Gabriel Granco currently serves as an Associate Professor of Geography at the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He obtained his B.Sc. in Economics at the University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, in 2007, and his Master's in Applied Economics in 2011 from the same institution. He has a Ph.D. in Geography from Kansas State University (2017). He is a human–environment geographer with research interests in land change science, agricultural suitability mapping, environmental sustainability, and the use of geographic information systems to inform land use and environmental decisions. Throughout his academic career, he has investigated the drivers of agricultural expansion in Brazil, modeling agricultural suitability and adaptation to climate change and coupled human and natural systems focusing on freshwater sustainability. He is an active member of the Association of American Geographers.