• 1999-2003 Ph.D., Environmental Science, University of California, Berkeley
• 1996-1999 M.S., Remote Sensing, Peking University, Beijing, China
• 1992-1996 B.E., Remote Sensing, Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping, Wuhan, China

• 2009- present: Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Geography, The State University of New York at Buffalo
• 2009- present: Associate Professor, Department of Geography, The State University of New York at Buffalo
• 2007- 2009: Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, The State University of New York at Buffalo
• 2003 - 2007 Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Texas State University - San Marcos
• 2002 -2003 Adjunct Professor, San Joaquin Delta College, California

• 2008-2012 NSF: Collaborative research: Improving small area population estimation with high resolution remote sensing
• 2006-2011 NSF: Collaborative LTREB: Experimental and observational studies of mangrove forest structure and gap dynamics
• 2005-2007 USDA: Assessment, monitoring and prediction of the spatial invasion of saltcedar in the lower Rio Grande using multi-resolution and multi-temporal remotely sensed imagery

1. Wang, L., J.Silvan, J. Yang, A. Frazier, Invasive Saltcedar spread mapping using multi-resolution remote sensing data, Professional Geographer, in press.
2. Meng, X.L.*, N. Currit, L.Wang, X. Yang, Detect residential buildings directly from lidar and aerial photographs through object-oriented land-use classification, Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, in press.
3. Frazier, A.*, L. Wang, 2011. Characterizing spatial patterns of invasive species using sub-pixel classifications, Remote Sensing of Environment, 115(8),1997-2007.pdf
4. Wang, L., C. Wu. 2010. Preface: Population estimation using remote sensing and GIS technologies, International Journal of Remote Sensing,31(21):5569-5570.pdf
5. Silvan. J.*, L.Wang. 2010. Fully constrained linear spectral unmixing: analytic solution using fuzzy sets, IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 48(11):3992-4002.pdf
6. Deng, C., C. Wu, L. Wang. 2010. Improving Housing Unit Method for Small Area Population Estimation Using Remote Sensing and GIS Information, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 31(21):5673-5688.4.pdf
7. Silvan. J.*, L.Wang, P. Rogerson, C. Wu, T. Feng, B. Kamphaus. 2010. Assessing fine spatial resolution remote sensing for small area population estimation, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 31(21):5605-5634.pdf
8. Silvan. J.*, L.Wang. 2010. Retrieval of subpixel Tamarix canopy cover from Landsat data along the Forgotten River using linear and nonlinear spectral mixture models, Remote Sensing of Environment, 114, 1777-1790.pdf
9. Wang,L.. 2010. A multi-scale approach for delineating individual tree-Crowns with very-high resolution imagery, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing,76(4):371-378.pdf
10. Huang, X., L. Zhang, L.Wang. 2009. Evaluation of Morphological Texture Features for Mangrove Forest Mapping and Species Discrimination Using Multispectral IKONOS Imagery, IEEE Geoscience and remote sensing letters, 6(3), 393-397.pdf
11. Meng, X.*, L. Wang, N. Currit. 2009. Morphology-based building detection from airborne lidar data, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 75(4):437-442.pdf
12. Wang, L., J. Chen, P. Gong, H.Shimazaki, M. Tamura.2009. Land cover change detection with a cross-correlogram spectral matching algorithm, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 30(12):3259-3273.pdf
13. Meng, X.*, L. Wang, J. Silvan, N. Currit. 2009. A multi-directional ground filtering algorithm for airborne LIDAR. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, 64(1):117-124pdf
14. Wu, S.*, X. Qiu, L. Usery and L. Wang..2009. Using geometrical, textural, and contextual information of land parcels for classification of detailed urban land use, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 99(1):1-23.pdf
15. Wang, L., and W. Sousa. 2009. Distinguishing mangrove species with laboratory measurements of hyperspectral leaf reflectance, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 30(5):1267-1281.pdf
