Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Geographic Information Science (GIS), Remote Sensing, Spatial Computing, Spatial Thinking
Teaching
GIS 8501: GIS Project Management & Professional Development (co-teach), 2012-19
PubH 7253: GIS in Public Health (co-teach), 2015-18
PubH 6719: Humanitarian Crisis Simulation (co-teach), 2018-19
GEOG 8290: Seminar in GIS and Cartography, 2014-15
GIS 5577: Spatial Databases, 2012-17
GIS 8990: Research Problems in GIS, 2013-20
External Positions
Minnesota Geospatial Advisory Council
2014 → 2021
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 2 Zero Hunger
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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SDG 4 Quality Education
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SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
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SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
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SDG 15 Life on Land
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Development of Latent Scale Machine Learning Models to Improve the Accuracy of Crop Evaluation Using Subjective Spatio-Temporal Data
Kne, L. (PI), Boiko, O. (CoI) & Graham, S. (CoI)
USDA Nat'l Inst. of Food & Agriculture
9/15/24 → 9/14/26
Project: Research project
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WinterTurf: A Holistic Approach to Understanding the Mechanisms and Mitigating the Effects of Winter Stress on Turfgrasses in Northern Climates
Jin, Z. (PI), Kne, L. (PI), Reiter, M. K. (PI), Runck, B. C. (PI), Sadok, M. W. (PI), Shekhar, S. (PI), Twine, T. E. (PI), Watkins, E. (PI), Yang, C. (PI), Yue, C. (PI), Ehlke, N. J. (CoI), Liu, L. (CoI), Petrella, D. P. (CoI) & Sessoms, F. J. (CoI)
USDA Nat'l Inst. of Food & Agriculture
9/1/21 → 8/31/26
Project: Research project
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USFS/ARFICOM Environmental GIS Data Floodplain Area Analysis
Kne, L. (PI), Kozarek, J. (PI), Pundsack, J. W. (PI), Runck, B. C. (PI), Graham, S. (CoI), Herb, W. R. (CoI), Hurley, M. A. (CoI), Noe, R. R. (CoI), Stark, S. (CoI) & Thompson, J. A. (CoI)
11/15/23 → 8/31/24
Project: Research project
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Office of the State Auditor Compliance Dashboard
Kne, L. (PI)
10/31/23 → 6/30/25
Project: Research project
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Assessing the Effects of Highway Improvements on Adjacent Businesses
MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, US DOT FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
6/4/21 → 8/31/23
Project: Research project
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Navigating the Numbers: Decoding RN Workforce Data
Porta, C. M., Boiko, O. & Kne, L., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Western journal of nursing research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A latent scale model to minimize subjectivity in the analysis of visual rating data for the National Turfgrass Evaluation Program
Qu, Y., Kne, L., Graham, S., Watkins, E. & Morris, K., 2023, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 14, 1135918.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Simulation as a Teaching Method: Evaluation of the University of Minnesota Humanitarian Crisis Simulation
Kesler, S., James, E., Scheller, A., Gray, S., Kne, L. & Hendel Paterson, B. R., Apr 5 2023, In: Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 17, 1, e121.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A data framework for assessing social inequality and equity in multi-sector social, ecological, infrastructural urban systems: Focus on fine-spatial scales
Clark, L. P., Tabory, S., Tong, K., Servadio, J. L., Kappler, K., Xu, C. K., Lawal, A. S., Wiringa, P., Kne, L., Feiock, R., Marshall, J. D., Russell, A. & Ramaswami, A., Feb 2022, In: Journal of Industrial Ecology. 26, 1, p. 145-163 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A novel method to map community- and neighborhood-level access to rural physical activity built environments in the United States
Kramer-Kostecka, E. N., Folk, A. L., Friend, S., Coan, B., Kne, L., Beaudette, J., Barr-Anderson, D. J. & Fulkerson, J. A., Dec 2022, In: Preventive Medicine Reports. 30, 102066.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Digital Surface Model, Minnesota (2006-2012)
Brink, C., Gosack, B., Kne, L., Luo, Y., Martin, C., McDonald, M., Moore, M., Munsch, A., Palka, S., Piernot, D., Thiede, D., Walz, A. & Xie, Y., Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, 2015
DOI: 10.13020/D6SG6N, http://dx.doi.org/10.13020/D6SG6N
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Historical National Boundaries
Kropelnicki, J., Johnson, G. & Kne, L., Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, May 11 2022
https://hdl.handle.net/11299/227302
Dataset
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Twin Cities Historical Surface Waters Based on Original Public Land Survey Maps, 1848 - 1858
Graves, R., Kernik, M., Kne, L., Mattke, R., Shepard, C. & Strong, R., Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, 2017
DOI: 10.13020/D6DH3F, https://doi.org/10.13020/D6DH3F
Dataset
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An Ecological Study for the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area: Composite Intrinsic Suitability
Kne, L., Jacobs, P., Barney, R., Tao, Y. & Milz, D. C., Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, 2020
DOI: 10.13020/dqp3-c961, http://hdl.handle.net/11299/217533
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Solar Insolation, Minnesota (2006-2012)
Brink, C., Gosack, B., Kne, L., Luo, Y., Martin, C., McDonald, M., Moore, M., Munsch, A., Palka, S., Piernot, D., Thiede, D., Walz, A. & Xie, Y., Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, 2015
DOI: 10.13020/D6X59X, http://dx.doi.org/10.13020/D6X59X
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