Sam Jantz Graduate Student sjantz@umd.edu I am particularly interested in utilizing remotely sensed data and geo-spatial modeling to support conversation projects. My current work is in support of a collaborative project with the Jane Goodall Institute entitled "Monitoring and Forecasting Chimpanzee Habitat Health in Africa to Inform Conservation Actions, Strategies and Measure Success". My contribution to this project involves the creation of a range wide chimpanzee habitat suitability model driven by remotely sensed datasets and the simulation of future deforestation scenarios. Projects: Graduate Researcher Integrating earth observation and forest inventory data in quantifying biomass in degraded forests of the Republic of Congo Monitoring and forecasting chimpanzee habitat health in Africa to information conservation actions, strategies & measure success Projects: Researcher Mapping Crops at 10-m Resolution in the United States Publications: Li, H., Song, X.-P., Adusei, B., Pickering, J., Lima, A., Poulson, A., Baggett, A., Potapov, P., Khan, A., Zalles, V., Hernandez-Serna, A., Jantz, S. M., Pickens, A. H., Ortiz-Dominguez, C., Li, X., Kerr, T., Song, Z., Turubanova, S., Bongwele, E., Koy Kondjo, H., Komarova, A., Stehman, S. V., and Hansen, M. C. (2025). Breaking the 30-m barrier: Annual 10-m resolution maize and soybean maps for the United States (2019–2022). Earth System Science Data Discussion. Pickering, J., Stehman, S.V., Tyukavina, A., Potapov, P., Watt, P., Jantz, S.M., Bholanath, P., Hansen, M.C. (2019) Quantifying the trade-off between cost and precision in estimating area of forest loss and degradation using probability sampling in Guyana. Remote Sensing of Environment 221, 122-135. Jantz, S.M., Pintea, L., Nackoney, J., Hansen, M.C. (2018) Global forest maps in support of conservation monitoring. In: Satellite Remote Sensing for Conservation Action - Case Studies from Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems (A. Leidner & G. Buchanan, Eds.). Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. Pagination 1 2 Next Next page » Last page