Bio
Xuebin Yang is a part-time instructor teaching (GEO 300/600 GIS Programming with Python), in the Fall 2024 semester. His research aims are to better understand and conserve terrestrial ecosystems under climate change, mainly applying GIS, remote sensing, climate models, and quantitative approaches.
His dissertation research focused on woody encroachment - the directional increase of woody plants in savannas and other open areas. At the University of Texas at Austin, he was a lab lecturer for both lower- and upper-level GIS courses and applied Python programing throughout his research, to automate and customize geospatial analyses with vector and raster data.
Areas of Expertise
GIS and geospatial geography