Open to collaboration on: GeoAI · Remote Sensing · Spatial/Geospatial Statistics · AI for Good
Starting Ph.D. at Virginia Tech in Fall 2026
Starting Ph.D. at Virginia Tech in Fall 2026
Education
M.S. in Geographic Information Science
2024 – 2026
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Advisor: Dr. Sicheng Wang
Visiting Student
2023 – 2024
Wuhan University, China
Spent final undergraduate year as visiting student.
Advisor: Prof. Teng Fei
Advisor: Prof. Teng Fei
B.S. in Geographic Information Science
2020 – 2024
Wuhan University of Technology, China
Thesis: Transformer-based geographic scene description
Advisor: Prof. Wei Cui
Advisor: Prof. Wei Cui
Research Experience
Research Assistant
Jul – Aug 2025
University of South Carolina (City of Columbia funded)
- Tree canopy detection using SegFormer on historical aerial imagery (2005–2023)
Research Intern, Spatial Data Lab
May – Sept 2024
Harvard University
Geographic Big Data Analytics, Spatio-Temporal Data Mining
Supervisor: Dr. Yuhang Pan
Supervisor: Dr. Yuhang Pan
Visiting Student & RA
2023 – 2024
Wuhan University
- YOLO-based brown bear detection for human-bear conflict mitigation
- Model compression and deployment to K210 microcontroller
Research Intern
Sept 2022 – Jan 2023
Clemson University (Remote)
Data processing and curve generation; co-authored paper in Journal of Transport Geography
Supervisor: Dr. Chao Fan
Supervisor: Dr. Chao Fan
Algorithm Intern
Jan – Mar 2022
Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group (XCMG)
Digital road modeling using Leica software and ArcGIS
Teaching & Service
Lab Instructor, GEOG 201
Fall 2024 – Spring 2025
University of South Carolina
Landform Geography laboratory sections
Supervisors: Dr. Jean Taylor Ellis & Dr. John A. Kupfer
Supervisors: Dr. Jean Taylor Ellis & Dr. John A. Kupfer
Website Development Lead
2021 – Present
GISphere
Backend development (Django REST Framework, MySQL), frontend (Vue), product management
Advisors
Dr. Sicheng Wang
M.S. Advisor, USC
Prof. Teng Fei
Visiting Advisor, WHU
Prof. Wei Cui
B.S. Advisor, WUT