Education

• B.S. Forestry engineer specialized in forestry supply . Universidad Autónoma Chapingo. 1988.
• M.S. Computer Sciences. Colegio de Postgraduados. 1992.
• Ph.D. Watershed Ecosystems. Trent University, Canada. 2004.

Current research

• Global Change In Neotropical Ecosystems.

ONGOING RESEARCH

• Aboveground biomass estimation in tropical dry forests of the Yucatan Peninsula, using field and remotely sensed data. (Ecometrica LTD, British Space Agency)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Portillo-Quintero, C., Hernández-Stefanoni, J.L., Reyes-Palomeque, G. and Subedi, M.R., 2021. The Road to Operationalization of Effective Tropical Forest Monitoring Systems. Remote Sensing, 13(7), p.1370. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13071370.
• Palafox-Juárez, E.B., López-Martínez, J.O., Hernández-Stefanoni, J.L. and Hernández-Nuñez, H., 2021. Impact of urban land-cover changes on the spatial-temporal land surface temperature in a tropical city of Mexico. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 10(2), p.76. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi10020076.
• Reyes-Palomeque, G., Dupuy, J.M., Portillo-Quintero, C.A., Andrade, J.L., Tun-Dzul, F.J. and Hernández-Stefanoni, J.L. 2021. Mapping forest age and characterizing vegetation structure and species composition in tropical dry forests, Ecological Indicators, 120, 106955. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106955.
• Huechacona-Ruiz, A.H., Dupuy, J.M., Schwartz, N.B., Powers, J.S., Reyes-García, C., Tun-Dzul, F. and Hernández-Stefanoni, J.L., 2020. Mapping Tree Species Deciduousness of Tropical Dry Forests Combining Reflectance, Spectral Unmixing, and Texture Data from High-Resolution Imagery. Forests, 11(11), p.1234. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11111234.
• Hernández-Stefanoni, J.L., Castillo-Santiago, M.Á., Mas, J.F., Wheeler, C.E., Andres-Mauricio, J., Tun-Dzul, F., George-Chacón, S.P., Reyes-Palomeque, G., Castellanos-Basto, B., Vaca, R. and Dupuy, J.M., 2020. Improving aboveground biomass maps of tropical dry forests by integrating LiDAR, ALOS PALSAR, climate and field data. Carbon Balance and Management, 15(1), pp.1-17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13021-020-00151-6.

RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS

• Editor. Special Issue "Novel Approaches in Tropical Forests Mapping and Monitoring – Time for Operationalization". Remote Sensing
• 2013. Level II. Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. CONACyT
• 2015. Member. Academia Mexicana de las Ciencias.
• 2017. Level II. Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. CONACyT
• 2018-To date. Associate editor. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation.

RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

• Use of remotely-sensed data and spatial analysis to monitor vegetation structure and species composition in tropical forests using passive sensors such as Spot, Landsat, Rapid eye and Sentinel 2, as well as active sensors such as LiDAR and ALOS PALSAR.
• Landscape ecology: patterns, processes, scale and factors that affect the structure and composition of plant communities.

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