bemcneil@mail.wvu.edu 149 Brooks Hall Website: Brendan McNeil
Associate Professor of Geography, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
“In the current information economy, almost all information is spatial, and GIS is the tool to unlock the value within all this information. Moreover, from a scientific perspective, GIS is our “planetary macroscope” that lets us precisely examine our interactions with the natural systems that sustain our life on earth.”
Brenden uses fieldwork, remote sensing, and GIS to examine human impacts on the spatial patterns of forest ecosystem services, particularly in the eastern USA. In addition to the geography senior capstone course, he teaches undergraduate and graduate classes in physical geography, resource sustainability, environmental GIS, and spatial ecosystem ecology.
PI: Brenden McNeil, Associate Professor of Geography