Mike Tischler, Ph.D
Dr. Michael Tischler is the Director of the National Geospatial Program (NGP) at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The NGP provides the digital geospatial foundation for the United States, and is responsible for designing, planning, and executing the national topographic mapping program.
Dr. Tischler provides management oversight and direction to the NGP including The National Map, the National Geospatial Technical Operations Center, the 3D Elevation Program, the National Hydrography Dataset, the US Topo Map Series, research activities performed at the Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science (CEGIS), and geospatial data and information in response to natural disasters. Dr. Tischler also serves as the Department of the Interior representative to the Domestic Names Committee of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. Prior to joining the USGS, Dr. Tischler worked as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Geospatial Research Laboratory in Alexandria, VA providing strategic and technical oversight to a variety of basic and applied geospatial research projects.
Education
B.S. - Soil Science, 2000, North Dakota State University
M.S. - Soil and Water Science, 2003, University of Florida
Ph.D - Geospatial and GeoInformation Science, 2015, George Mason University
Professional Experience
Research Scientist, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Oct. 2002 - June 2004
Research Scientists, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Topographic Engineering Center, June 2004 - Oct 2011
Associate Technical Director, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Topographic Engineering Center, Oct 2011 - Apr 2015
Technical Director (acting), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Topographic Engineering Center, May 2013 - Nov 2013
Director, National Geospatial Program, U.S.G.S., Apr 2015 - present
Science and Products
Grand challenges for integrated USGS science — A workshop report
Executive SummaryThe U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has a long history of advancing the traditional Earth science disciplines and identifying opportunities to integrate USGS science across disciplines to address complex societal problems. The USGS science strategy for 2007–2017 laid out key challenges in disciplinary and interdisciplinary arenas, culminating in a call for increased focus on a numbe
Authors
Karen E. Jenni, Martin B. Goldhaber, Julio L. Betancourt, Jill S. Baron, Sky Bristol, Mary Cantrill, Paul E. Exter, Michael J. Focazio, John W. Haines, Lauren E. Hay, Leslie Hsu, Victor F. Labson, Kevin D. Lafferty, K. A. Ludwig, Paul C. D. Milly, Toni L. Morelli, Suzette A. Morman, Nedal T. Nassar, Timothy R. Newman, Andrea C. Ostroff, Jordan S. Read, Sasha C. Reed, Carl D. Shapiro, Richard A. Smith, Ward E. Sanford, Terry L. Sohl, Edward G. Stets, Adam J. Terando, Donald E. Tillitt, Michael A. Tischler, Patricia L. Toccalino, David J. Wald, Mark P. Waldrop, Anne Wein, Jake F. Weltzin, Christian E. Zimmerman
Non-USGS Publications**
Tischler, M. Assessment and Optimization of a Multiple Reference Spatial Similarity Model. PhD Dissertation, George Mason University, 2015.
Tischler, M. Accelerating Geospatial Modeling in ArcGIS with Graphical Processor Units. In Press, International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research, 2013.
Rose, S., Scheidt, S., Tischler, M. Improving Thermal IR Sensor-Derived Soil Moisture Mapping of the Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed, SE Arizona using Soil Texture and Vegetation Data. Hydrology Poster Session, AGU Fall Meeting, 2011.
Peters-Lidard, C. D., D. M. Mocko, M. Garcia, J. A. Santanello, Jr., M. A. Tischler, M. S. Moran, and Y. Wu (2008), Role of precipitation uncertainty in the estimation of hydrologic soil properties using remotely sensed soil moisture in a semiarid environment, Water Resour. Res., 44, W05S18,
Joseph A. Santanello Jr., Christa D. Peters-Lidard, Matthew E. Garcia, David M. Mocko, Michael A. Tischler, M. Susan Moran, D.P. Thoma, Using remotely-sensed estimates of soil moisture to infer soil texture and hydraulic properties across a semi-arid watershed, Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 110, Issue 1, , 14 September 2007, Pages 79-97.
