Team

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Principal Investigator

Yao is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.[CV]

PhD Student

Jayanta is a PhD student at UNC Charlotte. He earned two master’s degrees in Urban Planning (Khulna University, Bangladesh) and Earth Sciences (University of Memphis). His research interests focus on using remote sensing, GIS, GeoAI, and advanced machine learning techniques to study human–environment relationships.

Undergraduate Student

Natasha (Ash) Kroll, a senior at UNC Charlotte. She is double majoring in Data Science and Earth and Environmental Science with a minor in Statistics. She would love to become a professor and teach how to implement AI/machine learning in environmental science fields.

Undergraduate/Master Student

Eric Fackelman is an early-entry Computer Science student pursuing his B.S. and M.S. at UNC Charlotte. His interests include machine learning, data visualization, and human geography, and he enjoys learning new things across a wide range of topics.

Undergraduate Student

Riley is a sophomore student at UNC Charlotte who is pursuing his B.S. in Computer Science with a concentration in AI and Robotics and a minor in Computer Engineering. His interests include machine learning, data analysis, and sensing technologies and wants to use these things to solve real world problems.

Lab Assistant

Baozi has been a lab member since 2022, she mainly focused on nutritional intake, rest, and substantial fur shedding.

Lab Assistant

Duoduo joined our lab in 2022. Her research focuses on carbohydrate consumption, vocalization, and tactile interactions.

Anupam Sharma is an undergraduate student at GeoHDR Lab during Spring 2025.