Christian Torgersen

University of Washington

College of Forest Resources

Box 352100

Seattle, WA 98195-2100

Office: Anderson 228

Tel: (206) 616-1874
fax: (206) 685-0790
email: ctorgersen@usgs.gov, cet6@u.washington.edu

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I am a research landscape ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC) Cascadia Field Station (CFS) and an assistant professor in the College of Forest Resources at the University of Washington in Seattle. I am also an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Forest Science at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. 

My research focuses on quantifying and explaining spatial heterogeneity in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and identifying how scale of observation influences our understanding of ecological patterns and processes. Much of this work involves the use of geospatial applications, such as remote sensing, spatial statistics, and geographical information systems (GIS), which I have developed from my background in geography and landscape ecology.

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