M.M. Rahman, M.S. Moran, D.P. Thoma, R. Bryant, C.D. Holifield Collins, T. Jackson, B.J. Orr, M. Tischler, Mapping surface roughness and soil moisture using multi-angle radar imagery without ancillary data, Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 112, Issue 2, , Soil Moisture Experiments 2004 (SMEX04) Special Issue, 15 February 2008, Pages 391-402.
D.P. Thoma, M.S. Moran, R. Bryant, M.M. Rahman, C.D. Holifield Collins, T.O. Keefer, R. Noriega, I. Osman, S.M. Skrivin, M.A. Tischler, D.D. Bosch, P.J. Starks, C.D. Peters-Lidard, Appropriate scale of soil moisture retrieval from high resolution radar imagery for bare and minimally vegetated soils, Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 112, Issue 2, , Soil Moisture Experiments 2004 (SMEX04) Special Issue, 15 February 2008, Pages 403-414.
M. Tischler, M. Garcia, C. Peters-Lidard, M.S. Moran, S. Miller, D. Thoma, S. Kumar, J. Geiger, A GIS framework for surface-layer soil moisture estimation combining satellite radar measurements and land surface modeling with soil physical property estimation, Environmental Modelling & Software, Volume 22, Issue 6, , June 2007, Pages 891-898.
Tischler, M. and Collins, M.E., 2005. The integration of GPR, GIS, and GPS for 3D soil morphologic models. American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2005.
Miller, S.N., and M. Tischler, 2005. Army Remote Moisture System: A GIS Enabled Land-Surface Model for Estimating Soil Moisture. Abstract and oral presentation at 2005 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings Salt Lake City, UT - November 6 - 10, 2005.
Peters-Lidard, C., Wu, Y., and Tischler, M. Operation Soil Modeling at Local and Regional Scales. Proceedings of First Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds, 2003.
Tischler, M. Integrating ground-penetrating radar, geographic information systems, and global positioning systems for 3-dimensional soil modeling. MS Thesis, University of Florida, 2003.
Tischler, M., Collins, M.E., Grunwald, S. Integration of Ground-Penetrating Radar Data, Global Positioning Systems, and Geographic Information Systems to Create Three-Dimensional Soil Models. Proceedings of GPR 2002, International Conference on Ground-Penetrating Radar.
Tischler, M.A., Keuhl, R.J., and Collins, M.E. Soil Investigations at the IFAS Plant Science Research and Education Unit (Pine Acres, Citra, Fl). University of Florida Research Brief
Collins, M.E., Schultz, J., and Tischler, M.A. Using Ground-Penetrating Radar. University of Florida Research Brief
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Grand challenges for integrated USGS science — A workshop report
Executive SummaryThe U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has a long history of advancing the traditional Earth science disciplines and identifying opportunities to integrate USGS science across disciplines to address complex societal problems. The USGS science strategy for 2007–2017 laid out key challenges in disciplinary and interdisciplinary arenas, culminating in a call for increased focus on a numbe
Authors
Karen E. Jenni, Martin B. Goldhaber, Julio L. Betancourt, Jill S. Baron, Sky Bristol, Mary Cantrill, Paul E. Exter, Michael J. Focazio, John W. Haines, Lauren E. Hay, Leslie Hsu, Victor F. Labson, Kevin D. Lafferty, K. A. Ludwig, Paul C. D. Milly, Toni L. Morelli, Suzette A. Morman, Nedal T. Nassar, Timothy R. Newman, Andrea C. Ostroff, Jordan S. Read, Sasha C. Reed, Carl D. Shapiro, Richard A. Smith, Ward E. Sanford, Terry L. Sohl, Edward G. Stets, Adam J. Terando, Donald E. Tillitt, Michael A. Tischler, Patricia L. Toccalino, David J. Wald, Mark P. Waldrop, Anne Wein, Jake F. Weltzin, Christian E. Zimmerman
Non-USGS Publications**
Tischler, M. Assessment and Optimization of a Multiple Reference Spatial Similarity Model. PhD Dissertation, George Mason University, 2015.
