Faculty

Dr. He Yin

Email: hyin3@kent.edu

I am an Assistant Professor and the Principal Investigator of the SensLand Lab, at the Kent State University. I am interested in utilizing remote sensing and geospatial techniques for environmental monitoring and assessment with a strong focus on land use and land cover change. I obtained my PhD degree in Geography at the Humboldt University of Berlin. I was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Bonn.
I enjoy cooking, gardening, traveling and exploring the nature. My recent hobby is fermentation such as making kombucha and kefir.

Graduate Researcher

Berit Mohr

Email: bmohr5@kent.edu

Berit Mohr is a PhD candidate (Started August 2021) with a focus on the Syrian war. She holds a MSc. from Lund University in Sweden and obtained her BSc. majoring in Geology and Environmental Science from Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. She is using remote sensing and spatial analysis to investigate how human conflict influences land use change. Previously, Berit has worked on land abandonment in Syria caused by environmental changes as well as land cover change in the Mekong Basin after dam construction. 
In her spare time, she likes to exercise (running, hiking, climbing), gardening, cooking, playing board games to concerts and undertake volunteering activities. 

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Corrine Coakley
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​Email: ccoakley@kent.edu

​Cory Coakley is a PhD candidate in the Kent State University Geography Department. Her research focuses on applying remote sensing and spatial analysis to landscapes of the past in order to better understand both natural and anthropogenic processes. Her dissertation work involves mining legacy data from the Landsat and Hexagon satellite programs to track the development of irrigation networks in Cambodia during the time of the Khmer Rouge. Previous studies explored the utility of geostatistical techniques to a Terminal Classic Maya site at the household scale. 
​Her personal interests include obsessively gardening, knitting, and practicing martial arts.

Undergraduate Researcher

Seth Rainey

Email: srainey5@kent.edu

​Seth Rainey is a dual undergraduate/graduate student in the Geography Department at Kent State University.  His bachelor’s concentrations are in Environmental Geography and Geographic Information Science. He is also working towards a minor in Climate Change. Currently, Seth is researching land-use change in Syria with Dr. Yin, specifically cropland expansion and abandonment in relation to the conflict there.
​His personal interests include hiking and singing, and he is an advent The Lord of the Rings fan.