Corey Scher

Corey Scher

Postdoctoral Scholar

Oregon State University

I study landscape changes in conflict zones with satellite radar data, cloud computing, and methods from the geosciences.

My research on conflict impacts is featured in reporting from publications like the New York Times, Financial Times, Washington Post, BBC, CNN, NPR, Bloomberg and others. I’ve been interviewed about mapping wartime damage by organizations including NPR, Scientific American, Marketplace, and Democracy Now. My work is also cited in reports from international humanitarian organizations and as lines of evidence in litigation related to international humanitarian law.

I’m a postdoctoral scholar in the Conflict Ecology group at Oregon State. I also organize with the Conflict and Environment Academic Network and the Decentralized Damage Mapping Group.

Interests

  • conflict earth observation
  • synthetic aperture radar (interferometry)

Education

  • PhD in Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2025

    Graduate Center at the City University of New York

  • MS in Geology, 2019

    City University of New York

  • Bachelors in Geology, 2017

    University of California, Berkeley

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