He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Studies from Duke University, and teaches courses in vector and raster environmental and ecological applications of GIS, soils, campus sustainability, and environmental field skills. He is a co-director of the Laboratory for Environmental Computing and Decision Making (LECDM), working on the Geospatial Intermodal Freight Transport (GIFT) model. Korfmacher’s research interests include habitat modeling and monitoring, environmental modeling, and place-based education.