College of Science
George Mason University
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Current Mebmbers
Visiting Scientists/Scholars
ESTC Alumni
 John J. Qu Founding Director of ESTC Professor of Department of Geography and Geoinformation Sciences PhD, Colorado State University, 1997. Remote Sensing, Earth System Sciences, Climate and Environmental Sciences, Fire Sciences and GIS Applications Email: [email protected] |
 Raymond P. Motha Advisor member and research professor PhD, University of Nebraska, 1978. USDA Chief Meteorologist, agricultural meteorology, climate and drought monitoring, climate impact assessment on agriculture, guiding scientific expert teams and organized training seminars and international workshops. Email: [email protected] |
 David A. Cleaves Research professor, director of EastFIRE Lab PhD, Texas A&M University, 1983 Decision science, risk management, organizational effectiveness, and science policy and application. Email: [email protected] |
 Xianjun HaoResearch Professor, Associate Director PhD, George Mason University, 2006. Remote sensing applications, earth sciences and climate change, data science and high performance computing. Email: [email protected] |
 William T. Sommers Research professor and co-director of EastFIRE Lab PhD, State University of New York (Albany), 1972. Fire sciences, climate sciences, ecosystems sciences, ecological risk assessment, and sustainable development. Email: [email protected] |
 Susan G. Conard Principal Research Scientist PhD in ecology, University of California, Davis, 1980. US Forest Service fire ecologist, 1983-2008. Co-Editor of the International Journal of Wildland Fire and President of the International Boreal Forest Research. Fire research, fire management; climate change; disturbance ecology. Email: [email protected] |
 Dann SklarewAssociate Professor of Dept. of ESP Associate Director of the PEREC Ecological collaboration, climate variability, sustainability, water resources and aquatic ecosystems. Email: [email protected] |
 Ruixin YangAssociate Professor PhD, University of Southern California, 1990. Earth system science, data acquiring, data analysis, and data mining, data information systems and GIS, numerical simulation and model evaluation. Email: [email protected] |
 Daniel CarrProfessor Fellow, American Statistical Association PhD, University of Wisconsin, 1976. Statistical graphics, knowledge visualization, data exploration, analysis of massive data sets. Email: [email protected] |
 Balehager Ayalew
Research Scientist, African Project Coordinator PhD, George Mason University, 2013 Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, Geoinformation Science, GeoSpatial Intelligence Engineering, Sustainable Development Food and Water Security, Renewable Energy and Energy efficiency. Email: [email protected] |
 Laurel GutenbergPhD, George Mason University, 2020 Earth systems and geoinformation sciences; hydrology, biomass and carbon. Email: [email protected] |
 Chenyang XuPhD, George Mason University, 2020 Satellite remote sensing and GIS applications,drought monitoring and analysis. Email: [email protected] |
 Bradley A GayPhD Student Monitoring and simulating permafrost thaw and land carbon cycling dynamics with Earth observation data and AI. Email: [email protected] |
 Xiuyan LiuVisiting Scientist Urban Geography |
 Li WangVisiting Scientist Natural Resources, Environment and Eco-meteorology Email:[email protected] |
 Bouchra TaouilVisiting Scholar Global Climate Change Impacts on Woodland Fires Email: [email protected] |
 Stanley G. Coloff Affiliate Faculty Principal Research Scientist M.S. University of New Mexico. Fire sciences, fire policy, air quality/smoke management, atmospheric deposition, global change. Scientist Emeritus, US Geological Survey. |
 Allen R. Riebau Affiliate Faculty PhD, Colorado State University, 1996. Air quality and natural resources management. National Atmosphere Program Manager of USDA/FS/HQ (retired). Email: [email protected] |
 Taeyoung (Jason) Choi PhD, George Mason University, 2018 NOAA STAR Monitoring radiometric, spatial and spectral on-orbit changes from Spectro-Radiometric Calibration Assembly (SRCA). |
 Di WuPhD, George Mason University, 2014 Remote sensing applications, data information systems and GIS. Email: [email protected] |
 Haile K. TadessePhD, George Mason University, 2016 Cartographic Technician, USGS Land use classification and analysis using radar and optical data. Email: [email protected] |
