Ivan Raigosa-Garcia
Ivan Raigosa-Garcia is originally from Medellín, Colombia. His career in forestry began at the National University of Colombia, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in Forestry Engineering. His studies then brought him to the United States. He continued his education at the University of Florida, where he earned his master’s degree in Forest Science. His research at the University of Florida focused on forest inventory using aerial light detection and ranging (LiDAR), an emerging technology in the field.
Ivan then came to North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC to pursue his Ph.D. in Forest Science. His Ph.D. research focuses on loblolly pine plantation productivity; specifically, characterization, response to fertilizer and herbicide applications, and their effects on net present value (NPV) and carbon management.
Ivan is passionate about the applications of biometrics, soils, and remote sensing in forest productivity and carbon management optimization.
He published the following paper in 2024:
Rethinking Productivity Evaluation in Precision Forestry through Dominant Height and Site Index Measurements Using Aerial Laser Scanning LiDAR Data (https://doi.org/10.3390/f15061002)
He was also a collaborator on the below publication:
Assessing Methods to Measure Stem Diameter at Breast Height with High Pulse Density Helicopter Laser Scanning (https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17020229)
Ivan can be contacted at: oiraigos@ncsu.edu.
Ivan Raigosa-Garcia
Ivan presenting his work, “Individual tree topographical position classification and its soil interaction in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) using LiDAR.”
