Competition
Research
Team
Meet the Team
Faculty
JAMES THOMPSON
Research Assistant Professor
University of Texas at Austin
james.thompson@beg.utexas.edu
JAYANT SIROHI
Professor
University of Texas at Austin
sirohi@utexas.edu
ZAKARY CAMPBELL-LOCHRIE
Lecturer in Fire Science
The University of Edinburgh
Z.Campbell.Lochrie@ed.ac.uk
GARETH ROBERTS
Associate Prof. in Remote Sensing
The University of Southampton
G.J.Roberts@soton.ac.uk
JULIAN LEYLAND
Professor of Physical Geography
The University of Southampton
J.Leyland@soton.ac.uk
GUSTAVO NAGEL
Research Associate in Remote Sensing
The University of Southampton
g.w.nagel@soton.ac.uk
ASHLEY MATHENY
Associate Professor
University of Texas at Austin
ashley.matheny@jsg.utexas.edu
BOB ENTWISTLE
Principal Enterprise Fellow
The University of Southampton
R.Entwistle@soton.ac.uk
FATEMEH AFGHAH
Associate Professor
Clemson University
fafghah@clemson.edu
GREG ZWERNEMANN
Professor of Practice
University of Texas at Austin
greg.zwernemann@austin.utexas.edu
LUIS SENTIS
Professor
University of Texas at Austin
lsentis@utexas.edu
MOHAMMAD SOORATI
Assistant Professor
The University of Southampton
M.Soorati@soton.ac.uk
GOPAL RAMCHURN
Professor
The University of Southampton
sdr1@soton.ac.uk
CHRISTIAN CLAUDEL
Associate Professor
University of Texas at Austin
christian.claudel@utexas.edu
A. JAMSHIDNEJAD
Assistant Professor
TU Delft
a.jamshidnejad@tudelft.nl
KLAUS-PETER ZAUNER
Associate Professor
The University of Southampton
kpz@ecs.soton.ac.uk
CHRISTOPHER TOMSETT
Senior Environmental Sensing Technician
The University of Southampton
C.G.Tomsett@soton.ac.uk
JAMES SCANLAN
Professor
The University of Southampton
j.p.scanlan@soton.ac.uk
SERGIO ARAUJO-ESTRADA
Lecturer in Control and Robotics
The University of Southampton
s.araujo-estrada@soton.ac.uk
AYODEJI OPEYEMI ABIOYE
Lecturer in Control and Robotics
The University of Southampton
a.o.abioye@soton.ac.uk
BUSTER ROBINSON
Aviation Operations Officer
Texas A&M Forest Service Incident
rrobinson@tfs.tamu.edu
JAKE CASKEY
Program Coordinator
Texas A&M Forest Service
Jake.Caskey@tfs.tamu.edu
JUNFENG JIAO
Associate Professor
University of Texas at Austin
jjiao@austin.utexas.edu
Project Members
LOGAN BARTLETT
Director of Development, Foundation Relations
University of Texas at Austin
logan.bartlett@austin.utexas.edu
JEN'AI JAMES
Director of Development, Foundation Relations
University of Texas at Austin
jjames@austin.utexas.edu
NICHOLE ROBINSON
Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
University of Texas at Austin
nichole.robinson@beg.utexas.edu
Students
JAMES THOMPSON
Research Assistant Professor
University of Texas at Austin
james.thompson@beg.utexas.edu
JAYANT SIROHI
Professor
University of Texas at Austin
sirohi@utexas.edu
ZAKARY CAMPBELL-LOCHRIE
Lecturer in Fire Science
The University of Edinburgh
Z.Campbell.Lochrie@ed.ac.uk
GARETH ROBERTS
Associate Prof. in Remote Sensing
The University of Southampton
G.J.Roberts@soton.ac.uk
JULIAN LEYLAND
Professor of Physical Geography
The University of Southampton
J.Leyland@soton.ac.uk
GUSTAVO NAGEL
Research Associate in Remote Sensing
The University of Southampton
g.w.nagel@soton.ac.uk
ASHLEY MATHENY
Associate Professor
University of Texas at Austin
ashley.matheny@jsg.utexas.edu
FLARE-X is a collaboration between The University of Texas at Austin (UT’s Jackson School of Geosciences and Cockrell School of Engineering), University of Southampton, University of Edinburgh, TU Delft and Texas A&M Forest Service.
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