GRI - Key Persons

Kristine Evans, an associate professor in the College of Forest Resources, was appointed an Associate Director of the Geosystems Research Institute in 2022. Evans earned her bachelor's degree from Ohio University in Wildlife Biology and a master's degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Science and doctoral degree in Forest Resources from Mississippi State University. She has extensive experience within wildlife conservation and is also a co-director of the Quantitative Ecology and Spatial Technologies (QuEST) lab in the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture at MSU. As Associate Director, Evans helps direct the Agriculture and Natural Resources program within GRI.

Lee Allen Hathcock

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Data Acquisitions Coordinator

Lee Gray Turnage, Jr

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Faculty

Leslie Strawderman

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Industrial Systems Engineering

Louis L. Wasson

lw..@gri.msstate.edu

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Research Associate
Senior Extension Associate

Mahalingam Ramkumar

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Computer Science Engineering

Maxwell Gregory Gebhart

mg..@gri.msstate.edu

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Research Associate

Mehmet Kurum

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Electrical and Computer Engineering

Moses Ayoola

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Postdoctoral Associate

Paul F. Mickle

pm..@ngi.msstate.edu

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Associate Director
Co - Director
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Paul F. Mickle has served as the Associate Director of the Geosystems Research Institute since 2020. Mickle earned a bachelor's degree in environmental science at the University of Florida in 2002 and is a two-time graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi, earning both a master's degree and a doctorate in fish biology. He comes to MSU from the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) where he served in numerous roles including chief scientists from 2017 - 2020. As the Associate Director of the Geosystems Research Institute, he serves as the technical lead at Mississippi State University's Science & Technology Center located at the Stennis Space Center in Hancock County. He is academically affiliated with the MSU Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture and also serves as the Co-Director of the Northern Gulf Institute (NGI), a NOAA cooperative institute led by Mississippi State University.

Randall D McMillen

ra..@gri.msstate.edu

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Research Associate

Reshma Devi

re..@gri.msstate.edu

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Professional Staff

Robert J. Moorhead, II

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Director
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Robert J. Moorhead, II has served as the Director of the Geosystems Research Institute since 2010. Moorhead earned a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA in 1980 and a Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from North Carolina State University in 1985. He is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Mississippi State University and a former research staff member at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. In addition to serving as the Geosystems Research Institute Director, he is Director of the Northern Gulf Institute (NGI), a NOAA cooperative institute led by Mississippi State University.