Philip A. Townsend

Associate Professor

Russell Labs
1630 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706

Phone: 608-262-1669
E-mail: ptownsend -at- wisc.edu

Lab Group | Bio

Specialization

• Remote sensing for vegetation characterization and analysis, radar remote sensing, imaging spectroscopy
• Forest ecosystem ecology and modeling, landscape ecology, vegetation dynamics, forest-insect dynamics
• Watershed dynamics and hydrologic/terrain modeling

Selected Publications

1. Brandt, J.S. and P.A. Townsend, in press. Land use - land cover conversion, regeneration and degradation in the high elevation Bolivian Andes. Landscape Ecology.
2. Pearsall, S.H., B.J. McCrodden and P.A. Townsend, 2005. Adaptive management of flows in the lower Roanoke River, North Carolina. Environmental Management 35(1): 1-15.
3. Townsend, P.A., K.N. Eshleman and C. Welcker, 2004. Relationships between stream nitrogen concentrations and intensity of forest disturbance following gypsy moth defoliation in 2000-2001. Ecological Applications 14(2): 504-516.
4. Townsend, P.A., J.R. Foster, R.A. Chastain, Jr., and W.S. Currie, 2003. Imaging spectroscopy and canopy nitrogen: application to the forests of the central Appalachian Mountains using Hyperion and AVIRIS. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 41(6): 1347-1354.
5. Townsend, P.A. and J.R. Foster, 2002. A SAR-based model to assess historical changes in lowland floodplain hydroperiod. Water Resources Research 38(7): 1115, doi: 10.1029/2001WR001046.

Education

Degree	Institution	Major Field	Granted
B.A.	University of Virginia	History	1989
Ph.D.	University of North Carolina	Geography	1997

Professional Experience

Institution	Specialization	Title	Years
Texas A&M University	Remote Sensing/Biogeography	Department of Geography Assistant Professor	1997-1998
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Appalachian Laboratory	Remote Sensing/Landscape Ecology	Assistant Professor	1998-2003
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Appalachian Laboratory	Remote Sensing/Landscape Ecology	Associate Professor	2003-2005
University of Wisconsin - Madison Department of Forest Ecology and Management	Remote Sensing/Forest Ecology	Associate Professor	2005-present

Society/Professional Memberships

• Ecological Society of America - ESA
• American Geophysical Union - AGU
• IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
• International Association for Landscape Ecology (U.S. Regional Association) - US-IALE
• International Association for Vegetation Science - IAVS
• American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing - ASPRS

When I'm not working

Phil has been married to Emily since 1990, and they have two daughters (Zoe and Quillan) and a son (Ben). They share a house with Jack the Shetland Sheepdog, Neptune the Blue Russian, and Speedy Mocha the Tortoise-Shell Calico. Hobbies in the family include hiking, swimming, basketball (though Phil is reconsidering this one), music, and all things Simpsons (Homer not OJ). Phil has also been deeply involved in watershed and landscape conservation.