Demetrios Gatziolis
Research Forester
demetrios.gatziolis@usda.gov
Treesearch Publications
- Andrea Watts, Geoffrey Donovan, Demetrios Gatziolis. 2024. Plant a tree and save a life? The value of planting more trees in urban areas
- Daniel M. Griffith, Kristin B. Byrd, Leander D. L. Anderegg, Elijah Allan, Demetrios Gatziolis, Dar Roberts, Rosie Yacoub, Ramakrishna R. Nemani. 2023. Capturing patterns of evolutionary relatedness with reflectance spectra to model and monitor biodiversity
- Geoffrey Donovan, Demetrios Gatziolis, Monika Derrien, Yvonne L. Michael, Jeffrey P. Prestemon, Jeroen Douwes. 2022. Shortcomings of the normalized difference vegetation index as an exposure metric
- Geoffrey Donovan, Jeffrey P. Prestemon, Demetrios Gatziolis, Yvonne L. Michael, Abigail Kaminski, Payam Dadvand. 2022. The association between tree planting and mortality: A natural experiment and cost-benefit analysis
- Sylvia Kantor, Geoffrey Donovan, Demetrios Gatziolis, Jeroen Douwes. 2022. 50 shades of green: Exposure to plant diversity protects against human immune system diseases
- Geoffrey Donovan, Demetrios Gatziolis, Andrea 't Mannetje, Robert Weinkove, Caroline Fyfe, Jeroen Douwes. 2021. An empirical test of the biodiversity hypothesis: Exposure to plant diversity is associated with a reduced risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- Geoffrey Donovan, Shawn M. Landry, Demetrios Gatziolis. 2021. The natural environment, plant diversity, and adult asthma: A retrospective observational study using the CDC's 500 Cities Project Data
- Andrew J. Lister, Hans Andersen, Tracey Frescino, Demetrios Gatziolis, Sean P. Healey, Linda S. Heath, Greg C. C. Liknes, Ronald McRoberts, Gretchen Moisen, Mark Nelson, Rachel Riemann, Karen G. Schleeweis, Todd A. Schroeder, Jim Westfall, Barry T. (Ty) Wilson. 2020. Use of Remote Sensing Data to Improve the Efficiency of National Forest Inventories: A Case Study from the United States National Forest Inventory
- Jacob L. Strunk, Peter Gould, Petteri Packalen, Demetrios Gatziolis, Danuta Greblowska, Caleb Maki, Robert McGaughey. 2020. Evaluation of pushbroom DAP relative to frame camera DAP and lidar for forest modeling
- Geoffrey Donovan, Demetrios Gatziolis, Kristen Jakstis, Saskia Comess. 2019. The natural environment and birth outcomes: Comparting 3D exposure metrics derived from LiDAR to 2D metrics based on the normalized difference vegetation index
- Geoffrey Donovan, Yvonne L Michael, Demetrios Gatziolis, Andrea' t Mannetje, Jeroen Douwes. 2019. Association between exposure to the natural environment, rurality, and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in children in New Zealand: a linkage study
- Demetrios Gatziolis, Robert McGaughey. 2019. Reconstructing aircraft trajectories from multi-return airborne laser-scanning data
- Rebecca Gernes, Cole Brokamp, Glenn E. Rice, J. Michael Wright, Michelle Kondo, Yvonne L. Michael, Geoffrey Donovan, Demetrios Gatziolis, David Bernstein, Grace K. LeMasters, James E. Lockey, Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey, Patrick H. Ryan. 2019. Using high-resolution residential greenspace measures in an urban environment to assess risks of allergy outcomes in children
- Geoffrey Donovan, Demetrios Gatziolis, Jeroen Douwes. 2019. Relationship between exposure to the natural environment and recovery from hip or knee arthroplasty: a New Zealand retrospective cohort study
- Jacob L. Strunk, Petteri Packalen, Peter Gould, Demetrios Gatziolis, Caleb Maki, Hans Andersen, Robert McGaughey. 2019. Large area forest yield estimation with pushbroom Digital Aerial Photogrammetry
- Kathryn Fankhauser, Nikolay Strigul, Demetrios Gatziolis. 2018. Augmentation of traditional forest inventory and airborne laser scanning with unmanned aerial systems and photogrammetry for forest monitoring
