Competition
Research
Team
Meet the Team
Project Managers
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
LUIS SENTIS
Professor
University of Texas at Austin
lsentis@utexas.edu
MOHAMMAD SOORATI
Assistant Professor
The University of Southampton
M.Soorati@soton.ac.uk
JAMES THOMPSON
Research Assistant Professor
University of Texas at Austin
james.thompson@beg.utexas.edu
Core Faculty
ZAKARY CAMPBELL-LOCHRIE
Lecturer in Fire Science
The University of Edinburgh
Z.Campbell.Lochrie@ed.ac.uk
CHRISTIAN CLAUDEL
Associate Professor
University of Texas at Austin
christian.claudel@utexas.edu
JULIAN LEYLAND
Professor of Physical Geography
The University of Southampton
J.Leyland@soton.ac.uk
ASHLEY MATHENY
Associate Professor
University of Texas at Austin
ashley.matheny@jsg.utexas.edu
JAYANT SIROHI
Professor
University of Texas at Austin
sirohi@utexas.edu
GARETH ROBERTS
Associate Prof. in Remote Sensing
The University of Southampton
G.J.Roberts@soton.ac.uk
KLAUS-PETER ZAUNER
Associate Professor
The University of Southampton
kpz@ecs.soton.ac.uk
GREG ZWERNEMANN
Professor of Practice
University of Texas at Austin
greg.zwernemann@austin.utexas.edu
Students
PRESTON ALVAREZ
Undergraduate Research Student
University of Texas at Austin
preston.alvarez05@utexas.edu
MARIAH BARSOTTI
Undergraduate Research Student
University of Texas at Austin
mariahbarsotti@utexas.edu
SUVAN CABRAAL
Graduate Student
University of Texas at Austin
suvancabraal@utexas.edu
ANDREW DOTY
Undergraduate Research Student
University of Texas at Austin
doty.andrewj@utexas.edu
BEN DUNSTONE
Undergraduate Research Student
University of Texas at Austin
bid248@my.utexas.edu
TOBY GODFREY
Graduate Student
The University of Southampton
t.godfrey@soton.ac.uk
AIDEN GRAHAM
Graduate Student
The University of Southampton
aiden.graham@soton.ac.uk
JACK HILTON-JONES
Graduate Student
The University of Southampton
j.hiltonjones@soton.ac.uk
STEVE HOPKINS
Undergraduate Research Student
The University of Southampton
srh1g21@soton.ac.uk
WILLIAM HUNT
Graduate Student
The University of Southampton
W.Hunt@soton.ac.uk
WILLIAM JACQUES
Undergraduate Research Student
The University of Southampton
HELEN JAYESH
Undergraduate Research Student
University of Texas at Austin
helenjayesh@utexas.edu
KEI KHENG
Undergraduate Research Student
The University of Southampton
kkt1u21@soton.ac.uk
WOOJOO LEE
Undergraduate Research Student
The University of Texas at Austin
oozoo@utexas.edu
VINCENT (ZIHAN) LI
Undergraduate Research Student
The University of Texas at Austin
vincentli24@utexas.edu
RUDRRAYAN MANNA
Undergraduate Research Student
The University of Southampton
rm9g24@soton.ac.uk
TERRY MURRAY
Undergraduate Research Student
The University of Texas at Austin
terrymurray2002@utexas.edu
GAVIN NOWACKI
Undergraduate Research Student
The University of Texas at Austin
gavinnowacki@utexas.edu
YASEEN OSMAN
Graduate Student
The University of Southampton
ykmo1u19@soton.ac.uk
PAAVANI RAI
Undergraduate Research Student
The University of Texas at Austin
paavanirai10@utexas.edu
KRISHNAN RAM
Graduate Student
The University of Texas at Austin
krishnan.ram@utexas.edu
ROMAIN ROUSSEL
Undergraduate Research Student
The University of Texas at Austin
romain.roussel@utexas.edu
SIVA SAKAMURI
Undergraduate Research Student
The University of Texas at Austin
siva.sakamuri@utexas.edu
GUS SANTAELLA
Graduate Student
The University of Texas at Austin
gussantaella@utexas.edu
REBEKAH SCHILBERG
Undergraduate Research Student
The University of Texas at Austin
rebekahschilberg@gmail.com
NOAH SELL
Undergraduate Research Student
The University of Texas at Austin
noahsell@utexas.edu
DAVID AFONSO SHEPHERD
Undergraduate Research Student
The University of Southampton
das1g22@soton.ac.uk
FERNANDO SOSA
Undergraduate Research Student
The University of Texas at Austin
frsosa@utexas.edu
QIYANG SUN
Undergraduate Research Student
The University of Southampton
qs2g22@soton.ac.uk
ANDRES SUNIAGA
Undergraduate Research Student
The University of Texas at Austin
andresxsuniaga@utexas.edu
SHEAFFER TEAGUE
Undergraduate Research Student
The University of Texas at Austin
sheaffer.teague@utexas.edu
BRYCE TERHUNE
Undergraduate Research Student
The University of Texas at Austin
bryceterhune@utexas.edu
DAVID VALENZANO
Undergraduate Research Student
The University of Texas at Austin
dgvalenzano@utexas.edu
TONY (TIN YUEN) WU
Undergraduate Research Student
The University of Texas at Austin
tony.wu22@utexas.edu
Field Experts
JAKE CASKEY
Program Coordinator
Texas A&M Forest Service
Jake.Caskey@tfs.tamu.edu
BUSTER ROBINSON
Incident Aviation Operations Officer
Texas A&M Forest Service
rrobinson@tfs.tamu.edu
Affiliated Faculty
FATEMEH AFGHAH
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Clemson University
fafghah@clemson.edu
SERGIO ARAUJO-ESTRADA
Lecturer in Control and Robotics
The University of Southampton
s.araujo-estrada@soton.ac.uk
BOB ENTWISTLE
Principal Enterprise Fellow
The University of Southampton
R.Entwistle@soton.ac.uk
A. JAMSHIDNEJAD
Assistant Professor
TU Delft
a.jamshidnejad@tudelft.nl
JUNFENG JIAO
Associate Professor
University of Texas at Austin
jjiao@austin.utexas.edu
AYODEJI OPEYEMI ABIOYE
Lecturer in Control and Robotics
The University of Southampton
a.o.abioye@soton.ac.uk
GOPAL RAMCHURN
Professor
The University of Southampton
sdr1@soton.ac.uk
JAMES SCANLAN
Professor
The University of Southampton
j.p.scanlan@soton.ac.uk
OLIVER WESTCOTT
Enterprise Fellow
The University of Southampton
o.c.s.westcott@soton.ac.uk
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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