LAB LEADER

Research interests: remote sensing, GIS, vegetation dynamics, phenology, dryland ecology, climate change.

Senior Lecturer (2023-present): University of Western Australia, Australia.

Visiting Scholar (2022): The Quantitative Ecosystem Dynamics Lab, UC Berkeley, US.

Chancellor’s Research Fellow (2020-2023): University of Technology Sydney, Australia.

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2018-2019): University of Technology Sydney, Australia.

Email: Qiaoyun.Xie@uwa.edu.au

PHD STUDENT (2021-present)

Research interests: ecosystem resistance and recovery; remote sensing; drought; groundwater; forest management.

MS (2021): Soil Science, Northwest A&F University, China.

BS (2018): Agricultural Resources and Environment, Shanxi Agricultural University, China.

Email: huanhuan.wang@research.uwa.edu.au

PHD STUDENT (2023-present)

Research interests: remote sensing, dryland vegetation dynamics, plant physiology, global photosynthesis, carbon sink, climate change.

Research assistant (2019-2020): Global ecology and remote sensing lab, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

MS (2016): Geomatics (GIS), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.

BS (2014): Remote Sensing and GIS Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, China

Email: yang.chen@research.uwa.edu.au

PHD STUDENT (2024-present)

Research interests: rangelands, machine learning, remote sensing and GIS, data-driven approach of vegetation monitoring.

MPE(2024): Master of Professional Engineering (Software Engineering), University of Western Australia, Australia.

BEng (2023): Bachelor of Software Engineering, South China University of Technology, China.

Email: yusi.zhang@research.uwa.edu.au

PHD STUDENT (2025-present)

Research interests: remote sensing, deep learning, computer vision, ecology, multimodal application, vegetation dynamics.

MEng (2025): Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Jiangsu Ocean University. China

BS (2022): Geographic Information Science, Jiangsu Ocean University. China

Email: haochen.wang@research.uwa.edu.au

PHD STUDENT (2025-present)

Research interests: Plant Physiology; Forest Ecology; Ecosystem Functions and Services; Remote Sensing.

MS (2024): Wetland Ecology, Beijing Forestry University, China.

BS (2021): Forestry, Qingdao Agricultural University, China.

Email: yi.li@research.uwa.edu.au

VISITING SCHOLAR (2023-present)

Research interests: integrating AI, computer vision, and data analysis for agricultural pests and diseases monitoring and prediction for early warning.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2020-2023): Institute of Intelligent Machines, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

PhD (2020): Informatics and IT-equipment, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow, Russia.

Email: djming@iim.ac.cn

INTERN (2025)

Undergraduate student. The University of Western Australia, Australia.

Research interests: Conservation, Geospatial Analysis, Water Systems, Ecological Structures, Zoology. 

Email: 23457286@student.uwa.edu.au

INTERN (2024-2025)

Undergraduate student (2021-present), University of Western Australia, Australia.

Research interests: application of remote sensing and GIS on ecosystem dynamics monitoring, environmental engineering.

Email: 23932562@student.uwa.edu.au

MASTERS OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING

(2022-2023)

Research interests: remote sensing and GIS, image fusion, forest ecosystem monitoring.

BS (2022): Bachelor of Science in Engineering Science (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) and Finance, The University of Western Australia, Australia.

Email: 22988115@student.uwa.edu.au

INTERN (2023)

Undergraduate student (2020-present), University of Technology Sydney, Australia.

Research interests: application of remote sensing and GIS on ecosystem dynamics monitoring.

Email: kyawaleta.wiya@student.uts.edu.au