Dr. Peng Gao
Assistant Professor of Geography
Expertise:
GIS, Climate Extremes, Landscape Ecology
Education:
Ph.D. 2013, Geography, University of South Carolina, Columbia SC, USA
M.S. 2007, Soil Science, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
B.S. 2004, Agriculture, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
Teaching:
GGY 480/GEO 592: Spatial Programming
GGY 215: Digital Globe
Research Interests:
Dr. Gao has a broad background in the disciplines of landscape ecology, biogeography, climate extremes (heavy precipitation and flooding, wildfires, and drought), and soil sciences. He is particularly interested in the applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing, spatial data mining and statistical methods to address basic and applied questions of the disciplines.