Myrna Hall
Research Associate
Director, Center for the Urban Environment
Office: 112 Marshall Hall
Phone: (315) 470-4741
Fax: (315) 470-6934
Email: mhhall@esf.edu
Education
- M.S., Natural Resources Management, SUNY-ESF, 1995
- B.A., French, Education, University of Washington, Seattle, 1967
Current Graduate Advisees
- Degree Sought: MS
- Graduate Advisor(s): Hall
- Area of Study: Environ Systems & Risk Management
- Undergraduate Institute: SUNY Center Albany
Graduate Research Topic
Studying the relationship between land use change and hydrology in the heavily urbanized Rio Piedras watershed of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The study also looks to determine impacts of runoff and flooding on vulnerable populations and areas identified as areas of concern by community stakeholders. Additional study questions will address the analysis of the importance of using quality land cover data as inputs for geographic models, and how the quality of land cover data will impact modeled ecological/hydrological function.
Favorite Quote
"I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution." - Wernher von Braun
Research Interests
Geographic Information Systems, Spatial Modeling, Water Resources, Stormwater Management
- Degree Sought: MS
- Graduate Advisor(s): Hall
- Area of Study: Environ Systems & Risk Management
- Degree Sought: MS
- Graduate Advisor(s): Hall
- Area of Study: Water & Wetland Resource Studies
- Degree Sought: MS
- Graduate Advisor(s): Hall
- Area of Study: Environ & Community Land Planning
- Undergraduate Institute: Vassar College
Previous work links
Web Link
Graduate Research Topic
Assessment and Mapping of Citizen Knowledge, and Behavioral Implementation Intention of Green Infrastructure in two neighborhoods of Syracuse, NY
- Degree Sought: MS
- Graduate Advisor(s): Hall
- Area of Study: Environ Systems & Risk Management
Graduate Research Topic
Urban energy flow and conservation
- Degree Sought: PHD
- Graduate Advisor(s): Hall and Hall
- Area of Study: Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management
- Undergraduate Institute: Fairmont State College (Biology)
- Previous Graduate Study: Marshall University (Biology )
- Degree Sought: PHD
- Graduate Advisor(s): Hall and Diemont
- Area of Study: Water & Wetland Resource Studies
- Previous Graduate Study: Univ. Nacional Autonoma de Mex (Environmental Science)
- Degree Sought: PHD
- Graduate Advisor(s): Zhang and Hall,m
- Area of Study: Monitoring, Analysis and Modeling
- Undergraduate Institute: Beijing Forestry University
- Previous Graduate Study: Institue of Geographic Science (Physical geography )
Personal Statement
Life is a drama.
Play by heart,and show the best.
Graduate Research Topic
Spatial pattern of lead poisoning of children in Syracuse,NY
- Degree Sought: PHD
- Graduate Advisor(s): Hall and Zhang
- Area of Study: Environ & Community Land Planning
Research interests
- Integrating simulation modeling and GIS for studying the interaction of humans and their environment
- Natural resources management
- Issues of sustainable development
- Graphic information visualization
- Foreign language communication
Selected Publications
Scientific Reports
Journal Articles
- Murphy, D. J., M. H. Hall, C. A. S. Hall, G. Heisler, S. Stehman, and C. Anselmi-Molina. 2010. "The Relation Between Land-cover and the Urban Heat Island in Northeastern Puerto Rico," International Journal of Climatology. Published online, April 19.

- Echeverria, C., D. Coomes, M. Hall, and A. Newton. 2008. "The Application of
GIS-based Modeling Techniques To Analyze the Patterns of Forest Loss and
Fragmentation between 1976 and 2020 in Southern Chile," Ecological
Modeling, Vol. 212:439-449.
- Brown, S., M. Hall, K. Andrasko, F. Ruiz, W. Marzoli, G. Guerrero, O.
Masera, A. Dushku, B. DeJong, and J. Cornell. 2007. "Baselines for
land-use change in the tropics: Application to avoided deforestation
projects," Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies for Global Change 6:1001-1026.
- Hong, B., K.E. Limburg, M. Hall, and J.D. Erickson. 2007. "Scenario
Analysis of Economy-Ecology Interactions in the Hudson River Basin," Journal of Ecological Economics of Sustainable Watershed Management:
Advances in the Economics of Environmental Resources 7:103-118.
- Hall, M., A. Dushku, and S. Brown. 2007. "Scale Issues in Developing a
Deforestation Baseline for the Region of the Noel Kempff Mercado Climate
Action Project, Bolivia." In Making
Development Work: Scientific Alternatives to Neoclassical Economic
Theory, eds. G. LeClerc and C.A.S. Hall. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press.
- Hall, M.H., and D.B. Fagre. 2003. "Modeled Climate-Induced Glacier
Change in Glacier National Park, 1850- 2100," Bioscience 53: 131-140
(cover article).
- Hall, M., C.A.S. Hall, and M.R. Taylor. 2000. "Geographical Modeling: The
Synthesis of GIS and Simulation Modeling". Pp. 177-202 in Quantifying Sustainable Development, The Future of Tropical
Economies, ed. C.A.S. Hall. San Diego: Academic Press.
Current Graduate Students
Doctoral
- Seth Myers (Environmental Forest Biology), "Land Use Change, Environmental Impacts, Uncertainty Analysis: Connecticut and Pennsylvania Highlands, and the New York City Watershed" (co-MP)
- Ning Sun (Environmental Science), "Urban Stormwater Runoff Modeling" (co-MP)
- Liyang Shao (Environmental Science), "Spatial Distribution and Statistical Analysis of Lead and Childrens' Blood Lead Levels in Syracuse, NY, and Socio-Demographic Variables" (co-MP)
- Mariana Nava, Environmental Science (co-MP)
Masters
- Cesar Perez (Environmental Science)
- Lori Cornell (Environmental Science) "Studying the relationship between land use change and hydrology in the heavily urbanized Rio Piedras watershed of San Juan, Puerto Rico."
- Catherine Foley (Environmental Science) "Assessing knowledge, perceptions, and behavior toward Green Infrastructure in Syracuse, NY."
- Ruiqi Li (Environmental Studies) "Urban energy flow and conservation."
Professional Affiliations
- Ecological Society of America
- Section on Urban Ecosystem Ecology
- Association of American Geographers
- International Society for Ecological Economics