Dr. Michaela Buenemann
Michaela Buenemann is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at New Mexico State University (NMSU). Before moving to her position at NMSU in 2008, she taught at the University of Oklahoma, James Madison University, and the University of Arizona. She earned her Ph.D. in geography from the University of Oklahoma in 2007.
Her research focuses primarily on integrating remote sensing, geographic information systems, and spatial modeling for the monitoring and assessment of land changes in drylands, including both more subtle and gradual land modifications such as woody plant encroachment and more obvious and rapid land transformations such as urbanization.
She is particularly interested in quantifying the spatio-temporal dynamics of land changes, including their human and environmental drivers and their impacts on land management sustainability. She has worked on research funded by the National Science Foundation, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and published in a diversity of regional, national, and international journals.
Her teaching includes courses in the areas of geographic information science and technology, research methods in geography, human-environment relationships, and physical geography (Cartography and GIS, Introduction to Remote Sensing, Advanced Remote Sensing, Geospatial Techniques for Natural Resource Assessments, Map Use, Physical Geography, Biogeography, Field Methods, Southwestern Environments, Environmental Geography, Geographic Thought and Research Design, Drylands, U.S. National Parks). She currently serves as an officer for the New Mexico Academy of Science, the Southwest Division of the Association of American Geographers, and the Rocky Mountain Region of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
Research Interests
Remote sensing, GIS, Cartography, Spatial modeling, Land change science, Land degradation, Landscape ecology, Biogeography, Drylands
Education
B.A. Geography, Spanish, Media Sciences, University of Paderborn, Germany, 1999
Ph.D. Geography, University of Oklahoma, 2007
Courses Taught
GEOG 111G, Geography of the Natural Environment
GEOG 281, Map Use
GEOG 381-571, Cartography & GIS
GEOG 373-573, Introduction to Remote Sensing
GEOG 473-582, Advanced Remote Sensing
GEOG 455-555, Southwestern Environments
GEOG 483-583, Field Explorations in Geography
GEOG 491-598, Special Topics – Spectroscopy and Remote Sensing
GEOG 501, Geographic Thought and Research Design
GEOG 586, Geospatial Techniques for Natural Resource Assessments
Contact
Breland Hall, Room 139
575-646-6493 (Phone)
575-646-7430 (Fax)
elabuen@nmsu.edu
