On November 10, 2025, Jenna Abrahamson successfully defended her PhD dissertation at North Carolina State University’s Center for Geospatial Analytics. Her dissertation, titled “Quantifying the Ephemeral: Tracking Wetland Inundation from Space to Understand Methane Dynamics,” introduces a novel framework for mapping daily, high-resolution inundation across North Carolina’s coastal plain by integrating multi-sensor remote sensing, machine learning, hydrologic modeling, and data fusion.

Jenna’s research addresses the challenge of capturing small-scale, short-term wetland inundation events that drive substantial variability in methane emissions. By leveraging advanced satellite data and innovative modeling, her work reveals how dynamic inundation patterns influence methane fluxes in coastal forested wetlands—an important step for understanding the global carbon cycle.

Defense Details:

• Date: November 10, 2025
• Time: 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
• Venue: Jordan Hall 5103, NC State University, Raleigh, NC
• Advisor: Dr. Josh Gray

Congratulations to Dr. Abrahamson on this major achievement!