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BIOGRAPHY
John (Jack) Hill
Node Lead, Central Southwest/ Gulf Coast Information Node and VP, Houston
Advanced Research Center
Houston Advanced Research Center
4800 Research Forest Drive
The Woodlands, TX 77381
281-363-7999
281-363-7931 Fax
jhill@harc.edu
Asst: Pat Benson
pbenson@harc.edu
John "Jack" M. Hill, Ph.D. is Director of HARC's Environmental
Group. He joined HARC in 1991 and became Head of its Environmental Information
Systems Laboratory in 1992. Dr. Hill is widely recognized for his work
in the integration and application of remote sensing (RS) and geographic
information system (GIS) technology generated data to help solve natural
resource and environmental management problems. He was Principal Investigator
in the commercialization of the NASA/HARC airborne laser scanning system.
The state-of-the-science sensor (LIDAR) is used to create very accurate,
economical, digital terrain data by TerraPoint LLC, a company formed to
market the technology. Dr. Hill is also a key participant in the development
and implementation of the National Biological Information Infrastructure
(NBII), a program under the auspices of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Users of the NBII gain swift access to biological resource databases,
information products, directories, and guides maintained by Federal, State,
and local government agencies, non-government institutions, and private
sector organizations in the U.S. and around the world. Dr. Hill holds
a concurrent Adjunct Professor position at Texas A&M University and
has GIS and RS Mapping Scientist certifications from the American Society
of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. He previously served on the faculty
of the Department of Civil Engineering at Louisiana State University where
he was Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Remote Sensing
and Image Processing Laboratory. Dr. Hill has been funded by such organizations
as the EPA, USGS, NSF, NASA, USDA, UN/FAO, state and local agencies, and
industry. He has authored over 100 scientific papers.
Dr. Hill has a Ph.D. in Biology/Environmental Science/Remote Sensing-GIS
from Texas A&M University; a M.S. Degree in Biology/Organic Chemistry/Water
Quality from American University; and a B.A. Degree in Biology/Ecology
from Towson State University.
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