Richard Becker

Biography

At the Environmental Remote Sensing Lab, he undertake research which incorporates an interdisciplinary research approach to investigate a wide range of geological and environmental problems including the assessment of responses of natural systems to climatic and human activities. Examples of these may include: Identifying and mapping potential harmful algal blooms from satellite images, and examining impacts of land use change on blooms and other systems in the Laurentian Great Lakes. In addition he study the impact on the Nubian aquifer in Northeastern Africa and Nile watershed of the construction of the Aswan High Dam, from changing recharge in the system to changing subsidence in the Nile Delta, to investigating the effects climate change has had on this system. To do this he utilize a variety remote sensing and GIS techniques to investigate water resources and the impacts that human use may have on them. 

Research Interest

Environmental applications of remote sensing and GIS including; Land subsidence, Toxic algal blooms, Groundwater resources