List of Courses

A. Undergraduate courses taught

1. Environmental Remote Sensing (GGR 337H), 2001-2017, U of T.
2. Geographical Information Systems (GGR 462H), 2001-2005, U of T.
3. Introduction to Hydrology (GGR 206H), 2001-2016, 2018-2021, U of T.
4. Field Methods in Physical Geography (GGR390H), 2015-2020, U of T
5. Watershed Hydroecology (GGR 413H), 2006-2012, 2017 U of T.
6. Directed Reading (GGR 498H), 2004, 2010, 2015 U of T.

B. Graduate courses taught

1. Watershed hydroecology (GGR 1215H), 2012, 2017 U of T.
2. Environmental Remote Sensing (GGR 1911H), 2001-2017, U of T.
3. Geographical Information Systems (JPG1914H), 2001-2005, U of T.
4. Reading in Selected Topics (GGR 2149H), 2003-2004, 2006-2009, 2014-15, 2019, U of T.
5. Remote Sensing of Vegetation Structure, 2005, Nanjing University

C. Theses supervised/being supervised.

1. Weimin Ju, M.Sc., carbon modelling, U of T., 2001-2002. Primary supervisor.
2. Anita Simic, M.Sc., spatial scaling, U of T., 2001-2002. Primary Supervisor.
3. Jan Pisek, M.Sc., Global mapping of biophysical parameters, Sept. 2004-Aug. 2005. Primary supervisor
4. Ian Caldwell, M. Sc., Spatially explicit integrated assessment. Sept. 2003-January 2005. Secondary supervisor (40%)
5. Yongqin Zhang, Ph.D., hyperspectral remote sensing, Jan. 2002 - Apr. 2007. Primary supervisor
6. Weimin Ju, Ph.D., carbon modelling and scaling, Sept. 2002- Sept. 2006. Primary supervisor
7. Ajit Govind, Ph.D., Coupled water and carbon cycle modelling for a forest site, Sept. 2003-Apr. 2008.Primary supervisor
8. Oliver Sonnentag, Ph.D., Coupled water and carbon modelling cycle modelling for a wetland site, Jan. 2004-Apr. 2008. Primary supervisor
9. Xinfang Chen, Ph.D., Hydrological modelling and scaling, Sept. 2002 - May 2006. Primary supervisor (at Nanjing University, China)
10. Anita Simic, Ph.D., Hyperspectral remote sensing applications, Sept. 2005-Sept. 2009. Primary supervisor
11. Jan Pisek, Ph.D., Global ecosystem modelling, Sept. 2005-Sept. 2009. Primary supervisor
12. Jun Wang, Ph.D., A GIS-based expert system for landuse decision making. September 2005-June. 2009. Primary supervisor (Nanjing University, China).
13. Feng Deng, Ph.D., Global inverse modelling of carbon fluxes. Sept. 2006-Jan. 2011. Primary supervisor.
14. Beiping Zhang, M.Sc., Hydrology. Sept. 2007-Sept. 2009, Primary supervisor
15. Gustavo Gumez, M.Sc., GIS, 2008-2008, Primary supervisor
16. Peter Czurylowizs, M.Sc., Remote sensing of insect disturbance, 2008-Apr. 2010, Primary supervisor
17. Ting Zheng, Ph.D., Remote sensing of sunlit and shaded leaf photosynthesis rate, 2008-2017, Primary supervisor
18. Rong Wong, Ph.D., SAR and optical data fusion for vegetation structure mapping, 2008-2017, Primary supervisor
19. Ashleigh Ingle, Ph.D., Modifying a land surface model with remote sensing inputs, Sept. 2009-2011, co-supervisor with Paul Kushner in Physics
20. Jonathan Fung, M.Sc., Inversion modelling of carbon cycle in North America. Sept. 2010-Aug. 2012, primary supervisor
21. Ze Wang, M.Sc., Relationship between chlorophyll fluorescence and GPP, Sept. 2012-Mar. 2014, Primary supervisor
22. Nadine Nesbitt, M.Sc., Chlorophyll retrieval from conifer forests. Sept. 2012-, Primary supervisor
23. Parastoo Hoseinibenhangi, M. Sc. Impact of forest management on carbon and water fluxes. Sept. 2014-Jan. 2017.
24. Xiangzhong Luo, Ph.D., Global land surface ET estimation, 2013-2017, Primary supervisor
25. Joyce Arabian, M.Sc., Leaf chlorophyll retrieval, Sept. 2013-Sept. 2015, Primary supervisor
26. Cheryl Rogers, Ph.D. Sept. 2016, Productivity assessment through PRI and SIF, Sept. 2016-, Primary supervisor
27. Yihong Liu, M.Sc., Retrieving leaf carboxylaton rate from SIF, Sept. 2018-Sept. 2019. Primary Supervisor
28. Yihong Liu, PhD., Mapping leaf carbonxylation rate using different remote sensing methods, Sept. 2019-Sept. 2023, Primary supervisor.
29. Jiye Leng, MSc., Downscaling of Vcmax from SIF using MODIS PRI data. Sept. 2019-Sept. 2020, Primary supervisor.

