Dr. Peng Gao

Assistant Professor of Geography

Osprey 1004 B Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences University of North Carolina Wilmington 601 South College Road Wilmington, NC 28403-5944 Tel: 910 962-7594; Fax: 910 962-7077 email: gaopATuncw.edu, Personal Webpage

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.