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- Research Associate
Office for Remote Sensing of Earth Resources
Environmental Resources Research Institute
University Park, PA 16802
Tel: (814) 865-2307 or 863-3530
- Email: exn105@psu.edu
Vitae
Education
National University of Rwanda B.Sc. 1982 Biochemistry
University of Illinois M.S. 1986 Soil Science
The Pennsylvania State University M.S. 1995 Geosciences (Remote Sensing/GIS)
University of Illinois Ph.D. 1990 Soil Science
Profession Experience
1995-Present Faculty, appointed to the Graduate Faculty, The Pennsylvania State
University
1995-Present Research Associate, Office for Remote Sensing of Earth Resources,
Environmental Resources Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
1993-1995 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Earth System Science Center, The Pennsylvania
State University
1990-1992 Project Director and Soil Scientist, USAID Farming Systems Research Project,
Rwanda (Central Africa)
1990-1991 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Agronomy, University of Illinois
1984-1989 Research Assistant, Department of Agronomy, University of Illinois
Research Focus
Applications of Remote Sensing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and similar
technologies to soil science, hydrology, and water quality including environmental
resource inventory and management
 | Selected Publications
 | Agbu, A. P., and E. Nizeyimana, 1991, "Comparison between spectral mapping
units derived from SPOT image texture and soil map units," Photogram. Engin. Remote
Sens., 57: 397-405 |
| Nizeyimana, E. and G. W. Petersen, 1996, "Remote sensing applications to
soil degradation assessments," In: R. Lal, W.H. Blum, and C. Valentin (Eds.)
Methodology for Assessment of Soil Degradation, Special Publ. of Advances in Soil Science,
International Soil Science Society, Chapter in Press |
| Nizeyimana, E., D. A. Miller, and Tom Gardner, 1994, "Techniques to derive
input soil parameters for terrestrial hydrology models from the STATSGO database,"
Invited paper presented at the AGU Spring Meetings, Baltimore, Maryland, May 23-27, 1994,
p. 216 |
| Nizeyimana, E., 1995, "Evaluation of Digital Elevation Models (DEM),
remotely sensed data, and soil databases in the parameterization of hydrology/water
quality models using GIS techniques," M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Geosciences, The
Pennsylvania State University |
| Petersen, G. W., Nizeyimana, Egide, and B. M. Evans, 1996, "Application of
Geographic Information Systems to Soil Degradation Determinations and Modeling," In:
R. Lal, W. H. Blum, and C. Valentin (Eds.), Methodology for Assessment of Soil
Degradation, Special Publ. of Advances in Soil Science, International Soil Science
Society, Chapter in press |
| Nizeyimana, E., Petersen, G. W., Anderson, M. C., Evans, B. M. and G. M. Baumer,
1996, "GIS/Census data assessment of nitrogen loadings from septic systems in
Pennsylvania," J. Environ. Qual., 25 (in press, March-April issue) |
| Evans, B. M., Anderson, M. C., Nizeyimana, E., Petersen, G. W., Baumer, G. M, and
W. S. Brown, 1995, "Evaluation of nonpoint source-related features within
Pennsylvania’s Coastal Zone Areas," Final report to The PaDEP, ORSER, ERRI, The
Pennsylvania State University |
| Evans, B. M., Nizeyimana, E., Anderson, M. C., Baumer, G. M, Petersen, G. W, and
J. M. Hamlett, 1996, "Specifications of a GIS-based Spatial Decision Support System
(SDSS) for use in a statewide evaluation of nonpoint source pollution problems,"
Final Report to PaDEP, BWLC, ORSER, ERRI, The Pennsylvania State University |
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Current and Pending Support
Current
Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CSF), GIS based assessment of riparian forests in the
Chesapeake Bay Basin, $85,000, Sept. 1995 - July 1996
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PaDEP), Development of a Spatial
Decision Support System (SDSS) for surface water allocation in Pennsylvania, $50,000, Jan.
1996 - Feb. 1997
Pending
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Assessing the impact of
urbanization/industrialization on agricultural productivity using remote sensing and
physically-based soil productivity models, $1,890,000, March 1996 - Feb. 2001
National Science Foundation (NSF), An investigation of the effects of SST anomalies, soil,
and land-use changes, and elevated atmospheric CO2 levels on West African climate using
coupled global-regional climate models, $360,434, July 1996 - June 1999
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