Background
Coppin, Pol R. was born on June 3, 1953 in Kortrijk, Flanders, Belgium. Son of Jan and Maria Coppin.
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Pol R. Coppin
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Education
Student, University Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1971-1972; Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering, University Gent, Belgium, 1975; Master of Science in Forestry Engineering, University Gent, Belgium, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 1991.
Career
District manager, Belgian Forest Svc., Gent, 1977;
associate expert, Food and Agriculture Organisation of United Nations, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 1977-1979;
technical officer, Food and Agriculture Organisation of United Nations, Rome, 1979-1981;
expert, Food and Agriculture Organisation of United Nations, Rangoon, Burma, 1982-1984;
research coordinator, IWONL Eurosense Nevada, Brussels, 1981-1982;
project leader, Deutsche Forstinventur Svc. Gmbh, Manila, 1984-1986;
senior consultant, Swedforest Consulting AB, Managua, Nicaragua, 1986-1988;
instructor, doctoral fellow, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 1988-1991;
professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1991-1996;
professor, U. Leuven, Belgium, since 1996;
head department of land management, U. Leuven, Belgium, since 1998. Research assistant U. Canterbury, 1971-1972.
Short-term consultant various international agys., 1979-1992.
Achievements
Membership
Scoutmaster Boy Scouts, Belgium, 1972-1976, soccer coach Tippecanoe (Indiana) Soccer Association, 1992-1995, volleyball coach various teams and locations, 1977-1981. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (geoscience and remote sensing society since 1992), American Society Photogrammetry of Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing Society (United Kingdom), International Society Tropical Foresters, Commonwealth Forestry Association, Royal Flemish Engineering Society, Agricultural Engineering Faculty Society Gent, Flemish Forestry Association.
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Connections
Married Ann G. Germonpre, January 13, 1977. Children: Sten, Jan, Matti.
