Alan Murray

UCGIS is pleased to announce that Alan Murray, Professor in the Department of Geography at UC Santa Barbara, has been selected for the 2022 Carolyn Merry Mentoring Award.

Professor Murray’s research and teaching interests include: geographic information science; spatial optimization; emergency response, health informatics; urban growth and development; land use planning; urban, regional, and natural resource planning and development; and, infrastructure and transportation systems.

Students mentored by Dr. Murray have been very successful both in academia and in industry; many of his students and postdocs have continued along an academic path and become highly accomplished scholars. Besides mentoring his own students, Dr. Murray served as the Graduate Advisor (Director) for the UCSB geography department between 2017 and 2021.

UCGIS will honor Alan Murray and other award recipients as part of its Symposium 2023 programming activities.

The Carolyn Merry Mentoring Award was established by UCGIS in 2015 to recognize an individual who demonstrates exceptional mentoring abilities and practices. Professor Carolyn Merry embodied the spirit of a mentor by sharing her wisdom and experience with colleagues, particularly junior scholars, as a scientist, educator, and academic leader. Professor emerita of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering at The Ohio State University, Dr. Merry was known for her scholarship and leadership in remote sensing and geographic information science. The goal of the Carolyn Merry Mentoring Award is to recognize the commitment she demonstrated to mentoring and the investment of others who share this philosophy.