Professional interests: 

Google Earth Engine, ENVI, ERDAS Imagine, MATLAB, R, ArcGIS, QGIS, Maxent,Land cover mapping and monitoring, change detection, species distribution modeling, remote sensing, change detection; climate-vegetation interactions

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Other fun:

hiking, botanizing, ultimate frisbee​

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Academic and Professional Background (selected):

• PhD, University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, 2014

• MA, University of California, Santa Barbara, Geography, 1999

• BA, University of California, Berkeley, Integrative Biology, 1993

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Selected Publications:

• Mann, M.L., Batllori, E., Moritz, M.A., Waller, E.K., Berck, P., Flint, A.L., Flint, L.E. and Dolfi, E., 2016. Incorporating anthropogenic influences into fire probability models: effects of human activity and climate change on fire activity in California. PloS one, 11(4), p.e0153589.

• Waller, E.K., 2014. Complexity in Climatic Controls on Plant Species Distribution: Satellite Data Reveal Unique Climate for Giant Sequoia in the California Sierra Nevada. University of California, Berkeley. Dissertation. 189 pages.

• Baldocchi, D. and Waller, E., 2014. Winter fog is decreasing in the fruit growing region of the Central Valley of California. Geophysical Research Letters, 41(9), pp.3251-3256.