Resop, Jonathan

Bio

Dr. Jonathan Resop has been a lecturer in the Department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland since 2013, teaching full time in the MS GIS program. He teaches courses in spatial modeling, Python programming, lidar remote sensing, as well as the Capstone course. Jonathan earned his Ph.D. at Virginia Tech in Biological Systems Engineering. During his time at Virginia Tech, he worked on projects related to spatial modeling and remote sensing, in particular, problems involving agricultural and ecological systems. His dissertation applied terrestrial lidar to ecological applications such as monitoring streambank retreat and stream restoration design. After completing his Ph.D. he worked as a post-doc for the USDA-ARS in the Crop Systems and Global Change Lab in Beltsville (now the Adaptive Cropping Systems Laboratory) simulating the potential production capacity of crops for regional food systems using a geospatial crop model. He is collaborating with the StREAM Lab at Virginia Tech to study the application of drone laser scanning for quantifying physical properties of riverscapes. Jonathan received his undergraduate degrees at the University of Maryland, College Park in Biological Resources Engineering and Computer Science.

Data

Hession, W. C., L. Lehmann, T. Pingel, J. Czuba, E. Prior, N. Christensen, Y. Kobayashi, and J. P. Resop. 2023. Virginia Tech StREAM Lab Winter 2021 Drone Lidar Survey. OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G9348HK3

Degrees

Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, 2010 - PhD
Biological Resources Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, 2006 - MS
Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, 2004 - BS
Biological Resources Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, 2004 - BS

Areas of Interest

Agricultural and Ecological Systems
Lidar Remote Sensing (Terrestrial and Drone-based)
Water Resources Engineering and Ecological Engineering
Modeling and Simulation
Stream Restoration Design
Uncertainty Analysis
Python Programming

Research Topics

Geospatial Information Science and Remote Sensing

Resop, J. P., J. S. Cundiff, and S. Sokhansanj. June 2025. "Implementation of Modular Depot Concept for Switchgrass Pellet Production in the Piedmont." AgriEngineering. 7(6): 188. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriengineering7060188

Resop, J. P., J. S. Cundiff, and S. Sokhansanj. June 2025. "Delivered Cost of Switchgrass Pellets Transported from Depots to a Biorefinery in the Piedmont, USA." Biofuels, Bioproducts, and Biorefining. https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.2806

Resop, J. P., C. Hendrix, T. Wynn-Thompson, and W. C. Hession. April 2024. "Channel Morphology Change after Restoration: Drone Laser Scanning versus Traditional Surveying Techniques." Hydrology. 11(4): 54. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology11040054

Resop, J. P. and J. S. Cundiff. September 2023. "Optimization of Herbaceous Feedstock Delivery to a Network of Supply Depots for a Biorefinery in the Piedmont, USA." Biofuels, Bioproducts, and Biorefining. 17(6): 1528-1540. https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.2537

Resop, J. P., J. S. Cundiff, and R. D. Grisso. June 2022. "Central Control for Optimized Herbaceous Feedstock Delivery to a Biorefinery from Satellite Storage Locations." AgriEngineering. 4(2): 544-565. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriengineering4020037

Resop, J. P. and J. S. Cundiff. September 2021. "Assessment of Herbaceous Feedstock Supply for Locating Biorefineries in the Piedmont, USA." Biofuels, Bioproducts, and Biorefining. 16(1): 43-53. https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.2297

Resop, J. P., L. Lehmann, and W. C. Hession. September 2021. "Quantifying the Spatial Variability of Annual and Seasonal Changes in Riverscape Vegetation Using Drone Laser Scanning." Drones. 5(3): 91. https://doi.org/10.3390/drones5030091

Resop, J. P., L. Lehmann, and W. C. Hession. April 2019. "Drone Laser Scanning for Modeling Riverscape Topography and Vegetation: Comparison with Traditional Aerial Lidar." Drones. 3(2): 35. https://doi.org/10.3390/drones3020035

Resop, J. P., D. H. Fleisher, D. J. Timlin, D. Mutiibwa, and V. R. Reddy. December 2016. "Climate, Water Management, and Land Use: Estimating Potential Potato and Corn Production in the U.S. Northeastern Seaboard Region." Transactions of the ASABE. 59(6):1539-1553. https://doi.org/10.13031/trans.59.11748

Resop, J. P., W. C. Hession, and T. Wynn-Thompson. July 2014. "Quantifying the Parameter Uncertainty in the Cross-sectional Dimensions for a Stream Restoration Design of a Gravel-bed Stream." Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 69(4):306-315. https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.69.4.306

Resop, J. P., D. H. Fleisher, D. J. Timlin, and V. R. Reddy. January 2014. "Biophysical Constraints to Potential Production Capacity of Potato across the U.S. Eastern Seaboard Region." Agronomy Journal. 106(1):43-56. https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2013.0277

Resop, J. P., D. H. Fleisher, Q. Wang, D. J. Timlin, and V. R. Reddy. November 2012. "Combining Explanatory Crop Models with Geospatial Data for Regional Analyses of Crop Yield using Field-scale Modeling Units." Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 89(1):51-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2012.08.001

Resop, J. P., J. L. Kozarek, and W. C. Hession. April 2012. "Terrestrial Laser Scanning for Delineating In-stream Boulders and Quantifying Habitat Complexity Measures." Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. 78(4):363-371. https://doi.org/10.14358/pers.78.4.363

Resop, J. P., J. S. Cundiff, and C. D. Heatwole. February 2011. "Spatial Analysis to Site Satellite Storage Locations for Herbaceous Biomass in the Piedmont of the Southeast." Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 27(1):25-32. https://doi.org/10.13031/2013.36221

Resop, J. P. and W. C. Hession. October 2010. "Terrestrial Laser Scanning for Monitoring Streambank Retreat: Comparison with Traditional Surveying Techniques." Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. 136(10):794-798. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000233

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