Kevin Koy
Contact
UC Berkeley - College of Natural Resources
137 Mulford Hall #3114
Berkeley CA 94720-3114
Phone: 510.643.4539
Email (@berkeley.edu): kkoy
Bio
Kevin Koy, Manager of the Geospatial Innovation Facility, has over ten years of experience using and teaching geospatial technology. At the GIF, Kevin promotes new research opportunities, develops and teaches geospatial workshops, and provides organizational support to the facility.
Prior to his arrival in 2008, Kevin was the Remote Sensing/GIS Specialist for the American Museum of Natural History's Center for Biodiversity and Conservation. His experience at AMNH included mapping land cover change and developing capacity building initiatives in Vietnam and Lao PDR, as well as aiding in the analysis of species distributions in Madagascar. Kevin's experience in geospatial technology began as a Remote Sensing / GIS Analyst for the Smithsonian Institution's Conservation and Research Center where he studied Eld's deer habitat in Myanmar's dry dipterocarp forests.
Kevin received a B.A. in Environmental Studies and Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1998 and an M.S. in Biology from George Mason University in 2003. He has completed coursework towards a Ph.D. in Geography at the City University of New York’s Graduate Center, and continues to pursue the completion of the degree.
Publications
Koy, K., Laverty, M., Horning, N., and Sterling, E. 2007. Improving Biodiversity Conservation in Threatened Landscapes of Central Vietnam. Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA. (PDF)
Koy, K., W. McShea, P. Leimgruber, B. Haack, and M. Aung. 2005. Percent canopy cover - using Landsat imagery to delineate habitat for Myanmar's endangered Eld's deer (Cervus eldi). Animal Conservation. 8(3): 289-296.
McShea, W., K. Koy, T. Clements, A. Johnson, M. Aung. 2005. Finding a needle in the haystack: Regional analysis of suitable Eld's deer (Cervus eldi) habitat in Southeast Asia. Journal of Biological Conservation. 125(2005): 101-111.
Demarķa M., W. McShea, K. Koy, and N. Maceira. 2003. Pampas deer conservation with respect to habitat loss and protected area considerations in San Luis, Argentina. Journal of Biological Conservation. 115(2003): 121-130.
McShea W., J. Pagels, J. Orrock, E. Harper, and K. Koy. 2003. Mesic deciduous forest as patches of small mammal richness within an Appalachian mountain forest. Journal of Mammalogy. 84(2): 188-204.