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University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM)

​2015 - present

​Assistant Professor, School of Forestry and Natural Resources

 

Tsinghua University

​2010 - 2011

Research and Teaching Assistant, Center for Earth System Science

 

University of California,Bekerley
2011-2015

Doctor of Philosophy, Division of Ecosystem Sciences, Department of Environmental Science Policy and  Management (ESPM).

 

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
2007-2010

Master of Science, Cartography & Geographic Information Science, Institute of Remote Sensing Applications.

 

Beijing Normal University (BNU)​
2003-2007

Bachelor of Science, Geographic Information System, School of Geography. 

RESUME

Work Experience

 

Education

Please visit my Google Scholar page for the most updated list.  

 

  1. Yang J, …Liang L, et al., (2018) Healthy Cities: Unlocking the power of cities for building a healthy China. Lancet. Accepted.

  2. Sapkota B+, Liang L*. (2017) A multi-step approach to classify full canopy and leafless trees in bottomland hardwoods using very high resolution image. Journal of Sustainable Forestry. DOI: 10. 1080/10549811.2017.1409637.

  3. Watts N, Ayeb-Kalsson S, Belesova K, …, Liang L, et al., (2017) The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: from 25 years of inaction to a global transformation for public health. Lancet. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32464-9. (authors listed alphabetically)

  4. Li XC, Lu H, Zhou YY, Hu TY, Liang L. Liu XP, Hu GH, Yu L. (2017) Exploring the performance of spatio-temporal assimilation in an urban cellular automata model. International Journal of Geographical Information Science. Doi:10.1080/13658816.2017.1357821

  5. Liang L*, Gong P. (2017) Climate change and human infectious diseases: a synthesis of research findings from global and spatio-temporal perspective. Environment International. 103: 99-108.

  6. Liang L*, Gong P. (2017) Global perspective on climate change and human infectious diseases: a synthesis of research findings from spatio-temporal perspective. Environment International. Accepted.

  7. Liang L*, Li XC, Huang YB, Qin YC, Huang HB. (2017) Integrating remote sensing, GIS and dynamic models for landscape-level simulation of forest insect disturbance. Ecological Modeling. 354:1-10.

  8. Runkle B, Rigby JR, Reba ML, …Liang L, et al. (2017) Delta-Flux: an eddy covariance network for a climate-smart Lower Mississippi Basin. Agricultural & Environmental Letters. Doi: 10.2134/ael2017.01.0003.  

  9. Reynolds R+, Liang L*, Li XC, Dennis J. (2017) Monitoring annual urban changes in a rapidly growing portion of Northwest Arkansas With a 20-year Landsat record. Remote Sensing. 9(1):71.

  10. Watts N, Adger N, Ayeb-Karlsson, … Liang L, et al. (2016) The Lancet countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change. Lancet. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32124-9

  11. Liang L, Hawbaker T, Zhu ZL, Li XC, Gong P. (2016) Forest Disturbance Interactions and Successional Pathways in the Southern Rocky Mountains. Forest Ecology and Management. 375: 35-45.

  12. Gong P, Yu L, Li CC, Wang J, Liang L, Li XC, et al. (2016) A new research paradigm for global land cover mapping. Annals of GIS. Accepted. DOI:10.1080/19475683.2016.1164247

  13. Li XY, Clinton N, Si YL, Liao JS, Liang L, Gong P. (2015) Projected impacts of climate change on protected bird and nature reserves in China. Chinese Science Bulletin. 10.1007/s11434-015-0892-y

  14. Li XC, Gong P, Liang L. (2015) A 30 year (1984-2013) record of annual impervious surface dynamics of Beijing City derived from Landsat Data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 116(1): 78-90.

  15. Watts N, Adger N, Agnolucci P, … Liang L, et al. (2015) Health and climate change: policy responses to protect public health. Lancet. 386 (10006), 1861-1914

  16. Fang LQ, Goeijenbier M, Zuo SQ, … Liang L, et al. (2015) The association between hantavirus infection and selenium deficiency in mainland China. Viruses, 7(1):333-51. doi: 10.3390/v7010333.

