Bryan C Pijanowski

Associate Professor

Department: Forestry and Natural Resources
Phone: 765.496.2215
Fax: 765.496.2422
Office: FORS 203
E-mail: bpijanow@purdue.edu
Personal Web Page

Area of Expertise: Natural Resource Social Science

Research Group	Facilities	Areas of Excellence	Related Centers
Natural Resource Social Science Forest Measurement and Assessment/GIS Wildlife Science	Human-Environment Modeling and Analysis Lab Spatial Data Analysis Lab	Partnering for land use sustainability Applied Ecological Genetics	Center for the Environment Purdue Climate Change Research Center Purdue Interdisciplinary Center for Ecological Sustainability

Dr. Pijanowski specializes in spatial modeling and analysis of land use/cover change. Grounded in the theoretical framework of complex socio-ecological systems, his research employs advanced technologies and methodologies from a wide array of disciplines. Many of his models are used to forecast and backcast land use/cover change patterns which are then linked to other ecological and economic models. Research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, NASA and various foundations (e.g., Kellogg Foundation, Great Lakes Fisheries Trust, Purdue Research Foundation). Dr. Pijanowski is interested in how results of simulations of the future can be used to achieve a more sustainable society.

A lot of the research being conducted uses geographic information systems, remote sensing, machine learning (e.g., neural networks), role playing simulation, agent-based modeling, expert judgment and semi-structured interview tools and approaches. He is a member of many national (e.g., American Association of Geographers) and international (e.g., Global Land Project) research organizations.

- Recent Publications

Pontius, R. G., J. Castell, T. deNiijs, Z. Duan, E. Fotsing, N. Goldstein, K. Kok, E. Koomen, C. Lippit, M. Sood, B. C. Pijanowski, A. Veldkamp, & P. Verburg (2008). Comparing input, output and validation maps for several models of land change. Annals of Regional Science.

Lang, R., G. Shao, B. C. Pijanowski, & R. Farnsworth (2008). An automated labeling approach for optimizing unsupervised classification of remotely sensed imagery. Computers and Geosciences, 34(11).

Olson, J., G. Alagarswamy, J. Andresen, A. Davis, & B. C. Pijanowski (2008). Integrating diverse methods to understand climate-land interactions in East Africa. Geoforum, 39.

Pijanowski, B. C. (2008). Sustainability, climate change and uncertainty. Spatial Accuracy2008 Conference.

Pijanowski, B. C. (2007). NSF Coupled Natural Human Systems.

Pijanowski, B. C., & R. J. Stevenson (2007). Watershed Science: Essential, Complex, Multidisciplinary and Collaborative. "Wetland and Water Resource Modeling and Assessment: A Watershed Perspective".

Wiley, M., & B. C. Pijanowski (2007). Integrated Modeling of the Muskegon River: Ecological Risk Assessment in a Great Lakes Watershed. "Wetland and Water Resource Modeling and Assessment: A Watershed Perspective".

Fitzpatrick, M., B. C. Pijanowski, & D. Long (2007). Characterizing biogeochemical fingerprints of land use on surface water quality across a regional watershed in the Upper Midwest, USA. Applied Geochemistry, 22, 1825-1840.

Pijanowski, B. C., D. Ray, A. Kendall, J. Duckles, & D. Hyndman (2007). Using Backcast Land Change and Groundwater Travel-time Models to Generate Land Use Legacy Maps for Watershed Management. Ecology and Society. http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/viewissue.php?sf=29

Olson, J., D. Campbell, A. Davis, & B. C. Pijanowski (2007). Integrating Diverse Methods to Understand Climate-Land Interactions in East. GeoForum.