D. Other teaching and lectures given (in preceding 5 years)

1. Digital Remote Sensing (Geog 3015), 1997, Ottawa University
2. Boundary-Layer Climate, 1992, University of British Columbia

E. Postdoctoral Fellows Supervised and Current Information

1. Xiaoyuan Geng, 1998-2000; Physical Scientist, Agricultural and Agrifood Canada
2. Peter White, 1999-2000; Research Scientist, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
3. Mingzhen Chen, 2001-2005; Software engineer, Leica Geosystem (former ERDAS), USA
4. Xiaoyong Chen, 2001-2003; Associate Professor, Governors State University, USA
5. Park Kyunghun, 2004; Assistant Professor, Changwon National University, Korea
6. Jinxun Liu, 2003-2005; Research Associate, US Geological Survey, USA
7. Baozhang Chen, 2001-2006; Research Scientist, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
8. Mustapha El Maayar, 2004-2005; 2005-2009, Research Associate, U of T. Research Scientist, Cyprus National Research Institute
9. Misa Ishizawa, 2005-2007; Research Scientist
10. Weimin Ju, 2006-2007; Professor, Nanjing University, China
11. Francis Canisius, 2005-2006; Visiting fellow, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Canada
12. Karl Menges, 2004-2005; unknown
13. Xingguo Mo, 2007; Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, China
14. Nobuhiko Kadazawa, 2007-2009; Senior scientist, Japan Mitsubishi Material and Natural Resources Development Corporation
15. Michael Sprintsin, 2008-2011; Research Scientist, Isreal
16. Liming He, 2008-2015; Research associate, University of Toronto
17. Ray Nassar, 2007-2010, co-supervisor with Dylan Jones in Physics
18. Alemu Gonsamo, 2010-now; continue
19. Chaoyang Wu, 2010-2014; Senior Research Scientist, Chinese Academy of Sciences
20. Holly Croft, 2011-now; continue
21. Michael Chang, 2012-2013; Consultant
22. Fangmin Zhang, 2012-2015; Associate Professor at Nanjing U. of Information Science and Technology
23. Bin Chen, 2013-2014; Research Assistant Professor, Nanjing University
24. Shezhou Luo, 2016-2018, Professor, Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University
25. Martin van Leuween, 2014-2014, Postdoctoral fellow, Wisconsin University at Madison
26. Rong Wang, 2018-2020; Assistant Professor, Fujian Normal University
27. Taifeng Dong, 2019-2020, postdoctoral fellow, Nipissing University
28. Gabriel de Oliveira, 2020-now

