Paulo Murillo

Ph.D·Oregon State University· pjmurillos@ut.edu.co

Satellite and aerial remote sensing allow us to monitor diverse phenomena on Earth surface. I use dense remote sensing time-series to evaluate and capture changes on landscape associated to the complex co-evolution of natural and social systems. Using different change detection analysis, I am interested in the monitoring of agriculture systems, forest transitions. mangroves and their connection with socio-environmental issues such as armed conflict and institutional frameworks. Google Scholar

Experience

Assistant professor

Universidad del Tolima (Colombia)

Courses taught: Cartography - GIS and remote sensing.

January 2022 - present

Postdoctoral associate

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Mapping mangroves historical transformation using optical and radar data.

January 2021 - January 2022

Remote sensing Analyst

Colombian sugarcane research center (Cenicaña)

Using remote sensing time-series for crop monitoring. Estimation of biophysical parameters in sugarcane using aerial cameras and a field spectrometer.

January 2008 - April 2013

Research assistant

European Union - Cenicaña (Colombia)

Characterization of soils and sugarcane using remote sensing. Development of soils spectral library and mineralogical composition of soils using NIRS. Simulations of sugarcane spectral signatures using PROSPECT+SAIL

January 2007 - December 2007

Education

Oregon State University

PhD Geography
April 2017 - December 2020

Oregon State University

Master of Science
Sustainable forest management - Subfield: Geomatics
January 2015 - March 2017

Universidad del Valle

Topographic engineer
August 2000 - December 2006

Skills

GIS

ArcGis, QGIS, Autocad

Remote sensing

ENVI, Google Earth Engine, Multispect

Languages

R, Matlab, JavaScript

Publications

Articles

2023. Erazo-Mesa Edwin, Murillo-Sandoval Paulo J. , Ramírez-Gil Joaquín Guillermo , Quiroga Benavides Kevin & Echeverri Sánchez Andrés. IS-SAR: an irrigation scheduling web application for Hass avocado orchards based on Sentinel-1 images. Irrigation Science.
2023. Baltezar Priscilla , Murillo-Sandoval Paulo J, ....Marc Simard, Temilola Fatoyinbo. A regional map of mangrove extent for Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia shows losses of 44% by 1996. Frontiers in Marine Science, v10.
2023. de Sousa Celio, Lola Fatoyinbo, ... Murillo-Sandoval Paulo J. Two decades of land cover change and forest fragmentation in Liberia: Consequences for the contribution of nature to people. Conservation Science and Practice.
2023. Murillo-Sandoval Paulo J. Disentangling the landscape during armed conflicts and postpeace agreements: Clues from Colombia's Andes-Amazon region. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, v19.
2023. Murillo-Sandoval Paulo J., Kilbride John, Tellman Elizabeth, Wrathall David, Van Den Hoek Jamon and Kennedy Robert .The post-conflict expansion of coca farming and illicit cattle ranching in Colombia. Scientific Reports Nature, v13.
2023. Walker Sarah, Alix-Garcia Jennifer, Bartlett Anne, Van Den Hoek Jamon, Friedrich Hannah, Murillo-Sandoval Paulo J , Isoto Rosemary. Overlapping Land Rights and Deforestation in Uganda: 20 Years of Evidence. Global Environmental Change, v82.
2022. Murillo-Sandoval Paulo J, Nicola Clerici, Camilo Correa-Ayram. Rapid loss in landscape connectivity after the peace agreement in the Andes-Amazon region. Ecosistemas, v38.
2022. Perea-Ardila Mauricio y Murillo-Sandoval Paulo J. La ganancia de manglar y sus implicaciones en el reservorio de Carbono del Parque Nacional Natural Sanquianga en Colombia. Ecosistemas, v31.
2022. Murillo-Sandoval Paulo J, Fatoyinbo Lola and Simard Marc. Mangroves cover change trajectories 1984-2020: The gradual decrease of mangroves in Colombia. Frontiers in Marine Science1, v9.
2021. Michael Alonzo, V...Murillo-Sandoval Paulo J... Zinda John Aloysius. Mapping and quantifying land cover dynamics using dense remote sensing time series with the user-friendly pyNITA software. Environmental Modelling & Software, v145.
2021. Treviño Melva and Murillo-Sandoval, P.J. Uneven consequences: Gendered impacts of shrimp aquaculture development on mangrove dependent communities. Ocean & Coastal Management, v210
2021. Murillo-Sandoval, P.J, Gjerdseth E., Correa-Ayram, C., Wrathall D., Van Den Hoek J. Davalos L., and Kennedy, R. No peace for the forest: Rapid, widespread land changes in the Andes-Amazon region following the Colombian civil war. Global Environmental Change, v69.
2020. Murillo-Sandoval, P.J, Van Dexter, Kristina, Van Den Hoek, Jamon, Wrathall, David and Kennedy, Robert E. The end of gunpoint conservation: forest disturbance after the Colombian peace agreement. Environmental Research Letters,2020,15,3.
2018. Murillo-Sandoval, P.J, Hilker, T., Krawchuk, M.A and Van Den Hoek, J. Detecting and Attributing Drivers of Forest Disturbance in the Colombian Andes Using Landsat Time-Series. Forests 2018, 9, 269.
2017. Murillo-Sandoval, P.J, Van Den Hoek, J. and Hilker, T. Leveraging Multi-Sensor Time Series Datasets to Map Short- and Long-Term Tropical Forest Disturbances in the Colombian Andes. Remote Sens. 2017, 9, 179.
2011. Murillo-Sandoval, P.J, Carbonell J.A, Osorio C. A. Evaluation of Landsat 7 ETM+ data for spectral discrimination and classification of sugarcane varieties in Colombia. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology B1, (2011) 101-107. ISSN 1939-1250.

