Lawrence M. Kiage

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Geography, Louisiana State University, 2007
M.A. Geography, Kenyatta University, Kenya, 1998
B.Ed. Kenyatta University, 1995

Research Interests:

Topical: Biogeography, Remote Sensing, Quaternary Paleoecology, Palynology, Global Environmental Change, Paleoclimatology, Paleotempestology, Geographic Information Systems.

Regional: Africa (especially East Africa), the American South, the Gulf and Atlantic Seaboards.

Memberships: Association of American Geographers (AAG), American Geophysical Union (AGU), Geological Society of America (GSA).

Selected publications:

Kiage, L. M., Liu, K-b., Walker, N. D., Lam, N., and Huh, O. K. 2007 “Recent land-cover/use change associated with land degradation in the Lake Baringo catchment, Kenya, East Africa: evidence from Landsat TM and ETM+”International Journal of Remote Sensing 28(19), 4285 – 4309.

Kiage, L. M., and Liu, K-b. 2006 “Late Quaternary paleoenvironmental changes in East Africa: A review of multi-proxy evidence from palynology, lake sediments, and associated records,” Progress in Physical Geography 30 (5), 633-658.

Kiage, L. M., Walker, N., Balasubramanian, S., Babin, A., and Barras, J. 2005 “Applications of Radarsat-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) to assess hurricane related flooding of Coastal Louisiana” International Journal of Remote Sensing 26(24), 5359-5380.