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., 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., 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


                                                                              

                      

                      

                        
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            Jonathan Resop

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