Mario A Giraldo Ph.D.
Professor

Brief Biography

Mario A. Giraldo Ph.D. trained in remote sensing GIS applications to environmental geography in issues of ecological forecasting, geospatial analysis, global change, water, and agriculture. Dr. Giraldo has more than 12 peer review publication as first author in national and international journals. His international experience includes directing a study abroad program with 11 faculty members in Spain and research in Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico. Dr. Giraldo current research includes three NASA JPL HBCU funded projects in Ocean/terrestrial systems, Multidimensional data, and users data interaction https://arcs.center/ mentoring 7 CSUN students in paid internships at NASA JPL. He recently received a NASA MOSAIC grant to mentor CSUN students to careers in NASA and a USAid grant. He served as member of the faculty senate, and the president's advisory committee for community engagement. As faculty associated to the Institute for Sustainability for 4 years he developed a service learning projects with more than 500 students and 13 classes contributing to CSUN campus biodiversity and zero waste goals. Served as faculty leader of the GE path Principles of Sustainability a faculty learning community with over 12 faculty members teaching sustainability. He received the 2018 CSUN Visionary Service Learning Award and the 2015 California Higher Education Sustainability Best practice award.
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Research 

Spatial Science Geographic Information Sciences Physical and Environmental Geography Remote Sensing

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