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Dr. Robert Kissell

Dr. Kissell is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Forest Resources at the University of Arkansas – Monticello (UAM). Additionally he is a member of the Arkansas Forest Resources Center (AFRC), a University of Arkansas Center of Excellence. During the last 3 years at UAM Dr. Kissell has been responsible for teaching courses in the Spatial Information Systems Program that include Introduction to GIS, GPS, and Remote Sensing, Spatial Statistics, Remote Sensing, and Advanced GIS II.

Dr. Kissell has been actively involved with geospatial technology since 1988. Through the AFRC he has applied geospatial technology to wildlife ecology research. He has been involved in the application of aerial thermal infrared imaging (ATIRI) to estimate white-tailed deer densities and research of the precision of population estimators based on ATIRI. He is also interested in the relationships between spectral data and nutrition of selected plants for the management of wildlife.

Dr. Kissell has been a member of the GIS, Remote Sensing, and Telemetry Working Group of The Wildlife Society since 1998. Additionally he served as the Chair of the Membership Committee of the GIS, Remote Sensing, and Telemetry Working Group of The Wildlife Society from 1998-1999. He also is currently a member of the Arkansas GIS Users Forum.

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