Faculty Profile

Lu Liang

Title
Associate Professor
Department
Geography and the Environment
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

Education

BS, Beijing Normal University, 2015.
Major: Geographical Information System
MS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2015.
Major: Cartography & Geographic Information Science
PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 2015.
Major: Environmental Science Policy & Management
Degree Specialization: Ecosystem Sciences

Current Scheduled Teaching*

No current or future courses scheduled.

* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching*

GEOG 5510.001, GIS for Applied Research, Fall 2023 SPOT
BIOL 6940.785, Individual Research, Fall 2023
GEOG 4920.002, Internship Experience, Fall 2023
GEOG 3500.001, Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, Summer 5W1 2023 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 4530.001, Digital Image Analysis, Spring 2023 SPOT
GEOG 5530.001, Digital Image Analysis, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5950.700, Master's Thesis, Spring 2023
GEOG 4900.702, Special Problems, Spring 2023
GEOG 4900.704, Special Problems, Spring 2023
GEOG 5900.704, Special Problems, Spring 2023
GEOG 5510.001, GIS for Applied Research, Fall 2022 SPOT
GEOG 5950.004, Master's Thesis, Fall 2022
GEOG 5920.704, Research Problems in Lieu of Thesis, Fall 2022
GEOG 3500.001, Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, Summer 5W1 2022 SPOT
GEOG 4530.001, Digital Image Analysis, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5530.001, Digital Image Analysis, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 3500.001, Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5920.703, Research Problems in Lieu of Thesis, Spring 2022
GEOG 4900.716, Special Problems, Spring 2022
GEOG 5900.716, Special Problems, Spring 2022
GEOG 5510.001, GIS for Applied Research, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 3500.001, Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5900.701, Special Problems, Fall 8W2 2021
GEOG 3500.880, Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, Summer 5W1 2021 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 3500.888, Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, Summer 5W1 2021 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 4530.001, Digital Image Analysis, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5530.001, Digital Image Analysis, Spring 2021 SPOT
GEOG 3500.002, Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5950.716, Master's Thesis, Spring 2021
GEOG 5920.713, Research Problems in Lieu of Thesis, Spring 2021
GEOG 5510.001, GIS for Applied Research, Fall 2020 SPOT
GEOG 3500.001, Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 3500.002, Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, Fall 2020
GEOG 3500.880, Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, Summer 5W1 2020 SPOT
GEOG 5920.708, Research Problems in Lieu of Thesis, Summer 5W1 2020
GEOG 3500.002, Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, Spring 2020 Syllabus
GEOG 5900.716, Special Problems, Spring 2020
GEOG 4570.001, Special Topics in GIS, Spring 2020 Syllabus
GEOG 5570.001, Special Topics in GIS, Spring 2020 Syllabus
GEOG 5510.001, GIS for Applied Research, Fall 2019 SPOT
GEOG 5550.001, Advanced Geographic Information System, Spring 2019 SPOT
GEOG 4550.001, Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 4570.001, Special Topics in GIS, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5570.001, Special Topics in GIS, Spring 2019 SPOT
GEOG 5510.001, GIS for Applied Research, Fall 2018 SPOT

* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Publications

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book Chapter
Liang, L. (2020). Metrics and Evaluation Tools for Communicable and Non-communicable Diseases.
Dronova, I., Liang, L. (2018). Phenological Inference from Times Series Remote Sensing Data. Remote Sensing Time Series Image Processing. 91--110. CRC Press.
Conference Proceeding
Daniels, J., Lu, L., Bailey, C. (2022). Filling Cloud Gaps in Satellite AOD Retrievals Using An LSTM CNN-Autoencoder Model. IEEE IGARSS 2022. IEEE.
Hu, T., Huang, X., Li, X., Liang, L., Xue, F. (2019). Toward a better understanding of urban sprawl: linking spatial metrics and landscape networks dynamics.
Liang, L., Gong, P. (2010). An assessment of MODIS Collection 5 global land cover product for biological conservation studies. Geoinformatics, 2010 18th International Conference on. 1--6.
Guo, J., Gong, P., Liang, L., others, (2007). Removing shadows from google earth satellite images-art. no. 675202.
Journal Article
Chen, X., Ye, X., Widener, M. J., Delmelle, E., Kwan, M., Shannon, J., Racine, E. F., Adams, A., Liang, L., Jia, P. (2022). A systematic review of the modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP) in community food environmental research. Other. 1(1), 22. Springer Nature Singapore Singapore.
Bai, Y., Zhang, Y., Zotova, O., Pineo, H., Siri, J., Liang, L., Luo, X., Kwan, M., Ji, J., Jiang, X., others, (2022). Healthy cities initiative in China: Progress, challenges, and the way forward. Other. 27, 100539. Elsevier.
Cai, W., Zhang, C., Zhang, S., Bai, Y., Callaghan, M., Chang, N., Chen, B., Chen, H., Cheng, L., Cui, X., others, (2022). The 2022 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: leveraging climate actions for healthy ageing. Other. 7(12), e1073--e1090. Elsevier.
Liang, L., Daniels, J., others, (2022). What Influences Low-cost Sensor Data Calibration?-A Systematic Assessment of Algorithms, Duration, and Predictor Selection. Other. 22, 220076. Taiwan Association for Aerosol Research.
Meyarian, A., Yuan, X., Liang, L., Wang, W., Gu, L. (2022). Gradient convolutional neural network for classification of agricultural fields with contour levee. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 43(1), 75-94. Informa UK Limited. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2021.2003467
Liang, L. (2021). Calibrating low-cost sensors for ambient air monitoring: techniques, trends, and challenges. Environmental Research. 111163.
Cai, W., Zhang, C., Suen, H. P., Ai, S., Bai, Y., Bao, J., Chen, B., Cheng, L., Cui, X., Dai, H., others, (2021). The 2020 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change. Other. 6(1), e64--e81. Elsevier.
Cai, W., Zhang, C., Zhang, S., Ai, S., Bai, Y., Bao, J., Chen, B., Chang, N., Chen, H., Cheng, L., others, (2021). The 2021 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: seizing the window of opportunity. Other. 6(12), e932--e947. Elsevier.
Liang, L., Meyarian, A., Yuan, X., Runkle, B. R., Mihaila, G., Qin, Y., Daniels, J., Reba, M. L., Rigby, J. R. (2021). The first fine-resolution mapping of contour-levee irrigation using deep Bi-Stream convolutional neural networks. Other. 105, 102631. Elsevier.
Sapkota, B., Liang, L. (2020). High-resolution mapping of ash (Fraxinus spp.) in bottomland hardwoods to slow Emerald Ash Borer infestation.
Hart, R., Liang, L., Dong, P. (2020). Monitoring, Mapping, and Modeling Spatial-Temporal Patterns of PM(2.5)for Improved Understanding of Air Pollution Dynamics Using Portable Sensing Technologies. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(14), .
Huang, H., Wang, J., Liu, C., Liang, L., Li, C., Gong, P. (2020). The migration of training samples towards dynamic global land cover mapping. Other. 161, 27-36.
