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Download my full Curriculum Vitae PDF here

Education

Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

  • Ph.D., Earth and Environment, January 2021
  • NASA Earth and Space Science Fellow, advised by Dr. Mark Friedl
  • Dissertation Title: Using Multi-Resolution Remote Sensing to Measure Ecosystem Sensitivity and Monitor Land Degradation in Response to Land Use and Climate Variability

Barnard College of Columbia University, New York, New York, USA

  • B.A., Environmental Science, May 2012
  • Minors: Anthropology
  • Senior Thesis: Organic Carbon Transport through Holocene and Pleistocene Sediment in Southeast Asia: Implications for Arsenic Mobilization

Skills

  • Programming: Python (scikit-learn, pandas, seaborn etc.), GDAL, Bash, R, git, Google Earth Engine, high performance computing
  • Applications: ArcGIS, QGIS, ENVI, LaTeX, Microsoft Suite
  • Statistics: Machine learning, multivariate analysis, time series analysis
  • Leadership: Self-motivated, collaborative, strong interpersonal communicator
  • Software: https://github.com/rkstan

Honors and Awards

  • NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship, 2017-2020 ($30,000/year)
  • Young Scientists Summer Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria, Summer 2017 ($6,000)
  • Graduate Summer Fellowship, Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston University, Summer 2016 ($6,000)
  • Biogeoscience Symposium Outstanding Elevator Pitch Award, Boston University, 2016
  • Dean's Fellowship, GRS Graduate Fellowship, Boston University, Spring 2015 ($10,250)
  • The Lillian Berle Dare Prize for advanced study in Geography, Barnard College, 2012 ($500)
  • Hughes Science Pipeline Project, Barnard College, 2010-2011 ($3,000)

Publications

Important note: Bold & italic indicates co-first authorship.

  1. Stanimirova, R., J. Graesser, Olofsson P., & M.A. Friedl. 2022. Widespread changes in 21st century vegetation cover in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Remote Sensing of Environment, 282, 113277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113277
  2. Graesser, J., R. Stanimirova, K. Tarrio, E.J. Copati, J.N. Volante, S.R. Verón, S. Banchero, H. Elena, D.d. Abelleyra, & M.A. Friedl. 2022. Temporally-Consistent Annual Land Cover from Landsat Time Series in the Southern Cone of South America. Remote Sensing, 14, 4005. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14164005
  3. Graesser J., R. Stanimirova & M.A. Friedl. 2022. Reconstruction of Satellite Time Series With a Dynamic Smoother. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 15, 1803–1813. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2022.3146081
  4. Zhang Y., C.E. Woodcock, P. Arévalo, P. Olofsson, X. Tang, R. Stanimirova, E. Bullock, K.R. Tarrio, Z. Zhu, & M.A. Friedl. 2022. A Global Analysis of the Spatial and Temporal Variability of Usable Landsat Observations at the Pixel Scale. Front. Remote Sensing, 3:894618. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsen.2022.894618
  5. Friedl M.A., C.E. Woodcock, P. Olofsson, Z. Zhu, T. Loveland, R. Stanimirova, P. Arévalo, E. Bullock, K-T. Hu, Y. Zhang, K. Turlej, K. Tarrio, K. McAvoy, N. Gorelick, J.A. Wang, C.P. Barber & C. Souza. 2022. Medium Spatial Resolution Mapping of Global Land Cover and Land Cover Change Across Multiple Decades From Landsat. Frontiers in Remote Sensing, 3:894571. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsen.2022.894571
  6. Stanimirova, R. & R. Garrett. 2020. Pasturelands, Rangelands, and Other Grazing Social-ecological Systems. In Managing Soils and Terrestrial Systems, 2nd Edition. Ed. B. Fath & S. Jorgensen. Boca Raton: CRC Press, https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429346255 [Download Accepted Manuscript of Chapter]
  7. Vasilaky, K., S.M. Sáenz, R. Stanimirova, & D.E. Osgood. 2020. Perceptions of Farm Size Heterogeneity and Demand for Group Index Insurance. Games, 11, 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/g11010015
  8. Stanimirova, R., P. Arévalo, R.K. Kaufmann, V. Maus, M. Lesiv, P. Havlik, & M.A. Friedl. 2019. Modeling Sensitivity of Global Pasturelands to Climate Variability. Earth's Future, 7. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EF001316
  9. Stanimirova, R., Z. Cai, E.K. Melaas, J.M. Gray, L. Eklundh, P. Jonsson, & M.A. Friedl. 2019. An Empirical Assessment of the MODIS Land Cover Dynamics and TIMESAT Land Surface Phenology Algorithms. Remote Sensing 11(19): 2201. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11192201

