About the Project
Michael Shin is a professor in the UCLA Department of Geography, faculty affiliate in the Department of Statistics, and faculty research affiliate at both the California Center for Population Research (CCPR), and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Michael is also faculty director of the UCLA Geospatial initiative, the mission of which is to meet the growing demand for geospatial analysis across campus and beyond. As an expert in geospatial methods and techniques, this project draws from his love for the outdoors, fly fishing for trout, and concern about the climate crisis and its broader impacts.
Michael received a B.A. (1992) in International Affairs (minor in Italian), and a M.A. (1995), and Ph.D. (1998), in Geography, from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
This project would not be possible without the collaboration, support, and guidance of the following individuals and organizations:
T. Gillespie, UCLA Geography;
S. Burkhart, UCLA Geography;
B. Passarelli, UCLA Ecology & Evolutionary Biology;
L. Pitcher, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency;
B. Overstreet, United States Geological Survey;
R. Herrera, United States Forest Service;
B. Beal, California Department of Fish & Wildlife;
N. Shin, UCSB undergraduate research assistant;
UCLA Council on Research
Onset Computer Corporation