Jude Kastens


Jude Kastens
  • Research Professor, Kansas Applied Remote Sensing

Contact Info

123 Takeru Higuchi Hall, West Campus

Education

B.S. in Secondary Education, Mathematics, University of Kansas, 1996
B.S. in Mathematics, University of Kansas, 1996
M.A. in Mathematics, University of Kansas, 1999
Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Kansas, 2008

Research

Jude is a numerical analyst and modeler with extensive experience working primarily with MATLAB & ESRI software. He is director of Kansas Applied Remote Sensing (KARS), where the focus of his work involves using remote sensing data and other geospatial information for applications in agriculture, hydrology, ecology, human impact assessment, and cartography. Two of his longest-running programs involve artisanal crop yield forecasting and blue-collar flood inundation mapping.

Research interests:

  • Statistics, Numerical analysis, GIS