Team CSUN

The Center for Geospatial Science & Technology is an interdisciplinary research center focused on applications, education, and innovative solutions to real world problems using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). As part of our mission, we serve as a leader and catalyst for the advancement of GIS technology for academic institutions, private industry, and the public sector. With years of experience in geospatial technology, we provide quality services while providing our students with an opportunity to develop skills that further their educational experience and prepare them for the working world. Our services vary from education and training in geospatial technology to implementation of customized GIS solutions.

Members

• Danielle BramDirector (General Coordinator)

  Danielle Bram holds a Master’s degree in Geography from California State University, Northridge, with a specialization in GIS. She is the Director of CSUN’s CGST, and has been immersed in the GIS field for approximately 20 years as a GIS project manager, lecturer and researcher. Her experience in GIS covers a wide range of disciplines such as municipal GIS, transportation GIS, biogeography and other fields.

• Joel OsunaProject Manager (Technical Coordinator)

  Joel Osuna is a Project Manager at CSUN’s CGST and has worked at the Center since 2009. He graduated from CSUN in 2010 with a major in geography, minor in biology, and a GIS certification. His previous work and research at CGST focused on utilizing GIS in historical ecology, water resources, and transportation projects. His work experience covers technical workflow development, internal and external staff training, project scope of work and budget development, maps and graphics creation, quality control/quality assurance development, and data development.. More recently, his project management work has included GIS water resource-based projects that involve the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD).

• Dr. Regan M. Maas, PhDFaculty/Co-Director

  Dr. Maas holds a Master’s degree in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and a PhD in Geography with specialization in health/medical geography. Dr. Maas has over 18 years of experience and has a broad background in the biological sciences, psychology, statistics, and geography, as well as specific training in both fundamental spatial statistical analyses and spatial analysis techniques using GIS. Her personal research (including various peer-reviewed journal publications) focuses on integrating GIS into public health and minority health disparities research and explores the various relationships between health outcomes and the environment at the neighborhood level across the urban landscape. Dr. Maas is currently a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at CSUN as well as Associate Director of the Center for Geospatial Science and Technology.

• Maria GuzmanGIS Analyst/Lab Supervisor

  Maria received her BA degree in Geographic Information Science from California State University, Northridge in 2015. She has been working for the Center for Geospatial Science and Technology since 2014, first as an intern and is now a GIS analyst and lab supervisor. Current projects include the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) Statewide Update and creating marketing delivery routes for a private client. Past projects include the CalTrans statewide linear referencing project and the USGS Pinyon Juniper remote sensing project. Maria’s interests focus on the application of GIS to hydrography, conservation, environmental science and criminal geography.

• Fernando GalvanGIS Technician/Translator

  Fernando is an undergraduate student majoring in GIS at California State, University, Northridge (CSUN). Fernando is bilingual, and his skillset includes application support, database management, and web-development. His interests lie in data sciences, web-development; particularly GIS Web-application development, studying the impact of migrant-workers, and natural resource conservation efforts. Fernando was accepted as an intern at CGST in October of 2017 and will be working as a GIS technician and translator on the Geoportal project.

• Tina PérezDeveloper

  Christina received her BA degree in Environmental Science with an emphasis in Geospatial Science and an Ecological Restoration minor from Humboldt State University in 2017. She then began working at the Center for Geospatial Science and Technology as a GIS Developer. Her current projects include the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) Statewide Update and development of various open source web-map applications. Past projects include spatial database analysis and web-map development related to California State University students and food and housing security. Christina’s interests include programming, web development, spatial database development, ecological restoration and social geography.

• Jason MejiaInformation Technology Specialist/Support

  Jason received a Master of Arts in Geography, with a specialization in GIS, from the Department of Geography at California State University Northridge in 2005. Since then he has worked as the IT Consultant for the Department of Geography, and has served as Technical Specialist for CGST since its inception. Jason is the system administrator for all CGST workstations and servers, and partners with ESRI and campus IT staff to create & support CGST multi-user geodatabases and web mapping applications.