Professor
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Appalachian Laboratory
301 Braddock Rd
Frostburg, Maryland 21502
Email: aelmore@umces.edu
Phone: 410-919-4989

Visit Andrew's Research Website

Research Disciplines:

• Ecology/Landscape
• Environmental Decision Support Systems
• Forest Management
• GIS
• Hydrology
• Remote Sensing
• Spatial Analysis
• Stable Isotope Ecology
• Stormwater Management

Research Interests:

Remote sensing, isotopic systems in ecology, socio-environmental systems, decision support for land management, dendroecology, nitrogen

View Andrew's CV

---

Biographical Sketch

Dr. Andrew Elmore is Associate Professor of landscape ecology at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Appalachian Laboratory. He works broadly across issues relevant to global environmental change, with a particular interest in ecosystem interactions with land-use and land-cover change. Recent work has focused on the effect of groundwater decline on wind erosion and air quality in deserts; the impact of urban stream burial on stream network structure and functioning; modeling coastal habitat change associate with sea level rise; and, understanding forest responses to changes in spring and autumn timing associated with climate change. He applies an array of tools to these problems, but has made the greatest impact on methods for analyzing satellite and airborne remote sensing data. Dr. Elmore received a BSc in Applied Physics from Purdue University and an MSc and PhD in Geoscience from Brown University. He worked as a postdoctoral scholar at the Carnegie Institution for Science and Dartmouth College before moving to Maryland.

---

Education

1997                B. Sc., Purdue University, Applied Physics

1999                M. Sc., Brown University, Geological Sciences

2003                Ph. D., Brown University, Geological Sciences

---

Ongoing and Recent CESU Projects

---

Other Research

Title:                Managing forests for sustainable harvest and wildlife habitat using earth observations and modeling of forest structure and landscape connectivity                                                                        

Source:            National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Award:            NX17AG41G/NSSC Grants Officer, 877-677-2123/UMCES-27264

Location:         UMCES Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, MD

Amount:          425,728                                      Cost Share/Match Amount:    $92,657

Start Date:       10/1/2016                                  End Date:    9/30/2019

Project Role:    PI                                                Months committed per year:    2.0, 1.5, 1.0

 

Title:                Spatial analysis and modeling to inform management priorities for working forests in the eastern U.S.

Source:            Indiana University of PA/Pheasants Forever/Natural Resources Conservation Service

Location:         UMCES Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, MD

Amount:          $288,000                                    Cost Share/Match Amount:    $0

Start Date:       1/1/2018                                      End Date:    9/30/2023

Project Role:    PI                                                 Months committed per year:    0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.50, 0

---