Lab updates

September, 2009, Jinqianq He, a visiting student from Sun Yat-Sen University, joined our lab. Welcome!

September 2009, Qinghua Guo (PI) received a NSF award titled "Acquiring airborne LiDAR data to study hydrologic, geomorphologic, and geochemical processes at three Critical Zone Observatories (CZOs)". $ 935,457.

August, 2009, Paul Doherty, Otto Alvarez, Gary Phelps joined our lab as graduate students. Welcome!

August, 2009 Qinghua Guo (co-PI) together with Thomas Harmon (PI) received a NSF award titled “WATERS Network: Observing and Predicting Freshwater Eutrophication-Algal Bloom Dynamics Using Local Hyperspectral Imaging". $395,000.

March 1 2009, undergraduate students Andew Zumkehr and Jacob Flanagan joined our lab. Welcome.

September 1 2008, visiting student Jinxia Zhu joined our lab. Welcome.

August 1 2008, Ph.D. students Donghai Li and Wenkai Li joined our lab. Welcome.

June 19, 2008 Qinghua Guo (PI) received an award titled “ModelEco: Integrated Software for Species Distribution Analysis and Modeling” from NSF. $173,169

June 13, 2008 Honglei Liu passed her master thesis oral exam. Congratulations.

May 23, 2008 Otto Alvarez attended the commencement ceremony, and received his bachelor degree in Computer Science. Congratulations.

May 20, 2008 Qinghua Guo (PI) received an award titled “Mapping California Solar irradiance and its implications for power sector” from California Energy Institute. $34,744.

April 30, 2008 Gary Phelps received the AGEP fellowship. Congratulations.

April 20, 2008 Miguel Fernando received his second-year WWF fellowship. Congratulations.


Available Positions

Postdoctral position & visting scholar:

Occasionally, my lab has postdoctral positions or visting scholar support available in the areas of GIS / Remote Sensing and environmental applications. Please email me to inquire about possible positions.

Graduate Research Assistantship in GIS, Remote Sensing and Ecological Modelling :

Ph.D. graduate research assistantships are available in the fields of GIS, Remote Sensing, and ecological modeling. Candidates should have background in environmental science, geography, ecology, computer science, statistics, or a related field with strong quantitative skills. Potential applicant should send CV and a briefly statement of research interests to Dr. Qinghua Guo at qguo@ucmerced.edu.

For Ph.D. requirements and applications, please check: https://es.ucmerced.edu/prospective-students.

Undergraduate Research Assistantship :

Undergraduate research assistant positions are available in a Varity of research activities in my lab. Research areas include GIS, Remote Sensing, and environmental modeling. Students should be familiar with GIS software (e.g. ArcGIS) for spatial data analysis. Programming skills (e.g. C++, Java, Python) are preferred.