Land use/land cover change over time

-Quantifying glacier area change over time and subsequent water storage analysis

-Model development for placing low impact development structures across landscape

Wildlife migration and population monitoring

-Developing novel technologies to track changes in migratory patterns of elk using a National Monument

-Tracking a grizzly bear population expansion across formerly occupied range via genetic techniques

-Bighorn sheep habitat use and movement barriers

Vegetation mapping

-Mapping critical grizzly food sources throughout Glacier National Park

-High resolution, species-level vegetation mapping in avalanche chutes using LiDAR (In progress)

-Urban-rural interface vegetation mapping for human-wildlife interaction analysis

Global patterns

-Global detection of extreme vegetation responses to drought

-Comparative Quality and Trend of Remotely Sensed Phenology and Productivity Metrics across the Western United States

-Assessment of global projections of carbon in terrestrial systems under climate change scenarios