- Alexandra Probst, Demetrios Gatziolis, Jean Lienard, Nikolay Strigul. 2018. Intercomparison of photogrammetry software for three-dimensional vegetation modelling
- Rhonda Mazza, Demetrios Gatziolis. 2018. A fuller picture: The building blocks of a 3-dimensional natural resource inventory
- Geoffrey Donovan, Demetrios Gatziolis, Ian Longley, Jeroen Douwes. 2018. Vegetation diversity protects against childhood asthma: results from a large New Zealand birth cohort
- Natasha Vizcarra, Sarah Jovan, Demetrios Gatziolis, Vicente Monleon. 2018. Of moss and men: Using moss as a bioindicator of toxic heavy metals at the city scale
- Sarah Yoga, Jean Bégin, Benoît St-Onge, Demetrios Gatziolis. 2017. Lidar and multispectral imagery classifications of balsam fir tree status for accurate predictions of merchantable volume
- Jean Liénard, Andre Vogs, Demetrios Gatziolis, Nikolay Strigul. 2016. Embedded, real-time UAV control for improved, image-based 3D scene reconstruction
- Demetrios Gatziolis, Sarah Jovan, Geoffrey Donovan, Michael Amacher, Vicente Monleon. 2016. Elemental atmospheric pollution assessment via moss-based measurements in Portland, Oregon
- Geoffrey Donovan, Sarah Jovan, Demetrios Gatziolis, Igor Burstyn, Yvonne L. Michael, Michael C. Amacher, Vicente Monleon. 2016. Using an epiphytic moss to identify previously unknown sources of atmospheric cadmium pollution
- Geoffrey Donovan, Lee K. Cerveny, Demetrios Gatziolis. 2016. If you build it, will they come?
- Geoffrey Donovan, Yvonne L. Michael, Demetrios Gatziolis, Jeffrey P. Prestemon, Eric A. Whitsel. 2015. Is tree loss associated with cardiovascular-disease risk in the Women's Health Initiative? A natural experiment
- Demetrios Gatziolis. 2015. Evaluating the potential of structure from motion technology for forest inventory data collection
- Nikolay S. Strigul, Demetrios Gatziolis, Jean F. Liénard, Andre Vogs. 2015. Complementing forest inventory data with information from unmanned aerial vehicle imagery and photogrammetry
- Geoffrey Donovan, Sarah Jovan, Demetrios Gatziolis, Vicente Monleon. 2015. Moss as bio-indicators of human exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Portland, OR
- Charlie Schrader-Patton, Greg C. C. Liknes, Demetrios Gatziolis, Brian M. Wing, Mark D. D. Nelson, Patrick D. Miles, Josh Bixby, Daniel G. Wendt, Dennis Kepler, Abbey Schaaf. 2015. Refining FIA plot locations using LiDAR point clouds
- Geoffrey Donovan, David T. Butry, Yvonne L. Michael, Jeffrey P. Prestemon, Andrew M. Liebhold, Demetrios Gatziolis, Megan Y. Mao. 2013. The relationship between trees and human health: evidence from the spread of the emerald ash borer
- Rhonda Mazza, Demetrios Gatziolis. 2013. Demystifying LiDAR technologies for temperate rainforest in the Pacific Northwest
- Harold S.J. Zald, Thomas Spies, Manuela Huso, Demetrios Gatziolis. 2012. Climatic, landform, microtopographic, and overstory canopy controls of tree invasion in a subalpine meadow landscape, Oregon Cascades, USA
- Demetrios Gatziolis. 2012. Advancements in LiDAR-based registration of FIA field plots
- Demetrios Gatziolis. 2012. Comparison of LiDAR- and photointerpretation-based estimates of canopy cover
- Demetrios Gatziolis, Jeremy S. Fried, Vicente Monleon. 2010. Challenges to estimating tree height via LiDAR in closed-canopy forest: a parable from western Oregon
- Demetrios Gatziolis, Hans-Erik Andersen. 2008. A guide to LIDAR data acquisition and processing for the forests of the Pacific Northwest.
- Demetrios Gatziolis. 2007. LiDAR-derived site index in the U.S. Pacihic Northwest--challenges and opportunities
- Demetrios Gatziolis. 2006. Forest Stand Canopy Structure Attribute Estimation from High Resolution Digital Airborne Imagery
- Tara M. Barrett, Demetrios Gatziolis, Jeremy S. Fried, Karen Waddell. 2006. Sudden oak death in California: what is the potential?
