Dr. Robert Shuchman joined the KRWC Board in 2020. Dr. Shuchman is the Co-Director of the Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI), is a Research Professor in the Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences and is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Michigan Technological University. His areas of expertise include Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications, Multispectral and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing, Applied Photo Imaging, Sea and Lake Ice, Environmental in situ Sensing. His research interests include: Great Lakes Remote Sensing, Ocean Optics, High Latitude Oceanography, Dynamic Decision Support Systems, Water Quality of Inland Lakes.