Brandon J. Vogt

Brandon VogtBrandon earned a BS from the University of Missouri and MA and PhD from Arizona State University. He enjoys music, mountains, thunderstorms, snow, sandstone, photography, cycling, traveling, coffee, and anything Colorado.

He teaches courses in introductory geospatial technologies, physical geography, geomorphology, geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, digital image processing, and a snowpack assessment field course in Silverton, Colorado.

Brandon's research interests rest in geomorphology, geomorphometry, lidar, lightning, and applied geography education. He blends these interests as he explores interactions between natural / physical processes and complex landsurfaces. Brandon maintains the Geomorphology Research Lab, a place well-equipped for collaborative, multi-disciplinary research in the physical sciences.

In 2012, Brandon is working on projects that explore lightning activity in mid-latitude mountains. Also, using airborne lidar data and traditional field methods, he is working with GES colleagues to map glacial moraines on Pikes Peak.


Glacial Polish, Yosemite NP
Double Rainbow
Tafoni, SE Colorado
Granite, Yosemite NP, Calif.
Double rainbow, Grand Lake, Colo.
Tafoni, southeast Colo.

Helpful GIS stuff:

Leica-Geosystems TruViews:

Google Earth .kml file of 54 Colorado Fourteeners: