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Curriculum Vitae

Luke J. Marzen

Dept. of Geology and Geography
210 Petrie Hall
Auburn University AL 36849.
e-mail: marzelj@auburn.edu

Education

Kansas State University , Ph.D Geography 2001.

Oklahoma State University , M.S. Geography, 1997

Northwest Missouri State University , B.S. Geography, 1995

Positions Held

2006-present Associate Professor of Geography, Auburn University;Co-Director AlabamaView (www.alabamaview.org)
2001-2006 Assistant Professor of Geography, Auburn University; Founder and Co-Director of AlabamaView

Selected Publications

*denotes student at time written

• *Styers, D.M., A.H. Chappelka, L.J. Marzen and G.L. Somers. 2010.  Developing A Land-Cover Classification To Select Indicators Of Forest Ecosystem Health In A Rapidly Urbanizing Landscape. Landscape and Urban Planning. 94:158-165.

• *Styers, D.M., A.H. Chappelka, L.J. Marzen and G.L. Somers. 2010. Scale matters: Indicators of ecological health along the urban-rural interface near Columbus, Georgia. Ecological Indicators. 10: 224-233.  

• *Thomka. J.R. and L.J. Marzen. 2009. Treefall evidence for high wind events at Hawn state park, St. Francois Mountains, Missouri: A case study in selective field data collection. Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences. 32: 173-180.

• *M. Shamsudduha, L.J. Marzen, A. Uddin, M.-K. Lee and J.A. Saunders. 2009. Groundwater Arsenic-Contamination in Bangladesh: Control of Surface Elevation, Slope And Groundwater Gradient On Spatial Arsenic Distribution.  Environmental Geology. 57: 1521-1535.

• *Kimbrow, D., L. Marzen, S. Bhuyan. 2008. Rodeo-Chediski Fire: Damage Severity as Detected by Modis Satellite Data.  Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences. 31: 58-64.

• *Bhattarai, Gandhi, Puneet Srivastava, Luke Marzen, Diane Hite, and Upton Hatch. 2008.  Assessment of Economic and Water Quality Impacts of Land Use Change Using a Simple Bioeconomic Model.  Environmental Management. 42(1):122-131.

• *Vitale, M. L.J. Marzen, and C. Bailey. 2007. Geographic Barriers to Primary Health Care Services for Hispanic Residents in Toombs County, Georgia. Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences. 30: 106-115.

• Bhattarai, G., P. Srivastava , L. Marzen, D.Hite, and U. Hatch. 2008. The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00267-008-9111-9. Assessment of Economic And Water Quality Impacts Of Land Use Change Using A Simple Bioeconomic Model. Environmental Management.

• Martin, M. L.J. Marzen, and T. Alexander. 2007. Remote Sensing Analysis of Urban Expansion in Birmingham, Alabama: 1988-2004. Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences. 30:147-156.

• Tsegaye, T. D. Sheppard, K. R. Islam, W. Tadesse, A. Atalay, and L. Marzen 2006. Development of chemical index as a measure of in-stream water quality in response to land-use and land cover changes. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. 175:161-179

• Marzen, L.J. 2006. A Remote Sensing Assessment of Mississippi Coastal Change after Hurricane Katrina. Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conferences. 29: 71-80.

• Szantoi, Z., and L.J. Marzen. 2005. Geospatial Analysis of NDVI Distribution in the Mount St. Helens Eruption Zone: 20 Years Later. Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conferences. 28:105-113.

•  Hutchinson , J.M.S., J.A. Harrington, Jr., and L.J. Marzen. 2004. Geospatial Contributions to Watershed-Scale Surface Water Quality Modeling. In D.G. Janelle, B. Warf, and K. Hanson, eds. World Minds: Geographical Perspectives on 100 Problems, 556-570. Dordrecht , The Netherlands : Kluwer Academic Publishers.

•  Bhuyan, S.J., J.K. Koelliker, L.J. Marzen , J.A. Harrington. 2003. An Integrated Approach for Water Quality Assessment of Watersheds. Environmental Modeling and Software, 18: 473-484.

•  Bhuyan, S.J., L.J. Marzen, J.K. Koelliker, J.A. Harrington, Jr. P.L. Barnes. 2002 Assessment of runoff and sediment yield using remote sensing, GIS, and AGNPS. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 57(6): 351-364.

•  Marzen, L.J., J.M. Wersinger, S. Jiansheng, D. Kopalle. 2002. Remote sensing applications for the Alabama From Space program. Papers of the Applied Geography Conference, 25: 223-229.

•  Hutchinson , J.M., J.A Harrington, Jr., L.J. Marzen. 2002. Geographic Applications in Nonpoint Source Pollution. Papers of the Applied Geography Conference, 25: 18-26.

Funded Projects

$2,181,648 total funded dollars

Selected Projects

• Bringing Global Climate Change Education to Alabama Classrooms. PI Marie Wooten. Co-PI NASA. $499,120.

•  Bridging the Gap Between Science, People and Policy for Sustainable Watershed Management in the Tallapoosa River Basin and Beyond. PI Bill Deutch. Co-PI. AAES. $750,000.

•  Development of AlabamaView. PI. USGS. $521,604 to date.

•  Southwest Alabama Working Waterfront Coalition. MS-AL Sea Grant Consortium. PI with D. Hite and C. Bailey. 2007. $90,000.

•  An Investigation of Wet-target Craters on Mars. PI with D. King. NASA EPSCoR. 2006 & 2007. $65,526.

•  Estimating Regional and Local Scale Surface Moisture as an Indicator of Drought using Thermal IR. 2006. PI. Alabama Water Resources Research Institute/USGS. 2006. $45,894.

•  The evaluation of an approach to estimate regional scale surface moisture as an indicator of drought for Alabama using NASA'S MODIS data. PI. Alabama Water Resources Research Institute/USGS. 2004. $70,292.

•  Development of environmental surface condition indicators from satellite data for delivery to users on the Alabama From Space website. Co-PI with J-M Wersinger and J. Shaw. Auburn University Environmental Institute. 2003. $38,494.

•  Southeastern Remote Sensing Applications. Co-PI with J.M. Wersinger. Alabama Space Grant Consortium. 2002. $44,404

Profesional Organizations

• Association of American Geographers

• AAG Remote Sensing Specialty Group

• Southeast Division on Association of American Geographers

• Conference of Latin American Geographers

• Alabama/Guatemala Partners of Americas

• American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing