Bio Overview

Academic Appointments

2024 -

Associate Professor
Department of Geography and Environmental Science
School of Arts and Sciences
Hunter College, CUNY
Earth and Environmental Sciences Program
Graduate Center, CUNY

2024 -

Program Advisor
    — MS in GeoInformatics
    — Post-Baccalaureate Advanced GIS Certificate
    — Undergraduate Spatial Data Science Certificate
Department of Geography and Environmental Science

2022 -

Assistant Director
Center for Advanced Research on Spatial Information (CARSI)
Hunter College, CUNY

2018 - 2024

Assistant Professor
Earth and Environmental Sciences Program
Graduate Center, CUNY

2017 - 2024

Assistant Professor
Department of Geography and Environmental Science
School of Arts and Sciences
Hunter College, CUNY

2014 - 2017

Assistant Professor
Director, GIS Lab
Program Advisor, GIS Certificate
Department of Environmental Studies
University of Illinois at Springfield

Professional Preparation

1994 - 2001

BS, Environmental Geology, Minor in Economics
MS, Spatial Information System, Geology
Peking University, Beijing
Advisor: Prof. Pan, Mao
Affiliation: GeoSpatial Information System Lab

2003 - 2009

PhD, Geography
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Advisor: Steven M. Manson and Robert B. McMaster,
Committee Chair: John S. Adams, “Outside” Member: David M. Levinson
Affiliation: Human-Environment GIS, Minnesota Population Center

2010 - 2011

Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Planning
Faculty of Environment
University of Waterloo, Canada
Supervisor: Dawn C. Parker
Affiliation: WICI, SLUCE 2 Project

2012

Research Fellow
School of Natural Resources & Environment
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Supervisor: Dan G. Brown
Affiliation: SLUCE 2 Project

2012 - 2014

Postdoctoral Associate
Institue on the Environment
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Advisor and supervisors: Jonathan Foley, Jamie Gerber, and Paul West
Affilication: Global Landscapes Initiative