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With summer student Duncan Hill in Mexican mangrove forest (left) and with our UAV units in northern Ontario (right).<\/p><\/div>\n

John M. Kovacs\u00a0<\/strong>PhD(Western<\/em>)
\nFull Professor<\/em>, Geography-Environmental Earth Sciences, Department of Geography, Nipissing University<\/p>\n

Adjunct Associate Professor<\/em>, TropWATER Centre<\/a>, James Cook University, Australia<\/p>\n

Contact:
\n<\/strong>Department of Geography Nipissing University<\/em>
\n100 College Drive, North Bay, Ontario<\/em>
\nP1B 8L7, CANADA<\/em><\/p>\n

johnmk@nipissingu.ca<\/a>
\nOffice R215, Lab R220<\/em>
\ntel: (705) 474-3461 ext.4336<\/em>
\nfax: (705) 474-1947<\/em><\/p>\n

My research interests include environmental monitoring\/modeling, local ecological knowledge and approaches for assessing coastal resources of tropical regions.\u00a0 Currently my work has focused on the use of various Earth Observing Satellites to map and monitor mangrove forests (tropical coastal wetlands).\u00a0Locally I have interests in working with farmers and Agriculture Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) on the potential use of new geomatics technologies including the use of Unmanned Aerial Systems.\u00a0I maintain the remote sensing laboratory (NEOL<\/a>) at Nipissing (R220).<\/p>\n

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Recent funding\/Awards:<\/em><\/h2>\n