine Debris: A Case Study in San Mateo County Tendai Chitewere, Jennifer Blecha
Zoe Statman-Weil Disparities in Community Water Systems' Compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act Leora Nanus, Nancy Wilkinson
Jessica Woodard Mainstreaming Sustainable Landscapes in the East Bay Municipal Utility District Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Logan Wenzler Remote Sensing and Computer Vision Algorithms at Scale: Defense and Humanitarian Uses Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis
Mitchell Wilks Cartographic Communication for a Search and Rescue Map Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius, John Isom
Kelly Krotcov Tradeoffs of water security and adequate ecological protection during drought, Coastal California Leora Nanus, Jerry Davis
Charles Brandt Bates Multi-temporal DEM and Land Use Analysis for Determining Gully Formation Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis
Misty McKinney Impacts of Illegal Dumping in East Palo Alto: An Environmental Justice Analysis Tendai Chitewere, Jennifer Blecha
Sally Shatford Examining areas of income-based segregation and affordable housing locations, San Francisco XiaoHang Liu, Qian Guo
Jack Swallow Spatial Tactics of Social Movements Courtney Donovan, Jason Mark Henderson
Brixby Larzelier Expanding the scope of the 'geographical imagination': Comics-making as embodied approach Courtney Donovan, Nancy Wilkinson, Nick Sousanis
Austen Lorenz Classifying Meadow Hydrogeomorphic Types with LiDAR and Multispectral Imagery using OBIA Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis
Andrea Sproul Evaluating Small Dam Removal Planning in the San Francisco Bay Area Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Benjamin Wheeler Using Social Media to collect Spatial Political Information for Decision Support XiaoHang Liu, Jerry Davis
Deseret Weeks Mercury in the Cache Creek Watershed – Spatial Analysis, Ecosystem Services Impacts and SES Framework Implementation Leora Nanus, Jerry Davis, Jason Gurdak
Jarrad Fisher Butano Creek Floodplain Restoration Geomorphic Response Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius
Erika Poveda The "Greening" of Gentrification: A Case Study of the East Bay Greenway Tendai Chitewere, Jennifer Blecha
Max Czapansky Seabird Habitat Accessibility Determined by Energetic Responses to Wind Ellen Hines, XiaoHang Liu
Quentin Clark The Spatial Distribution of Non-Native Flora in the South Farallon Islands Barbara Holzman, Ellen Hines
Christa Meier Investigation of the carbon dioxide exchange over a living roof in San Francisco Andrew Oliphant, Jerry Davis
Charlotte Hummer An Examination of San Francisco State University Students' Perceptions of Potable Reuse Nancy Wilkinson, Leora Nanus
Finn Black The impact of gentrification on HIV linkage and retention in San Francisco Courtney Donovan, Nancy Wilkinson, Alexis Martinez
Melissa Kent Citizen Science's Role in Filling Data Gaps: Whale Watching Operators of Northern California Ellen Hines, Jennifer Blecha, Monica DeAngelis
Victoria Seher Understanding Breeding Success of Pigeon Guillemots (Cepphus columba) in an Urban Environment Barbara Holzman, Ellen Hines, Ben Becker
Danielle Mazzella Assessing low-income women's access to housing and health care in San Francisco XiaoHang Liu, Tendai Chitewere
Reece Golz Incident Rates of Acute Appendicitis in Washington State: A Geographic Analysis Courtney Donovan, XiaoHang Liu
Darren Blackburn Investigations of Carbon and Water Fluxes in a Sierra Nevada Meadow Andrew Oliphant, Jerry Davis
Jessica Sloan Evaluating Visitation at Don Edwards NWR: Encouraging Environmental Education and Urban Conservation Nancy Wilkinson, Leora Nanus, Anne Morkill (US Fish & Wildlife Service)
Naama Brenner Preparedness Measures of Wineries Before & After the South Napa Earthquake Nancy Wilkinson, Qian Guo