Books and book chapters

2023. Murillo-Sandoval, P.J."Coca, cattle and the Forest. The expansion of coca farming and illicit cattle ranching in Colombia". In Cartographies of Drugs and Spaces. ISBN: 978-3-98612-000-9. ed: JOVIS , Germany.
2012. Murillo-Sandoval, P.J, Carbonell-González, J.A. 2012. Principios y aplicaciones de la percepción remota en el cultivo de la caña de azúcar en Colombia. Cali : CENICAÑA, 181p.


Proceedings

2010. Murillo P. J., Carbonell J. A., Osorio C. A., PALMA A. E. Monitoring sugarcane crops in the Cauca river valley (Colombia), using modis satellite images. Proc. Int. Soc. Sugar cane technol., vol. 27, 2010.
2009. Murillo-Sandoval P. J., Carbonell J. A., Osorio C. A., PALMA A. E. Estimación temprana de producción de caña de azúcar a partir de imágenes satelitales MODIS En: Congreso TECNICAÑA (Colombian Association of Sugar Cane Technicians). 16-18 September de 2009. Cali-(Valle).
2008. Murillo-Sandoval P. J., Osorio C. A. y Carbonell J. A. Análisis de series de tiempo MODIS para el seguimiento del cultivo de la caña de azúcar en el valle del río Cauca. En: XI Congreso nacional de ingenieros agrícolas y áreas relacionadas 2008: Medellín (Colombia).
2007. Murillo-Sandoval P. J., Carbonell J. A., Osorio C. A., BASTIDAS-OBANDO E. Discrimination of sugarcane varieties CC 85-92 and CC 84-75 using Landsat 7 ETM+ satellite imagery. In: Proc. Int. Soc Sugar Cane Technol., Vol 26, 2007.
2006. Murillo-Sandoval, P.J.; Carbonell González, J.; Osorio, C.A. 2006. “Estado del arte en el uso de la percepción remota en la caña de azúcar” En: Congreso TECNICAÑA (Colombian Association of Sugar Cane Technicians). 6-8 September de 2006. Cali-(Valle).
2006. Carbonell González, J.; Bastidas Obando, E.; Murillo Sandoval, P.J. 2006. Aplicaciones recientes de la percepción remota en la agroindustria colombiana. En: Carta trimestral CENICAÑA (Colombia) v.28 nos.3-4, Jul.-Dic. (2006) p.19-22.

