School of Earth, Environment and Society

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)
Associate Professor, School of Earth, Environment & Society, Bowling Green State University (2013-Present)
Assistant Professor, School of Earth, Environment & Society, Bowling Green State University (2007-2013)
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:

Gorsevski PV, Cathcart SC, Mirzaei G, Jamali MM, Ye X, Gomezdelcampo E. (in press) A group-based spatial decision support system for wind farm site selection in northwest Ohio. Energy Policy DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.12.013

Nyland RE, Panter KS, Rocchi S, Di Vincenzo G, Del Carlo P, Tiepolo M, Field B, Gorsevski P. 2013. Volcanic activity and its link to glaciation cycles: Single-grain age and geochemistry of Early Miocene volcanic glass from ANDRILL AND-2A core, Antarctica. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 250:106–128

Gorsevski PV 2013. Using Bayesian inference to account for uncertainty in parameter estimates in modelled invasive flowering rush. Remote Sensing Letters, 4(3): 279-287

Mora CV, Ross JD, Gorsevski PV, Chowdhury B, Bingman VP. 2012. Evidence for discrete landmark use by pigeons during homing. Journal of Experimental Biology DOI: 10.1242/jeb.071225

Donevska KR, Gorsevski PV, Jovanovski M, Peshevski I. 2012. Regional non hazardous landfill site selection by integrating fuzzy logic, AHP and Geographic Information Systems. Environmental Earth Sciences, 67:121-131

Gorsevski PV, Onasch CM, Farver JR, Ye X. 2012. Detecting grain boundaries in deformed rocks using a cellular automata approach. Computers & Geosciences, 42:136-142

Varghese M, Gorsevski PV, Cayer M, Boudreau N, Heckman C. 2012. Unraveling the determinants of protrusion formation. International Journal of Cell Biology, Article ID 402916, 16 pages, 2012. DOI:10.1155/2012/402916

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