Ellen Doudna Trends in the Water Energy Food Nexus of California's Central Valley Leora Nanus, Nancy Wilkinson, Jason Gurdak
Yael Golan Gendered Walkability: Building a Daytime Walkability Index for Women in San Francsisco Nancy Wilkinson, Jason Mark Henderson, Aiko Weverka
Shelby Goss Complete Streets for Whom? A Transportation Justice Analysis of Telegraph Avenue Jason Mark Henderson, Nancy Wilkinson
Tom Robinson Mapping Ecologically Functional Riparian Corridors Using LiDAR and Hydrologic Landscape Analysis Jerry Davis, Nancy Wilkinson
Ryan Cooksey The Treasure Island Development Project: A Case Study in Neoliberal Urban Development Qian Guo, Nancy Wilkinson
Sam Stein An Examination of Water Quality in the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project Leora Nanus, Nancy Wilkinson
Khristina Wenzinger Examining Transit Accessibility for Families with Young Children in San Francisco Jason Mark Henderson, Courtney Donovan
Nathaniel Greig Composition and Analysis of Vessel Speeds off the Coast of Washington State Ellen Hines, XiaoHang Liu
Anna Studwell Predicting Nonresident Seabird Foraging Habitat to Inform Conservation Planning Ellen Hines, Barbara Holzman, Jaime Jahncke
Allison Barnes An Object-Oriented Classification of Impact Craters Using Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Data Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis
Jill Miller Animal Geography and Wildlife Interpretation of Urban Bats Nancy Wilkinson, Jennifer Blecha
Sean Thomas Application of UAS methods for Wetland Analysis Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis
Kerstin Kalchmayr Assessing spatio-temporal changes of invasive Limonium ramosissimum in San Francisco Bay wetlands Barbara Holzman, Ellen Hines, Katharyn Boyer
Joseph Chojnacki Spatial Correlation of reef spur and groove morphometry with ocean wave properties Jerry Davis, Ellen Hines
Suzanne Maher Bio-micrometeorology of a Sierra Nevada montane meadow Andrew Oliphant, Jerry Davis
Laurel Ballanti Hyperspectral Tree Species Classification in Muir Woods National Park Leonhard Blesius, Ellen Hines, Bill Kruse
Rubaya Pervin Identifying Changes in Mangroves in Trat Province, Thailand and Koh Kong Province, Cambodia Ellen Hines, Leonhard Blesius, Claudia Baldwin
Richard Chasey Southeast Farallon Island Seed Bank Characterization Barbara Holzman, Ellen Hines, Tom Parker
Katherine Dicker Sustainable Scuba Diving? Exploring Conscious Underwater Impact as Influenced by Eco-Perception Courtney Donovan, Ellen Hines
Biniam Mengisteab Artisinal gold mining activities and forest loss in upper Mazaruni Territory, Guyana, between 1986 and 2013 Leonhard Blesius, XiaoHang Liu, Logan Hennessy
Stephanie Auer Climate Change Exposure Across The Mountain Goat Range: Metrics for Vulnerability Assessment Barbara Holzman, Ellen Hines
Pamela van der Leeden In Situ Validation of Satellite Sea Surface Temperature Measurements in a Northern California Upwelling Area Andrew Oliphant, Leonhard Blesius, John Largier
Jill Miller Opportunities for Bat Interpretation in the SF Bay Area's State Parks Nancy Wilkinson, Jennifer Blecha
Peter Christian Using Low Cost UAS and Consumer Grade Cameras for Environmental Science Research Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius
Genevieve Munsey Geomorphology at the confluence of stream restoration and flood control Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius
Samuel Oakley Estimating Ladder Fuels In A Mixed-Oak Forest Using LiDAR Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis
Naama Brenner The sustainability movement in the California wine industry Nancy Wilkinson, Courtney Donovan
Joseph Issel Pool Spacing in San Gregorio Creek, California Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius
Jamie Hawk Classification, Vegetation-Environment Relationships, and Distribution of Plant Communities on Southeast Farallon Island, California Barbara Holzman, Ellen Hines, Jaime Jahncke