I am a landscape ecologist who studies how spatial patterns interact with ecological processes using geospatial and remotely sensed data and spatial modeling. I explore how changes in the landscape across space and time affect both ecological processes such as wildlife habitat and social processes such as urbanization and explore the interactions.
Professor
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 geospatial modeling and remote sensing techniques to undergraduate and graduate students. 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.