Cyril Wilson, Ph.D.
Contact Information
101 Roosevelt Avenue
Eau Claire, WI 54701
Education
- Ph.D., Indiana State University (Environmental Geography and Geospatial Modeling)
- M.A., University of Illinois (Anthropology)
- M.A., University of Illinois (Environmental and Urban Geography)
- M.S., Njala University College, University of Sierra Leone (Development Studies)
- B.A., Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone (Geography and Economics)
Teaching and Research Interests
- Land use/land cover change
- Impacts of land use/land cover change on surface and ground water supply and quality
- Interface between land use/land cover change, climate change, water resources and food security
- Geospatial and socioeconomic modeling
Published Research
Moise, I.K., Ivanova, N., Wilson, C., Wilson, S., Halwindi, H., and Spika, M. (2023). Lessons from digital technology-enabled health interventions implemented during the coronavirus pandemic to improve maternal and birth outcomes: A global scoping review. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 23(1), 195.
Wilson, S.A., Wilson, C.O., and Moise, I.K. (2022). Livelihood impacts of iron ore mining-induced land change in Sierra Leone: A time series analysis. Applied Geography, 144; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2022.102713
Hupy, J.P. and Wilson, C.O. (2021). Modeling streamflow and sediment loads with a photogrammetrically derived UAS digital terrain model: empirical evaluation from a fluvial aggregate excavation operation. Drones, 5(1), 20; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones5010020
Ordway, E. M., Elmore, A. J., Kolstoe, S., Quinn, J. E., Swanwick, R., Cattau, M., Taillie, D., Guinn, S. M., Chadwick, K. D., Atkins, J. W., Blake, R. E., Chapman, M., Cobourn, K., Goulden, T., Helmus, M. R., Hondula, K., Hritz, C., Jensen, J., Julian, J. P., Kuwayama, Y., Lulla, V., O’Leary, D., Nelson, D. R., Oc_on, J. P., Pau, S., Ponce-Campos, G. E., Portillo-Quintero, C., Pricope, N. G., Rivero, R. G., Schneider, L., Steele, M., Tulbure, M. G., Williamson, M. A., and Wilson. C. (2021). Leveraging the NEON Airborne Observation Platform for socio-environmental systems research. Ecosphere, 12(6): e03640. 10.1002/ecs2.3640
Wilson, Cyril., Liang, Bingqing., and Rose, Shannon. (2019). Projecting future land use/land cover by integrating drivers and plan prescriptions: the case for watershed applications. GIScience & Remote Sensing, 56(4): 511-535 https://doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2018.1533158
Wilson, C., Liang, B., Wilson, S. and Akiwumi, F. (2018). Land use, microclimate, and surface runoff linkages: Space-time modeling from Rokel-Seli River basin. Sierra Leone. International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing & Spatial Information Sciences. XLII-4/W8, 225-230, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-4-W8-225-2018.
Wilson Sigismond and Wilson Cyril. (2016) Land use/land cover planning nexus: A space-time multi-scalar assessment of urban growth in the Tulsa Metropolitan Statistical Area. Human Ecology, 44(6): 731-750. DOI 10.1007/s10745-016-9857-2.
Hupy, C., Weichelt, R., Wilson, C., and Hupy, J. (2016). Extending into STEM: The Geospatial Education Initiative. In “STEM and GIS in higher education”. Cowen, D. (ed). Esri Press.
Wilson, Cyril. (2015). Land use/land cover water quality nexus: Quantifying anthropogenic influences on surface water quality. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 187: 424. DOI 10.1007/s10661-015-4666-4.
Wilson, Cyril. (2014). Spectral analysis of civil conflict-induced forced migration on land-use/land-cover change: The case of a primate and lower-ranked cities in Sierra Leone. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 35(3): 1094-1125.
Wilson Sigismond and Wilson Cyril. (2012). Modeling the impacts of civil war on land use and land cover change within Kono District, Sierra Leone: A socio-geospatial approach. Geocarto International, DOI:10.1080/10106049.2012.724456 .
Wilson, C.O. and Weng, Q. (2011). Simulating the impacts of future land use and climate changes on surface water quality in the Des Plaines River Watershed, Chicago Metropolitan Statistical Area, Illinois. Science of the Total Environment, 409 (20): 4387-4405.
Wilson, Cyril and Weng Qihao. (2010). Assessing surface water quality and its relation with land cover changes in the Lake Calumet area, Greater Chicago. Environmental Management, 45(5): 1096-1111.
Wilson, Cyril and Kusimba Chapurukha. (2009). Becoming American: The Socio-economic and cultural landscape of Kenyan immigrants in Chicago, IL. Journal of Global Initiatives, 4(1):1-24.