Jean-Francois Mas

Jean-Francois Mas, Ph.D. is a tenured Professor in the Center of Research in Environmental Geography (Centro de Investigaciones en Geografı́a Ambiental, CIGA) at the National Universityof Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM). He specializes in the fields of Earth Observation/Remote Sensing, geographical information science, and spatial Simulation Modelling (ABM/Predictive/Economic modelling). His research interests include land-use/land-cover change monitoring and Simulation Modelling (ABM/Predictive/Economic modelling), accuracy assessment of spatial data, forest inventory, and vegetation cartography.
He has published more than 70 peer-reviewed scientific publications, advised 8 Ph.D. dissertations, supervised 14 master’s degree students, and participated in 34 research projects.
Please visit his website at http://www.ciga.unam.mx/index.php/mas for more detailed information.