• Land and Agricultural systems
• Earth Observation, Geoinformation Science (GIS), Terrestrial Remote Sensing
• Climate resilience and adaptation pathways
• Land tenure systems and resource governance
• Socio-economic development
• Indigenous and local knowledge of sustainable agriculture and land management
• Forest and land use/land cover change
• Impacts of forest disturbance events on watershed dynamics
• Ecosystem services in the context of climate variability

Current projects

• Foresight- Foresighting resilient adaptation and land use change in a changing climate

Past projects

• Global Forest Watch: First global forest monitoring platform (USAID- seed funding and Grant Lead/Technical Lead)
• Health, Ecosystems, and Agriculture for Resilient Thriving Societies (HEARTH) – 17 countries (USAID- Technical Advisor, Data Management Lead)
• Mapping Approaches to Secure Tenure (MAST) USAID Project lead
• Land for Prosperity (LFP) Colombia. Technical advisor, massive land titling spatial analysis, impact evaluation design
• Integrated Natural Resource Management: Project Lead, collaborating with global initiatives including HEARTH/One Health, SERVIR, FEWSNET – focus countries: Colombia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, Zambia
• Integrated Land and Resource Governance II (Alternate Project Lead, Activity Lead). Project focus countries: Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Malawi, Zambia
• Feed the Future – Land Tenure Activity, Tanzania. Technical advisor, customary land titling and food security; Lead, impact evaluation of customary land documentation (rigorous impact evaluation, randomized control trials). Focus country: Tanzania
• Tenure and Global Climate Change; global
• Artisanal Mining and Property Rights. Focus countries: Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo
• LandPKS: Land Potential Knowledge Systems. Project focus countries: Ethiopia, Tanzania (USAID Project Manager)
• Strengthening Tenure and Resource Rights. Project Lead, Project Design Advisor, umbrella project, USD $650 million ceiling

• West Africa: Burkina-Faso, Liberia, Mali;
• North Africa: Morocco;
• Southern and East Africa: Kenya, Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania;
• Europe: Albania, Romania;
• Asia: Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Tajikistan;
• Latin American and Caribbean Region: Bolivia, Colombia, El Salvador, Haiti.

• Ph.D, Earth Systems and Geoinformation Science, George Mason University, Virginia, USA
• Master’s degree, Geoinformation Science for Development and Environment, Clark University, Massachusetts, USA

Research and project management

• Since February 2026 - Project leader/Research Scientist, Foresight- Foresighting Resilient Adaptation and Land Use Change in a Changing Climate, with Chair for Climate Resilience of Cultural Ecosystems, Universit?t Augsburg
• 2025-2026 Global Land Outlook consultant, United Nations Convention for Combating Desertification (UNCCD)
• 2010-2025 Spatial Data Science Advisor/Natural Resource Officer/Project Leader/Team Leader, United States Agency for International Development/United States Department of Agriculture
• 2001-2010 Principal Geospatial Consultant, International Development Consulting, DAI-Global, USA

American Geophysical Union

Global Land Program

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