👤 Personal Information
Full Nameanupma prakash
Gender—
Locationfairbanks, alaska (united states)
Birth Year—
💼 Professional Details
Job Titleprovost and executive vice chancellor
Industryhigher education
Experience24 years
SummaryI am commonly recognized for my research on the use of thermal infrared remote sensing for investigating surface and underground coal mine fires, a field that I got involved in 1992 when I started my Ph.D.
Currently my research involves remote sensing (particularly hyperspectral remote sensing) for mapping Earth surface composition and change. Now living in Alaska, I extensively use remote sensing and GIS for a variety of applications, including but not limited to studying land cover and change in the Arctic regions due to climate change and anthropogenic activities; thermal habitat mapping to support fisheries research; new techniques for gas hydrate and hydrocarbon resource investigation; and near surface permafrost mapping.
I teach principles, techniques and applications of remote sensing, Geopgraphic Information Systems (GIS), and global positioning systems (GPS) at the Department of Geology and Geophysics, UAF. I am also involved with several education and public outreach projects. More information on my research and teaching is available at www.gi.alaska.edu/~prakash
🛠 Skills
remote sensing
gis
earth science
science
geophysics
teaching
geology
gps
research
climate change
arcgis
spatial analysis
field work
environmental science
statistics
data mapping
geomatics
sustainability
cartography
envi
hyperspectral imaging