  17. Liang L, Gong P. (2015) Evaluation of global land cover maps for cropland area estimation in the conterminous United States. International Journal of Digital Earth, 8(2): 100-115.

  18. Liang L, Hawbaker T, Chen YL, Zhu ZL, Gong P. (2014) Characterizing recent and projecting future     potential patterns of mountain pine beetle outbreaks in the Southern Rocky Mountains. Applied Geography, 55: 165-175.

  19. Liang L, Liu Y, Liao JS, Gong P. (2014) Wetlands explain most in the genetic divergence pattern of Oncomelania hupensis. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 27: 436-444.

  20. Shangguan W, Gong P, Liang L, Dai YJ, Zhang KL. (2014) Soil diversity as affected by land use in China: consequences for soil protection. The Scientific World Journal. 913852, DOI:10.1155/2014/913852.

  21. Liang L, Chen YL, Hawbaker T, Zhu ZL, Gong P. (2014) Mapping mountain pine beetle infestation through growth trend analysis of time-series Landsat data. Remote Sensing, 6(6): 5696-5716.  

  22. Yu L, Liang L, Wang J, Zhao YY, et al. (2014) Meta-Discoveries from a Synthesis of Satellite-based Land Cover Mapping Research. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 35(13): 4573-4588.

  23. Shangguan W, Dai YJ, Liu BY,… Liang L, et al. (2013) A China data set of soil properties for land surface modeling, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 5, 212-224.

  24. Gong P, Wang J, Yu L, Zhao YC, Zhao YY, Liang L, et al. (2013) Finer resolution observation and monitoring of global land cover: first mapping results with Landsat TM and ETM+ data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 34(7): 2607-2654.

  25. Li XY, Liang L, Gong P, et al. (2012) Bird watching in China reveals bird distribution changes. Chinese Science Bulletin, 58(6): 649-656.

  26. Wang L, CC Li, Q Ying, X Cheng, XY Wang, XY Li, Hu LY, Liang L, et al. (2012) China’s urban expansion from 1990 to 2010 determined with satellite remote sensing. Chinese Science Bulletin, 57(22): 2802-2812.

  27. Gong P, Zhang H, Zhang HY, Liang L, Wang L. (2011) Mapping tsunami damaged area caused by the magnitude 9.0 Japan earthquake using China's HJ-1 satellite imagery. Journal of Remote Sensing, 15(4): 863-865. (journal cover paper)

  28. Gong P, Liang L, Zhang Q. (2011) China must reduce fertilizer use too. Nature, 473: 284-285.

  29. Gong P, Zhao YC, Yu L, Liang L. (2011) Development of an integrated software platform for global mapping and analysis. Geomatics world. 4(2): 34-37.

  30. Liang L, Xu B, Chen Y, Liu Y, Cao W, et al. (2010) Combining Spatial-Temporal and Phylogenetic Analysis Approaches for Improved Understanding on Global H5N1 Transmission. PLoS ONE, 5(10): e13575. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013575

  31. Liang L, Gong P. (2010) An assessment of MODIS Collection 5 global land cover product for biological     conservation studies. Geoinformatics. 1-6.

  32. Guo JH, Liang L, Gong P. (2010) Removing shadows from Google Earth images. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 31(6): 1379-1389.

  33. Hui FM, Xu B, Chen ZW, Cheng X, Liang L, et al. (2009) Spatio-temporal distribution of Malaria in Yunnan Province, China. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 81(3): 503-509.

  34. Niu ZG, Gong P, Cheng X, Guo JH, Wang L, Huang HB, Shen SQ, Wu YZ, Wang XF, Wang XW, Ying Q, Liang L, et al. (2009) Geographical characteristics of China's wetlands derived from remotely sensed data. Science in China: Earth Science, 52(6): 723-738.

  35. Gong P, Niu ZG, Cheng X, Zhao KY, Zhou DM, Guo JH, Liang L, et al. (2010) China's wetland change (1990-2000) determined by remote sensing, Science in China: Earth Science, 53(7): 1036-1042.

  36. Sun R, Liang L, Yang L. (2007) Estimation of daily solar radiation in China based on weather station data. Meteorological and Environmental Sciences, 30(1): 24-27.

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