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Aaron Ruesch Aaron Ruesch is a research intern working jointly under NASA and National Science Foundation (NSF) grants with Jon Foley at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. His appointment at SAGE is dedicated to improving our understanding of the correlation between fire, deforestation, and shifting agriculture at a global scale. Aaron's work incorporates remotely sensed and national census data products that quantify the extent and magnitude of croplands, pasture, forest, and fire as inputs for spatial analysis. Additionally, he provides GIS support for several interdisciplinary projects such as ascribing levels of responsibility of individual nations on present global CO2 levels, comparing viability of agrofuel crops by emphasizing land resource impacts, and developing better deforestation models based on environmental indicators. Aaron received a B.S. in people-environment interaction geography and a B.S. in GIS and cartography from the University of Wisconsin - Madison Geography Department. While he was working toward his undergraduate, his focus at SAGE involved the use of wiki web technology as a platform for people to share their knowledge of environmnetal phenomena at various scales from global to local. At school, his major projects included site selection analysis for archeological digs using fuzzy modeling approaches in GIS, and developing data visualization applications for analyzing spatial patterns of methods of sale in the housing market in Madison, WI. For the future, Aaron is interested in researching ecological impacts of fisheries because he wants to apply good science and policy to sustainability of marine ecosystems. Outside of academics, Aaron spends most of his free time exploring Wisconsin's many lakes and rivers while learning everything he can about fish. Examples of Aaron's Work:
•Cartogram comparing cumulative CO2 emissions versus climate change related deaths by country: |
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