I’m Dr. Jonathan Batchelor — a geospatial scientist, educator, and artist exploring how landscapes evolve and how technology can help us see them more clearly.

I’m an Assistant Teaching Professor at the University of Montana’s College of Forestry and Conservation, where I coordinate the GIS Certificate program and teach courses in GIS, remote sensing, LiDAR, and spatial analysis. My teaching focuses on building both technical skills and ecological awareness — helping students connect data to the living systems it represents.

My research uses tools like terrestrial laser scanning (TLS), drone-based photogrammetry, and satellite imagery to study forest structure, vegetation dynamics, and ecosystem recovery. I’m particularly interested in how different forms of spatial data reveal patterns of change and resilience across scales — from individual trees to entire landscapes.

Outside the classroom and lab, I create art informed by spatial data and field experience, exploring the visual and emotional dimensions of environmental change. For me, science and art share the same foundation: curiosity, pattern, and the drive to understand our relationship with the world around us.

This site brings together my teaching, research, and art — three ways of studying and celebrating the landscapes that shape us.

If you have any questions or want to collaborate on research or an art exhibit please contact me.