Conferences

2022. Murillo P. J. Segunda cumbre de Inteligencia Artificial Colombia: Sostenibilidad y Cambio Climático. Bogota, Sep 28.
2019. Murillo P. J., Van Dexter K.,Van Den Hoek J. and Kennedy R. The Immediate Impact of the Colombian Peace Agreement on Forest Conversion. American Association of Geographers (AAG), Washington D.C, April 3 -6.
2019. Ballasiotes, A. D.; Van Den Hoek, J.; Friedrich, H.; Murillo-Sandoval, P.; Roberts-Pierel, B. American Geophysical Union. Earth Observations to assess SDG 16: monitoring terrestrial and coastal signals of conflict in Gaza via satellite imagery San Francisco-CA, Fall 2019.
2018. Van Den Hoek, J.; Murillo-Sandoval, P.; Crumley, R. L.; Devenish, A.; Fein, F.; Kennedy, R. E.; Ichien, S.; Wrathall, D.; Harris, T. American Geophysical Union.Refugee Camps as Climate Traps: Measuring the Enviro-climatic Marginality of 922 Global Refugee Camps with Satellite Time Series Data San Francisco-CA, Fall 2018.
2018. Murillo P. J., Kennedy R. and Van Den Hoek J. A global assessment of the impact of armed conflict on forests using Google Earth Engine. American Association of Geographers (AAG), New Orleans-LA, April 9 -14.
2016. Murillo P. J. and Hilker T. Forest monitoring using remote sensing time-series: The case of Colombian Andes Protected Areas. ForestSat2016, Santiago de Chile, Nov 14-16.
2015. Murillo P. J. and Hilker T. Forest monitoring in the Andes Mountain using MAIAC time-series. BIOCON, Lima-Peru, October 15 – 18.
2013. Remote sensing and field spectroradiometry to monitoring of crops. International engineering seminary IES UNISANGIL 2013, SanGil - Colombia. September 17-21.
2012. VIIIth Congreso de la Asociación de técnicos azucareros de Latinoamerica y el Caribe (ATALAC). 12 -14 Septiembre. Estimación de contenidos de clorofila a nivel de follaje en caña de azúcar por medio de datos hiperespectrales.
2012.. Seminario Agricultura Específica por Sitio y Agricultura de Precisión. 28-30 septiembre. TECNICAÑA. Aplicaciones de la percepción remota en Cenicaña.
2009. VIIIth Congreso de TECNICAÑA (Técnicos de la caña de azúcar de Colombia). 16-18 septiembre. Cali-(Valle). Análisis preliminar para la identificación de variedades de caña de azúcar en áreas diferentes al valle del río Cauca, usando imágenes Landsat 7 ETM+.
2009. VIIIth Congreso de TECNICAÑA (Técnicos de la caña de azúcar de Colombia). 16-18 septiembre de 2009. Cali-(Valle). Estimación temprana de producción de caña de azúcar a partir de imágenes satelitales MODIS.
2006. VIIth Congreso de TECNICAÑA (Técnicos de la caña de azúcar de Colombia). 6-8 septiembre de 2006. Cali-(Valle). Estado del arte en el uso de lapercepción remota en la caña de azúcar.
2006. VIIth Congreso de TECNICAÑA (Técnicos de la caña de azúcar de Colombia). 6-8 septiembre de 2006. Cali-(Valle).” Clasificación de las variedades CC 85-92 y CC 84-75 usando datos satelitales Landsat 7 ETM+.

Projects & awards

  • Implementación de series temporales multi-sensor para el mapeo de la cobertura de manglar y sus motores de cambio en el Pacífico Chocoano. Amount: 40000USD. 2023-2024.
  • Egresado distinguido de la Universidad del Valle - Noviembre de 2022.
  • Seguimiento al bosque urbano: Reconstrucción tridimensional de la altura del bosque en el Jardín Botánico Alejandro Von Humboldt usando percepción remota. .Amount: 5000USD. 2023-2024.
  • International cultural service program (ISCP) scholarship. Oregon State University. Amount: 45000USD. 2016-2019.
  • University Graduate Laurels Scholarship. College of Forestry. Oregon State University. Amount: $13243USD. Semester A-2016.
  • Generation of a spectral database, Study Area: Botanic Garden Alejandro Von-Humboldt (Universidad del Tolima). Funding code: 300114. Universidad del Tolima http://www.ut.edu.co/. Amount: $10000USD. 2014-2015.
  • Monitoring of sugarcane crop using remote sensing data, Funding code: 221440520288, COLCIENCIAS–COLOMBIA http://www.colciencias.gov.co/. Amount: $78000USD. 2008-2010.