Christian Andresen

Remote Sensing Technician

Biocomplexity Experiment: Characterizing vegetation cover using remote sensing and GIS technologies across the north slope of Alaska.
Sub-meter vegetation mapping of tundra using high-resolution multispectral imagery.
Spatio-temporal assessment of riparian wetlands along the Rio Grande using remotely sensed data.
Characterization and mapping of desert playas across Fort Bliss military base.

The University of Texas at El Paso, B.S. in Environmental Science with a minor in Biology.

Assessing ecosystem changes at different scales, from remote sensing to the molecular genetics level.

I enjoy all kinds of outdoor activities: fishing, scuba diving, hiking, biking, kayaking, soccer, and snowboarding. Also, I am an avid nature photographer and some of my work has appeared in local newspapers, UTEP's magazine, and in the "To the Ends of the Earth: UTEP at the Poles" museum exhibit.

After having acquired a multidisciplinary approach toward environmental problems, I would like to pursue a Ph. D. degree that utilizes remote sensing and GIS to understand and manage environmental problems and contribute to understand this marvelous place and satisfy those lifelong curiosities about our Mother Earth.

I was born in the arid area of El Paso, but raised in a subtropical region in Mexico, an interesting mix! My passion for the outdoors and the ecosystem led to the pursuit of a career in Environmental Sciences. I strongly believe in an interdisciplinary approach towards environmental understanding: incorporating Biology, Chemistry, Physics, etc., to generate a new environmental approach that ultimately will help to develop better management and conservation practices.