- Edward J. Laurent, Haijin Shi, Demetrios Gatziolis, Joseph P. LeBouton, Michael B. Walters, Jianguo Liu. 2005. Using the spatial and spectral precision of satellite imagery to predict wildlife occurrence patterns.
Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications
- Donovan, G.H., Prestemon, J.P., Gatziolis, D. et al. 2022. The association between tree planting and mortality: A natural experiment and cost-benefit analysis. Environment International, 170, 107609.Donovan, G.H., Gatziolis, D. et al. 2022. Shortcomings of the normalized difference vegetation index as an exposure metric. Nature Plants, 8, 617-622.Comess, S., Donovan, G., Gatziolis, D., Deziel, N.C. 2021. Exposure to atmospheric metals using moss bioindicators and neonatal health outcomes in Portland, Oregon. Environmental Pollution, 284, 117343.Jovan, S.E., Monleon, V.J., Donovan, G.H., Gatziolis, D., Amacher, M.C. 2021. Small-scale distributions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban areas using geospatial modeling: A case study using the moss Orthotrichum lyellii in Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. Atmospheric Environment, 256, 118433.Donovan, G.H., Gatziolis, D. et al. 2021. An empirical test of the biodiversity hypothesis: Exposure to plant diversity is associated with a reduced risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Science of the Total Environment, 768, 144627.Donovan, G.H., Landry, S.M., and Gatziolis, D. 2021. The natural environment, plant diversity, and adult asthma: A retrospective observational study using the CDC’s 500 Cities Project Data. Health & Place, 67, 102494.Strunk, J., Gould, P., Packalen, P., Gatziolis, D. et al. 2020. Evaluation of pushbroom DAP relative to frame camera DAP and lidar for forest modeling. Remote Sensing of Environment, 237, 111535.Donovan, G., Michael, Y., Gatziolis, D. et al. 2019. Exposure to the natural environment and rurality is protective of ADHD in a large birth cohort of New Zealand children. Environmental Epidemiology, 3, 130.Gatziolis, D., McGaughey, R.J. 2019. Reconstructing aircraft trajectories from multi-return airborne laser-scanning data. Remote Sensing, 11, 2258.Strunk, J., Packalen, P., Gould, P., Gatziolis, D. et al. 2019. Large area forest yield estimation with pushbroom digital aerial photogrammetry. Forests, 10, 397.Donovan, G.H., Gatziolis, D., Douwes, J. 2019. Relationship between exposure to the natural environment and recovery from hip or knee arthroplasty: a New Zealand retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 9:e029522.Gernes, R. et al. 2019. Using high-resolution residential greenspace measures in an urban environment to assess risks of allergy outcomes in children. Science of the Total Environment, 668:760-767.Donovan, D.H., Michael, Y.L., Gatziolis, D. et al. 2019. Association between exposure to the natural environment, rurality, and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in children in New Zealand: a linkage study. The Lancet Planet Health, 3: e226-234.Donovan, G.H., Gatziolis, D. et al. 2019. The natural environment and birth outcomes: Comparting 3D exposure metrics derived from LiDAR to 2D metrics based on the normalized difference vegetation index. Health & Place, 57:305-312.Fankhauser, K.E., Strigul, N.S., Gatziolis, D. 2018. Augmentation of traditional forest inventory and airborne laser scanning with unmanned aerial systems and photogrammetry for forest monitoring. Remote Sensing, 10, 1562.Geoffrey H. Donovan, G.H., Michael, Y.L., Gatziolis, D., Hoyer, R.W. 2018. The Relationship between the natural environment and individual-level academic performance in Portland, Oregon. Environment and Behavior, p. 1-23.Probst, A., Gatziolis, D., Liénard, J.F., and Strigul, N.S. 2018. Intercomparison of photogrammetry software for three-dimensional vegetation modelling. Royal Society Open Science, 5:172192.Donovan, G.H., Gatziolis, D., Longley, I., and Douwes, J. 2018. Vegetation diversity protects against childhood asthma: results from a large New Zealand birth cohort. Nature Plants, 4:358-364.
Data and Tools
- Michigan State University, Doctor Of Philosophy, Forestry with emphasis Remote Sensing, 2003
- Michigan State University, Msc, Forestry, 1999
- Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Makedonia, Greece, B.S., Forestry, 1991
Last updated March 10, 2026