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Dr. Jennifer Jensen

  • Chair - Professor - Dept of Geography & Environmntl Studies
  • Jensen, Jennifer. Small Pond Classification in the Highland Lakes Watershed Using Sentinel 2 Imagery, Lower Colorado RIver Authority, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $27380. (Funded: 2023). Grant.
  • Yuan, Yihong (Principal), Jensen, Jennifer (Co-Principal). Developing a Web Mapping System for Election Precinct Search, Comal County Democrats, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $9989. (Submitted: April 2023, Funded: June 2023 - November 2024). Grant.
  • Jensen, Jennifer (Co-Principal), Green, Michael Clay (Principal), Hardy, Thomas (Co-Principal). Developing a process and conservation application for Landscape Conservation Design for the Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative., Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $200000. (Funded: April 2017 - October 2018). Grant.
  • Jensen, Jennifer (Principal). Unmanned Aerial Vehicle monitoring of spectral response to plant productivity and mortality, Texas EcoLab; Brock Consulting Group, $149280. (Funded: January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2024). Grant.
  • Jensen, Jennifer (Co-Principal), Hoeinghaus, David (Principal). Quantification of Alligator Gar recruitment dynamics using a river-stage specific floodplain inundation model, Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative, $199973. (Funded: 2015 - 2018). Grant.
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  • Jensen, J., Pugh, G., & Wylie, A. G. (2024). Small Pond Classification in the Highland Lakes Watershed Using Sentinel 2 Imagery (p. 31). Austin, Texas, UA: Lower Colorado River Authority.
  • Jamil, R., Julian, J. P., Jensen, J., & Meitzen, K. M. (2024). Urban Green Infrastructure Connectivity: The Role of Private Semi-Natural Areas. Land.
  • Meitzen, K. M., Robertson, C. R., Jensen, J. L., Daugherty, D. J., Mayes, K. B., & Hardy, T. (2023). Applying Floodplain Inundation Modeling to Estimate Suitable Spawning Habitat and Recruitment Success for Alligator Gar in the Guadalupe River, Texas. Hydrology, 10(6), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology10060123
  • Jensen, J. L. R., & Mathews, A. M. (2021). Terrain and surface modeling of vegetation height using simple linear regression. In Fundamentals of Capturing and Processing Drone Imagery and Data. CRC Press.
  • Ordway, E. M., Elmore, A. J., Kolstoe, S., Quinn, J. E., Swannick, R., Cattau, M., … W, C. (2021). Leveraging the NEON Airborne Observation Platform for socio-environmental systems research. Ecosphere, 12(6).
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding Professor Award, Geography and Environmental Studies Graduate Student Forum. 2023 - 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor Award, Alfred H. Nolle Chapter of Alpha Chi National Honor Scholarship Society (Texas State University). 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor Award, Alfred H. Nolle Chapter of Alpha Chi National Honor Scholarship Society (Texas State University). 2018
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidental Distinction Award for Excellence in Teaching, Texas State University. 2015
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor Award, Alfred H. Nolle Chapter of Alpha Chi National Honor Scholarship Society (Texas State University). 2015
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  1. Member

    Presidential Recuritment Task Force

  2. Member

    Faculty Senate Vice Chair

  3. Member

    Voter Registration and Civic Engagement Committee

  4. Member

    Human Resources Awards Committee

  5. Volunteer

    Hays County Election Clerk

  6. Member

    Vice President Information Techology Search Committee

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