Alice Alonso

Post-Doctoral Research Associate & former Ph.D. Student

Hometown: Rochefort, Belgium
Education: M.S. at Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium (2010); Ph.D. at University of Florida (2016)
Major(s): Agricultural and Biological Engineering. Land and Water Resources; Hydrologic Science
Research interests: Land and water resources in coupled natural and human complex systems: Analysis and modelling; Remote sensing; Data collection and analysis; Time series analysis; Remote sensing

PhD dissertation: Novel quantification of long-term hydrological and landscape spatiotemporal dynamics of coupled natural human systems: the case study of the Tempisque-Palo Verde National Park coastal wetland, Costa Rica.
Untangling complexity in coupled natural and human systems to inform sustainable management: Case study of the water-subzidised Tempisque watershed and downstream Palo Verde National Park wetland.
Leverage the recent Google Earth Engine platform to integrate the information of public satellite imagery data in interdisciplinary studies and advance the understanding of multi-scale systems spatiotemporal dynamics, trajectory and driving factors.
Study of vegetation cover spatio-temporal pattern and trend with remote sensing.
Coupling ground monitoring with MODIS to fathom wetland water dynamics and reconstruct spatiotemporal hydroperiod history.
Quantification of the paradoxical effects of decreasing river discharge on tidal propagation and increase flooding in coastal wetland.