John J. Qu

Associate Professor/Co-Director of EastFIRE Lab.
Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1997
Remote sensing, fire sciences, atmospheric sciences, Earth data computing and GIS applications.
Email: jqu@cos.gmu.edu  

William T. Sommers

Co-Director, Ph.D, State University of New York (Albany) 1972.
Fire sciences, climate sciences, ecosystems sciences, ecological risk assessment, and sustainable development.
Email: wsommers@gmu.edu

Xianjun Hao

Research Scientist. Technical leader. Ph.D., George Mason University, 2006. Remote sensing, fire sciences, earth sciences, inverse problems and high performance computing.
Email: xhao1@gmu.edu

Lingli Wang

Research Scientist. Ph.D., George Mason University, 2008. Remote sensing, hydrology and water resources.
Email: lwang2@gmu.edu

Yong Xie

Postdoc. Ph.D., George Mason University, 2009. Remote sensing, fire science, smoke detection, and MODIS calibration.
Email: yxie2@gmu.edu

Swarvanu Dasgupta

Affiliated Research Scientist. Ph.D., George Mason University, 2007. Remote sensing, real time monitoring of fire conditions using satellite direct broadcast, data information systems and GIS.
Email: sdasgupt@gmu.edu

Stanley G. Coloff

Principal Research Scientist, MS University of New Mexico, Fire sciences, fire policy, air quality/smoke management, atmospheric deposition, global change. Scientist Emeritus, US Geological Survey.

Susan G. Conard

Principal Research Scientist, PhD in ecology, University of California, Davis, 1980. Fire research, fire management; climate change; disturbance ecology. US Forest Service fire ecologist, 1983-2008. Co-Editor of the International Journal of Wildland Fire and President of the International Boreal Forest Research Association.Email:sgconard@aol.com.

Allen R. Riebau

Ph.D. Colorado State University, 1996.
Air quality and natural resources management. National Atmosphere Program Manager of USDA/FS/HQ (retired).
E-mail: ARiebau@msn.com

Ruixin Yang

Associate Professor, COS, GMU; Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1990.
Earth system science, data acquiring, data analysis, and data mining, data information systems and GIS, numerical simulation and model evaluation.<<Details>>

Yimin Ji

Research Associate Professor; Ph.D, University of Maryland;
Remote Sensing, Climate Variability and Modeling.

Research Assistant of CEOSR, COS, GMU. Air/Water quality, riparian buffer zones, fire sciences, earth science data visualization.

Affiliated Research Scientist, Ph.D, Remote sensing application on active fire, fuel loading and dust storm detection.
Email: wwang@gmu.edu

Visiting Scientists

Silong Zhang

Ph.D, visiting scientist. Flood forecasting and drought relief.

Qiao Chen

Short-term scholar. Remote sensing application research on forest.

Huizheng Che

Ph.D, Post-Doc Research Scientist. Atmospheric radiation/chemistry, sand and dust storm, remote sensing, and aerosol property measurements.
Email: hche@gmu.edu

Zhiguo Pang

Ph.D, short-time scholar. Remote sensing applicaiton research on hydrology, water resources and drought monitoring and forecasting.
Email: pangzg@iwhr.com

Dan XU

short-term scholar, Ph.D candidate in NUIST. Remote sensing, dust storm detection and climatic effect, sunphotometer and calibration
Email: xudan_05@nuist.edu.cn