Tischler, M. Accelerating Geospatial Modeling in ArcGIS with Graphical Processor Units. In Press, International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research, 2013.
Rose, S., Scheidt, S., Tischler, M. Improving Thermal IR Sensor-Derived Soil Moisture Mapping of the Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed, SE Arizona using Soil Texture and Vegetation Data. Hydrology Poster Session, AGU Fall Meeting, 2011.
Peters-Lidard, C. D., D. M. Mocko, M. Garcia, J. A. Santanello, Jr., M. A. Tischler, M. S. Moran, and Y. Wu (2008), Role of precipitation uncertainty in the estimation of hydrologic soil properties using remotely sensed soil moisture in a semiarid environment, Water Resour. Res., 44, W05S18,
Joseph A. Santanello Jr., Christa D. Peters-Lidard, Matthew E. Garcia, David M. Mocko, Michael A. Tischler, M. Susan Moran, D.P. Thoma, Using remotely-sensed estimates of soil moisture to infer soil texture and hydraulic properties across a semi-arid watershed, Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 110, Issue 1, , 14 September 2007, Pages 79-97.
M.M. Rahman, M.S. Moran, D.P. Thoma, R. Bryant, C.D. Holifield Collins, T. Jackson, B.J. Orr, M. Tischler, Mapping surface roughness and soil moisture using multi-angle radar imagery without ancillary data, Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 112, Issue 2, , Soil Moisture Experiments 2004 (SMEX04) Special Issue, 15 February 2008, Pages 391-402.
D.P. Thoma, M.S. Moran, R. Bryant, M.M. Rahman, C.D. Holifield Collins, T.O. Keefer, R. Noriega, I. Osman, S.M. Skrivin, M.A. Tischler, D.D. Bosch, P.J. Starks, C.D. Peters-Lidard, Appropriate scale of soil moisture retrieval from high resolution radar imagery for bare and minimally vegetated soils, Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 112, Issue 2, , Soil Moisture Experiments 2004 (SMEX04) Special Issue, 15 February 2008, Pages 403-414.
M. Tischler, M. Garcia, C. Peters-Lidard, M.S. Moran, S. Miller, D. Thoma, S. Kumar, J. Geiger, A GIS framework for surface-layer soil moisture estimation combining satellite radar measurements and land surface modeling with soil physical property estimation, Environmental Modelling & Software, Volume 22, Issue 6, , June 2007, Pages 891-898.
Tischler, M. and Collins, M.E., 2005. The integration of GPR, GIS, and GPS for 3D soil morphologic models. American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2005.
Miller, S.N., and M. Tischler, 2005. Army Remote Moisture System: A GIS Enabled Land-Surface Model for Estimating Soil Moisture. Abstract and oral presentation at 2005 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings Salt Lake City, UT - November 6 - 10, 2005.
Peters-Lidard, C., Wu, Y., and Tischler, M. Operation Soil Modeling at Local and Regional Scales. Proceedings of First Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds, 2003.
Tischler, M. Integrating ground-penetrating radar, geographic information systems, and global positioning systems for 3-dimensional soil modeling. MS Thesis, University of Florida, 2003.
Tischler, M., Collins, M.E., Grunwald, S. Integration of Ground-Penetrating Radar Data, Global Positioning Systems, and Geographic Information Systems to Create Three-Dimensional Soil Models. Proceedings of GPR 2002, International Conference on Ground-Penetrating Radar.
Tischler, M.A., Keuhl, R.J., and Collins, M.E. Soil Investigations at the IFAS Plant Science Research and Education Unit (Pine Acres, Citra, Fl). University of Florida Research Brief
Collins, M.E., Schultz, J., and Tischler, M.A. Using Ground-Penetrating Radar. University of Florida Research Brief
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.