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Explore the application of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in Environmental Sciences, highlighting their role in data collection, monitoring, and analysis of environmental conditions with Carlos Garcia-Patlan, Ecologist for the Texas A&M Forest Service.



Carlos Garcia- Patlan Graduated with a bachelors degreePre-Purchase your Admission Here! in environmental sciences at UTRGV, where they worked at the Agroecology lab doing soil work.

Shortly after he received a master's degree in Agricultural, Environmental, and Sustainability Sciences at UTRGV, with a focus on the effects of cover cropping on commodity crops by collecting in-field samples and through aerial imagery. While completing his masters, Carlos worked for the USDA ARS, with the Aerial Applications Technology office, learning more about the use of UAVs in the field of agriculture. Today, Carlos is an ecologist for the Texas A&M Forest Service, working in the Urban and Community Forestry program, guiding communities toward sustainable management of their community forests.