Principal Investigator
Chunyuan Diao
Associate Professor, Department of Geography and GIScience
I. C. Gunsalus Scholar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research interests: time series remote sensing; space-time model; vegetation phenology; deep learning; computational data science (high-performance and cloud computing); model-data fusion; large-scale agricultural, forest, and invasive species dynamic modeling; precision agriculture
Curriculum Vitae
Office: 2034 Natural History Building
Email: chunyuan at illinois.edu
Current Students
Zijun Yang
Ph.D. Student (2018 – present)
MSc (2018), Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan
BSc (2016), Geographic Information System, Sun Yat-Sen University
Research interests: time series remote sensing; spatiotemporal image fusion; machine learning/deep learning; spatial data science; agricultural remote sensing
Office: 1038 Natural History Building
Email: zijuny2 at illinois.edu
Yilun Zhao
Ph.D. Student (2019 – present)
MSc (2018), Conservation Ecology/ Environmental Informatics, University of Michigan
BSc (2015), Ecology, Sichuan University
Research interests: time series remote sensing; invasive species dynamic modeling; forest phenology; forest remote sensing
Office: 1042 Natural History Building
Email: yilun3 at illinois.edu
Chishan Zhang
Ph.D. Student (2020 – present)
MEng (2020), Cartography and Geographic Information Engineering, Beijing Normal University
BEng (2017), Surveying and Mapping Engineering, Central South University
Research interests: application of remote sensing and deep learning in crop yield estimation and precision agriculture
Office: 1038 Natural History Building
Email: chishan2 at illinois.edu
Tianci (Joanne) Guo
Ph.D. Student (2021 – present)
MEng (2021), Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University
BEng (2018), Remote Sensing Science and Technology, Wuhan University
Research interests: agriculture remote sensing, crop yield, process-based crop model, data assimilation, machine learning/deep learning
Office: 1042 Natural History Building
Email: tiancig2 at illinois.edu
Yin Liu
Ph.D. Student (2021 – present)
MSc (2021), Environment and Sustainability & Data Science, University of Michigan
BEng (2019), Remote Sensing Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences
Research interests: agriculture remote sensing, time series remote sensing, machine learning/deep learning
Office: 1038 Natural History Building
Email: yinl3 at illinois.edu
Zhijie Zhou
Ph.D. Student (2023 – present)
Master (2023), Environmental Policy, Duke Kunshan University / Duke University
Master (2021), Urban Spatial Analytics, University of Pennsylvania
BSc (2020), Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
Research interests: time series analysis; image classification; land use and land cover; policy & program evaluation
Office: 1042 Natural History Building
Email: zhijiez2 at illinois.edu
Jack Chen
Undergraduate Student (2023 – present)
Major: Geography and Geographic Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Minor: Japanese Arts and Aesthetics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research interests: agriculture remote sensing; environmental remote sensing; GIS in transportation and public health.
Email: jijinjc2 at illinois.edu
Alumni
Michael Li, PSM in Geography and GIScience
Yerassyl Koshan, PSM in Geography and GIScience
Aidos Makhanov, PSM in Geography and GIScience
Renke Ji, PSM in Geography and GIScience
Zizhao Ge, PSM in Geography and GIScience
Tianshun Deng, PSM in Geography and GIScience
Tong Gong, PSM in Geography and GIScience
Alex Schwarz, BSc in Geology
Jerry Huey, BA in Geography and GIScience, Roepke Research Scholarship