Email: Alexander. Buyantuyev@asu.edu

• Landscape ecology, ecological modeling, GIS, remote sensing

• B.S. and M.S. in Geography (1993), with Distinction, Irkutsk State University, Geography Department (Irkutsk, Russia), magna cum laude
• Candidate of Gerogranphic Sciences(1996), Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Science, Siberian Branch (Irkutsk, Russia). Specialization in Physical Geography, Geophysics and Geochemistry of Landscapes
• M. S. in Renewable Natural Resources (2002), University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
• Ph.D in Plant Biology (2008), Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

• Kaye JP, Majumdar A, Gries C, Buyantuyev A, Grimm NB, Hope D, Jenerette GD, Zhu W, & Baker L. (In Press). Hierarchical Bayesian scaling of soil properties across urban, agricultural, and desert ecosystems. Ecological Applications
• Buyantuyev, A.,and J. Wu. (Submitted). Evaluation of urbanization effects on primary production in Sonoran Desert ecosystems using MODIS NDVI data.
• Buyantuyev, A., and J. Wu. 2007. Effects of thematic resolution on landscape pattern analysis. Landscape Ecology 22(1): 7-13.
• Buyantuyev, A., J. Wu, and C. Gries. 2007. Estimating vegetation cover in an urban environment based on Landsat ETM+ imagery: A case study in Phoenix, USA. International Journal of Remote Sensing 28(2): 269 - 291.
• Bai, Y., Wu, J., Pan, Q., Huang, J., Wang, Q., Li, F., Buyantuyev, A. & Han, X. 2007. Positive linear relationship between productivity and diversity: evidence from the Eurasian Steppe. Journal of Applied Ecology 44(5): 1023-34.
• Buyantuev, A., Snytko, V.A., Szczypek, T. and Wika, S. 2001. Landscape of aeolian sands in Transbaikalye: a case study of Nomokhonovo area in the Selenga-Chikoy rivers interfluve. Acta Geographica ac Geologica et Meteorologica Debrecina 35: 27-34. (in Polish)
• Szczypek, T. S. Wika, Snytko, V.A. and A. Buyantuyev. 2000.Geosystems of wind blown sands of Chikoi-Selenga watershed in Western Transbaikalia. Irkutsk: Institute of Geography, 71 p. (in Russian) Batuyev A.R., A. Buyantuyev, and V.A. Snytko. 2000. Geosystems and geoecological mapping of Selenga river basin in Baikal watershed. Novosibirsk: Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science Press, 164 p. (in Russian)