Randolph H. Wynne

Randolph H. Wynne is a Professor in the Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation at Virginia Tech, part of the College of Natural Resources and Environment. He holds a B.S. from the University of North Carolina (1986), M.S. (1993), and Ph.D. (1995) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research focuses on remote sensing applications in forestry, natural resource management, ecological modeling, and earth system science. He co-authored the textbook Introduction to Remote Sensing, now in its sixth edition, and leads the Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program in Remote Sensing at Virginia Tech.

Key research themes include forest carbon management, LiDAR-based canopy structure analysis, and integration of satellite data into decision support systems. His work spans NASA-funded projects on forest management and USDA initiatives in digital soil mapping. Recent publications emphasize Landsat time-series analysis, lidar applications in forest ecology, and climate change impacts on forest productivity.

• Awards: Estes Memorial Teaching Award (ASPRS), Award in Forest Science (Society of American Foresters), NASA New Investigator (2001).
• Grants: Over $1.7M in funding from NASA, USDA NRCS, and the Forest Nutrition Cooperative.
• Labs/Teams: Director of Virginia Tech’s Interdisciplinary Remote Sensing Program and affiliated with the Center for Environmental Applications in Remote Sensing (CEARS).