Meet Our Speakers . . .



Stacy Nelson is originally from Jackson, Mississippi where he obtained a B.S. in biology from Jackson State University. Stacy completed a masters degree from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), the College of William and Mary’s school of marine science. His Ph.D. was recently completed at Michigan State University. Stacy has employed the use of remote sensing and GIS to explore both land use change in coastal estuarine and wetland systems, as well as various water quality applications. Dr. Nelson has recently join the faculty at North Carolina State University within their Department of Forestry and the Center for Earth Observation.