Amin Tayyebi Interview
This week, the Gratton lab welcomed it’s second postdoc of the year, Amin Tayyebi. Amin recently completed his PhD at Purdue University in January working with Prof. Bryan C. Pijanowski. He will be working with Claudio and Tim on a project aimed at building a user-friendly decision-support tool for understanding multiple ecosystem service impacts of land use change in agricultural landscapes. Below is some info about Amin.
Where did you grow up?
Tehran, Iran
Tehran, Iran
When did you become interested in ecology?
In Spatial Ecology and GIS class in 2010, my advisor was presenting that course
In Spatial Ecology and GIS class in 2010, my advisor was presenting that course
What was your PhD all about?
Simulating land use land cover change using data mining and machine learning algorithms
Simulating land use land cover change using data mining and machine learning algorithms
What excites you most about working with GLBRC/the Gratton Lab?
The project that I suppose to work on and the people in the lab
The project that I suppose to work on and the people in the lab
What do you like most about Madison so far? What do you miss the most about Purdue and Tehran?
Snow :), my friends and my advisor in Purdue, my family in Tehran
Do you have any favorite hobbies or sports?
Soccer and swimming
Welcome Amin!
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