Graduate Students Completion Date and Current Information

1. Weimin Ju, Ph.D. 10/2006; PDF, U of T., 10/2006-04/2007; Professor, Nanjing University, 04/2007
2. Ian Caldwell, M.A., 04/2006; Research Associate, Stockholm Environmental Institute
3. Lisa Zhang, Ph.D., 04/2007; NSERC PDF, York University, 05/2007; NSERC PDF, Agriculture Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, 05/2009-2010; Assistant Professor, Delta State University, USA, 2010-now
4. Oliver Sonnentag, Ph.D., 03/2008; PDF, University of California at Berkeley, 04/2008-2010; PDF, Harvard University, 2010-2011; Assistant Professor, University of Quebec at Montreal.
5. Ajit Goind, Ph.D., 03/2008; PDF, Oregon State University, 05/2008-2009; Research Scientist, INRA, France..
6. Anita Simic, Ph.D., 09/2009; PDF/sectional lecturer, University of Toronto, 09/2009-now; PDF, INRA, France, 02/2011-2012; Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Victoria, 2012-2013.
7. Jan Pisek, Ph.D., 09/2009; Senior Research Scientist, Estonia, 09/2009-now
8. Beiping Zhang, M.Sc.; Technical staff, Hydro-one
9. Feng Deng, Ph.D., 01/2011; PDF, Department of Physics, University of Toronto, 01/2011-now
10. Peter Czurylowizs, M.Sc. 04/2012. Consultant, Election Canada. 04/2012-now
11. Jonathan Fung, M.Sc. 09/2012. Staff member of a not-for-profit organization
12. Ze Wang, M.Sc. 03/2014. Technical staff, Hydro 1, Ontario.
13. Joyce Arabian, M.Sc., 09/2015. Technical staff, Wildlife Canada.
14. Parastoo Hosseinibenhangi, M.Sc., 01/2016, Ph.D. student.
15. Rong Wang, Ph.D., 09/2017. Assistant Professor, Fujian Normal University.
16. Ting Zheng, Ph.D., 09/2017. Postdoctoral fellow, University of Wisconsin at Madison.
17. Remi Luo, Ph.D., 01/2019. Assistant Professor, Singapore National University.
18. Yihong Liu, M.Sc., 09/2019, Ph.D. student, University of Toronto.
19. Jiye Leng, M.Sc., 09/2020, Ph.D. student, University of Toronto.

Other Contributions to Training

1, Currently on graduate committees for

1. Evan Seed, Ph.D., Vegetation remote sensing, U of Carleton, 2008-now
2. Cameron Proctor, Ph.D., wetland methane emission, UTM, 2011-now
3. Kira Borden, Ph.D., Agro-forestry, UTSC, 2013-now
4. Bing Lu, Ph.D., Grassland remote sensing, UTM, 2013-now
5. Md Abdul Halim, Forest disturbance and carbon cycle, Faculty of Forestry, U of T, 2014-now
6. Anna Soleski, Geomorphology of rivers, Earth Science Department, U of T., 2016-now
7. Eunji Byun, Ph.D., Paleo-vegetation reconstruction, Earth Science Department, U of T., 2016-now
8. Phuong Dao, High-resolution remote sensing, UTM, 2017-now
9. Alexis Robinson, Remote sensing of lake ice, UTM, 2017-now

2, Previously on advisory committees for more than 10 graduate students at UBC and University of Ottawa (OU). The recent ones are:

1. Tarmo Remmel, Ph.D., Spatial analysis, U of T. 2000-2005
2. Erica Pinto, M.Sc., Paleoclimate and Amazon vegetation, U of T., 2004-2006
3. Hamish Asmath, M.Sc. Lidar application to forestry, U of T. 2005-2006
4. Rasim Latifovic, Ph.D., Oilsand mining environmental assessment, Laval U., 2001-2005
5. Yuanying Peng, Ph.D., Forest ecology, Forestry Faculty, U of T, 2001-2007
6. Evan Seed, Ph.D., remote sensing forest structure, Carleton U., 2000-2007
7. Adam Fenech, Ph.D., Climate change and integrated assessment, U of T, 2003-2006
8. Mike Lackner, M.Sc., High-resolution urban landcover mapping, U of T. 2005-2006
9. Inian Moorthy, Ph.D., Hyperspectral remote sensing of forests, York U., 2004-2008
10. Gastavo Gomez, M.Sc., GIS and spatial analysis, Ryerson U., 2008-2008
11. Liz Nelson, Ph.D., Tree ring and forest growth, Forestry Faculty, U of T., 2007-2010
12. Murray Richerson, Ph.D., Hydrology and mercury contamination, 2006-2010
13. Namrata Shrestha, Ph.D., Exurban disturbance, UTM. 2005-2012
14. Bin Chen, Ph.D., Regional carbon cycle modeling, McMaster U., 2008-2012
15. Jon Schurman, Ph.D., Forest ecology and carbon cycle, Forestry Faculty, U of T, 2010-2012
16. Benjamin Filewod, M.Sc., Early spring heatwave impact on Ontario sugar maple forests, Forestry Faculty, U of T., 2010-2011
17. Suo Huang, Ph.D., Coupling of nitrogen and carbon cycle, McMaster U., 2010-2014
18. Amy Mui, Ph.D., Remote sensing of turtle habitats, UTM, 2011-2015
19. Maara Packalen, Ph.D., Peatland paleoecology and carbon cycle, U of T, 2011-2015

