School of Earth, Environment and Society
Dr. Peter Gorsevski
Assistant Professor, Geospatial Sciences
School of Earth, Environment and Society

E-mail: peterg@bgsu.edu
Web: http://personal.bgsu.edu/~peterg
Office: Room 181, Overman Hall
Phone: (419) 372-7201

 

Education & Experience:

Ph.D., University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho (1998-2002)
M.S., Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon (1994-1996)
B.S., Forestry, University Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia (1986-1992)
Assistant Professor, School of Earth, Environment & Society, Bowling Green State University (2007-Present)
Assistant Director, Sustainability and the Environment Center of Excellence, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH (2010 – Present)
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Forest Resources, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID (2004-2007)
Remote Sensing Research Scientist, University of Idaho (2004 – 2007)
Instructor, Forest Resources, University of Idaho (Spring Semester 2003)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Forest Resources, University of Idaho (2002 - 2004)
Co-Instructor, Forest Resources, University of Idaho (Fall Semester 2001)
Instructor, Forest Resources, University of Idaho (Fall Semester 1999)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Forest Resources, University of Idaho (1998 - 2000)
Guest lecturer, Department of Geography and Forest Products, University of Idaho 
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Forest Engineering, Oregon State University (1995 - 1996)
Graduate Research Assistant, Forest Engineering, Oregon State University (1994 - 1995)

Specialty Areas of Interest:

GIScience Analysis Methods, Spatial Statistics, and Data Mining
GIS Multicriteria Decision Analysis & Spatial Decision Support Systems
Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry
Airborne Sensor Development
Landslide Hazard Modeling
Terrain and Watershed Analysis

Current BGSU Courses:

Weather and Climate - Ugrad
Spatial Modelling - Grad
Geospatial Science -Ugrad
Spatial Statistics - Grad 
Quantitative Methods -Ugrad
Remote Sensing of the Environment - Grad 

Recent and Current Research or Grants:

Coastal Ohio Wind Project for Reduced Barriers to Deployment of Offshore Wind Energy (PI), US DOE Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (DE-EE0003871), $1,000,000, FY 11-13

Coastal Ohio Wind (PI), US DOE Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (DE-FG36-06GO86096), $1,600,000, FY 11-12

Recent Peer Reviewed Publications and Submissions:

Donevska KR, Gorsevski PV, Jovanovski M, Peshevski I (in press) Regional non hazardous landfill site selection by integrating fuzzy logic, AHP and Geographic Information Systems. Environmental Earth Sciences DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1485-y

Gorsevski PV, Onasch CM, Farver JR, Ye X. (in press). Detecting grain boundaries in deformed rocks using a cellular automata approach. Computers & Geosciences, doi: 10.1016/j.cageo.2011.09.008

Varghese M, Gorsevski PV, Cayer M, Boudreau N, Heckman C. (in press). Unraveling the determinants of protrusion formation. International Journal of Cell Biology

Gorsevski PV, Donevska KR, Mitrovski C, Frizado JP. 2012. Integrating multi-criteria evaluation techniques with geographic information systems for landfill site selection: a case study using ordered weighted average. Waste Management 32(2):287-296

Gorsevski PV, Jankowski P. 2010. An optimized solution of multi-criteria evaluation analysis of landslide susceptibility using fuzzy sets and Kalman filter. Computers & Geosciences, 36(8):1005-1020

Gorsevski PV, Gessler PE, Jankowski P. 2010. A fuzzy k-means classification and a Bayesian approach for spatial prediction of landslide hazard. In Fischer MM and Getis A (eds), Handbook of Applied Spatial Analysis, Springer, pp. 653-684

Gorsevski PV,  Gessler PE. 2009. The design and development of a hyperspectral and multispectral airborne mapping system. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 64(2): 184-192

Gorsevski PV, Boll J, Gomezdelcampo E, Brooks ES. 2008. Dynamic riparian buffer widths from potential non-point source pollution areas in forested watersheds, Forest Ecology and Management, 256(4): 664-673

Gorsevski PV, Jankowski P. 2008. Discerning landslide susceptibility using rough sets. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 32(1): 53-65

Evans IS, Hengl T, Gorsevski PV. 2008.Geomorphometry: Applications in geomorphology. In Hengl T and Reuter HI (eds), Geomorphometry: Concepts, Software, Applications. Developments in Soil Science, vol. 33, Elsevier, pp. 497-525

Gorsevski PV, Gessler PE, Boll J, Elliot WJ, Foltz RB.2006. Spatially and temporally distributed modeling of landslide susceptibility. Geomorphology 80(3-4): 178-198

Gorsevski PV, Jankowski P, Gessler PE. 2006. An heuristic approach for mapping landslide hazard by integrating fuzzy logic with analytic hierarchy process. Control and Cybernetics 35(1): 121-146

Gorsevski PV, Gessler PE, Foltz RB, Elliot WJ. 2006. Spatial prediction of landslide hazard using logistic regression and ROC analysis. Transactions in GIS 10(3): 395-415

Gorsevski PV, Jankowski P, Gessler PE. 2005.Spatial prediction of landslide hazard using fuzzy k-means and Dempster-Shafer theory. Transactions in GIS 9(4):455-474

Gorsevski PV, Gessler PE, Jankowski P. 2004. Spatial prediction of landslide hazard using fuzzy k-means and Bayes theorem. In Widacki W., Bytnerowicz A., and Riebau A.(eds.), A Message From the Tatra: Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing in Mountain Environmental Research. Jagiellonian University Press: Krakow, Poland, pp 159-172.

Gorsevski PV, Gessler PE, Jankowski P. 2003. Integrating a fuzzy k-means classification and a Bayesian approach for spatial prediction of landslide hazard. Journal of Geographical Systems 5(3):223-251