
Assistant Professor,
Department of Geography,
Indiana University
Email: nmacbean@indiana.edu
Phone: +1 (812) 855-7971
Twitter: @NatashaMacBean
Research interests: carbon cycle, vegetation dynamics (phenology and long-term trends), ecohydrology, physiology, ecosystem functioning, CO2 fertilization, global environmental change, climate change, land use and land cover change, terrestrial biosphere modeling, earth system modeling, data assimilation, remote sensing.

PhD Student,
Department of Geography,
Indiana University
Email: rpervin@iu.edu
Research interests: Land use and land cover change, Climate change, Mangrove change monitoring and impact of mangrove change on the carbon sink, Carbon fertilization, greening trend and land cover change, Ecohydrology, Remote sensing, and Spatial analysis.
Kashif Mahmud
Postdoctoral Research Scientist,
Department of Geography,
Indiana University
Email: kmahmud@iu.edu
Research interest: data assimilation, remote sensing, plant carbon allocation, carbon cycle, global environmental change, climate change, terrestrial biosphere modeling, earth system modeling, hydrogeology, numerical simulation, geostatistical modeling.
Past Lab Members
Heidi Takada
Undergraduate in Geography and
IU 2020 Sustainability Scholar
I’m a undergraduate student at Indiana University majoring in Geography as well as a Sustainability Scholar (2018-2019) researching mangrove change with Natasha MacBean. I am interested in environmental sustainability, land cover change, and Global Information Systems (GIS).
Lab Group Address:
Department of Geography,
Indiana University,
Student Building 120,
701 E Kirkwood Ave,
Bloomington, IN 47405-7100
USA