Cultural Site Research and Management Foundation

Who are we?

CSRM Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in 2010. Douglas C. Comer, Ph.D., our president, is an archaeologist with decades of experience in heritage management. Jacob A. Comer, M.Phil., vice-president, leads our statistical analysis and algorithm development. Mitchell Porter leads our in GIS and Remote Sensing department.

We collaborate with leading research institutions, including NASA, The Johns Hopkins University, the German Archaeological Institute (DAI), and the University of Guam. We’re supported by organizations and programs such as the National Science Foundation, the NASA Research Opportunities in Solid Earth Science Program, the DoD’s Strategic Environmental Research and Development and Legacy programs, and the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training. We also work with government agencies, such as Peru’s Ministry of Culture and Sudan’s National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums.

What do we do? 

We develop and apply technologies to address the growing need for cost-effective and timely solutions to cultural and natural resource protection. We specialize in building protected area stewards’ and stakeholder communities’ capacities to use computational, remote sensing, digital recording, and geospatial technologies for research, management, and sustainable development of living landscapes. We’ve applied our expertise in cutting-edge technologies and heritage management around the world from the Pacific Islands, South America, Asia and Africa.