Biographical Profile
Interest Background
Professional Preparation
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Porter, Dwayne Edward
Professor
I am interested in exploring and expanding the increasingly important roles that technology and technological innovations play in monitoring, assessing, modeling and managing our (coastal) environmental resources and associated health issues.
Biographical Profile
- College
- Arnold School of Public Health
- Department
- Environmental Health Sciences
- Tenure Status
- Tenured
Interest Background
- Do you include students in your research?
- Undergraduates and Graduates
- Interest Keywords
- GIS and remote sensing, Resource management and risk assessment, Spatial modeling, Coastal zone management, Environmental data management, Ecological synthesis, Public health and the environment
- Institutional Focus Areas
- Environmental Sciences, Health Sciences
- Personal Focus Areas
- data fusion techniques , natural coastal environment,, focus is on land-use management, environmental health,, public health concerns
Professional Preparation(Education & Training)
| Dates | Institution | Location | Degree | Field of Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | University of South Carolina | Columbia, South Carolina | PhD | Geographic Information Processing |
| 1988 | University of South Carolina | Columbia, South Carolina | MS | GIS and Remote Sensing |
| 1985 | West Virginia University | Morgantown, West Virginia | BA | Geography/Spatial Analysis |
Positions & Appointments
| Dates | Description | Institution/Entity |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 - 1992 | Geographic Information Processing Coordinator, Marine Resources Research Institute, South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department, Charleston, South Carolina | |
| 1992 - 1993 | Vice President for GIP and Remote Sensing, Satellite Mapping and Resources Technology, Inc., Charleston, South Carolina | |
| 1993 | Director, Geographic Information Processing Lab, Baruch Institute, University of South Carolina | |
| 1994 | Director, NOAA NERRS Centralized Data Management Office, Georgetown, South Carolina | |
| 1994 | Research Assistant Professor of Marine Science, Marine Science Program, University of South Carolina | |
| 1995 | Associate Faculty, School of the Environment, University of South Carolina | |
| 1996 | Adjunct Professor, Geophysical Department, Irkutsk State Technical University, Irkutsk, Russia | |
| 1997 | Adjunct Professor, Geology Department, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina | |
| 1998 | Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina |
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Major Equipment
- (Shared) Decagon Accupar Ceptometer
- (Shared) Numonics Digitizer
- (Shared) Trimble GeoExplorers
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