Corey Scher

Corey Scher

PhD Candidate in Earth and Environmental Sciences

City University of New York

I work to better understand the physical impacts of war and conflict by advancing the science of conflict Earth observation.

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 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 PhD candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center and coordinate closely with 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, (expected 2024)

    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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