Publications in Preparation

  1. Arévalo, P., R. Stanimirova, E. Bullock, Y. Zhang, K. Tarrio, K. Turlej, K-T. Hu, K. McAvoy, V.J. Pasquarella, C.E. Woodcock, P. Olofsson, Z. Zhu, N. Gorelick, T. Loveland, C. Barber & Mark A. Friedl. Global Land Cover Estimation (GLanCE) yearly 30 m (GLanCE30.001) V001, 2022, distributed by NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC
  2. Stanimirova, R., J. Graesser, & M.A. Friedl. Satellite-based Estimates of Land Degradation Across Ecoregions in the Southern Cone of South America in Support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Nature Sustainability
  3. Stanimirova, R., K. Tarrio, K. Turlej, K. McAvoy, K-T. Hu, S. Stonebrook, Y. Zhang, P. Arevalo & M. A. Friedl. A Landsat-based Global Land Cover Training Dataset from 1985 to 2019. Scientific Data

Conference Presentations

  • American Geophysical Union (AGU) - "Advances in the Application of Earth Observations to Characterize and Address Land Degradation and Associated Ecosystem Responses," Primary Convener and Chair, New Orleans, LA, December 2021
  • American Geophysical Union (AGU) - "Satellite-based Estimates of Land Degradation Across the Southern Cone of South America in Support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development," eLightning and Virtual Poster Presentation, online, December 2020
  • American Geophysical Union (AGU) - "Mapping Pasture and Rangeland Degradation in the Southern Cone of South America using Landsat," Poster Presentation, San Francisco, CA, December 2019
  • Global Land Programme Open Science Meeting - "Mapping Pasture and Rangeland Degradation in the Southern Cone of South America Using Landsat," Poster Presentation, Bern, Switzerland, April 2019
  • NASA Land Cover/Land Use Change Science Meeting - "Assessing Pastureland Degradation in the Southern Cone of South America Using Spectral Mixture Analysis," Lightning Talk and Poster Presentation, Rockville, MD, April 2019
  • American Geophysical Union (AGU) - "Mapping Continuous Fields of Bare Ground, Grass, and Woody Cover in the Southern Cone of South America using Landsat," Poster Presentation, Washington DC, December 2018
  • NASA Land Cover/Land Use Change Science Meeting- "Modeling the Dynamics of Global Pasturelands to Climate Variability and Human Impact," Lightning Talk and Poster Presentation, Gaithersburg, MD, April 2018
  • American Geophysical Union (AGU) - "Modeling Sensitivity of Global Pasturelands to Climate Variability and Human Management," Oral Presentation, New Orleans, LA, December 2017
  • American Geophysical Union (AGU) - "An Empirical Assessment of the MODIS Land Cover Dynamics and TIMESAT Land Surface Phenology Algorithms," Oral Presentation, San Francisco, CA, December 2016
  • American Geophysical Union (AGU) - "Organic Carbon Transport through Holocene and Pleistocene Sediment from Southeast Asia: Implications for Arsenic Mobilization," Poster Presentation, San Francisco, CA, December 2013

Invited Presentations

  • Natural Capital Symposium - "Earth Observations for Ecosystem Services," Stanford University, Stanford, CA, March 2018
  • Global Food+ Symposium - "Modeling and Monitoring Global Rangeland Dynamics," Oral Presentation, Tufts University, Boston, MA, February 2018

Teaching Experience

  • Teaching Fellow, Environmental Change and Sustainability, Boston University (2x)
  • Teaching Fellow, Natural Environments: The Atmosphere, Boston University (1x)
  • Guest Lecturer, Environmental Change and Sustainability, Boston University (2x)
  • Guest Lecturer, Remote Sensing of Environment, Boston University (2x)