Benjamin Gaskill

Ben Gaskill is a graduate student in the Master’s in Geographic Information Science (GIS). At CGA, he is a research assistant for the pond aquaculture mapping project. He also serves as a GIS teaching assistant and has previously contributed to other projects at Clark University, such as the USAID Climate Adaptation Support Activity (CASA). Through project-based work, Ben has gained foundational knowledge and technical experience in advanced remote sensing, traditional GIS, and spatial modeling.

His favorite projects include:

Assessing impacts of prescribed burning in Myles Standish State Forest using airborne LiDAR

Updating the Official Roads Basemap at MassGIS

Dynamic Patch Analysis of Coastal Mangroves in Indonesia

Determining suitable protection areas for Guanaco in Patagonia using advanced raster analysis