Current members
Dr. Daniel Dixon
Postdoctoral Researcher
djdixon@ucdavis.edu
2022- present Postdoctoral Researcher
2018-2022 PhD Geography, University of Western Australia, Australia
2015-2018 MSc Earth System Science and Policy, University of North Dakota, USA
2009-2013 Psychology/Spanish Language, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, USA
Research interests: Remote sensing and GIS applications of environmental disturbance and land management effects. Emphasis on forests and tree crown-scale fire impacts.
Dr. Yifan Guan
Postdoctoral Researcher (Co-supervising with Dr. Suvocarev and Dr. Paw U)
2024 - presentResearch Interests: Impacts of cover cropping on water and carbon Balance
Dr. Long Tian
Postdoctoral Researcher
2024 - present Postdoctoral researcher at University of California, DavisResearch Interests: Almond yield prediciton, nutrient sensing, crop disease detection
Zhehan Tang
Graduate Student Researcher
zhhtang@ucdavis.edu
2016 - present PhD candidate in Geography2016 B.S. in Agricultural Science at Cornell UniversityResearch Interests: Precision agriculture with remote sensing technology
Current Projects: Crop water stress detection with multispectral and thermal remote sensing observations from satellite and UAS (drones)
Sara Winsemius
Graduate Student Researcher
swinsemius@ucdavis.edu
2017 - present PhD candidate in Ecology2013 B.S. in Environmental Science, University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests: Remote sensing applications for forest monitoring and management, Sub-alpine forests, carbon storage
Judy Chen
Graduate Student Researcher
pyjchen@ucdavis.edu
2021 - present PhD student in Ecology Graduate Group2019 M. S. in Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, Taipei
2016 B. S. in Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei
Research Interests: Remote sensing applications for habitat management, interactions and mechanisms between wildlife and environmental changes
Yunzhe Zhu
Graduate Student Researcher
ypfzhu@ucdavis.edu
2021- present PhD student in Geography2021 M. S. in GIS, Clark University2018 BS in GIS and BE in Computer Science, Jilin University, China
Research Interests: Empirical and physical models of remote sensing; Data fusion; Sustainable Agriculture; Earth system sciences.
Liam Bhajan
Graduate Student Researcher
lbhajan@ucdavis.edu
2021 - present PhD student in Geography
2021 M.S. in Geology, Boston College
2017 B.S. in Geological Sciences, Stanford University
Research Interests: Application of remote sensing and spatial analyses in smallholder agriculture to help improve in farm management techniques and climate change adaptation
Xiaoyu Liang
Postdoctoal Researcher (Co-advising with Dr. Ostajo)
2024 - Present
Current project: Fire-snow interaction, impact of vegetation managment on snow dyamics
Mingyue Xie
Postdoctoal Researcher (Co-advising with Dr. Ostajo and Dr. Knipper)
2024 - Present
Current interests: Sustainable agriculture
Zhihao Wang
Postdoctoal Researcher (Co-advising with Dr. Pasternack)
2024 - Present
Current project: Urban Stream Corridors
Nikhil Kumar
Postdoctoal Researcher (Co-advising with Dr. Pasternack)
2024 - Present
Current project: Urban Stream Corridors
