Student Building 331
About Sacha Siani
Sacha Siani is a student affiliate with IU CASEL. He serves as the center's lab manager and research coordinator.
Siani is a Ph.D. candidate in the IU Department of Geography. He holds a master’s degree in remote sensing from National Institute for Space Research, Brazil (2016) and bachelor’s degree in environmental and sanitary engineering from University of Taubaté (2012). His research focuses on the effects of conservation policies on deforestation and forest degradation, as well as their social and economic impacts, in the Brazilian Amazon. Siani's research interests include geosciences, remote sensing, geoprocessing, spatial data analysis, land change science, social-ecological systems analysis, global climate change, policy analysis, and the Amazon.