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Lonesome Malambo
- Research Scientist
- Email:
- mmoonga@tamu.edu
- https://lasers.tamu.edu/
- Undergraduate Education
- Benga's Geomatics, University of Zambia
- Graduate Education
- M.S. Photogrammetry and Geoinformatics, Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences
- M.S. Statistics, Virginia Polytechnic & State University
- Ph.D. Geospatial and Environmental Analysis, Virginia Polytechnic & State University
- Courses Taught
- ESSM 489/689: Unmanned Aerial Systems for Remote Sensing, co-taught with Dr. Sorin Popescu
Professional Summary
Dr. Lonesome Malambo is a research scientist fellow working with Dr. Sorin Popescu in the LASERS Lab. He obtained his PhD at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 2014. He is particularly interested in studying land change driven by wildfire and deforestation, and in developing relevant remote sensing approaches for accurate and reliable land cover and land cover change characterization. His other interests are in 3D modeling using laser scanning and digital photogrammetry approaches to estimate biophysical parameters such as canopy height, LAI, and biomass.
Research Interests and Specializations
- 3D modeling in agricultural and forest ecosystems to support measurement of biophysical parameters (tree height, leaf area index and biomass).
- Local to regional wildfire mapping, wildfire disturbance dynamics and modeling.
- Local to regional land cover change analysis.