 Swarvanu Dasgupta PhD, George Mason University, 2007. Remote sensing, real time monitoring of fire conditions using satellite direct broadcast, data information systems and GIS. First Job: Lead Systems Engineer/Senior Scientist, GST/NASA GSFC. Email: [email protected] |
 Melissa Soriano Master, George Mason University, 2008. Remote sensing, hydrology, water resources, soil moisture, drought. First Job: Staff Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Email: [email protected] |
 Sanjeeb Bhoi PhD, George Mason University, 2009 Remote Sensing and Air Quality Modelling of pollution due to forest fire. Studies of the impact of global climate changes on the frequency and distribution of forest fires. First Job: Research Scientist, GST/NASA GSFC Email: [email protected] |
 Wanting WangPhD, George Mason University, 2009 Remote sensing application on active fire, fuel loading and dust storm detection. First Job: Research Scientist, SSAI/NASA Langley Research Center. Email: [email protected] |
 Yong Xie PhD, George Mason University, 2009. Remote sensing, fire science, smoke detection, and MODIS calibration. First Job: Sigma Space Corporation. Email: [email protected] |
 Min Li PhD, George Mason University, 2010. Biomass and carbon change estimation with multi sensor. Phynology detection based on remote sensing technology. Environmental Remote sensing. First Job: Scientific Analyst at IMSG@NOAA. Email: [email protected] |
 Likun Wang PhD, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2004 Lidar/Radar remote sensing of clouds, sensor calibration and validation, climate data records. Email: [email protected] |
 Jian Li Research Assistant Professor PhD, George Mason University, 2011 Satellite remote sensing application, instrument calibration and data processing, climate variability, numerical simulation. Email: [email protected] |
 Zhiyong WuVisiting Scientist PhD, Hohai University, 2008 Hydrology, Flood forecasting, Drought monitoring and forecasting, Climate change impact assessment Email: [email protected] |
 Xuemei LeiVisiting Scientist PhD, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 2011 Data Mining, data Visualization, and GIS Application Email: [email protected] |
 Dan XuVisiting Scientist PhD,Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology , 2011. Atmospheric Aerosol and Environment; Radiation and Microphysics Email: [email protected] |
 Lanlan XiaoVisiting Scientist PhD, Wuhan University, 2011 Climate Change and New Energy Policy, Climate Change and Agriculture Email:[email protected] |
 Jiaxi CaiVisiting Scholar Ph.D., Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, 2010. Climate Dynamics, Interactions between Land/Ocean/Atmosphere Email: [email protected] |
 Jing ShuVisiting Scholar Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute,China Small Hydropower, Water Resources, Renewable Energy. Email: [email protected] |
 Hai HeVisiting Scientist PhD, Hohai University, China. Hydrology, water resources, and climate change and its effect on hydrological cycle and water resources. Email: [email protected] ; [email protected] |
 Weijie FuVisiting Scientist Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute,China Hydrology,Water Resources,Soil moisture. Email: [email protected] |
 Lilong ZhaoVisiting Scientist PhD, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology. Electro-optical information processing and detection,data analysis,numerical computation Email: [email protected] |
 Yansong BaoVisiting Scientist Associate professor in School of atmospheric physics, Nanjing university of information science and technology. Radiance data assimilation, atmospheric sounding. Email: [email protected] |
 Yana GuoVisiting Scholar Jiangsu Maritime Institute, China Regional Climate, Maritime Meteorology Email: [email protected] |
 Dongying ZhangVisiting Scholar School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering, Wuhan University, China. Remote Sensing Techniques for Soil Moisture , Vegetation Moisture, Water Coverage, Agricultural Drought and Hydrological Drought Email: [email protected] |
 Peng LiuVisiting Scholar PhD, Ocean University of China, 2012. Remote Sensing applications on ocean environment. First Job, CNEMC, Ministry of Enviromental Protection of China. Email: [email protected] |
 Yanfang ZhangVisiting Scientist PhD, Shanxi Normal University, China. Ecological security, conservation of water and soil, remote sensing and GIS. Email: [email protected] |
 Francesca OrlandoVisiting Scholar PhD student in Soil Science and Climatology, University of Florence, Italy. Agrometeorology and crop modelling, impact of climate variability on crop production and water resources. Email: [email protected] |