Department of Geography and PlanningGraduate Students
Fahime is currently working towards her second Master’s degree at Queen’s University. She previously earned her first MSc degree in GIS from K.N. Toosi University of Technology in Tehran, Iran. In addition, she holds a Bachelor's degree in Geomatics engineering from the University of Isfahan in Isfahan, Iran. Her academic pursuits and research interests encompass GIS, Social Network Analysis, Green Energy, and Data Mining.
Mohammad received his Bachelor’s degree in 2005 from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and Master’s in Remote Sensing & GIS from Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand in 2014. His research aims to develop new or improve current object-based segmentation algorithms, propose a new method for segmentation evaluation and finally identify the applicability of existing classification algorithms in object-based image analysis (OBIA).
Masoud is a Ph.D student in Department of Geography and Planning. He got his Master of Engineering degree in remote sensing from Univ. of Isfahan and Bachelor of Engineering from Univ. of Tehran. His research focuses on remote sensing and AI.
Kirsten was an MSc and now PhD student in the department of Geography and Planning. She is interested in the spatial analysis of infectious disease using GIS and statistical modelling.
Hong's research topic is “Analyzing and Modelling Regional Travel-related Energy Consumption using System Dynamics Approach”.
The aim of this study to provide an experimental simulation platform to explore the complex and interdependent relationships between the various factors affecting the travel-related energy consumption, and investigate the possible outcomes of different scenarios under alternative government policies on urban transportation energy use and other market-driven factors beyond government control.
Jiahang is an MSc student in the Department of Geography and Planning. He received his Bachelor’s degree in GIS from the University of Toronto. Currently, He is conducting research related to disease transmission and human mobility.
As a first-year Ph.D student, Saba have a strong background in Water Engineering, specifically focusing on remote sensing. During her Bachelor's and Master's studies at Tehran University, she conducted much research that utilized remote sensing techniques and applied them to industrial water-related projects. This experience provided her with valuable hands-on experiences in remote sensing and spatial analysis, along with exposure to various industrial projects in the field. Her academic and professional experiences have shaped her passion for remote sensing, spatial analysis, modeling, atmospheric science, and hydrology.
Jingheng is a first year master student. He received his BA in Geography from Queen's University. His research focuses on GIS, RS and urban planning.
Marina is a visiting research Ph.D student from Brazil. She is a Ph.D. candidate in the Planning and Use of Renewable Resources Program at UFSCar Sorocaba campus, SP, Brazil. Her research involves remote sensing, geoprocessing, the Atlantic Forest, forest connectivity, least-cost path, Graph Theory, Nature-based Solutions, urban green infrastructure, urban planning, and multi-criteria evaluation analysis.
Bo is a visiting research Ph.D student from China.His research focuses on frozen ground environment and climate change, with particular attention to the simulation of seasonally frozen ground freezing depths and the impact of seasonally frozen ground changes on ecohydrological processes in alpine regions.
Undergraduate Students
Xuanqi Wang
Postdoctoral Fellows
Ilia is currently a postdoctoral fellow. He got his Ph.D degree from the University of Lethbridge, Alberta. His research focuses on forest disturbance mapping and monitoring using time-series satellite data, including optical (Landsat, Sentinel-2, and PlanetScope), SAR (Sentinel-1), and LiDAR (GEDI) data. His research goals are to 1) develop the fully automated Unsupervised Classification to Change (UC-Change) technique, 2) increase the spatial and temporal resolution of forest change maps, and 3) develop new ways of extracting information applicable to sustainable forestry planning and decision making, such as information about changes in stand composition in areas affected by logging and forest fires.
Temitope is currently a postdoctoral fellow. He got his Master's degree in Physics (M.Sc) from the University of Jos, Nigeria, and a Doctorate degree in Space Geodesy and Information Science from the Technische Universität Berlin, Germany. His research focus was on Upper Atmospheric disturbances and Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances (TID) using Space Geodetic techniques such as Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), and Constellation Observing Systems for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC) Satellites.
His postdoctoral research is focused on Earth observation (EO) to detect, and predict natural disaster (Flood, Landslide, wildfire, Climate change impact) events using time-series satellite data, including optical (UAV, Landsat, and Sentinel-2), and Machine Learning (ML) & Deep Learning (DL). His research goals among others are to develop ML and DL models capable of taking in satellite / UAV images as input, then detect landslides and predict classified labels as the output. In addition, to develop a hybrid ML model capable of forecasting natural disasters of interest in a given investigated geographical area.
Visiting Scholars
Dr. Yuan is an associate professor from the College of Land Science & Technology, China University of Geosciences (Beijing). His research interests focus on using geospatial datasets (e.g., satellite images and mobile data) and spatial analysis techniques to study dynamic patterns of urban land use/cover and socioeconomic activities. In recent years, he has been working on human mobility and city connectivity by integrating mobile and satellite data, trying to know how they interact with each other.
Student Name Degree Type Year Position after LaGISA
Shaoqi Gong Visiting Scholar 2021.7-2023.7 Associate Professor at NUIST, China
Hossain, Mohammad Ph.D. 2016.9 - 2023.9 Teaching fellow at Queen's
Wenji Hu BSc 2022.9 - 2023.4 Master student at UBC
Ibrahim Adeniran Visiting Ph.D. 2023.1 - 2023.6 Ph.D student at HK Polytechnic Univ.