Liang, L., Gong, P. (2020). Urban and air pollution: a multi-city study of long-term effects of urban landscape patterns on air quality trends. Scientific Reports. 10(1), .
Liang, L., Gong, P., Cong, N., Li, Z., Zhao, Y., Chen, Y. (2019). Assessment of personal exposure to particulate air pollution: the first result of City Health Outlook (CHO) project.
Liang, L., Runkle, B., Sapkota, B., Reba, M. (2019). Automated mapping of rice fields using multi-year training sample normalization. International Journal of Remote Sensing.
Jia, P., Liang, L., Tan, X., Chen, J., Chen, X. (2019). Potential Effects of Heat Waves on the Population Dynamics of the Dengue Mosquito Aedes Albopictus. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. No distinction between first and second authors.
Wang, B., Liang, L., Hui, F., Cheng, X., Gong, P., Chen, Z., Huang, H. (2019). Spatiotemporal changes of the Chinese coastlines: Landsat imagery from 1975 to 2015.
Sapkota, B. B., Liang, L. (2018). A multistep approach to classify full canopy and leafless trees in bottomland hardwoods using very high-resolution imagery. Other. 37(4), 339--356. Taylor \& Francis.
Sapkota, B. B., Liang, L. (2018). A multistep approach to classify full canopy and leafless trees in bottomland hardwoods using very high-resolution imagery. Other. 37(4), 339-356.
Li, X., Zhou, Y., Zhu, Z., Liang, L., Yu, B., Cao, W. (2018). Mapping annual urban dynamics (1985-2015) using time series of Landsat data. Other. 216, 674--683. Elsevier.
Li, X., Zhou, Y., Zhu, Z., Liang, L., Yu, B., Cao, W. (2018). Mapping annual urban dynamics (1985-2015) using time series of Landsat data. Other. 216, 674-683.
Watts, N., Others,, Liang, L., Others, (2018). The 2018 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: shaping the health of nations for centuries to come. The Lancet.
Yang, J., Siri, J., Remais, J. V., Cheng, Q., Zhang, H., Chan, K. K., Sun, Z., Zhao, Y., Cong, N., Li, X., others,, Liang, L. (2018). The Tsinghua--Lancet Commission on Healthy Cities in China: unlocking the power of cities for a healthy China. The Lancet. Elsevier.
Liang, L., Gong, P. (2017). Climate change and human infectious diseases: a synthesis of research findings from global and spatio-temporal perspectives. Environment International. 103, 99--108. Pergamon.
Runkle, B. R., Rigby, J. R., Reba, M. L., Anapalli, S. S., Bhattacharjee, J., Krauss, K. W., Liang, L., Locke, M. A., Novick, K. A., Sui, R., others, (2017). Delta-Flux: An eddy covariance network for a climate-smart lower Mississippi basin. Other. 2(1), . The American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America, Inc..
Li, X., Lu, H., Zhou, Y., Hu, T., Liang, L., Liu, X., Hu, G., Yu, L. (2017). Exploring the performance of spatio-temporal assimilation in an urban cellular automata model. Other. 31(11), 2195--2215. Taylor \& Francis.
Liang, L., Li, X., Huang, Y., Qin, Y., Huang, H. (2017). Integrating remote sensing, GIS and dynamic models for landscape-level simulation of forest insect disturbance. Other. 354, 1--10.
Reynolds, R., Liang, L., Li, X., Dennis, J. (2017). Monitoring Annual Urban Changes in a Rapidly Growing Portion of Northwest Arkansas with a 20-Year Landsat Record. Other. 9(1), 71. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute.
Watts, N., Adger, W. N., Ayeb-Karlsson, S., Bai, Y., Byass, P., Campbell-Lendrum, D., Colbourn, T., Cox, P., Davies, M., Depledge, M., others, (2017). The Lancet Countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change. The Lancet. 389(10074), 1151--1164. Elsevier.
Liang, L., Gong, P. (2017). Climate change and human infectious diseases: A synthesis of research findings from global and spatio-temporal perspectives. Environment International. 103, 99-108. Elsevier BV. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2017.03.011
