John Weishampel, PhD
Graduate Student Life and Interdisciplinary Studies
Postdoctoral Affairs
Dr. John Weishampel is the Interim Dean, Director of the Interdisciplinary Studies MA/MS programs, a Professor of Biology, and also oversees the Communications, Graduate Student Life, Interdisciplinary Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs teams. He received his bachelor’s degree in biology (1985) from Duke University and his master’s (1990) and doctorate (1994) degrees in environmental sciences from the University of Virginia. Prior to coming to UCF, he was an NRC Research Associate at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. His research primarily focuses on the detection and simulation of spatial patterns in terrestrial landscapes using remote sensing and GIS. His interdisciplinary endeavors have overlapped with archaeology, biogeochemistry, civil engineering, hydrology, and coastal, forest, marine, wetland, and urban ecology.