- Identify applied solutions for more efficient and effective integration of real-time spatial data and models to advance agricultural research, management, and policy.
- Identify and test generalizable principles underlying the spatial and temporal dynamics of agent interactions (e.g. human-human, human-environment, environment-plant, etc)
GEMS Services Supported
Lab Members
Current Runck Lab members
- Bryan Runck, PhD, Principal Investigator (Lead of GEMS Sensing and GEMS Learning)
- Bobby Schulz, MS, Research Electrical Engineer & Lab Manager (Hardware Lead of GEMS Sensing)
- Ann Piotrowski, Digital Agriculture Scientist (Field Operations Manager of GEMS Sensing)
- Logan Gall, MGIS Student, University of Minnesota
- Samikshya Subedi, PhD Student, Land and Atmospheric Science, University of Minnesota
- Deepika M.Tamilselvan, MGIS Student, University of Minnesota
- Jacob Pacheco, Undergraduate Student, University of Minnesota
- Mattie Gisselbeck, MGIS Student, University of Minnesota
- Tzu-Yu Ma, MGIS Student, University of Minnesota
- Tom Glancy, MGIS, Research Consultant
Past Runck Lab members
- Bryan Chantigian, BS, MS, Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota - placement: Lockheed Martin; NASA
- Gianna Turturillo, BS, Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota - placement: AECOM
- Mohana Krishna Vutukuru, MS, Computer Science, University of Minnesota - placement: Amazon
- Benjamin Salazar, BS, Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University - placement: Zenblen
- Galen Sjostrom, MGIS, University of Minnesota - placement: Minnesota Department of Transportation
- Thor Solberg, BS, Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota - placement: GHD
- Michael Dunst, BS, Urban Studies, BED, Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota - placement: Continental Properties; University of Pennsylvania
- Jeffrey Bishop, MS, Digital Agriculture Scientist & Field Manager (Operations Lead of GEMS Sensing) – next position: Raven Technologies
- Andrea Smith, BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota - placement: Donaldson
- Evan Tang, MS Computer Science, Firmware Engineer - next position: CodeWeavers
- Megan Marsolek, MGIS, University of Minnesota - placement: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- Lucas Rosen, MGIS, USDA-ARS Brookings funded Geospatial Scientist - placements: Toro, USDA, MN DNR
- Michael Felzan, MGIS Researcher
- Xiao Fu, PhD Student, Computer Science, University of Southern California, Summer Research Fellow
- Ethan Bott, MGIS, University of Minnesota
- Jakeisha Lewis, NSF SOAR REEU Student, Berea College
- Luke Zaruba, MGIS, University of Minnesota - placement: Travelers Insurance
- Laure Briol, MGIS Student, University of Minnesota