Gong, P., Yu, L., Li, C., Wang, J., Liang, L., Li, X., Ji, L., Bai, Y., Cheng, Y., Zhu, Z. (2016). A new research paradigm for global land cover mapping. Annals of GIS. 22(2), 87--102. Taylor \& Francis.
Liang, L., Hawbaker, T. J., Zhu, Z., Li, X., Gong, P. (2016). Forest disturbance interactions and successional pathways in the Southern Rocky Mountains. Forest Ecology and Management. 375, 35--45.
Li, X., Gong, P., Liang, L. (2015). A 30-year (1984--2013) record of annual urban dynamics of Beijing City derived from Landsat data. Other. 166, 78--90. Elsevier.
Liang, L., Gong, P. (2015). Evaluation of global land cover maps for cropland area estimation in the conterminous United States. Other. 8(2), 102--117. Taylor \& Francis.
Watts, N., Adger, W. N., Agnolucci, P., Blackstock, J., Byass, P., Cai, W., Chaytor, S., Colbourn, T., Collins, M., Cooper, A., others, (2015). Health and climate change: policy responses to protect public health. The Lancet. 386(10006), 1861--1914. Elsevier.
Li, X., Clinton, N., Si, Y., Liao, J., Liang, L., Gong, P. (2015). Projected impacts of climate change on protected birds and nature reserves in China. Other. 60(19), 1644--1653. Science China Press.
Fang, L., Goeijenbier, M., Zuo, S., Wang, L., Liang, S., Klein, S. L., Li, X., Liu, K., Liang, L., Gong, P., others, (2015). The association between hantavirus infection and selenium deficiency in mainland China. Other. 7(1), 333--351. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute.
Liang, L., Hawbaker, T. J., Chen, Y., Zhu, Z., Gong, P. (2014). Characterizing recent and projecting future potential patterns of mountain pine beetle outbreaks in the Southern Rocky Mountains. Applied Geography. 55, 165--175. Pergamon.
Liang, L., Chen, Y., Hawbaker, T. J., Zhu, Z., Gong, P. (2014). Mapping mountain pine beetle mortality through growth trend analysis of time-series Landsat data. Other. 6(6), 5696--5716. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute.
Yu, L., Liang, L., Wang, J., Zhao, Y., Cheng, Q., Hu, L., Liu, S., Yu, L., Wang, X., Zhu, P., others, (2014). Meta-discoveries from a synthesis of satellite-based land-cover mapping research. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 35(13), 4573--4588. Taylor \& Francis.
Shangguan, W., Gong, P., Liang, L., Dai, Y., Zhang, K. (2014). Soil Diversity as affected by land use in China: Consequences for Soil Protection. The Scientific World Journal. 2014, . Hindawi.
Liang, L., Liu, Y., Liao, J., Gong, P. (2014). Wetlands explain most in the genetic divergence pattern of Oncomelania hupensis. Other. 27, 436--444. Elsevier.
Shangguan, W., Dai, Y., Liu, B., Zhu, A., Duan, Q., Wu, L., Ji, D., Ye, A., Yuan, H., Zhang, Q., others, (2013). A China data set of soil properties for land surface modeling. Other. 5(2), 212--224.
Li, X., Liang, L., Gong, P., Liu, Y., Liang, F. (2013). Bird watching in China reveals bird distribution changes. Other. 58(6), 649--656. SP Science China Press.
Gong, P., Wang, J., Yu, L., Zhao, Y., Zhao, Y., Liang, L., Niu, Z., Huang, X., Fu, H., Liu, S., others, (2013). Finer resolution observation and monitoring of global land cover: First mapping results with Landsat TM and ETM+ data. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 34(7), 2607--2654. Taylor \& Francis.
Wang, L., Li, C., Ying, Q., Cheng, X., Wang, X., Li, X., Hu, L., Liang, L., Yu, L., Huang, H., others, (2012). China’s urban expansion from 1990 to 2010 determined with satellite remote sensing. Other. 57(22), 2802--2812. SP Science China Press.
Gong, P., Liang, L., Zhang, Q. (2011). China must reduce fertilizer use too. Nature. 473(7347), 284. Nature Publishing Group.
