
{"id":131,"date":"2014-12-14T19:27:13","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T00:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gang-chen\/?page_id=131"},"modified":"2025-09-25T20:09:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T01:09:51","slug":"team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gang-chen\/team\/","title":{"rendered":"Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Current Members<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><a title=\"Dr. Gang Chen\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gang-chen\/team\/dr-gang-chen\/\">Dr. Gang Chen<\/a>, Principle Investigator, Remote sensing and\u00a0environmental\u00a0change<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gang-chen\/chenyu-xing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chenyu Xing<\/a>, MA Student, Fine-scale development patterns and urban heat island effect<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gang-chen\/ravi-thapaliya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ravi Thapaliya<\/a>, PhD Student, Effects of urban changes on thermal dynamics<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gang-chen\/rachel-caron\/\">Rachel Caron<\/a>, MA Student, Shift of U.S. urban development<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gang-chen\/justin-erlick\/\">Justin Erlick<\/a>, PhD Student, Urban humidity<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gang-chen\/austin-barbee-2\/\">Austin Barbee<\/a>, MA Student, Natural disturbance assessment<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gang-chen\/sam-penry-2\/\">James (Sam) Penry<\/a>, MA Student, Forest carbon accounting<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gang-chen\/carter-mayhew-2\/\">Carter Mayhew<\/a>, MA Student, TBD<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gang-chen\/alden-sanderson\/\">Alden Sanderson<\/a>, MA Student, TBD<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Alumni<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Catherine Jones<\/strong>, BS, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong> Ryan Carter<\/strong>, BS, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jackson Williams<\/strong>, BS, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ella Ahdieh<\/strong>, BS, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nichole Seward<\/strong>, BS, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Karen Regalado<\/strong>, BS, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mia Todd<\/strong>, BA, 2023<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wyatt Hicks<\/strong>, BA, 2023<\/p>\n<p><strong>Harris Robinson<\/strong>, BA, 2023<\/p>\n<p><strong>Miles Calloway<\/strong>, BA, 2023<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grace Bell<\/strong>, BA, 2023<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Kinsey III<\/strong>, MA, 2023<\/p>\n<p><strong> Sidney Nesbitt<\/strong> (Honors), BS, 2023<\/p>\n<p><strong>Evan Blomquist<\/strong>, MS, 2021-2023<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shitij Govil<\/strong>, Senior, Marvin Ridge High School, 2022<\/p>\n<p><strong>Javon (Jay) Jackson<\/strong>, BS, 2022<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dil Samina Diba<\/strong>, MA, 2021<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam Holden<\/strong>, MA, 2019-2021<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam Nickerson<\/strong>, MA, 2018-2020<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quan Chen<\/strong>, Visiting Scholar, 2019-2020<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yindan Zhang<\/strong>, Visiting Scholar, 2018-2020<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dipanwita Dutta<\/strong>, MA, 2018-2020<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alan McTaggart<\/strong>, MA, 2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yinan He<\/strong>, PhD, 2015-2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lingling Qin<\/strong>, Visiting Scholar, 2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>William Sun<\/strong>, MA, 2015-2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chase Hobbs<\/strong>, BS, 2017-2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Juan Geng<\/strong>,\u00a0MA, 2016-2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adam Collins<\/strong>, BS, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark Hoogendoorn<\/strong>, BS, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Xun Luo<\/strong>, Visiting Scholar, 2017-2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lingling Kong<\/strong>, 2017-2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donald Rees<\/strong>, BS, 2016-2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>Caroline Narron<\/strong>, PhD, 2016-2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matthew Guilin<\/strong>, BS, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jaime Lopez Carvajal<\/strong>, Visiting Scholar, 2015-2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ping Wang<\/strong>, Visiting Scholar, 2015-2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emre Ozelkan<\/strong>, Postdoc, 2014-2015<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marilyn Brown<\/strong>,\u00a0BS, 2015<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nandini Medampalle<\/strong>, Sophomore, Phillip O. 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