Dr. Michael J. Falkowski

^* Now with the Canadian Forest Service

E-mail: mfalkows@nrcan.gc.ca

Phone: (250) 363-0780

Education & Experiences, Areas of Interest,
Research, Publications and Presentations

Education:

• PhD, Natural Resources, University of Idaho, August 2008 
• MS, Forestry, University of Idaho, December 2004
• BS, Geography, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, May 2000

Professional Experience:

• Postdoc: Canadian Forest Service Pacific Forestry Center, Victoria BC, September 2008 - Current  
• GIS Specialist: Menominee Tribal Enterprises Forestry Center, Jul 2001 - June 2002
• GIS Technician: Arrowhead Regional Development Commission, October 2000 July 2001
• GIS Technician: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Research Center, May  - October 2000

Teaching Experience:

• Forestry 472 Remote Sensing of The Environment  
• Forestry 375 Air Photo Interpretation
• Forestry 274 Forest Inventory 

Publications and Presentations:

Peer-reviewed Publications:

• Falkowski, M.J., Evans, J.S., Martinuzzi, S., Gessler, P.E., and A.T. Hudak. Accepted. Characterizing forest succession with lidar data: An evaluation for the inland northwest, USA. Remote Sensing Environment.  
• Falkowski, M.J., Smith, A.M.S., Gessler, P.G., Hudak, A.T., Vierling, L.A., and Evans, J.S., 2008.  The influence of conifer forest canopy cover on the accuracy of two individual tree measurement algorithms using LiDAR data. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 34, S2, S338-S350.
• Garrity, S.R., Vierling, L.A., Smith, A.M.S., Falkowski, M.J., and D.B. Hann., 2008. Automatic detection of individual shrub location, crown area, and cover using spatial wavelet analysis (SWA) of high spatial resolution aerial photography. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 34, S2, S376-S384.
• Smith, A.M.S., Strand, E., Steele, C., Hann, D., Garrity, S., Falkowski, M.J., and Evans, J., 2008. Production of vegetation spatial-structure map by per-object analysis of juniper encroachment in multi-temporal aerial photographs. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 34, S2, S268-S285.
• Hudak, A.T., Crookston, N.L., Evans, J.S., Hall, D.E., and Falkowski M.J., 2008. Nearest-neighbor imputation of species-level, plot-scale forest structure attributes from LiDAR data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 112, 2232-2245.  
• Falkowski, M.J., Smith, A.M.S., Hudak, A.T., Gessler, P.E., Vierling, L.A. and Crookston, N.L., 2006. Automated estimation of individual conifer tree height and crown diameter via Two-dimensional spatial wavelet analysis of lidar data, Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 32, No. 2, 153-161. (PDF) 
• Hudak, A.T., Crookston, N.L., Evans, J.S., Falkowski, M.J., Smith, A.M.S., Gessler, P.E. and Morgan, P., 2006., Regression modeling and mapping of coniferous forest basal area and tree density from discrete-return lidar and multispectral data, Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 32, No. 2, 126-138. (PDF) 
• Lentile, L.B., Holden, Z.A., Smith, A.M.S., Falkowski, M.J., Hudak, A.T., Morgan, P., Gessler, P.E. and Benson, N.C., 2006, Remote sensing techniques to assess active fire and post-fire effects, International Journal of Wildland Fire, 15, 319-345 (PDF Preprint)
• Smith, A.M.S, Wooster, M.J, Drake, N., Dipostso, F., Falkowski, M.J., and Hudak, A.T., 2005. Testing the Potential of Multi-Spectral Remote Sensing for Retrospectively Estimating Fire Severity in African Savanna Environments, Remote Sensing Environment, 97, 92-115.
• Falkowski, M.J., Gessler, P.E., Morgan, P., Hudak, A.T. and Smith, A.M.S., 2005, Evaluating ASTER satellite imagery and gradient modeling for mapping and characterizing wildland fire fuels, Forest Ecology and Management, 217, 129-146. (PDF)

Conference Proceedings and Presentations:

