About

I am an assistant professor of computer science in the School of Information Engineering at the China University of Geosciences (Beijing).

I have hybrid backgrounds in geoscience and computer science. My primary research interests lie in utilizing data-driven methods to explore and address Earth-related problems, particularly those in paleoclimate and paleogeography. I am also involved in projects related to geoscientific software development, quantitative stratigraphy, and spatiotemporal analytics. In addition, I am a participant of the Deep-time Digital Earth (DDE) project and co-founder of the GISphere educational platform.

I finished my Ph.D. at University of Wisconsin-Madison where I worked on EarthCube projects and was co-advised by Shaun Marcott and Shanan Peters. I hold a master’s degree from the University of Tulsa supervised by Bryan Tapp with a focus in computational geomechanics.

Research Interests

Geoscientific Big Data, Geoscience Software Development, Paleoclimate, Paleogeography, Quantitative Stratigraphy

Education

• Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Geosciences (Geoinformatics), 2018-22
• M.S. University of Tulsa, Geosciences (Computational Geomechanics), 2016-18
• B.S. University of Michigan, Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2013-15 & The Pennsylvania State University, Geographic Information Sciences, 2011-13

Teaching

China University of Geosciences (Beijing)

• SR043268: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
• DR040017: Data Analysis and Visualization
• DR043229: Computer Vision

Previous

• GEOL 4083: GIS for Geologists (University of Tulsa, as temporary lecturer)
• UC 270: Social Justice (University of Michigan, as student instructor)
• GEOG 363: GIScience (Pennsylvania State University, as teaching assistant)