Qian Yu, Ph.D
Professor, University of Massachusetts
Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, Environmental Science (2005)
M.S., Nanjing University, GIS (2001)
B.S., Nanjing University, Geography (1999)
I am an environmental geographer, interested in using GIS, remote sensing and spatial modeling to study environmental system. My current research focuses on the following topics.
- Assess dissolved organic carbon dynamics at the land-water interface
- Quantify blue carbon in coastal salt marshes and its sediments control
- Spatiotemporal Data Analytics of Human Mobility and Hazard Response
Xiaoxiao (Shawn) Liu, Ph.D. Geosciences, 2026-present
Spatiotemporal Data Analytics of Human Mobility and Hazard Response
Dylan Roy, M.S. Geography, 2024-present
Quantify Salt Marsh Sediments Accretion Sourced from Coastal Erosion Using GIS
Wenxiu Teng, Postdoc, 2025-present
Assessing Ocean Source Sediment Supply and Its Influence on Salt Marsh Blue Carbon Storage Using High Resolution Remote Sensing