About

about taylor geospatial

Founded in 2022, the Taylor Geospatial Institute is a first of its kind entity in the geospatial ecosystem – designed to fuel research, collaboration, and impact. With a philanthropic investment from Andrew C. Taylor and the commitment of 8 academic and research institutions in the St. Louis region, TGI fuels geospatial innovation, and its potential to expand the industry, and impact complex global challenges.

Our Mission

We assemble multi-institutional collaborative initiatives that apply geospatial research and innovation to deliver results on complex challenges.

Our Vision

To spark a revolution in geospatial science and technology to solve global problems.

We are a consortium.

TGI's 8 institutions, industry partners, and government supporters can leverage resources, collaborate, and deliver.

We are part of a unique ecosystem.

We are at the heart of a vibrant, quickly growing ecosystem in St. Louis, TGI has an entire region behind it.

We are a home to research and innovation.

TGI is positioned to fuel large-scale, collaborative research & innovations powered by geospatial.

Our People

Leadership

Nadine Alameh, Ph.D.

Executive Director

Henning Lohse-Busch, Ph.D.

Chief of Staff

Jeffrey Mazur

Director of Government & Industry Partnerships

Marge Cole

Director of Strategic Initiatives

Mark Korver

Director of Geospatial Data and Analytics

Governing Council

Our Governing Council is composed of senior administrators from partner institutions who provide advice to and serve in an oversight capacity for the TGI Executive Director.

Robert Cardillo, Chair

Chairman of the Board

Aaron Bobick, Ph.D.

Dean and James M. McKelvey Professor, McKelvey School of Engineering

Kamal Khayat, Ph.D.

Interim Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation & Vernon and Maralee Jones Professor of Civil Engineering

Rebecca Bart, Ph.D.

Interim Vice President for Research

Susan A. Martinis, Ph.D.

Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation & Stephen G. Sligar Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Thomas E. Spencer, Ph.D.

Vice Chancellor for Research Curators’ Distinguished Professor & Scientific Director, NextGen Precision Health

Steven J. Berberich, Ph.D.

Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Freddie E. Wills, Jr., Ph.D.

Vice President of STEM Initiatives and Research Partnerships

Research Council

Our Research Council is composed of scientific leaders from partner institutions who help shape our strategic research agenda, develop competitive funding mechanisms, and establish a series of topical working groups to ensure we remain at the forefront of research in critical areas.

Reda Amer, Ph.D.

Director, UMSL Geospatial Collaborative

Nathan Jacobs, Ph.D.

Executive Director

Jeremy Maurer, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Geological Engineering program

Allison Miller, Ph.D.

Member and Principal Investigator

Vasit Sagan, Ph.D.

Associate Vice President for Geospatial Science

Chi-Ren Shyu, Ph.D.

Director of Institute for Data Science and Informatics, Paul K. and Dianne Shumaker Professor

Tommie Yvette Turner, Ph.D.

Director of the Institute for Science and Mathematics

Shaowen Wang, Ph.D.

Professor and Head of the Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science