Nicholas Geron

Professor Nicholas Geron is an assistant professor of Geography and Sustainability at Salem State University with a focus on remote sensing, GIS and drone applications. He examines how these technologies can be applied to urban forestry and climate resilience. He is motivated by working with communities to address environmental and climate justice concerns using remote sensing/GIS technologies. Professor Geron has worked with municipal and state agencies, non-profits, and individual residents to examine the equitable distribution of urban tree planting in mid-sized cities. He believes in undergraduate students being involved in his research at every level from data collection to co-writing papers. 

Professor Geron got his Bachelors at Boston University where he doubled majored in Environmental Policy and Analysis and French Literature. He got his Masters in Science Education at Lehman College CUNY while he taught high school Earth Science and French for five years. Professor Geron got his PhD in Geography at Clark University in Worcester, MA. During his doctorate, he worked as a visiting instructor at The College of the Holy Cross where he taught GIS, Remote Sensing, Environmental Science, and Urban Forestry. 

1. Remote Sensing/Drones
2. GIS
3. Climate Change
4. Environmental/Climate Justice
5. Urban Forestry
6. Tree Planting
7. Education
8. Urban Heat Island

Assistant Professor of Geography and Sustainability with a focus on Remote Sensing, GIS and Drone Applications.

• GPH115: Global Climate Change
• GPH340: Geographic Information Systems
• GPH343: Drone Applications
• GPH344: Remote Sensing

Publications:

Tao, S., Rogan, J., Ye, S., & Geron, N. (2023). Mapping photovoltaic power stations and assessing their environmental impacts from multi-sensor datasets in Massachusetts, United States. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 100937.

Geron, N. A., Martin, D. G., Rogan, J., & Healy, M. (2023). Residents' roles as environmental policy actors using an urban governance framework: A case study of a tree planting program. Cities, 135, 104201.

Healy, M., Rogan, J., Roman, L. A., Nix, S., Martin, D. G., & Geron, N. (2022). Historical Urban Tree Canopy Cover Change in Two Post-Industrial Cities. Environmental Management, 1-19.

Moody, R., Geron, N., Healy, M., Rogan, J., & Martin, D. (2021). Modeling the spatial distribution of the current and future ecosystem services of urban tree planting in Chicopee and Fall River, Massachusetts. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 66, 127403.

A. Elmes, M. Healy, N. Geron, M.M. Andrews, J. Rogan, D.G. Martin, F. Sangermano, C. A. Williams & B. Weil. (2020). Mapping spatiotemporal variability of the urban heat island across an urban gradient in Worcester, Massachusetts using in-situ Thermochrons and Landsat-8 Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) data, GIScience & Remote Sensing, DOI: 10.1080/15481603.2020.1818950

Lohr, E., Rogan, J., Martin, D., Geron, N., Healy, M., (2020) Creating a Matrix to Assess Pest Vulnerability in Massachusetts Gateway City Tree Plantings. Scholarly Undergraduate Research Journal at Clark.

Geron, N., Rogan, J. Martin, D. Healy, M. (2019). The impact of a tree planting program’s governance structure on tree survivorship and vigor in Massachusetts Greening the Gateway Cities Program. In Proceedings of the Fabos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning (Vol. 6, No. 1, p.61)

Hersh, J., Martin, D., Geron, N., Rogan, J. (2019). A Relational Theory of Risk: A Case Study of the Asian Longhorned Beetle Infestation in Worcester, MA. Journal of Risk Research. DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2019.1628091

From 2023:

Geron, N. October 2023. Reframing the Urban Forest. Presentation for the Sierra Club Massachusetts Chapter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJpZmyeH4fo 

Geron, N., Rogan, J., Healy, M. 2023. Cluster Analysis of Socioeconomic Variables, Extreme Heat and Vegetation during a July 2022 Heat Wave in Eastern Massachusetts. Paper accepted for presentation in the New England – St. Lawrence Valley Geographical Society Annual Fall Conference 2023

Geron, N., Rogan, J., Healy, M., Martin, D. Regenye, M.. 2023. Finding shade during extreme heat: Examining the impact of recent tree planting on land surface temperature during a heat wave. Paper accepted for presentation in the AAG2023 Trees in the City sessions 

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