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B.S. Soils & Plant Nutrition, University of California, Berkeley (1972)
M.S. Soil Science, University of California, Berkeley (1976)
Ph.D. Soil Science, University of California, Berkeley (1986)

Stephen DeGloria is Professor of Resource Inventory and Analysis, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (CSS), at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. He also serves as Director, Cornell Institute for Resource Information Sciences (IRIS) in CSS.  Prior to his Cornell experience, he was an environmental consultant from 1984-1986; and research associate (1971-1976) and Program Director (1977-1984) for the Remote Sensing Research Program, University of California, Berkeley.

Research Program
Dr. DeGloria's research interests focus on advancing the development and use of spatial data for meeting the environmental information needs of society both domestically and internationally. His current work focuses on improving the resource inventory process through the use of aerospace imagery; developing spatial models that incorporate multi-spectral and multi-temporal data from Earth-orbiting satellites with edaphic variables for mapping ecological communities; and integrating resource inventory data for use in spatially-explicit models and risk assessments of environmental contamination in mixed use landscapes.

Courses Taught
His teaching program includes four courses in resource inventory methods, geographic information systems, global positioning system, and spatial modeling and analysis. The curriculum is highly pragmatic to enable both undergraduate and graduate students to develop, apply, and evaluate spatial information technology skills and knowledge that will be most useful to them in academic and non-academic professional pursuits. He also participates in extension and outreach programs to foster the application and evaluation of spatial information science and technology for addressing environmental quality issues and concerns.

Awards and Recognition

Professional Affiliations

Training courses, workshops, consultancies and research collaborations in remote sensing, GIS, GPS, and resource inventory: Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, France, Ghana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Lebanon, Moldova, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, and Philippines.    

Recent Publications

Ross, Z, J.D. Duxbury, D.N.R. Paul, and S.D. DeGloria.  2006. Potential for Arsenic contamination of rice in Bangladesh: spatial analysis and mapping of high risk areas. Int. J. Risk Assessment and Management. 6(4-6): 298-315.

Pfeffer, M.J., J.W. Schelhas, S.D. DeGloria, and J. Gomez.  2005. Population, conservation, and land use change in Honduras. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 110(1-2):14-28.

Ma, J., N.R. Scott, S.D.DeGloria, and A.J. Lembo, Jr. 2005. Siting analysis of farm-based centralized anaerobic digester systems for distributed generation using GIS. Biomass & Bioenergy 28:591-600.

Hepner, G.F., D.J. Wright, C.J. Merry, S. Anderson, and S.D. DeGloria.  2004.   Remotely-acquired data and information in GIScience. In: McMaster, R. and Usery, L. (ed.) The Research Challenges of the UCGIS.  London: Taylor & Francis.

Sydenstricker-Neto, J., A. W. Parmenter, and S.D. DeGloria. 2004.  Participatory reference data collection methods for accuracy assessment of land cover change maps.  p. 75-90. In: Lunetta, R.S., and J.G. Lyon (ed.) Remote Sensing and GIS Accuracy Assessment, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.

Czymmek, K., Q. Ketterings, H. van Es, and S. DeGloria.  2003.  The New York Nitrate Leaching Index.  Cornell University, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences Extension Publ. #E03-2. 34p.

Giasson, E., R.B. Bryant, and S.D. DeGloria. 2002.  GIS-based spatial indices for identification of potential phosphorus export at watershed scale. J. Soil and Water Conservation 57:373-381.

Laba, M, S. Gregory, J. Braden, D. Ogurcak, E. Hill, E. Fegraus, J. Fiore, S.D. DeGloria.  2002. Conventional and fuzzy accuracy assessment of the New York Gap Analysis Project land cover map.  Remote Sensing of Environment 82:443-456.

DeGloria, S.D., M.L. Laba, and S.K. Gregory.  2001.  Mapping the State of New York from Landsat TM.  GIM International 15(2):76-79.

Mikhailova, E.A., R.B. Bryant, S.D. DeGloria, C.J. Post, and I.I. Vassenev. 2000. Modeling soil organic matter dynamics after conversion of native grassland to long-term continuous fallow using the CENTURY model. Ecological Modeling 132:247-257.
 
Riley, S.J., S.D. DeGloria, and R.A. Elliot. 1999. A terrain ruggedness index that quantifies topographic heterogeneity. Intermountain Journal of Sciences 5:23-27.