Cheng, Yi Visiting PhD 2021.10-2022.10 Ph.D at Institute of GSNRR, CAS. China
Sirikul Hutasavi Ph.D. 2017.1- 2022.6 Geoinformatic specialist at GSTDA, Thailand
Shahab E. Jozdani Ph.D 2019.1-2022.5 Senior scientist at Lim Geomatics
Jingheng Yan BSc 2021.9-2022.4 MSc student at Queen's
Philippe Tousignant BA 2021.9-2022.1 MSc student at Univ. of South California
Jaden Zhang BSc 2020/5-2021/4 MSc student at Univ. of Western Ontario
Michael Burnett MSc 2019/9-2021/5 Research Scientist/Analyst at UBC
Matthew Senshen MSc 2019/9-2021/5 Data Analyst at Environics Analytics
Xin Wang Visiting Ph.D 2019/9-2020/9 Faculty member at Chengdu Tech.&Science Univ.
Christopher Radford MSc 2017/9-2020/6 Software engineer
Bruna Cristina Gallo Visiting Ph.D 2019/1-2019/7 Ph.D at Univ. of Campinas, Brazil
Feng Yao Ph.D 2015/9-2019/5 PDF at the Institute of Geog./NR, CAS
Katherine Woodstock MSc 2016/9-2019/4 Data analyst, Yukon Government
Mingjie Song Ph.D 2013/9-2018/3 Faculty member at Huazhong Normal University
Alexander Harrison Undergraduate 2018/5-2018/12 GIS analysts at Resource Canada
Alex Boone MSc 2015/9-2017/7 GIS analysts at GHD Inc.
Jingyi Liu MES 2015/9-2017/12 Data analyst at GE Electric Ltd.
Caua Guilherme Miranda Visiting M.Sc. 2017/1-2017/6 M.Sc. at University of Campinas
Sian Powell BA 2017/1-2017/4 GIS internship at Ministry of Transportation
Erik Wright BA 2016/9-2016/12 GIS technician at AECOM
Xiaoying Ouyang Visiting scholar 2016/11-2017/11 Researcher at IRSA, CAS
Kun Xu BA 2015/9-2016/4 Student at Flemming College
| Olivia RoDee | Undergraduate | 2015/1-2015/4 | M.Sc student at University of Arizona |
| Jie Yu | Visiting Ph.D from Tongji University | 2014/9-2015/9 | Ph.D at Tongji University |
| Su Ye | MES | 2013/9-2015/6 | Ph.D student at Clark University |
| Jie Yu | MA | 2014 | A Ph.D student at Queen |
| Jason Lao | Undergraduate | 2013/9-2014/4 | GIS technician in UAV industry |
| Xiuying Zhang | Visiting Scholar | 2013/8-2014/9 | Associate professor at Nanjing University, China |
| Nicki Kwon | Co-supervised M.Sc. | 2013/1-2015/2 | Data analyst at the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care |
| Masoor Hussain | 2011/4-2015/6 | Senior scientist at PCI | |
| Harkiran Kaur | Co-supervised MES | 2012/9-2015/1 | GIS analyst at Natural Resource Canada |
| Angela Cheng | M.Sc. | 2011/9-2015/10 | Physical scientist at Environment Canada |
| Andrei Rosu | M.Sc. | 2011/9-2014/12 | GIS analyst at Natural Resource Canada |
| Brad Holmes | Undergraduate | 2013/9-2014/4 | Graduate student at SURP |
| Fengxia Gu | Visiting Scholar | 2013/3-2014/3 | Professor at Shandong University of Science and Technology, China |
| Haydi Wong | NSERC USRA | 2012/9-2013/8 | Hired as a GIS technician by the Loyalist Township |
| Heather Richardson | Undergraduate | 2012/9-2013/6 | Became a M.Sc. student at Tomposon Rivers University |
| Rezvan Taki | M.Sc. | 2011/9-2012/9 | unknown |
| Lin Zhang | M.Sc. summer student | 2011 | A Ph.D student at University of Guelph |
| Jessica Stortz | Co-supervised M.Sc. | 2010/9-2013/7 | Research coordinator at University of British Columbia |
| Frank Wen | M.Sc. | 2010/6-2012/9 | Product engineer by Engineering Seismology Group, Kingston |
| Lei Wang | 2010/1-2012/2 | Hired as a GIS specialist by Sky Power | |
| Jianhui Chen | Co-supervised M.Sc. | 2010 | Hired as a database analyst by Ontario Hydro |
| Tyler Nightingale | Undergraduate | 2010 | |
| Zhijie Zhang | 2009/9/-2011/6 | Associate Professor at Fudan University, China | |
| Muthiah Arvind | Undergraduate | 2008 | |
| Grace Miao | Co-supervised Ph.D | 2007/9-2013/4 | Researcher at Public Health Canada |
| Tamara E/ Hartrick | Undergraduate | 2007 | |
| Peter Luciani | Ph.D | 2006-2012 | Currently a GIS technician at City of Mississauga |
| Wenbao Liu | Ph.D | 2006-2012 | Professor at Shandong University of Science and Technology, China |
| Andrew Farrar | NSERC USRA | 2006 | |
| Jurai Nunez | Ph.D | 2005-2006 | Unknown |
| Rocco Mattucci | NSERC USRA | 2005 | |
| Yaxiong Chen | Undergraduate | 2005 | Hired as a database technician by IBM Canada |
| Jamie FitzGibbon | M.Sc. | 2004/9-2006/6 | Hired as a field engineer by the Optech |
| Jie Tian | Ph.D, PDF | 2003/9-2008/06 | Assistant professor at Clarke University, US |
| Hui Wei | M.Sc. | 2002/9-2005/4 | Hired as a GIS specialist by ESRI Canada |
| Suzanne Li | Undergraduate | ||
| Jessica Matthews | Undergraduate | ||
| Jessey Chudiak | Undergraduate | ||
| Chris Vandyk | Undergraduate |