The Laboratory for Remote Sensing and Environmental Change (LRSEC)
The Laboratory for Remote Sensing and Environmental Change (LRSEC)
An Interdisciplinary Research Group Using Remote Sensing and Geospatial Science to Understand Landscape Change
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    • Dr. Gang Chen
    • Chenyu Xing
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Latest News in LRSEC

  • New Faces in the Lab: Alden, Carter, and Sam August 27, 2025
  • Welcome Austin Barbee to join LRSEC October 3, 2024
  • Welcome Justin Erlick to join the lab September 16, 2024

Contact Lab Director

Dr. Gang Chen
Address: McEniry 446, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA (35°18'26"N 80°43'48"W)
Email: Gang.Chen 'at' charlotte.edu

Links

  • Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences
  • College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences
  • University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Team

Current Members

Dr. Gang Chen, Principle Investigator, Remote sensing and environmental change

Chenyu Xing, MA Student, Fine-scale development patterns and urban heat island effect

Ravi Thapaliya, PhD Student, Effects of urban changes on thermal dynamics

Rachel Caron, MA Student, Shift of U.S. urban development

Justin Erlick, PhD Student, Urban humidity

Austin Barbee, MA Student, Natural disturbance assessment

James (Sam) Penry, MA Student, Forest carbon accounting

Carter Mayhew, MA Student, TBD

Alden Sanderson, MA Student, TBD

Alumni

Catherine Jones, BS, 2025

Ryan Carter, BS, 2025

Jackson Williams, BS, 2025

Ella Ahdieh, BS, 2025

Nichole Seward, BS, 2025

Karen Regalado, BS, 2025

Mia Todd, BA, 2023

Wyatt Hicks, BA, 2023

Harris Robinson, BA, 2023

Miles Calloway, BA, 2023

Grace Bell, BA, 2023

John Kinsey III, MA, 2023

Sidney Nesbitt (Honors), BS, 2023

Evan Blomquist, MS, 2021-2023

Shitij Govil, Senior, Marvin Ridge High School, 2022

Javon (Jay) Jackson, BS, 2022

Dil Samina Diba, MA, 2021

Sam Holden, MA, 2019-2021

Sam Nickerson, MA, 2018-2020

Quan Chen, Visiting Scholar, 2019-2020

Yindan Zhang, Visiting Scholar, 2018-2020

Dipanwita Dutta, MA, 2018-2020

Alan McTaggart, MA, 2019

Yinan He, PhD, 2015-2019

Lingling Qin, Visiting Scholar, 2019

William Sun, MA, 2015-2018

Chase Hobbs, BS, 2017-2018

Juan Geng, MA, 2016-2018

Adam Collins, BS, 2018

Mark Hoogendoorn, BS, 2018

Xun Luo, Visiting Scholar, 2017-2018

Lingling Kong, 2017-2018

Donald Rees, BS, 2016-2017

Caroline Narron, PhD, 2016-2017

Matthew Guilin, BS, 2016

Jaime Lopez Carvajal, Visiting Scholar, 2015-2016

Ping Wang, Visiting Scholar, 2015-2016

Emre Ozelkan, Postdoc, 2014-2015

Marilyn Brown, BS, 2015

Nandini Medampalle, Sophomore, Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology (high school), 2015

Yulin Cai, Visiting Scholar, 2014-2015

Gang Ai, Visiting Scholar, 2014-2015

Yanfei Wei, Visiting Scholar, 2014-2015

Jing Qian, Visiting Scholar, 2014-2015

Richard (Aiken) Small, MS, 2014-2015

Mercadez Schlee, BS, 2015

Whitney King, BS, 2014

Carolynne Hultquist, BS (Honors), 2013-2014

Christopher Godwin, BS (Honors), 2013-2014

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