Assistant Professor of Remote Sensing & GIS

Department of Forest Resources

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho 83844-1133

Phone: (208) 885-7952

Fax: (208) 885-6226

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. Environmental Modeling. 1996. Australian National University

M.Sc. Environmental Monitoring. 1990. University of Wisconsin-Madison

B.Sc. Soil Science. 1986. University of Wisconsin-Madison

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:

Soil-landscape modeling

Remote sensing and GIS

Spatial statistics

Environmental modeling

Terrain analysis, geomorphometry and hydrology

Biogeochemical cycling

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Forest Resources, University of Idaho. 1997-present

Postdoctoral Researcher and Visiting Scientist, Dept. of Geography, University of

California-Santa Barbara. 1996-1997

Senior Experimental Scientist, CSIRO Land & Water, Canberra, Australia. 1990-1997

Research Assistant, Environmental Remote Sensing Center, University of Wisconsin -

Madison. 1989-1990.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

McKenzie, N.J., P.E. Gessler, P.J. Ryan, and D.A. O’Connell. (in press). The role of

terrain analysis in soil mapping. In J.P. Wilson and J.C. Gallant (eds.). Terrain

analysis: principles and applications. Cambridge, GeoInformation International.

Gessler, P.E., N.J. McKenzie and M.F. Hutchinson. 1996. Progress in soil-landscape

modeling and spatial prediction of soil attributes for environmental models. In

Proceedings, Third International Conference/Workshop on Integrating GIS and

Environmental Modeling, Santa Fe, NM, January 21-26, 1996. Santa Barbara,

CA: National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis.

http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/conf/SANTA_FE_CD-ROM/main.html.

Gessler, P.E., I.D. Moore, N.J. McKenzie and P.J. Ryan. 1995. Soil-landscape

modeling and spatial prediction of soil attributes. Special issue: Integrating GIS

and environmental modeling. International Journal of Geographical Information

Systems. Vol. 9.4:421-432.

McSweeney, K., P.E. Gessler, B. Slater, D. Hammer, J. Bell, and G.W. Petersen. 1994.

Towards a new framework for modeling the soil-landscape continuum. In R.

Amundson and J.W. Harden (eds.) Factors of soil formation: a fiftieth anniversary

retrospective. SSSA Special Pub. 33. 127-145.

Hutchinson, M.F. and P.E. Gessler. 1994. Splines - more than just a smooth interpolator.

Geoderma. Vol. 62. 1:45-67.

Moore, I.D., P.E. Gessler, G.A. Neilsen, and G.A. Petersen. 1993. Soil attribute

prediction using terrain analysis. Soil Science Society of American Journal.

57:443-454.

J. Michael Scott

Penelope Morgan

Joseph Ulliman

Oliver Chadwick

Eugene Kelly

Chris Moran

Josh Schimel

Phil Bierwirth

Henry Nix

ACADEMIC ADVISORS:

Ph.D. Ian Moore, Michael Hutchinson, Neil McKenzie, Henry Nix

M.Sc. Kevin McSweeney