Khalil Ganem

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Khalil Ganem

Office: 1255 Bunche Hall

Email: khalilganem@ucla.edu

Education

M.S. Applied Geosciences, University of Brasilia, 2017

B.S. Environmental Sciences, University of Brasilia, 2015

B.A. Business Administration, Catholic University of Brasilia, 2013

Research

Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests, Drylands, South America, Remote Sensing, GIS, Image Classification, Change Detection, Land Cover Changes

Selected Publications

Ganem, K. A.; Xue, Y.; Rodrigues, A. A.; Franca-Rocha, W.; Terra-Oliveira, M.; Carvalho, N.S.; Cayo, E.Y.; Rosa, M. R.; Dutra, A. C.; Shimabukuro, Y. E. (2022). Mapping South America’s Drylands through Remote sensing – a review of the methodological trends and current challenges. In Remote Sensing, 14(3), 736.

Ganem, K. A.; Dutra, A. C.; Terra-Oliveira, M.; Freitas, R. M; Grecchi, R. C.; Vieira, R. M. S. P.; Arai, E.; Silva, F. B.; Sampaio, C. B. V.; Duarte, V.; Shimabukuro, Y. E. (2020). Mapping Caatinga Vegetation using Optical Earth Observation Data – Opportunities and Challenges. In Brazilian Journal of Cartography, 72 (50th Anniversary Special Issue), 829-854.

Terra-Oliveira, M; Cassol, H. L. G.; Ganem, K. A.; Dutra, A. C.; Prieto, J. D.; Arai, E.; Shimabukuro, Y. E. (2020). Mapping the Cerrado’s Vegetation Cover – A Review of Remote Sensing Initiatives. In Brazilian Journal of Cartography, 72 (50th Anniversary Special Issue), 1250-1274.

Ganem, K. A.; Baptista, G. M. M.; Franca Rocha, W. J. S. F.; Vasconcelos, R. N.; Rosa, M. R.; Souza, D. T. M. (2019). Impact of Atmospheric Correction on Land Cover Classification of the Topographic Chart SC-24-V-C (Petrolina) using Google Earth Engine and Landsat-8. In: Anuário do Instituto de Geociências, 42 (2), 100-116.

Ganem, K. A.; Baptista, G. M. M.; Franca Rocha, W. J. S.; Vasconcelos, R. N.; Rosa, M. R.; Souza, D. T. M. (2017). Comparison between Data with and without Atmospheric Correction on Land Cover Classification of an Area in the Caatinga Biome using Google Earth Engine. In Brazilian Journal of Cartography, 69 (6), 1053-1074.

Grants & Awards

2019, Research Fellowship, National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) Institutional Capacity Building Program (PCI)                                                              

2019, EducationUSA Opportunity Funds Program provided by the U.S Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs                                                                    

2016, Travel Grant, Research Support Foundation of the Federal District (FAP/DF)                          

2016, Travel Grant, University of Brasilia Foundation 

2015, Merit-based scholarship, Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)

2014, Merit-based scholarship, National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) Scientific Initiation Program                                                                                                     

2013, Merit-based scholarship, National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) Scientific Initiation Program

Advisors

Yongkang Xue (Chair, Geography)