Graduate Students
Our students are bright, success-oriented achievers who bring a broad mixture of skills, experiences, and interests. Some begin with little or no background in GIS. Others are already working in the field. MGIS students have undergraduate degrees from a variety of disciplinary areas including the humanities, social sciences, and natural/physical sciences. Some of our students founded the GIS Student Organization (GISSO), which sponsors a GIS Day event in the fall and a job and career fair in the spring.
| Name | Previous Degree & Specialty |
|---|---|
| Andrew Arlt Fall 2023 Full-time |
Gustavus Adolphus College, BA Biology Habitat restoration and mitigation/climate change, GIS education |
| Emily Bender Fall 2023 Full-time |
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, BA Psychology Environmental science, geospatial analysis and modeling |
| Sebastian Brauer Spring 2023 Part-time |
University of Minnesota, BS Urban Modeling & Environmental Analysis (Inter-College Program) Spatial data science; geovisualization |
| Laure Briol Fall 2023 Full-time |
Gustavus Adolphus College, BA Geography Transportation and public health GIS, geospatial analysis and modeling |
| Owen Connolly Fall 2022 Full-time |
University of Minnesota, BA Urban Studies Environmental resource management; urban development; spatial analysis |
| Shana Crosson Spring 2022 Part-time |
Carleton College, BA History GIS education using geospatial technology |
| Logan Gall Fall 2023 Full-time |
University of Minnesota, BS Data Science Spatial data science, geovisualization |
| Eric Gibson Spring 2023 Full-time |
University of South Florida, BGeosciences Environmental Science & Policy Spatial modeling; geovisualization; environmental conservation applications |
| Mattie Gisselbeck Fall 2022 Full-time |
University of St. Thomas, BA Psychology Natural resource management; urban planning; spatial modeling |
| Greg Kohler Fall 2023 Full-time |
University of Minnesota, BS Urban Studies Urban planning, public works, geospatial analysis and modeling |
| Tzu-Yu Ma Fall 2022 Full-time |
Chung Cheng Institute of Technology, Taiwan, BEng Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Natural disaster management; geovisualization and spatial analysis |
| Kyle Olson Spring 2023 Part-time |
University of Minnesota, BA Political Science Spatial data science; spatial modeling and analysis |
| Lucy Sageser Spring 2023 Full-time |
Macalester College, BA Geography Urban and social justice applications; geovisualization; spatial analysis |
| Zain Ul Abdin Siyal Fall 2022 Full-time |
Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan, BEng Mechanical Engineering Asset and utilities management; spatial analysis and modeling; geocomputing |
| Kyle Smith Spring 2023 Full-time |
University of California-Irvine, BA Political Science; California Polytechnic-Pomona, Masters of Urban and Regional Planning Spatial modeling and analysis; urban planning applications |
| Carl Sones Spring 2020 Full-time |
University of Wisconsin - River Falls, BAS Geographic Information Science Spatial analysis and GIS development |
| Deepika Mallika Tamilselvan Fall 2022 Full-time |
Bharathidasan University, India, BTech & MTech Geological Technology and GIS CyberGIS; spatial modeling and analysis; geological applications |
| Yaxuan Zhang Spring 2023 Full-time |
Wuhan University, BEng Remote Sensing & GIS Spatial data mining, spatiotemporal statistics, GIS application to human movements and health |