Prof Armando Apan
Name | Prof Armando Apan |
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Email Address | armando.apan@unisq.edu.au |
Job Title | Professor (Geographic Systems) |
Qualifications | BSc Phillipines, MSc Asian IT, PhD Monash |
Department | School of Surveying and Built Environment |
Affiliations | Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Systems |
ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5412-8881 |
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Biography
Dr Armando Apan is a Professor of Remote Sensing and GIS at the University of Southern Queensland (USQ), Australia. His research interests include the application of remote sensing and GIS to observe terrestrial ecosystems and their responses to environmental/climate change; forest vegetation and habitat mapping, biodiversity assessment; land use/cover change analysis; agricultural crop mapping and yield prediction; flood and drought mapping.
He is currently affiliated with the School of Surveying and Built Environment and the Institute for Life Sciences and the Environment at USQ. He was the Associate Dean (Research) of the Faculty of Engineering and Surveying at USQ from 2011-2013. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology at the University of the Philippines Diliman.
Professor Apan was the recipient of the “Queensland Spatial Science Excellence Award” in 2006 and was elevated as Fellow of the Australia’s Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute in the same year. He was Finalist to the “2014 Condamine Awards (Research Category)”, awarded by Condamine Alliance, Toowoomba, Queensland. Armando was also the recipient of the "USQ Award for Excellence in Design and Delivery of Teaching Materials" in 2005, the "USQ Award for Excellence in Research (Early Career)" in 2002, and the "Outstanding Alumnus Award (International Service)" from the University of the Philippines Los Baños, College of Forestry and Natural Resources in 2014.
He was the topnotcher (rank 1st out of 1,183) of the 1987 Foresters’ Board Examination, given by the Professional Regulation Commission, Manila.
Employment
Position | Organisation | From | To |
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Professor | University of Southern Queensland | 1997 | 2023 |
Expertise
Application of remote sensing and GIS to observe terrestrial ecosystems and their responses to environmental/climate change; forest vegetation and habitat mapping, biodiversity assessment; land use/cover change analysis; agricultural crop mapping and yield prediction; flood and drought mapping.
Teaching
GIS2405 Spatial Analysis and Modelling
GIS3008 Applications of GIS and Remote Sensing
Fields of Research
- 300206. Agricultural spatial analysis and modelling
- 401302. Geospatial information systems and geospatial data modelling
- 401304. Photogrammetry and remote sensing
- 410406. Natural resource management
- 410407. Wildlife and habitat management
Current Supervisions
Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Commenced |
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Application of GIS/GPS in Pavement Management System ¿ the case study of Tan Son Nhat International Airport in the development of Terminal 3 and taxi-way improvement | Principal Supervisor | Masters | 2024 |
Integration of earth observation technologies including optical and synthetic aperture radar imageries for bushfire/wildfire risk mapping, prediction, and post burn assessment. | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2024 |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN A PARTICIPATORY FOREST MANAGEMENT MODEL: A CASE FROM THE TERAI ARC LANDSCAPE (TAL) OF NEPAL | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
A GIS based approach to promote sustainable economic opportunities for rural Queensland indigenous people to overcome income disparity | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2022 |
Assessing and comparing various aspects of tiger-prey interactions, habitat use pattern, and the impact of human disturbances on tiger behaviour in three distinct forest management regimes in Nepal | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2022 |
Utilisation of GIS, Remote Sensing and Deep Learning to detect or predict the location of Indigenous Australian Cultural Heritage sites. | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2022 |
Socio-ecological trade-offs in ecosystem services in the Himalayas | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2021 |
URBAN AND RURAL FLOOD MAPPING USING RADAR REMOTE SENSING AND INNOVATIVE MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2021 |
Integrated Climate Resilient Modelling of Renewable Energy Transition in Nepal | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2021 |
Machine learning and artificial intelligence: Applications in government support GIS | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2020 |
Dynamic water sharing arrangements to address increased streamflow variability in the Northern Murray Darling Basin | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2020 |
Effects of using social media application on management of natural disaster and local communitys engagement: a case study in rural area in Thailand. | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2020 |
VEGETATION DYNAMICS AND CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS IN ZAMBIAS SAVANNAS: ANALYSIS USING GEOSPATIAL TECHNIQUES AND CLIMATE MODELLING APPROACHES | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2019 |
Completed Supervisions
Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Completed |
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Home garden characteristics amongst Lao¿s vulnerable upland rural farmers in the context of food security, nutrition, and climate change | Associate Supervisor | Masters | 2024 |
Water Usage and Water Availability Under Changing Land Use and Climate Within Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2024 |
DEMARCATING HIGH-RISK ZONES OF HUMAN-ELEPHANT CONFLICT IN SRI LANKA UTILIZING GIS AND A SATELLITE DATA FUSION APPROACH | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2024 |
CO-APPLICATION OF BIOCHAR AND VEGETABLE CROP RESIDUE INFLUENCING SOIL PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES, NITRATE LEACHING, NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION IN VEGETABLE CROPPING SYSTEM | Associate Supervisor | Masters | 2024 |
FLOODPLAIN VEGETATION RESPONSES UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE MURRUMBIDGEE CATCHMENT USING REMOTE SENSING AND HYDROLOGICAL MODELS | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
Machine Learning-based Assessment of Deforestation, Successional Stages, and Carbon Stocks in a Tropical Montane Forest Using Radar and Optical Satellite Imagery | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
Honey Bee Habitat Suitability: Unveiling Spatial and Temporal Variations, Predicting Futures, and Mitigating Natural Hazard Impacts | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
Evaluating the Spatial Distribution of Endangered Frogs in Northern Queensland and the Threats to their Continued Survival | Principal Supervisor | Masters | 2023 |
Greater One-horned Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) in Nepal in the Context of Climate Change: Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Planning | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2022 |
Forecasting seasonal rainfall with copula modelling approach for agricultural stations in Papua New Guinea | Associate Supervisor | Masters | 2019 |
Remote sensing of peanut cropping areas and modelling of their future geographic distribution and disease risks | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2019 |
Evaluation of the impact of Regional Natural Resource Management on land management and ground cover in the upper Maranoa River catchment | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2019 |
Development of statistical and geospatial-based framework for drought-risk assessment | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2018 |
Proximal and remote sensing for early detection and assessment of herbicide drift damage on cotton crops | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2017 |
Assessing and mapping of Carbon in biomass and soil of mangrove forest and competing land uses in the Philippines | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2017 |
Fine-scale habitat mapping and modelling of the bulloak jewel butterfly and climate change impact analysis | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2016 |
A generic multimedia configuration management system for constrained spatial user-interface design | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2016 |