Courses

• Watershed Hydroecology (GGR 413)
• Environmental Remote Sensing (GGR 337H1S / GGR 1911S )
• Geographical Information Systems (GGR 462H1S / JPG 1914S )
• Introduction to Hydrology (GGR 206H1F)
• Reading in Selected Topics (GGR 2149H)
• Remote Sensing of Vegetation Structure, 2005, Nanjing University
• Directed Reading (GGR 498H), 2004-2010, U of T
• Digital Remote Sensing (Geog 3015), 1997, OU

Current graduate students

1. Ting Zheng, Ph.D., Remote sensing of sunlit and shaded leaf photosynthesis rate, 2008-, Primary supervisor
2. Rong Wong, Ph.D., SAR and optical data fusion for vegetation structure mapping, 2008-, Primary supervisor
3. Ashleigh Ingle, Ph.D., Modifying a land surface model with remote sensing inputs, 2009-, co-supervisor with Paul Kushner in Physics
4. Jonathan Fung, M.Sc., Inversion modelling of carbon cycle in North America. Sept. 2010-, primary supervisor

Graduated Students

1. Weimin Ju, M.Sc., 09/2002; Ph.D., 09/2006; PDF, U of T. 10/2006-04/2007; Professor, Nanjing University, 04/2007
2. Anita Simic, M.Sc. 09/2002; Ph.D. Candidate
3. Jan Pisek, M.Sc. 09/2005; Ph.D. Candidate, U of T., 09/2005
4. Ian Caldwell, M.A., 04/2006; Research Associate, Stockholm Environmental Institute
5. Xinfang Chen, Ph.D., 09/2002-05/2006. Hehai University
6. Lisa Zhang, Ph.D., 04/2007; NSERC PDF, York University, 05/2007.
7. Ajit Govind, Ph.D., Coupled water and carbon cycle modelling for a forest site, Sept. 2003-.2008 Primary supervisor
8. Oliver Sonnentag, Ph.D., Coupled water and carbon modelling cycle modelling for a wetland site, Jan. 2004- 2008. Primary supervisor
9. Jun Wang, Ph.D., A GIS-based expert system for landuse decision making. September 2005-2009. Primary supervisor (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. Beiping Zhang, M.Sc., Hydrology. 2007-2009, Primary supervisor
13. Gustavo Gumez, M.Sc., GIS, 2008-2008, Primary supervisor
14. Peter Czurylowizs, M.Sc., Remote sensing of insect disturbance, 2008-2010 Primary supervisor
15. Feng Deng, Ph.D., Global inverse modelling of carbon fluxes. 2006-2011. Primary supervisor.

Postdoctoral Fellows Supervised

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 Associate, University of BC, Canada
8. Mustapha El Maayar, 2004-2005; Research Associate, U of T., Canada
9. Misa Ishizawa, 2005-2007; continues
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-now; continue
16. Liming He, 2008-now; continue
17. Ray Nassar, 2007-2010, co-supervisor with Dylan Jones in Physics
18. Alemu Gonsamo, 2010-now; continue
19. Chaoyang Wu, 2010-now; continue
20. Holly Croft, 2011-now; continue
    

Other Contributions to Training

1, Currently on graduate committees for

1. Namrata Shrestha, Ph.D., Ecotone conservation, UTM. 2005-now
2. Bin Chen, Ph.D., Regional carbon cycle modeling, McMaster U., 2008-now
3. Evan Seed, Ph.D., Vegetation remote sensing, U of Carleton, 2008-now
4. Suo Huang, Ph.D., Coupling of nitrogen and carbon cycle, McMaster U., 2010-now
5. Jon Schurman, Ph.D., Forest ecology and carbon cycle, Forestry Faculty, U of T, 2010-now
6. Benjamin Filewod, M.Sc., Early spring heatwave impact on Ontario sugar maple forests, Forestry Faculty, U of T., 2010-now
7. Amy Mui, Ph.D., Remote sensing of turtle habitats, UTM, 2011-now
8. Maara Packalen, Ph.D., Peatland paleoecology and carbon cycle, U of T, 2011-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

3, External examiner/examiner at Arms-length

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)