Guy Serbin, Ph.D. Research Physical Scientist USDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory Bldg. 007, Rm. 104, BARC-West Beltsville, MD 20705-2350 USA Voice: (301) 504-5250 Cell: (401) 207-5041 Fax: (301) 504-8931 Guy.Serbin@ars.usda.gov guy.serbin@gmail.com

Research Interests: (click here to see a list of current research projects)

• Development and evaluation of methodologies for measurement of soil water content and wheat canopy parameters via the use of a manufactured GPR system utilizing horn antennas.
• Evaluation of the accuracy of such systems and development of calibration methods for such devices.
• Measurement of bare-soil wetting-drying cycles over different soil types and determination of the influence of diurnal temperature effects
• Study of the effects of wheat canopy on radar backscatter.
• Development of the small-scale physics to support modeling and measurements for the previous research.

Education:

• 1996 B.S. (Geology and Mineralogy) Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
• 2001 M.S. (Geological and Environmental Sciences) Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
• 2005 Ph.D. (Soil Physics) Department of Plants, Soils and Biometeorology, Utah State University, 2005.

Professional Experience:

• 1995 - 1999: Ben Gurion University, Negev, Israel; Web Site Administrator.
• 1995 - 1999: Ben Gurion University, Negev, Israel; Teaching Assistant.
• 2005 - 2006: Dept. of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island; Visiting Lecturer.
• 2002 - present: USDA-ARS-Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, MD; Research Pyhsical Scientist.

Awards:

• Rocky Mountain NASA Space Grant Consortium graduate research fellowship, 2003.
• Grant Proposal Writing Competition -$500. Provided by the Graduate Student Senate, Utah State University, 2004.
• Travel Grant to VIIth IAHS Scientific Assembly in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Provided by the American Geophysical Union and National Science Foundation, 2005.

Professional Service:

Selected Publications: (please contact the author to determine reprint availability)

(view author's publications/interpretive summaries/technical abstracts since 1999)

Serbin, G., D. Or, and D.G. Blumberg, Thermodielectric effects on radar backscattering from wet soils. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 39(4): 897-901, 2001.