Adriana Uscanga

A light-skinned woman with long, dark, straignt hair stands in front of evergreen trees and a mountain. She wears hiking boots, black pants, and a coat.
Assistant Professor
she/her/hers
auscanga@umn.edu
330C Green Hall

2005 Upper Buford Circle
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

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Education
  • Ph.D. 2022, University of Oregon, Geography
  • M.S. 2016, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Ecology & Evolution
  • B.S. 2013, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Biology
Courses taught
Geographic Information Systems in Natural Resources

Areas of Interest

Landscape Ecology; Remote Sensing & GIS; Social-Ecological Systems; Global Change; Environmental Justice.

Research

My interdisciplinary research combines field-based data, geospatial analysis, remote sensing techniques, and ecological modeling to understand the effects of land use and disturbance on forest social-ecological systems across scales in the context of global environmental change.