VOLUME 67, NUMBER 6
PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING
Headquarters News
Dr.
James W. Merchant was named Associate Editor of Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote
Sensing (PE&RS) during the American Society for Photogrammetry
and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Annual Conference in April. As associate
editor,
Dr. Merchant will assist PE&RS Editor Dr. Stanley A. Morain in the manuscript
review process and in coordination of special issues of the journal. Authors
of papers to be peer-reviewed should now submit manuscripts
directly to Dr. Merchant.
“Jim is one of the finest and most conscientious reviewers and guest
editors in the history of PE&RS,” said Morain. “As the guest editor
for the annual GIS Special Issue in years past, he brings to the associate
editorship a wealth of background experience that will enable him to
step into this new role with virtually no disruption in current peer-review
practices and procedures.”
Dr. Merchant is professor in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural
Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), Lincoln, Nebraska.
He is associate director of UNL’s Center for Advanced Land Management
Information Technologies (CALMIT). In addition, he holds faculty appointments
in UNL’s School of Natural Resource Sciences, the Department of Geography,
and the Department of Agronomy. Dr. Merchant received a BA in Geography
from Towson University, Towson, Maryland, and both an MA and PhD in
Geography from the University of Kansas. His work in remote sensing
and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) spans three decades.
“We are very pleased that Dr. Merchant has agreed to join our outstanding
PE&RS editorial staff,” said ASPRS Executive Director James Plasker
in announcing the appointment. “Dr. Merchant’s experience and professional
credentials will enable us to continue to serve the Society readership,
as well as the broader geospatial community of PE&RS subscribers,
with the highest journalistic standards.”
From 1987-1998 Dr. Merchant served as PE&RS associate editor for
GIS and, since 1987, he has been guest editor of six special issues
of the journal. In 1990 he received the ASPRS Alan Gordon Memorial
Award to recognize achievements in remote sensing and GIS, and in 1996
he was elected a Fellow of the Society. In 1997, Dr. Merchant was honored
with the John Wesley Powell Award that recognizes significant achievements
in contributing to the research of the U.S. Geological Survey. In addition,
he was the recipient of the 1998 Outstanding Contributions Award conferred
by the Remote Sensing Specialty Group of the Association of American
Geographers, and, in 1999, the Outstanding Achievements Award presented
by the Nebraska GIS/LIS Association.
Dr. Merchant can be contacted at:
Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies
Inst. of Agriculture & Natural Resources
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
113 Nebraska Hall
Lincoln, NE 68588-0517
402- 472-7531 * Fax 402- 472-4608
E-mail:jmerchant1@unl.edu
Dr.
James W. Merchant was named Associate Editor of Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote
Sensing (PE&RS) during the American Society for Photogrammetry
and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Annual Conference in April. As associate
editor,
Dr. Merchant will assist PE&RS Editor Dr. Stanley A. Morain in the manuscript
review process and in coordination of special issues of the journal. Authors
of papers to be peer-reviewed should now submit manuscripts
directly to Dr. Merchant.