Heinz, Matt

Matt
Heinz
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Matthew Heinz is a Master’s student in the Geographical Sciences 4 + 1 program at the University of Maryland, where he also earned his Bachelor’s degree in Geospatial Data Science. 

His interests include climate resilience, sustainability, and utility management. He’s worked on a variety of projects from wildfire risk mapping to disaster response and utility network creation through internships opportunities at MITRE, ESSIC, and UMD's Facilities Management.

Geospatial Information Science and Remote Sensing
Land Cover - Land Use Change
Remote Sensing
Position Title
Master's Student
Email
mheinz@terpmail.umd.edu
Degrees Held

B.S. (May 2025) Geographical Sciences: Geospatial Data Science, Univ of Maryland

Student Status
MS
Faculty Advisors

Kinloch, Zachary

Zach
Kinloch
Zach Kinloch
Geospatial Information Science and Remote Sensing
Area of Interest
Spatial epidemiology
GIS and remote sensing
Cartography
Data science
Geospatial intelligence
Position Title
Master's Student
Email
zkinloch@terpmail.umd.edu
Degrees Held

University of Maryland - BS

Student Status
MS
Research
Spatial Modeling of Avian Flu Risk
Faculty Advisors

Cao, Xiuyu

Xiuyu
Cao
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Xiuyu Cao is a PhD student in the Department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland. Xiuyu's research focuses on leveraging remote sensing techniques to support global carbon accounting and the study of forest dynamics. He is also interested in spatio-temporal modeling of key ecological forest attributes from various data sources.

Carbon, Vegetation Dynamics and Landscape-Scale Processes
Geospatial Information Science
Geospatial Information Science and Remote Sensing
Remote Sensing
Area of Interest
Remote sensing
Forest inventory
Forest biomass
Vegetation
CV
Position Title
PhD Student
Email
xiuyucao@umd.edu
Room and Building
4600 River Road
Personal Website
Degrees Held

MS in Geospatial Data Sciences, University of Michigan

BE in Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan University

Student Status
PhD
Faculty Advisors

Kotcharlakota, Abhishek

Abhishek
Kotcharlakota
Abhishek

Abhishek Kotcharlakota is a PhD student in the Department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland. He holds a master's degree in Machine Learning from the University of Maryland.  Abhishek's research focuses on leveraging remote sensing and AI technologies on Croptype mapping, Yield forecasting, Land Cover Land Usage Change. He is interested in detection, monitoring and evaluation of cropping practices; assessing their impact on the world's agriculture. 

Geospatial Information Science and Remote Sensing
Land Cover - Land Use Change
Area of Interest
Yield Prediction and Forecasting
Crop Type Mapping
Sustainable Agriculture and Practices
Machine Learning/ Deep Learning
Position Title
Doctoral Student, Graduate Research Assistant
Email
abhi4@terpmail.umd.edu
Phone
(240) 610-7294
Degrees Held

Machine Learning - M.S

Computer Science - B.Tech

Student Status
PhD

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