Gong, P., Zhao, Y., Yu, L., Liang, L. (2011). Development of an integrated software platform for global mapping and analysis. Other. 2, 34--37.
Gong, P., Zhang, H., Zhang, H., Liang, L., WANG, L. (2011). Mapping tsunami damaged area caused by the magnitude 9.0 Japan earthquake using China’s HJ-1 satellite imagery. Other. 15(4), 863--865.
Gong, P., Niu, Z., Cheng, X., Zhao, K., Zhou, D., Guo, J., Liang, L., Wang, X., Li, D., Huang, H., others, (2010). China’s wetland change (1990--2000) determined by remote sensing. Other. 53(7), 1036--1042. SP Science China Press.
Liang, L., Xu, B., Chen, Y., Liu, Y., Cao, W., Fang, L., Feng, L., Goodchild, M. F., Gong, P. (2010). Combining spatial-temporal and phylogenetic analysis approaches for improved understanding on global H5N1 transmission. PLOS One. 5(10), e13575. Public Library of Science.
Guo, J., Liang, L., Gong, P. (2010). Removing shadows from Google Earth images. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 31(6), 1379--1389. Taylor \& Francis.
Niu, Z., Gong, P., Cheng, X., Guo, J., Wang, L., Huang, H., Shen, S., Wu, Y., Wang, X., Wang, X., others, (2009). Geographical characteristics of China’s wetlands derived from remotely sensed data. Other. 52(6), 723--738. SP Science in China Press.
Hui, F., Xu, B., Chen, Z., Cheng, X., Liang, L., Huang, H., Fang, L., Yang, H., Zhou, H., Yang, H., others, (2009). Spatio-temporal distribution of malaria in Yunnan Province, China. Other. 81(3), 503--509. The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
SUN, R., Liang, L., YANG, L. (2007). Estimation of daily solar radiation in China based on weather station data. Other. 1, 004.
Review
Watts, N., Amann, M., Arnell, N., Ayeb-Karlsson, S., Belesova, K., Berry, H., Bouley, T., Boykoff, M., Byass, P., Cai, W., Campbell-Lendrum, D., Chambers, J., Daly, M., Dasandi, N., Davies, M., Depoux, A., Dominguez-Salas, P., Drummond, P., Ebi, K. L., Ekins, P., Montoya, L. F., Fischer, H., Georgeson, L., Grace, D., Graham, H., Hamilton, I., Hartinger, S., Hess, J., Kelman, I., Kiesewetter, G., Kjellstrom, T., Kniveton, D., Lemke, B., Liang, L., Lott, M., Lowe, R., Sewe, M. O., Martinez-Urtaza, J., Maslin, M., McAllister, L., Mikhaylov, S. J., Milner, J., Moradi-Lakeh, M., Morrissey, K., Murray, K., Nilsson, M., Neville, T., Oreszczyn, T., Owfi, F., Pearman, O., Pencheon, D., Pye, S., Rabbaniha, M., Robinson, E., Rocklov, J., Saxer, O., Schutte, S., Semenza, J. C., Shumake-Guillemot, J., Steinbach, R., Tabatabaei, M., Tomei, J., Trinanes, J., Wheeler, N., Wilkinson, P., Gong, P., Montgomery, H., Costello, A. (2018). The 2018 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: shaping the health of nations for centuries to come. Other. 392(10163), 2479-2514.
Watts, N., Amann, M., Ayeb-Karlsson, S., Belesova, K., Bouley, T., Boykoff, M., Byass, P., Cai, W., Campbell-Lendrum, D., Chambers, J., Cox, P. M., Daly, M., Dasandi, N., Davies, M., Depledge, M., Depoux, A., Dominguez-Salas, P., Drummond, P., Ekins, P., Flahault, A., Frumkin, H., Georgeson, L., Ghanei, M., Grace, D., Graham, H., Grojsman, R., Haines, A., Hamilton, I., Hartinger, S., Johnson, A., Kelman, I., Kiesewetter, G., Kniveton, D., Liang, L., Lott, M., Lowe, R., Mace, G., Sewe, M. O., Maslin, M., Mikhaylov, S., Milner, J., Latifi, A. M., Moradi-Lakeh, M., Morrissey, K., Murray, K., Neville, T., Nilsson, M., Oreszczyn, T., Owfi, F., Pencheon, D., Pye, S., Rabbaniha, M., Robinson, E., Rocklov, J., Schutte, S., Shumake-Guillemot, J., Steinbach, R., Tabatabaei, M., Wheeler, N., Wilkinson, P., Gong, P., Montgomery, H., Costello, A. (2018). The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: from 25 years of inaction to a global transformation for public health. Other. 391(10120), 581-630.

