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Dr. Peter Siska has a diverse background in the natural resource management, spatial analysis, geostatistics and geographic information systems. He participated in the regional planning project in Slovakia and in the research projects in Texas including volumetric analysis of the total tree stem volume of the east Texas forest ecosystem, natural resource and inventory border zone project between Texas and Mexico and developing karst hazard prediction model in Pennyroyal Plane and Western Kentucky Highlands. Dr. Siska was also director of the School of Agriculture and Geosciences and published several papers in international scientific journals, presented scientific papers in the United States and Europe and is active on the board of directors for Applied Geography Conferences. He is a member of Slovak Academy of Sciences and currently serves on the editorial board for Geografickỳ Časopis (Journal of Geography) published by Slovak Academy of Sciences and Papers of Applied Geography Conferences. He teaches EV 365 course, Geography of Global Cultures, Physical Geography and taught previously Regional Geography of Europe, the Americas and Australia, Regional Geography of Africa, Asia and Oceania, Introduction to GIS, Political Geography and graduate courses in Geospatial Analysis.

Ph.D. Forestry/GIS, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 1995
Ph.D. Regional Geography, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia 1984
MS. Regional Geography, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia 1978
BS. Physical Geography, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia 1974

Siska, P. P, I.K. Hung and V.M. Bryant. (2012). The Mapping Composite Pollen From Point Sampled Data and Cartographic Generalization. Papers of Applied Geography Conferences, Volume 35(2012): 192-201.

Watson, J. R., Siska, P.P. and R. L. Wolfel (2012). Gains in Language Proficiency, Cross-Cultural Competence and Regional Awareness during Study Abroad. Foreign Language Annals (final review).

Siska, P. P. and V. Lauko (2011). Strategic Missile Deployment: A Geographic Perspective. Applied Geography. Elsevier Science. Applied Geography Volume (31): 829-838.

Siska, P. P. (2009). The Deployment of Ground Based Mid-Course Missiles in Central Europe: Regional Perception and Viability. Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences. Volume 32 (2009): 105-114.

Kemmerly, P.R. and Peter P. Siska (2008). Karst Modeling and Hazard Assessment on the Pennyroyal Plain and Western Highland Rim. Journal of Geography (Geografický Časopis). 60(3): 217-240.

Siska, P. P. and P. R. Kemmerly (2008). Doline Feature Database (DFD) Development and Assessment of Hazards Using Co-Regionalization Model. In: Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences. Volume (31): 34-42.

Siska, P.P. Bryant, V.M. and I-Kuai Hung (2006). Determining Spatial Correlation in Distribution of Southern Pine Biome and Dispersion of Pine Pollen Using Geographic Information Science. Journal of Geography (Geograficky Casopis). 58 (4): 239 – 258.

Siska, P. P. Goovaerts, P., Hung, I-Kuai, and V. M. Bryant (2005). Predicting the Ordinary Kriging Errors Caused by Surface Roughness and Dissectivity. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 30(6): 601 – 612.

Siska, P. P. and V. M. Bryant Jr. (2005) Digital Ecosystem Analysis. Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences. Volume (28): 32-139.

Siska, P. P. (2004) A Multivariate Spatial Model for Determining Urban Development Sites in Flood Prone Coastal Areas. Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences. Volume 27(2004): 75 - 83.

Erikson, M. and P.P Siska (2003). Replay to Marcotte‘s Comments on Understanding Anisotropy Computations. Journal of Mathematical Geology. 35(5) 683 – 700.

Siska, P. P. Nelson, R. and A. Bhowmick (2003) Lidar Data in Geographic Information Systems: Component Object Modeling (COM) Approach. Papers of Applied Geography Conferences. Volume (26): 242-248.

Siska, P. P. Bryant, M. V. and J. Jones (2001). Spatial Modeling of Modern Pollen Rain in Big Bend National Park. Palynology: Journal of American Society of Stratigraphic Palynologists. 25(2001): 199-216.

Siska, J. J. Hurburgh, C. R. and P. P. Siska (2001). The Impact of Instrument Engineering Parameters on Spectral Reproducibility Across Filter Instruments. Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy Volume (9): 97-105.

Siska, P. P., and I – Kuai Hung, (2001) Progression of Errors in Applied Spatial Analysis. Papers and Proceedings of Applied Geography Conferences. Vol. 24(2001): 284-290.

Eriksson, M., and P. P. Siska (2000). Understanding Anisotropy Computations. Journal of Mathematical Geology. 32(6): 683-700.

Siska, P. P., Hung, I. K., Riggs (2000). Quality of Spatial Data in Applied GIS Analysis. Papers and Proceedings of Applied Geography Conferences. Volume 23(2000): 37-45.

Siska, P. and D. M. Holzer (1999). Prediction of Potential Flood Hazards Using GIS and Spatial Analysis. Papers and Proceeedings of Applied Geography Conferences. Volume 22 (1999): 135-141.

Siska, P. P. Siska, J. and R. C. Maggio (1998). The Significance of Spatial Modeling for Nitrogen Concentrations in Southern Pines using Near infrared Reflectance, GIS and Geostatistics. Geographical and Environmental Modeling. 2(2): 175-183.

Siska, P. P. Eriksson M. and R. C. Maggio (1997). Ordinary Kriging and the Construction of a Digital Elevation Model. Geographical Journal 49(2): 91 - 113.

Siska, P.P. and R. C. Maggio. (1997) The Role of Relief Dissectivity in Distribution of Kriging Errors from Digital Elevation Modeling. Papers and Proceedings in Applied Geography Conferences. Volume 20(1997): 186-194.

Siska, P. P., Maggio, R., and N. Castiaux (1996). Determining Spatial Anisotropy Using Geographic Information System. Journal of Geography (Geograficky Casopis), Slovak Academy of Sciences 48(1): 63-71.

Siska, P. (1983). Contribution to the Understanding of Bánovce Soil Cover. Acta Geographica Universitatis Comenianae. Volume 22(1983): 306-311.

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