3, External examiner/examiner at Arms-length (* indicate in geographically related unit)

1. Peter White (Ph.D., Remote sensing, York University, 1998)
2. Rebecca Hancock (Ph.D., Remote sensing applications, U of T., 2000)*
3. Andrew Davidson (Ph.D., Grassland productivity and diversity, U of T., 2002)*
4. Scott Mitchell (Ph.D., Grassland productivity, U of T., 2003)*
5. Ken Stadt (Ph.D., Forest radiation modeling, U of Alberta, 2003)
6. Zuzu Gadalah (Ph.D., Snow Geese Habitat, U of T., 2004)
7. Greg Malczewski (M.Sc., Forest productivity, U of T., 2004)
8. Tarmo Remmel (Ph.D., Spatial analysis, U of T., 2005)*
9. Rasim Latifovic (Ph.D., Oilsand mining environmental assessment, Laval U., 2005)
10. Oksana Kutna (M.Sc., Hybrid change detection in urban landscape, Ryerson U., 2005)*
11. Erica Pinto (M.Sc., Paleoclimate and Amazon vegetation, U of T., 2006)*
12. Hamish Asmath (M.Sc. Lidar application to forestry, U of T., 2006)*
13. Rebeca Quinonez-Pinon (Ph.D., Forest transpiration estimation, U of Calgary, 2006)
14. Yuanying Peng (Ph.D., Forest ecology, U of T., 2007)
15. Chermalee Sandayake (M.Sc., GIS modeling, U of T., 2007)*
16. Karin Scott (M.Sc., Remote sensing of glaciers albedo, U of T., 2007)*
17. Linhai Jing (Ph.D., Fusion of remote sensing images, York U., 2008)*
18. Guangyu Wang (Ph.D., Watershed management, UBC, 2009)
19. Catherine Myans (M.Sc., Green roof technologies, U of T., 2009)*
20. Yong Li (Ph.D., Image segmentation, Waterloo U., 2009)*
21. Alemu Gonsamo Gosa (Ph.D., Remote sensing of LAI, U of Helsinki, Finland, 2009)*
22. Namrata Shrestha (Ph.D., Exurban disturbance, UTM, 2012)*
23. Bin Chen (Ph.D., Boreal carbon cycle, U McMaster, 2012)*
24. James Thyer (M.Sc., Fluvial geomorphology, U of T, 2012)*
25. Ming-Fang Zhang (Ph.D., Forest disturbance and hydrology, UBC at Okanagan, 2013)
26. Xiuquan Wang (Ph.D., Downscaling of climate variables, U. Regina, 2015)*
27. Xiaoyong Xu (Ph.D., Assimilating soil moisture data in a hydrological model, Waterloo U., 2015)*
28. David Richardson (Ph.D. Integration of solar photovoltaic energy into the Ontario grid, U of T., 2015)*
29. Amy Mui (Ph.D., Remote sensing of turtle habitats, U of T., 2015)*
30. Larissa Sage (Ph.D., Forest management and carbon cycle, U of T., 2015)
31. Dong Li, (Ph.D., Remote sensing of leaf chlorophyll content of crops, 2021)