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Richard Church
Richard Church is a Professor of Geography at UCSB. He
specializes in the analysis of problems defined over space and time, including
logistics and transportation, location theory, water resource systems, and
urban and environmental systems using and developing new techniques in
Operations Research, GIS, Decision Theory, and Heuristics. He holds a Ph.D. in
Environmental Systems Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University. He has
taught courses in civil and environmental Engineering, Industrial Engineering,
Management Science and Geography.
Professor Church has published over 180 papers and
research reports in a variety of fields, including Geography, Transportation,
Location Science, Environmental Engineering, Operation Research, and water
Resources.
Education
Ph.D. Environmental Systems Engineering, The John
Hopkins University.
B.S. Lewis and Clark, Majors in Chemistry and Math
Research Interests
- Transportation
and Logistics
- Location
Theory and Modeling
- Applied Operations
Research
- Environmental and Water Resource Systems
- Forest
Systems Science, Biological Conservation and Land Management
- Geographical Systems Science
