While conducting research in Brazil, Rowan Compton ’25, M.S./GIS ’26, made discoveries that were included in a literature review for a NASA-funded project led by Clark professors Robert Pontius and Gustavo Oliveira. 🌎

“This is the kind of thing that is influential for a lifetime,” he says.

Compton’s summer research, which focused on land change in the Brazilian cerrado biome, was funded through Clark University’s Steinbrecher Fellowship and is preparing Compton for his 4+1 Accelerated Master’s in GIS.

🔗📰 See link in bio to read more about his project on ClarkNOW.
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📸 Photo by Natalie Hoang ’25, MBA ’26 (@nhoang.jpeg)