DeVries, Ben

Dr. Ben deVries
Assistant Professor
PhD, Wageningen University, Netherlands, 2015
Phone: 
519-824-4120 ext. 53528
Email: 
bdv@uoguelph.ca
Specialization: 

Satellite Earth observation; Remote sensing of ecosystem dynamics; Land use and land cover change.

GEOG*2460 Analysis in Geography
GEOG*2420 The Earth from Space
GEOG*3480 GIS and Spatial Analysis
GEOG*4480 Applied Geomatics

My research is concerned with the remote sensing of ecosystem change across a variety of landscapes, including forests and aquatic ecosystems. I am recruiting up to three graduate students to start in the Fall 2023 semester to work on the following topics:

  1. Monitoring the dynamics of lakes and wetlands in the Canadian Arctic using Synthetic Aperture Radar (PhD or MSc)
  2. Mapping contemporary heathlands and disturbance histories in the Miawpukek Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area, Newfoundland (MSc with Dr. Faisal Moola)
  3. Remote sensing of insect defoliation in Ontario forests (MSc)

Applicants should have a background in GIS and/or Remote Sensing. Interested candidates are encouraged to send their updated CV, unofficial transcripts and a statement of interest mentioning one of the above projects to Dr. Ben DeVries (bdv@uoguelph.ca).

Graduate Students Supervised

Name Research
M.Sc. Johnston, Alexander
M.Sc. Lizak, Maciej
Ph.D. Merchant, Michael Research Interests: Wetland classification and monitoring using remote sensing, geospatial cloud computing, machine learning, and data fusion.
M.Sc. Nieto Rodriguez, Alejandro Research interests: Modelling wetlands change in the Great Lakes watershed using remote sensing data from satellite imagery.
M.Sc. Shi, Amy Mapping Eastern Hemlock in Ontario using GIS and remote sensing.
M.Sc. Wang, Yannan Monitoring the impact of beavers of surface water dynamics in arctic canada using remote sensing.
Ph.D. Yekeen, Shamsudeen Geospatial Intelligence of the Environment, Hydrology, Climate Change Hazard Management, Oil Spill Remote sensing, and Land Use Landcover.
M.Sc. 2022 Obadia, Mayah Examining Intra- and Inter-annual Dynamics of Lakes of the Mackenzie River Delta, Northwest Territories, using Sentinel-1 SAR Time Series.