• Falkowski, M.J., Wulder, M.A., Samples of high spatial resolution satellite imagery for large area characterization. GOFC-GOLD workshop on boreal and temperate forest monitoring, Oct. 2008, Jena, Germany.  
• Hudak, A., Evans, J., McNamara, D., Falkowski, M.J., Jensen, J.L.R,
  Martinuzzi, S., Vierling, L., and Link, T., Forestry applications of LiDAR in the Interior Northwest. USGS Second National Lidar Meeting. Reston, VA 21-22 May 2008. 
• Falkowski, M.J., Gessler, P.E., Hudak, A.T., Crookston, N. Predicting tree-level forest structure from LiDAR data. Eos transactions, American Geophysical Union, 88, 52, Fall Meeting, Dec 2007, Supplemental, B43C-1458.   
• Hudak, A.T., Smith, A.M.S., Evans, J.S. and Falkowski, M.J. Estimating coniferous forest canopy cover from LiDAR and multispectral data. Eos transactions, American Geophysical Union, 87, 52, Fall Meeting, Dec 2006, Supplemental, B43D-03.
• Falkowski, M.J., Gessler, P.E., Smith, A.M.S., Hudak, A.T. and Vierling, L.A. Automatically measuring individual tree crown diameter and height from LiDAR data: A comprehensive evaluation of spatial wavelet analysis Eos transactions, American Geophysical Union, 87, 52, Fall Meeting, Dec 2006, Supplemental, B41A-0156.
• Smith, A.M.S., Falkowski, M.J., Strand, E.K., Evans, J., Vierling, L.A., Hudak, A.T., Gessler, P.E. and Hann, D.B, Wavelet estimation of tree crown widths from Lidar data. Remote Sensing Applications Center (RSAC) Workshop on Lidar Concepts and Resource Applications, Salt Lake City, May, 2005
• Falkowski, M.J., Hudak, A.T., Smith, A.M.S., and P.E. Gessler. A comparison of four individual tree height prediction methods for forest inventory.  Proceedings of the 26th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, 14-16 Jun 2005.
• Hudak, A.T., J.S. Evans, M.J. Falkowski, N.L. Crookston, P.E. Gessler, P. Morgan and A.M.S. Smith. Predicting plot basal area and tree density in mixed-conifer forest from lidar and Advanced Land Imager (ALI) data.  Proceedings of the 26th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, 14-16 Jun 2005.
• Falkowski, M.J.,  Gessler, P.E., Morgan,P., Smith, A.M.S. and Hudak. A.T. 2004. Evaluating ASTER satellite imagery and gradient modeling for mapping and characterizing wildland fire fuels. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Annual Meetings. CD-ROM May, 2004. Denver.
• Falkowski, M.J.,  Gessler, P.E., Morgan,P., Smith, A.M.S. and Hudak. A.T. 2004. Evaluation the ASTER Sensor For Mapping and Characterizing Forest Fire Fuels In Northern Idaho. Proceedings of the RS 2004 Tenth Biennial USDA Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Conference. April, 2004 Salt Lake City, UT. CD-ROM.
• Falkowski, M.J., Hefferan, K.P., Walker, R.E., Samson, S.D., and Hassan A. 2000. Landsat Thematic Mapper Analysis of the Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco. American Geophysical Union Annual Spring Meeting Abstracts, volume 81, no. 19, p. S62. Presented on May  31, 2000 in Washington DC
• Hefferan, K., Rice, K., Admou, H., and Falkowski, M.,2001, Remote Sensing Research in the Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 7, 2001, v. 33, p. A290.
• Falkowski, M., Geologic and Remote Sensing Analysis of the Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco, UW-System Wide Student Research Symposium at La Crosse, WI, May 2000. 
• Conner, J.L., Zuleger, J.M., Johnson, D.N., Falkowski, M.J., Walker, R.E., Hefferan, K.P., and Heywood, N.C., 2000. Landsat Thematic Mapper Analysis of Mariscal Mountain Anticline, Big Bend, Texas. American Geophysical Union Annual Spring Meeting Abstracts, volume 81, no. 19, p. S57.   Presented on May 30, 2000 in Washington D.C.
• Conner, J, Zuleger, J., Falkowski, M, Johnson, D., Rice, K., Undergraduate capstone research experience: A case study from Big Bend National Park, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Reno, Nevada, November 2000, v. 32.
• Conner, J., Zuleger, J., Johnson, D., Falkowski, M., Hefferan, K., and Heywood, N., 2000, Landsat Thematic Mapper Analysis of the Mariscal Mountain Anticline, Big Bend, Texas, UW-System Wide Student Research Symposium at La Crosse, WI, May 2000.