Magaly Koch
Core Faculty, IGS; Research Associate Professor, Earth & Environment and Center for Remote Sensing, College of Arts & Sciences
Dr. Magaly Koch, core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is a remote sensing geologist with 30 years of experience in applied environmental research, including groundwater resources (in drylands), land degradation problems (soil salinization), geohazards and human impact in environmental change. She is particularly interested in projects addressing global water scarcity/flooding problems as related to extreme weather conditions through an interdisciplinary approach. Dr. Koch is an expert in optical/hyperspectral and SAR remote sensing applications in natural and applied sciences and has extensive managerial experience in conducting international and multidisciplinary research projects in many parts of the world. She has supervised numerous international projects, mainly in the Middle East (Kuwait, Oman, UAE), Africa (Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia), Europe (Spain, Italy), and East Asia (Japan, Indonesia). Her recent research work is on integrating earth and disaster science to enable sustainable adaptation and mitigation of coastal zones. The U.S. Geologic Survey, the National Science Foundation, and the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency have funded her research.