Dr. Peter Gorsevski

Education & Experience:

Ph.D., University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho (1998-2002)
M.S., Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon (1994-1996)
B.S., Forestry, University Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia (1986-1992)
Associate Professor, School of Earth, Environment & Society, Bowling Green State University (2013-Present)
Assistant Professor, School of Earth, Environment & Society, Bowling Green State University (2007-2013)
Assistant Director, Sustainability and the Environment Center of Excellence, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH (2010 – Present)
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Forest Resources, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID (2004-2007)
Remote Sensing Research Scientist, University of Idaho (2004 – 2007)
Instructor, Forest Resources, University of Idaho (Spring Semester 2003)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Forest Resources, University of Idaho (2002 - 2004)
Co-Instructor, Forest Resources, University of Idaho (Fall Semester 2001)
Instructor, Forest Resources, University of Idaho (Fall Semester 1999)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Forest Resources, University of Idaho (1998 - 2000)
Guest lecturer, Department of Geography and Forest Products, University of Idaho 
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Forest Engineering, Oregon State University (1995 - 1996)
Graduate Research Assistant, Forest Engineering, Oregon State University (1994 - 1995)

Specialty Areas of Interest:

GIScience Analysis Methods, Spatial Statistics, and Data Mining
GIS Multicriteria Decision Analysis & Spatial Decision Support Systems
Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry
Airborne Sensor Development
Landslide Hazard Modeling
Terrain and Watershed Analysis

Current BGSU Courses:

Weather and Climate - Ugrad
Spatial Modelling - Grad
Geospatial Science -Ugrad
Spatial Statistics - Grad 
Quantitative Methods -Ugrad
Remote Sensing of the Environment - Grad 

Recent and Current Research or Grants:

Coastal Ohio Wind Project for Reduced Barriers to Deployment of Offshore Wind Energy (PI), US DOE Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (DE-EE0003871), $1,000,000, FY 11-13

Coastal Ohio Wind (PI), US DOE Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (DE-FG36-06GO86096), $2,600,000, FY 11-12

Recent Peer Reviewed Publications and Submissions:

(* denotes student)

Gorsevski PV, Brown MK*, Panter K, Onasch CM, Simic A, Snyder J (In press) Landslide detection and susceptibility mapping using LiDAR and an artificial neural network approach: a case study in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio, Landslides, DOI 10.1007/s10346-015-0587-0

Mekonnen AD*, Gorsevski PV. 2015. A web-based participatory GIS (PGIS) for offshore wind farm suitability within Lake Erie, Ohio, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 41:162-177

Stewart LR*, Farver JR, Gorsevski PV, and Miner JG. 2014. Spatial prediction of blood lead levels in children in Toledo,OH using fuzzy sets and the site-specific IEUBK model. Applied Geochemistry, 45:120-129

Mirzaei G*, Majid MW, Jamali MM, Gorsevski PV, Ross J, Frizado J, Bingman VP, 2014. Machine Learning Based Acoustic/IR Monitoring. Journal of Pattern Recognition Research, 9(1):43-49

Alcorn R*, Panter KS, Gorsevski P. 2013. A GIS-based volcanic hazard and risk assessment of eruptions sourced within Valles Caldera, New Mexico. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 267:1-14

Gorsevski PV, Cathcart SC*, Mirzaei G, Jamali MM, Ye X, Gomezdelcampo E. 2013. A group-based spatial decision support system for wind farm site selection in northwest Ohio. Energy Policy 55:374–385

Nyland RE*, Panter KS, Rocchi S, Di Vincenzo G, Del Carlo P, Tiepolo M, Field B, Gorsevski P. 2013. Volcanic activity and its link to glaciation cycles: Single-grain age and geochemistry of Early Miocene volcanic glass from ANDRILL AND-2A core, Antarctica. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 250:106–128

Gorsevski PV 2013. Using Bayesian inference to account for uncertainty in parameter estimates in modelled invasive flowering rush. Remote Sensing Letters, 4(3): 279-287