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 |
|---|---|
| Alysha Alloway Fall 2017 Full-time |
Macalester College, BA Geography/Classics Human-environment interaction; sustainability |
| Carlynne Anderson Fall 2016 Full-time |
University of Minnesota, BA Urban Studies Urban studies; GIS and society |
| Han Bao Fall 2017 Full-time |
University of Minnesota, BA Urban Studies; MA Urban and Regional Planning Spatial analysis andmodeling; sustainable urban development |
| Meric Birol Fall 2017 Full-time |
Karadeniz Technical University (Turkey), BS Geomatics Engineering Spatial analysis and modeling |
| Zhuo Chen Fall 2018 Full-time |
Anhui University of Science & Technology, BS Natural Geography & Resource Environment GIS software development and spatial analysis |
| Whitney DeLong Fall 2017 Full-time |
University of Arizona, BS Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Spatial analysis and modeling; scientific applications |
| Katherine Dooley Fall 2017 Full-time |
Carleton College, BA Environmental Studies Environmental modeling and analysis; soil and water management |
| Peder Engstrom Fall 2016 Part-time |
University of Minnesota, BS Geography Global environmental research; spatial modeling and analysis |
| Nicole Helgeson Fall 2016 Full-time |
University of Wisconsin River Falls, BS Geography and International Studies Remote sensing and spatial analysis |
| Anders Hopkins Fall 2018 Full-time |
Luther College, BA Anthropology and Classics Spatial analysis and modeling, public health |
| Brynn Johnson Spring 2017 Full-time |
University of Minnesota, BS Fisheries and Wildlife Wildlife management and environmental education |
| Jasper Johnson Fall 2017 Full-time |
University of Minnesota, BA Political Science Spatial analysis of international conflict, geospatial intelligence and national security |
| Sarah Jones Fall 2017 Part-time |
University of Minnesota, BFA Painting, Drawing and Printmaking Asset management and university services |
| Xiaoran Li Fall 2018 Full-time |
Northwest A & F University, BS Geographic Information Science Environmental modeling, spatial analysis and statistics |
| Kuan-Jui Lin Fall 2018 Full-time |
Chung Cheng Institute of Technology, BEng Environmental Information & Engineering Web GIS and Services, spatial analysis and geovisualization |
| Alison Link Spring 2017 Part-time |
Grinnell College, BA International Relations; University of Minnesota, MA Multicultural College Teaching and Learning GIS development |
| Megan Luick Fall 2018 Full-time |
Gustavus Adolphus College, BA Geology & Geography/GIS Hydrogeology, spatial analysis and modeling |
| Anna McGraw Fall 2017 Full-time |
Hamline University, BA Anthropology Spatial analysis of human-environment interaction |
| Hitomi Nakamura Fall 2016 Full-time |
University of Minnesota Duluth, BA Geography/GIS Natural disaster and emergency management |
| Venkateswara Navuri Fall 2017 Full-time |
Koneru Lakshmaiah University, BTech Civil Engineering Geovisualization and spatial modeling, big data |
| Young-Shin Park Fall 2018 Full-time |
Yonsei Unviersity, BS Computer Science and Industrial System Engineering; BS Nursing; Seoul National University, MPH, Health Care Management and Policy Spatial modeling and statistics, public health, geovisualization |
| Melisa Larsen Platson Spring 2017 Full-time |
Technical University of Denmark, BS Arctic Technology Arctic environment resource management and spatial analysis |
| Elise Rosengren Spring 2018 Full-time |
University of Minnesota, BS Recreation Resource Management Natural resource management/ecology, enterprise GIS |
| Emily Ruetz Fall 2018 Full-time |
University of Minnesota, BS Computer Science Geocomputing, big data analytics |
| Coleman Shepard Fall 2017 Full-time |
University of Minnesota, BS Geography GIS development, big data and modeling |
| Dorothy Shreve Fall 2016 Full-time |
Evergreen State College, BS Chemistry Natural resource management |
| Megan Sisko Fall 2016 Full-time |
University of Minnesota, BS Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation planning and assessment |
| Galen Sjostrom Fall 2017 Full-time |
Wesleyan University, BA East Asian Studies - Chinese Environmental modeling; spatial analysis and geovisualization |
| Andrew Smith Fall 2016 Part-time |
Gustavus Adolphus College, BA Geology GIS development; spatial analysis and modeling |
| Nicholas Stoterau Fall 2017 Full-time |
University of Minnesota, Duluth, BA International Studies Spatial analysis and modeling, human rights |
| Lauren Strug Fall 2017 Full-time |
Beloit College, BS Geology Environmental conservation, spatial analysis and modeling |
| Erik Thorkelson Spring 2018 Full-time |
Carthage College, BA Geography and Earth Science Spatial analysis, cartography |
| Frank Wagner Fall 2016 Full-time |
Winona State University, BA History Cartography and geovisualization; spatial analysis |
| Meng Wang Fall 2016 Full-time |
University of Washington, BA Geography Public health, spatial analysis |
| Michael Wethington Fall 2016 Full-time |
Augsburg College, BA Psychology Landscape conservation ecology |
| Boxuan Xia Fall 2016 Full-time |
University of Minnesota, BS Geography Climate change and natural disasters, spatial analysis |
| Jiateng Xu Fall 2017 Full-time |
University of Waterloo, BES Geomatics Geospatial analysis and modeling |
| Zhiwei Yan Fall 2017 Full-time |
University of Waterloo, BES Geomatics Geospatial analysis, cartography and geovisualization |