Awarded Grants

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Contract
Liang, L., "Empowering geography undergraduate students with problem-solving skills through an urban environmental monitoring project," Sponsored by TexasView, Regional, $1500 Funded. (2021 – Present).
Liang, L. (Co-Principal), Dong, P. (Principal), Pan, F. (Co-Principal), "Multi-Source Remote Sensing Approach for Identifying Environmentally Sensitive Areas in Denton," Sponsored by City of Denton, Local, $25000 Funded. (January 15, 2022December 30, 2023).
Fischer, L., Liang, L., "Lewisville Healthy Infrastructure: Neighborhood Monitoring and Evaluation," Sponsored by City of Lewisville, Texas, Local, $59875 Funded. (November 15, 2021January 15, 2023).
Grant - Research
Liang, L. (Principal), Yuan, X. (Co-Principal), "Integrated deep learning and remote sensing solutions for national agricultural irrigation system types mapping," Sponsored by UNT, University of North Texas, $10000 Funded. (2022 – Present).
Liang, L., Yuan, X., "National rice irrigation system type mapping using multi-source land imaging strategies," Sponsored by USGS, Federal, $180000 Funded. (December 1, 2021 – Present).
Albus, K., Liang, L., Champlin, S., "PMAPS for Texas: Seed to Scale," Sponsored by National Geographic, National, $42751 Funded. (2021 – Present).
Liang, L. (Principal), "UNT CLASS Small Grant," Sponsored by UNT CLASS, University of North Texas, $1000 Funded. (2021 – Present).
Xiao, T. (Principal), Ding, J. (Co-Principal), Albert, M. V. (Supporting), Alam, Z. S. (Supporting), Hartmann, F. (Supporting), Wang, Y. (Supporting), Liang, L. (Supporting), Chen, H. (Supporting), Du, J. (Supporting), Azad, R. K. (Supporting), "NSF REU site: Beyond Language: Training to Create and Share Vector Embeddings across Application," Sponsored by NSF, Federal, $403547 Funded. (20232025).
Liang, L. (Principal), Yuan, X. (Co-Principal), "Multi-Source Imaging of Long-Term Irrigation Status and Type Changes in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley," Sponsored by NASA, Federal, $449940 Funded. (20222025).
Liang, L. (Principal), Yuan, X. (Co-Principal), "Detecting Irrigation System Types for Agricultural Lands Across the Nation," Sponsored by USGS, Federal, $180000 Funded. (20212024).
Liang, L., Ponette-Gonzalez, A. G., Kelly, A., "Intra-Urban Heat and Pollution Island Interactions: Patterns and Drivers," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $399852 Funded. (September 2021August 2024).
Dong, P. (Principal), Pan, F. (Co-Principal), Liang, L. (Co-Principal), "Multiscouce Remote Sensing Approach for Identifying Environmentally Sensitive Areas in Denton," Sponsored by City of Denton, Local, $25000 Funded. (January 2023January 2024).
Liang, L. (Principal), "Employing UAV to quantify urban form indicators," Sponsored by NSF, Federal, $6000 Funded. (20222023).
Liang, L. (Co-Principal), "A network of evapotranspiration observation sites to constrain ET estimation methods and water availability models in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain," Sponsored by USGS, Federal, $29749 Funded. (December 2020December 2021).
Kelly, A., Liang, L., Champlin, S., "Particulate Matter and Participation Study (PMAPS) for Texas," Sponsored by National Texas Fund for Geography Education Grant Program, National, $58397 Funded. (November 2020December 2021).
Ponette-Gonzalez, A. G. (Principal), Liang, L. (Co-Principal), "Atmospheric footprint of US wildfires," Sponsored by University of North Texas, Local, $8000 Funded. (20202021).
Champlin, S., Fischer, L., Liang, L., "Empowering and Mobilizing Communities: Examining the Intersection of Public Perceptions, the Built Environment, and Air Quality Levels to Foster Environmental Health Literacy," Sponsored by Office of Research and Innovation, University of North Texas, $5500 Funded. (December 1, 2020June 30, 2021).
Liang, L. (Co-Principal), "Evaluation of wetland easements and their management needs to achieve Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) goals," Sponsored by USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, State, $119642 Funded. (January 2018December 2020).
Liang, L., "Investigating the patterns and determinants of PM2.5 dynamics using geospatial and portable sensing technologies," Sponsored by TexasView, State, $1250 Funded. (March 2020October 2020).
Liang, L., Kelly, A., Champlin, S., "Build localized air pollution monitoring capacity using low-cost sensors and develop an air quality education program," Sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $10685 Funded. (May 2020August 2020).
Liang, L. (Principal), "Geospatial air quality research on UNT campus," Sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $8000 Funded. (October 2018October 2019).
Liang, L., "Build deep learning capacity for sustainable land management," Sponsored by EPSCoR - Arkansas Space Grant Consortium, State, $7500 Funded. (July 2017July 2018).
Liang, L. (Principal), "Develop cloud computing capacity for remote sensing-based landscape characterization," Sponsored by NASA EPSCoR - Arkansas Space Grant Consortium, State, $5110 Funded. (January 2017January 2018).
Liang, L., "Fly a new era of geospatial science," Sponsored by MidAmerica GIS Grant, Other, $4822 Funded. (January 2017January 2018).
Liang, L., "Quantifying landscape-level distribution of ash trees – the hosts of invasive emerald ash borer at fine spatial resolution.," Sponsored by UAM Faculty Research Grant, Other, $1442 Funded. (January 2017January 2018).
Liang, L. (Principal), "Building spectral libraries and effective indices for emerald ash borer early detection," Sponsored by NASA EPSCoR - Arkansas Space Grant Consortium, State, $6330 Funded. (January 2016January 2017).
Grant - Service
Andrew, S. A. (Principal), Fischer, L. (Principal), Kelly, A. (Principal), Jang, H. S., Lund, A. (Principal), Champlin, S. (Co-Principal), Liang, L. (Principal), "PARSci Faculty Network Mentoring," Sponsored by UNT Office of Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $4300 Funded. (January 1, 2021January 1, 2022).
Grant - Teaching
Liang, L. (Principal), "Monitoring Annual Urban Growth in Northwest Arkansas with A 20-year Landsat Record," Sponsored by UAM Centennial Opportunity Fund for student presentations, Local, $500 Funded. (January 1, 2015December 31, 2015).
Sponsored Research
Liang, L. (Principal), "Strengthening non-major students’ geographical literacy through the development of project-based GIS labs," Sponsored by TexasView, State, $2000 Funded. (September 2022July 2023).
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