Education

2022 – B.S. Mathematical and Computational Biology, Harvey Mudd College

Research

Remote Sensing, Imaging Spectroscopy, Urban Heat Islands, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fires, Urban Biogeography

Selected Publications

R.W. Coleman, D.R. Thompson, P.G. Brodrick, E. Ben Dor, E. Cox, C.P. García-Pando, T. Hoefen, R. Kokaly, J.M. Meyer, F. Ochoa, G.S. Okin, D.H. Pearlshtien, G. Swayze, R.O. Green. An accuracy assessment of surface reflectance products from the EMIT imaging spectrometer onboard the International Space Station. Remote Sensing of Environment. 2024, 315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2024.114450.

R.W. Coleman, E.N. Stavros, G. Hulley, N. Parazoo. Comparison of Thermal-Infrared Derived Maps of Irrigated and Non-Irrigated Vegetation in Urban and Non-Urban Areas of Southern California. Remote Sensing. 2020, 12, 4102. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12244102.

R.W. Coleman, E.N. Stavros, V. Yadav, N. Parazoo. A Simplified Framework for High-Resolution Urban Vegetation Classification with Optical Imagery in the Los Angeles Megacity. Remote Sensing. 2020, 12, 2399. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12152399.

Grants & Awards

2025 – UCLA Graduate Research Mentorship Fellowship

2024/2025 – Urban Humanities Certificate

2024 – NSF GRFP Honorable Mention

2022 – Harvey Mudd Mindlin Prize for Innovative Ideas in Science

Advisors

Dr. Gregory Okin, Professor of Geography