Yaqian He

Yaqian He

Assistant Professor, Geography

Education

  • Ph.D., Geography, West Virginia University, WV., 2018
  • M.S., Cartography and GIS, Beijing Normal University, China, 2013
  • B.E, Surveying Engineering, China Univ. of Mining and Tech, China, 2010

Research

  • Remote Sensing
  • GIS
  • GeoAI
  • Land Cover and Land Use Change
  • LCLUC-Atmosphere Interaction
  • Agricultural Sustainability
  • Air quality and human health

Teaching

  • GEOG-G338/538: Geographic Information Science

Publications

  • Li, S., Yang, D*., He, Y*., Parazoo, N., and Liu, W. 2025. The Biogeophysical Impacts of Land Cover Change on Climate Extremes in the Arctic and Boreal Regions. Environmental Research Letters. (* corresponding author) [link]

  •  He, Q., Xu, Y., He, Y., and Connolly, M. 2025. Agriculture and conflict and cooperation over international river basins: An analysis based on remotely sensed data. International Studies Quarterly, 69(3). [link]

  • Liu, W., Li, S., Fan, D., Wen, Y., Madson, A., Mitchell, J., He, Y., and Yang, D. 2025. A Deep Learning Workflow for CORONA-based Historical Land Use Classifications. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. [link]

  • Liao, L., Yuan, F., He, Y., Xu, S., Tang, X., Xie, M., Tang, X., Tang, Z., Zeng, G., and Song, C. 2025. Spatiotemporal disparities in maternal mortality and the role of multiscale administrative levels: a 20-year study across Chinese counties. Frontiers in Public Health, 13, 1572382. [link]