Louis J. Gross
Current staff - The Institute for Environmental Modeling
Past Lab Members
Students Directed
- Mark Bevelhimer, Ph.D. in Ecology, January 1990. Dissertation: Habitat Selection of Kokanee Salmon and Smallmouth Bass in Thermally Heterogeneous Environments: the Importance of Growth Maximization to Diel Habitat Shifts. Staff Scientist, Environmental Sciences Division, ORNL
- Larry Pounds, Ph.D. in Ecology, August 1995. Dissertation: A Model for Multiple Preserve Selection for Endangered Plants. Private consultant (retired).
- Milena Holmgren, Ph.D. in Ecology, August 1996. Dissertation: The Interactive Effect of Shade and Drought on Seedling Growth and Survival (co-directed by M. A. Huston) Associate Professor, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Wageningen University
- Holly Gaff, Ph.D. in Mathematics, August 1999. Dissertation: Spatial Heterogeneity in Ecological Models: Two Case Studies. Professor, Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University
- Rene’ Salinas, Ph.D. in Mathematics, August 2003. Dissertation: Modeling the Effects of Harvesting on Black Bears in the Southern Appalachians . Professor, Mathematical Sciences, Appalachian State University
- Scott Duke-Sylvester, Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, May 2006. Dissertation: Applying Landscape-Scale Modeling to Everglades Restoration. Professor (Deceased), Department of Biological Sciences, University of Louisiana, Lafayette
- Erin N. Bodine, Ph.D. in Mathematics, May 2010. Dissertation: Optimal Control of Species Augmentation Conservation Strategies (co-directed with Suzanne Lenhart). Associate Professor, Mathematics, Rhodes College
- Michael Joseph Hughes, Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, August 2014. Dissertation: New Remote Sensing Methods for Detecting and Quantifying Forest Disturbance and Regeneration in the Eastern United States. (co-directed with Daniel Hayes) Spatial Ecologist and Data Scientist
- Nathan Louis Pollesch, Ph.D. in Mathematics, August 2016. Dissertation: Mathematical Approaches to Sustainability Assessment and Protocol Development for the Bioenergy Sustainability Target Assessment Resource (Bio-STAR) (co-directed with Virginia Dale) USEPA Health and Environment Research Fellow, University of Wisconsin
- Tyler Poppenwimer, Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, December 2020. Dissertation: Root Stage Distributions and their Importance in Plant-Soil Feedback Models (co-directed with Joe Bailey) Postdoctoral Fellow, Tel Aviv University
- Shelby M. Scott, Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, May 2021. Dissertation: Spatio-Temporal Modeling of Crime in Chicago, Illinois Health Data Scientist - Senior Consultant, Guidehouse, Inc.
- Mark Bullock, Masters in Management Science, June 1986. Thesis: A Spatial Simulation Model for Disease Spread in a Crop.
- Susan Harrell, Masters in Mathematics, August 2000. Thesis: Spatio-temporal Variability in Keystone Species and Implications for Quantifying Interaction Strengths. Ecologist, USEPA Gulf Ecosystem Measurement and Modeling Division
- Dinesh Sharma, Masters in Mathematics, December 2002. Thesis: Individual-Based Modeling: Comparing Model Outputs to Telemetry Data with Application to the Florida Panther. Associate Professor, Statistics, James Madison University
- Cui Xu, Masters in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, December 2002. Thesis: Time Series Analysis of Bat Ultrasound Signals. Founder, BizGenius
- Samantha Duchscherer, Masters in Mathematics, May 2018. Thesis: Classifying Building Usages: A Machine Learning Approach on Building Extractions. Data Scientist, Robert Bosch, AdP
- Troy Alex Perkins. College Scholars Undergraduate Program. 2003-2006. Computational Ecology. Thesis topic: Multispecies interactions in competitive hierarchies. Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, Notre Dame University
- Dustin Dat Le. College Scholars Undergraduate Program. 2012-2014. Computational Biology. Thesis topic: Select Topics with regard to the Immune System. MD, University of Michigan Health Care System.
