Geosystems Research Institute
Established in 2000, the Geosystems Research Institute is a collaborative of academic scientists, engineers, and government and industry stakeholders active in conducting research to advance knowledge and practice in earth and its systems to improve policy and public awareness.
Research
Research
Outreach & Service
Outreach & Service
News
Narcisa Pricope, GRI Research Affiliate and MSU Associate VP for Research, Authors Conversation Article on the Environmental Factors Shaping the Price of Chocolate
February 18, 2025 - Mississippi State Associate Vice President for Research and GRI research affiliate, Narcisa Pricope, wrote an article for The ...MSU Geosystems Research Institute's Czarnecki Recognized For Outstanding Commentary On Challenges Of Open Geospatial Data In Agriculture
November 26, 2024 - A Mississippi State University's Geosystems Research Institute faculty member and former MSU Libraries researcher are being recognized ...Mississippi State University, Food and Agriculture Organization Of The UN Align In Rome To Strengthen Digital Agriculture Capabilities, Practices
November 15, 2024 - ROME, Italy—A current international partnership between Mississippi State University and the Food and Agriculture Organization ...Predicting Water Availability Amid Climate Change Peaks Perspective, Research of MSU's Raczynski
September 24, 2024 - STARKVILLE, Miss.—When Krzysztof Raczynski was working on his master's degree in his native country of Poland, he was enthused ...MSU's Geosystems Research Institute Hosts New Zealand Researchers for Exchange on Freshwater Biosecurity
July 15, 2024 - International collaborations at Mississippi State continue to grow as the university hosted two researchers from New Zealand's ...
Recent Publications
Schmid, S. A., Lobo, A., Shoemaker, C., Sample, A., Lee, M., Ervin, G. N., & Turnage, G. (2025). Latitude and Community Diversity Primarily Explain Invasion Patterns of Widespread Invasive Plants in Small, Subtropical Lakes. Ecology and Evolution. 15, e71115. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71115. [Document]Manjur, S. M., Senyurek, V., Kalski, R., Gupta, S., Skarke, A., & Gurbuz, A. (2025). Automated Detection of Seafloor Gas Seeps in Multibeam Echosounder Data With an Attention-Guided Convolutional Neural Network. ournal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. IEEE. 18, 5633-5645. DOI:10.1109/JSTARS.2025.3535234. [Abstract] [Document Site]
Schmid, S. A., Sanchez-Restrepo, A. F., Sosa, A. J., Turnage, G., & Ervin, G. N. (2025). Thrips Biological Control Agent Shows Greater Niche Overlap with Invasive Alligatorweed than Conventional Agent in Current and Future Climate Scenarios. BioControl. 70, 1-12. DOI:10.1007/s10526-025-10304-6. [Document]
Baray, S. B., Farhad, M. M., Senyurek, V., Gurbuz, A., & Kurum, M. (2025). Grid Size Optimization for Soil Moisture Estimation Using UAS-Based GNSS Reflectometry. 2025 United States National Committee of URSI National Radio Science Meeting (USNC-URSI NRSM). Boulder, CO, USA: IEEE. DOI:10.23919/USNC-URSINRSM66067.2025.10907244. [Document Site]