GIST Research Staff

Group Members

Full Name Expertise Email/Phone
Budhendra L. Bhaduri
Group Leader
Population Distribution and Dynamics, Energy and Natural Resources Modeling, Emergency Preparedness and Response 865-241-9272
bhaduribl@ornl.gov
Angela G. Trott Administrative Assistant 865-241-3976
trottag@ornl.gov
Ashton Brannon Administrative Assistant 865-574-5957
ashton@ornl.gov
Karreem Ali Transportation Systems Analysis, Population Distribution and Dynamics, Spatial Modeling 865-576-9318
alikj@ornl.gov
Bradley Barrick GIS, Remote sensing, Human Dimensions 865-576-9859
barrickb@ornl.gov
Scott Basford Population Distribution and Dynamics, Globalization and Economic Geography, Geopolitics and Open Source Data Mining 865-576-7597
basfordse@ornl.gov  
Eddie A. Bright Population Distribution and Dynamics, Remote Sensing and Land Cover Land Use Analysis 865-574-5430
brightea@ornl.gov
Varun Chandola Mining Massive Data Sets, Machine Learning, Spatiotemporal Data Mining, Anomaly/Outlier Detection, Knowledge Discovery, Algorithm Development 865-576-6192
chandolav@ornl.gov
Anil Cheriyadat Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Image and Video Analysis, Signal Processing, Remote Sensing 865-574-1837
cheriyadatam@ornl.gov
Phil R. Coleman Population Distribution and Dynamics, Spatial analysis and Modeling, High Performance Geocomputation 865-574-5393
colemanpr@ornl.gov
Shane Cutshaw Population Distribution and Dynamics, Spatial Analysis and Modeling 865-576-9616
cutshawss@ornl.gov
Steven J. Fernandez Critical Infrastructure Modeling, Electric Grid Modeling and Simulation 865-576-3565
fernandezsj@ornl.gov
Timothy Gouge GIS and Image Analysis 865-576-9318
gougetj@ornl.gov
Timmy Huynh Demography, GIS, Population Geography, and Urban Studies huynhtn@ornl.gov
Greg Johnson Population Distribution and Dynamics, Spatial Analysis and Modeling 865-576-9616
johnsongm@ornl.gov
Rajasekar Karthik Geographic Information Systems, Web-Based Software Design and Development, Data Management and Distribution, Open Source Software Development 865-576-9297
karthikr@ornl.gov
Daniel B. Koch Modeling, Simulation, and Visualization, Digital Signal Processing, Electronic Communication and Navigation 865-241-9096
kochdb@ornl.gov
Jeffrey Kodysh Geospatial Solutions, Spatial Nature of Energy Resources, Energy Production and Consumption, and Energy Infrastructure 865-576-9859
kodyshjb@ornl.gov
Cheng Liu Transportation Simulation and Modeling, High Performance Computation, Large Dataset Visualization 865-576-5593
liuc@ornl.gov
Wei Lu Traffic Simulation and Modeling, Intelligent Evacuation Modeling, Planning High Performance Computing

865-576-5593
luw4@ornl.gov

Benjamin Martin Machine Learning and Data Mining 865-576-3569
martinbw@ornl.gov
Jake McKee Geographic Information Science, Biogeography, Spatial Modeling, Remote Sensing  865-576-9490
mckeejj@ornl.gov
Jessica J. Moehl Population Distribution and Dynamics, Spatial Modeling 865-576-9490
jonesjd@ornl.gov
April Morton Data Mining and Visualization, Scientific Software Development, Spatiotemporal Modeling and Analysis mortonam@ornl.gov
Aaron T. Myers GeoSpatial Application Development and Data Management, Population Distribution and Dynamics, Hydrologic Modeling 865-241-4321
myersat@ornl.gov
Sunil Movva Semantic Applications, eScience Collaborative Frameworks and Data Mining in Distributed Environments 865-574-3329
movvas@ornl.gov
Nicholas Nagle Population Distribution and Modeling, Spatial Analysis and Modeling, Data Mining and Geovisualization

865-241-1702
naglenn@ornl.gov

Philip J. Nugent Geospatial Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Geospatial Applications Development, Transportation Systems Analysis 865-574-3229
nugentpj@ornl.gov
Olufemi A. Omitaomu Streaming and Real-time Data Mining, Electrical Infrastructure Modeling and Analysis, Disaster Risk Analysis 865-241-4310
omitaomuoa@ornl.gov
Zachary Palmer Population Distribution and Dynamics, Spatial Modeling 989-529-4907
palmerz@ornl.gov
Dilip Reddy Patlolla Porting Algorithms to GPU and FPGAs, Algorithm and Software Development (865) 576-7597
patlolladr@ornl.gov

Steven K. Peterson Transportation and Economic Geography, Critical Infrastructure Modeling Geostatistics 865-574-4676
petersonsk@ornl.gov
Amy N. Rose Population Distribution and Dynamics, Spatial Analysis and Modeling, Critical Infrastructure 865-576-3561
rosean@ornl.gov
Kelly M. Sims Population Distribution and Dynamics, Spatial Modeling 865-576-9366
simskm@ornl.gov
Nagendra Singh Spatial Analysis and GIS, Bioenergy, Land Use/Land Cover Change, Population Modeling 865-574-4873
singhn@ornl.gov
Alexandre Sorokine Geospatial Visualization, Geospatial Ontology, High Performance Geocomputation 865-574-4966
sorokina@ornl.gov
Harini Sridharan Object Based Image processing and Computer Vision, Hyperspatial and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing, LiDAR data processing, Spatial Statistics, Spatial Data Analysis and Modeling 865-241-3794
sridharanh@ornl.gov
Robert N. Stewart Scientific Software Development, Spatial Analysis and Modeling 865-241-0596
stewartrn@ornl.gov
Leanne Sulewski GIS/RS Modeling, Hazards/Disasters 865-576-9319
sulewskil@ornl.gov
Linda M. Sylvester

Population Distribution and Dynamics, Spatial Analysis and Modeling, Open Source Data Management

865-576-9366
sylvesterlm@ornl.gov
Ed P. Tinnel Computer Security, Systems Integration 865-574-4637
tinnelep@ornl.gov
Bhuvanesh Tomar Software Development for Geo-spatial Tools, Web 2.0 and Open Source Application Development, Signal Processing Tools and Technologies for Spatio-Temporal Environment 865-241-0496
tomarbs@ornl.gov
Mark A. Tuttle Cartography and Visualization, Spatial Data Management, Infrastructure Assurance 865-241-4150
tuttlema@ornl.gov
Marie L. Urban Population Distribution and Dynamics, Spatial Analysis and Modeling, Critical Infrastructure 865-576-3568
urbanml@ornl.gov
Ranga Raju Vatsavai Spatiotemporal data mining, Computational GeoInformatics, Parallel and Distributed Computing 865-576-3569
vatsavairr@ornl.gov
Jeanette Weaver Cartography, Geographic Visualization 865-576-7597
weaverje@ornl.gov
Eric Weber Population Distribution and Dynamics, Spatial Analysis and Modeling, Cartography 865-576-9297
weberem@ornl.gov
Devin White Population Movement, Complex Adaptive Systems, Quantitative Social Science, Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, High Performance Computing 865-574-7647
whiteda1@ornl.gov

Matthew C. Whitehead Population Distribution and Dynamics, Spatial Modeling, Biodiversity and Conservation 865-576-9319
whiteheadmc@ornl.gov
Jiangye Yuan Computer Vision, Machine learning, Pattern Recognition, Remote Sensing 865-241-3794
yuanj@ornl.gov