Professional interests: 

Remote sensing, machine learning and cloud computing

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Other fun:

Playing guitars, playing soccer, and supporting the Nebraska Corn Huskers

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Academic and Professional Background (selected):

• Ph.D. Engineering, University of Nebraska, 2011

• M.S. Statistics, University of Nebraska, 2010

• M.S. Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 2007

• B.S. Agricultural Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt, 2005

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Selected Publications:

• Albright, TP, D Mutiibwa*, AR Gerson, EK Smith, WA Talbot, JJ O'Neill, AE Mckechnie, BO Wolf, 2017, Mapping evaporative water loss in desert passerines reveals an expanding threat of lethal dehydration, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1613625114.

• Mutiibwa, D*, S Strachan, TP Albright**, 2015, Land Surface Temperature and Surface Air Temperature in Complex Terrain. IEEE J. Sel. Topics App. Earth Obs. & Remote Sensing, pp(99), 1-13.

• Mutiibwa, D*, SJ Vavrus, SA McAfee, TP Albright**, 2015, Recent Spatio-temporal patterns in Temperature Extremes across Conterminous United States. J of Geophys. Res. - Atmospheres /Wiley-AGU, 120(15), 7378-7392.

• Sharma, V., Irmak, S., Kilic, A., and Mutiibwa, D. 2015. Application of remote sensing for quantifying and mapping surface energy fluxes in South Central Nebraska, USA: Analyses with respect to field (Accepted in, Transactions of the ASABE).

• Mutiibwa, D., Irmak, S., and Kilic, A. 2013. Identifying the effects of anthropogenic component of LULC changes on the regional climate of the USA High Plains. Climate 2(3): 153-167 DOI:10.3390/cli2030153

• Mutiibwa, D., and Irmak, S. 2012. Estimation of crop coefficients from AVHRR-based NDVI for analyzing long- term trends in evapotranspiration in relation to changing climate in the USA High Plains. Water Resources Research. Vol. 49(1): 231-244. Doi 10.1029/2012WR012591