{"id":565,"date":"2025-07-31T14:29:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T18:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science-program\/?p=565"},"modified":"2026-04-06T10:02:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:02:42","slug":"john-rogan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/john-rogan\/","title":{"rendered":"John Rogan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/john-rogan\/\">Professor John Rogan<\/a> specializes in landscape ecology, fire ecology, optical remote sensing, and GIScience. His research includes monitoring land cover changes, mapping wildfire burn severity, and studying forest types using multi-season Landsat data. He also directs the Human-Environment Regional Observatory (HERO) program, where his team investigates various environmental issues, such as the impact of solar farm development on forests in Rhode Island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor John Rogan specializes in landscape ecology, fire ecology, optical remote sensing, and GIScience. His research includes monitoring land cover changes, mapping wildfire burn severity, and studying forest types using multi-season Landsat data. He also directs the Human-Environment Regional Observatory (HERO) program, where his team investigates various environmental issues, such as the impact of solar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":734,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-research","tag-geography"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.1 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>John Rogan | Data Science | Clark University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/john-rogan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"John Rogan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Professor John Rogan specializes in landscape ecology, fire ecology, optical remote sensing, and GIScience. His research includes monitoring land cover changes, mapping wildfire burn severity, and studying forest types using multi-season Landsat data. He also directs the Human-Environment Regional Observatory (HERO) program, where his team investigates various environmental issues, such as the impact of solar [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/john-rogan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Data Science\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ClarkUniversityWorcester\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-31T18:29:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-06T14:02:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2024_Bat_Sensor_Data_Download-52-scaled-1-1200x800-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@clarkuniversity\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@clarkuniversity\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jordan Aubin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/data-science\\\/john-rogan\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/data-science\\\/john-rogan\\\/\"},\"headline\":\"John Rogan\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-31T18:29:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-06T14:02:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/data-science\\\/john-rogan\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":64,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/data-science\\\/john-rogan\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/data-science\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/58\\\/2024_Bat_Sensor_Data_Download-52-scaled-1-1200x800-1.avif\",\"keywords\":[\"Geography\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Faculty Research\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/data-science\\\/john-rogan\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/data-science\\\/john-rogan\\\/\",\"name\":\"John Rogan | Data Science | Clark University\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/data-science\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/data-science\\\/john-rogan\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/data-science\\\/john-rogan\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/data-science\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/58\\\/2024_Bat_Sensor_Data_Download-52-scaled-1-1200x800-1.avif\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-31T18:29:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-06T14:02:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/data-science\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/73c3626fe9ff937cd35eb2269f0ed7a2\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/data-science\\\/john-rogan\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/data-science\\\/john-rogan\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/data-science\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/58\\\/2024_Bat_Sensor_Data_Download-52-scaled-1-1200x800-1.avif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/data-science\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/58\\\/2024_Bat_Sensor_Data_Download-52-scaled-1-1200x800-1.avif\",\"width\":900,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"students install wildlife sensors in Hadwen Arboretum\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/data-science\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\\\/v2\\\/posts\\\/565#breadcrumbs\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":0,\"name\":\"ClarkU\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Data Science\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/data-science\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/data-science\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/data-science\\\/\",\"name\":\"Data Science\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/data-science\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"John Rogan | Data Science | Clark University","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/john-rogan\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"John Rogan","og_description":"Professor John Rogan specializes in landscape ecology, fire ecology, optical remote sensing, and GIScience. His research includes monitoring land cover changes, mapping wildfire burn severity, and studying forest types using multi-season Landsat data. He also directs the Human-Environment Regional Observatory (HERO) program, where his team investigates various environmental issues, such as the impact of solar [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/john-rogan\/","og_site_name":"Data Science","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ClarkUniversityWorcester","article_published_time":"2025-07-31T18:29:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-06T14:02:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2024_Bat_Sensor_Data_Download-52-scaled-1-1200x800-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@clarkuniversity","twitter_site":"@clarkuniversity","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jordan Aubin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/john-rogan\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/john-rogan\/"},"headline":"John Rogan","datePublished":"2025-07-31T18:29:16+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-06T14:02:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/john-rogan\/"},"wordCount":64,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/john-rogan\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2024_Bat_Sensor_Data_Download-52-scaled-1-1200x800-1.avif","keywords":["Geography"],"articleSection":["Faculty Research"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/john-rogan\/","url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/john-rogan\/","name":"John Rogan | Data Science | Clark University","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/john-rogan\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/john-rogan\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2024_Bat_Sensor_Data_Download-52-scaled-1-1200x800-1.avif","datePublished":"2025-07-31T18:29:16+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-06T14:02:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/#\/schema\/person\/73c3626fe9ff937cd35eb2269f0ed7a2"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/john-rogan\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/john-rogan\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2024_Bat_Sensor_Data_Download-52-scaled-1-1200x800-1.avif","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2024_Bat_Sensor_Data_Download-52-scaled-1-1200x800-1.avif","width":900,"height":600,"caption":"students install wildlife sensors in Hadwen Arboretum"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565#breadcrumbs","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":0,"name":"ClarkU","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Data Science","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/","name":"Data Science","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"fimg_url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2024_Bat_Sensor_Data_Download-52-scaled-1-1200x800-1.avif","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":760,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565\/revisions\/760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/data-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}