Ldecola

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Lee De Cola

DATA to Insight

LDECOLA@COMCAST.NET

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., Geography 1984 University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Dissertation: “A crossnational analysis of urban concentration, with particular reference to urbanization in Africa,” 343 pp.
• Course work for the Ph.D. in Economics and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971-1974.
• Master of City Planning 1969 University of California, Berkeley, specialization in systems and quantitative methods in planning.
• B.A., Mathematics 1967 University of California, Berkeley.

RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

• Virginia Tech: Data structures in geographic information systems (GIS), at West Falls Church, VA, 2010-.
• University of Maryland Baltimore County: Professional seminars in data visualization and GIS & health, at The Universities at Shady Grove, 2010-.
• 1990–2010 Research Physical Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA: Environmental spatial analysis and forecasting, spatial analysis of health and health services, assistance to Historically Black Colleges and Universities.