Postdoctoral Fellows
- Yegang Wu. 7/92-7/93. Developing individual oriented computer models for deer and Florida Panther in a spatially explicit manner for Everglades landscapes.(Supported by Cooperative agreement with National Park Service). Director, Institute of Eco-City Planning and Design, Orient Landscape, LLC, Beijing China
- Hang Kwang Luh. 1/94-6/94. Developing landscape scale imaging methods for Everglades models including deer panther and vegetation (supported by Cooperative agreement with National Park Service). Assistant Professor (Sr. Research), Oregon IPM Center, Oregon State University
- Hang Kwang Luh. 7/94-10/96. Developing parallelization methods for spatially explicit individual based models (supported by NSF grant). Assistant Professor (Sr. Research), Oregon IPM Center, Oregon State University
- Siddharthan Ramachandramurthi. 7/94-10/96. Developing parallelization methods for structured population individual based models (supported by NSF grant, co directed with Tom Hallam). Senior R&D Managder, Synopsis
- John Curnutt. 3/98-8/98. Developing comparisons of effects of hydrologic plans on various endangered species in South Florida (supported by U.S.G.S. Cooperative agreement). Regional Wildlife Ecologist, US Forest Service
- M. Philip Nott. 10/98-12/99. Developing computer models for the endangered Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow (supported by U.S.G.S. Cooperative agreement). Regional Ecological Consultant
- Paul Wetzel. 9/00-6/01. Developing vegetation parameterizations for the dynamics of vegetation in ATLSS models (supported by USGS Cooperative agreement). Environmental Research Coordinator, Smith College
- Brian Beckage. 11/01-12/03. Developing individual based models for pine population dynamics in the Everglades (supported by NSF Biofinformatics Post-doctoral Fellowship). Professor, Plant Biology, University of Vermont
- Rene’ Salinas. 9/03-9/04. Developing models for spatial control of black bear populations (supported by NSF QEIB grant). Professor, Mathematical Sciences, Appalachian State University
- Seema Nanda. 11/03-12/04. Developing stochastic control models for population management (supported by NSF QEIB grant). Professor, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, India
- Dali Wang. 1/03-8/07. Developing grid computing and parallelization methods for ecological multimodels (supported by NSF ITR grant). Senior R&D Staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Andrew Whittle. 9/04-8/06. Developing optimal control models for integro-difference equations and spatial models for invasive species (supported by NSF ITR grant). Senior Software Engineer, Cengage
- Michael Fuller. 10/04-7/07. Developing ecological components of models for spatial control in application to natural resource management and leading workshop on computational science for natural resource managers (supported by NSF ITR award). Machine Learning Engineer, Silent Falcon UAS Technologies
- Wandi Ding. 9/06-8/07. Developing mathematical methods for optimal spatial control of disease and ecological models (supported by NSF ITR award). Professor, Mathematics, Middle Tennessee State University
- Paula Federico. 8/07-9/08. Developing mathematical methods for optimal spatial control in individual-based models (supported by NSF ITR award). Associate Professor, Mathematics, Capital University
- Will Godsoe. 9/09-9/11. Statistical analysis of species distributions and environmental impacts on biodiversity (supported by NIMBioS). Lecturer, Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, New Zealand
- Emily Moran. 9/10-5/12. Community genetics as impacted by global change with emphasis on tree species responses in forest systems (supported by NIMBioS). Assistant Professor,University of California, Merced
- Orou Gaoue. 6/11-5/13. Integrating new developments in stochastic demography to modeling the ecological impacts of non-timber forest products harvest (supported by NIMBioS). Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Andrew Kanarek. 8/11-7/13. An integrated theoretical analysis of the influence of individual trait variation on the dynamics and persistence of small populations (supported by NIMBioS). Biologist, Ecological Modeler, US Environmental Protection Agency
- Calistus Ngonghala. 8/11-9/13. A new model with vector demography for the dynamics of malaria transmission (supported by NIMBioS). Assistant Professor, Mathematics, University of Florida
- Arik Kershenbaum. 8/12-8/14. Extracting contextual information from vocalization syntax in dolphins and whales (supported by NIMBioS). Fellow, Girton College, University of Cambridge
- Daniel Ryan. 8/11-6/14. Investigating the effects of movement strategies on the population dynamics of multi-trophic ecological communities (supported by NIMBioS). Adjunct Faculty, Mathematics, Fairfield University
- Chris Remien. 8/12-8/14. How animal metabolism shapes isotopic signatures of trophic dynamics (supported by NIMBioS). Assistant Professor, Mathematics, University of Idaho
- Gesham Magombedze. 1/12-8/14. Modeling the immunological host-pathogen interaction of Johne’s disease to understand its pathology and treatment (supported by NIMBioS). Lead Mathematical Modeling Scientist, Gilead Sciences
- Caroline Farrior. 9/14-7/16. Rare disturbance events and their impact on evolutionarily stable strategies of forest trees in competition for light, water, and nutrients (supported by NIMBioS). Assistant Professor, Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin
- Megan Rúa. 9/15-7/16. Exploring the relative importance of biotic and abiotic sources of selection for mycorrhizal interactions (supported by NIMBioS). Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, Wright State University
- Charlotte Chang. 9/17-5/19. Probabilistic and spatially-explicit socio-ecological models of hunting (supported by NIMBioS). Assistant Professor, Biology, Pomona College
Past TIEM staff members
Former NIMBioS staff members