Andrew J. Elmore

Dr. Elmore is UMCES Vice President for Research and Economic Development. Previously, he was professor of landscape ecology at the UMCES Appalachian Laboratory. His research broadly addresses issues relevant to global environmental change, with a particular interest in ecosystem interactions with land-use and land-cover change. Work has focused on the effect of groundwater decline on wind erosion and air quality in deserts; the impact of urban stream burial on stream network structure and functioning; modeling coastal habitat change associate with sea level rise; and, understanding forest responses to changes in spring and autumn timing associated with climate change. He applies an array of tools to these problems, but has made the greatest impact on methods for analyzing satellite and airborne remote sensing data. Dr. Elmore received a BSc in Applied Physics from Purdue University and an MSc and PhD in Geoscience from Brown University. He worked as a postdoctoral scholar at the Carnegie Institution for Science and Dartmouth College before moving to Maryland.