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Dr. Rebecca Composto has successfully defended her PhD

Dr. Composto has successfully defended her PhD titled “Leveraging satellite imagery for urban flood mapping and quantifying impacts.”

Emma Vail

Last updated on Jun 5, 2026 2 min read

Dr. Rebecca Composto has successfully defended her PhD

Lab Member Dr. Mollie Gaines’ 3rd PhD Chapter has been published

Dr. Gaines’ final PhD chapter, “Impact of Spatial Scale on Optical Earth Observation-Derived Seasonal Surface Water Extents” was published in Geophysical Research Letters in February.

Darcy Boast

Last updated on Feb 24, 2026 2 min read

Lab Member Dr. Mollie Gaines’ 3rd PhD Chapter has been published

Lab members attend AGU25 Conference in New Orleans, LA

GAEC lab members Júlio, Rebecca, Mollie, Emma and Jillian attended the American Geophysical Union Conference in New Orleans in December.

Darcy Boast

Last updated on Feb 1, 2026 2 min read

Lab members attend AGU25 Conference in New Orleans, LA

Preprint on geospatial foundation models for global flood mapping

Recent work led by Dr. Tulbure explores geospatial foundation models (GFMs) for global flood mapping. In the study, the team investigated how well GFMs can detect flooding globally. TerraMind was adapted for flood mapping using FloodsNet, a global dataset combining radar and optical satellite imagery, across 85 flood events.

Darcy Boast

Last updated on Dec 22, 2025 1 min read

Preprint on geospatial foundation models for global flood mapping

Former Lab Member Dr. Vinicius Perin’s 4th PhD Chapter Has Been Published

Dr. Perin’s 4th PhD Chapter, “Assessing the cumulative impact of on-farm reservoirs on modeled surface hydrology” has been published with support from GAEC lab principal investigator Dr. Mirela G. Tulbure and committee member Dr. Sankar Arumugam.

Darcy Boast

Last updated on Nov 24, 2025 1 min read