Ph. D. Washington University,
St. Louis, Associate Professor
Research Emphasis:
Hydrology, Geomorphology,
GIS, Remote Sensing, and China
Specific Research
Endeavors
Previous work investigated the landform evolution of Red Sea coast and
Western Desert, Egypt, focusing on tectonic, eustatic and climatic controls
on landform evolution and interactions between geomorphic and hydrologic processes.
The method used was a combination of fieldwork, remote sensing, GIS, and computer
simulation.
Current research focuses
on interactions between geomorphic and hydrologic processes and GIS applications.
Specific areas include morphometric analysis of Martian valley network basins
to infer its past climate by comparing with terrestrial analysis (funded by
NASA), deriving theoretical flood potential from watershed topography, simulating
landform evolution using cellular automata model (funded by NSF,
www.niu.edu/landform),
applying GIS technology to identify physician shortage areas (funded by HHS),
and using GIS to investigate settlement and migration patterns Tai-speaking
ethnic minorities in southern China and their relationship with language change,
wet rice agriculture, and water resources (http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/TaiLanguage/).
For a complete list of my publications (some with PDF download) and courses
I teach (with recent syllabi) click here (http://www3.niu.edu/~t50wxl1/).