16. Silvan J.*, L. Wang, F.B. Zhan. 2009. Representing geographical objects with scale-induced indeterminate boundaries: A neural network-based data model, International Journal of Geographic Information Science, 23(3):295-318.pdf
17. Cao, X., J. Chen, B. Matsushita, H. Imura, L. Wang.. 2009. An Automatic Method for Burn Scar Mapping Using Support Vector Machines, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 30(3):577-594.pdf
18. Wang, L., J. Silvan, and W. Sousa. 2008.Neural network classification of mangrove species from multiseasonal IKONOS imagery, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 74(7): 921-927.pdf
19. Tang, J.M.*, L. Wang., Z. Yao. 2008. Analyses of urban landscape dynamics using multi-temporal satellite images: A comparison of two petroleum-oriented cities. Landscape and Urban Planning, 87(4):269-278pdf
20. Silvan J.*, L. Wang .2008.Sub-pixel confusion-uncertainty matrix for assessing soft classifications, Remote Sensing of Environment, 112(3):1081-1095.pdf
21. Wang, L., X. Cao, J. Chen. 2008. ISVR: An improved synthetic variable ratio method for image fusion, Geocarto International, 23(2): 155-165.pdf
22. Wu, S.*, L. Wang, and X. Qiu. 2008. Incorporating GIS building data and census housing statistics for sub-block-level population estimation, Professional Geographers, 60(1): 121-135.pdf
23. Myint, S.W., C.P. Giri, L. Wang., Z. Zhu, and S. Gillette, 2008. Identifying mangrove species and their surrounding land use and land cover classes using an object oriented approach with a lacunarity spatial measure, GIScience and Remote Sensing, 45(2): 188-208.pdf
24. Wu, S.*, J. Silvan, and L. Wang. 2007. Per-field land use classification based on tax parcel boundaries, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 28(12): 2777-2801.pdf
25. Tang, J.M.*, L.Wang, and S. Myint. 2007. Improving urban classification through fuzzy supervised classification and spectral mixture analysis, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 28(18): 4047-4063.pdf
26. Zhang, Y.M., J. Chen, L. Wang, X. Wang, and Z.Gu. 2007. Mapping biological soil crust in the Gurbantunggut Desert, China with TM imagery. Journal of Arid Environments, 68(4): 599-610.pdf
27. Tang, J.M.*, L. Wang, and Z.J. Yao. 2007. Spatial-temporal urban landscape change analysis using markov chain and modified generic algorithm, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 28(15): 3255-3271.pdf
28. Myint, S.W. and L. Wang, 2006. Multi-criteria Decision Approach for Land Use Land Cover Change Using Markov Chain Analysis and Cellular Automata Approach, Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 32(6): 390-404.
29. Wu, S.*, X. Qiu and L. Wang. 2006. Using Semi-variance Image Texture Statistics to Model Population Densities, Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 33(2): 127-140.pdf
30. Tang, J.M.*, L. Wang, and Z.J. Yao. 2006. Analyzing spatial fragmentation of urban sprawl from multi-temporal satellite images: a case study of Daqing City, China. GIScience & Remote Sensing, 43(3): 218-232. pdf
31. Silvan, J.M*, and L. Wang. 2006. A Multi-resolution approach for filtering LiDAR altimetry data, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 61(1): 11-22.pdf
32. Wu, S.*, B. Xu. and L. Wang. 2006. Urban land use classification using variogram-based analysis with an aerial photograph, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 72(7): 813-822.pdf
33. Tang, J.M.*, L. Wang, and S.W. Zhang. 2005. Investigating landscape pattern and its dynamics in 1990-2000 of Daqing, China using remote sensing and GIS. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 26: 2259-2280.pdf
34. Chen, J., Y.M. Zhang., L. Wang, H. Shimazakia, and M. Tamura. 2005. A new index for mapping lichen dominated biological soil crusts in desert areas. Remote Sensing of Environment 96: 165-175.pdf
35. Wu, S.*, X. Qiu, and L. Wang. 2005. Population estimation methods in GIS and remote sensing: a review. GIScience and Remote Sensing 42: 58-74.pdf
36. Wang, L., W. Sousa, and P. Gong. 2004. Integration of object-based and pixel-based classification for mangrove mapping with IKONOS imagery, International Journal of Remote Sensing 25(24): 5655-5668.(the #1 mostly downloaded paper in 2005 with IJRS).pdf
37. Wang, L., W. Sousa, P. Gong, G.S. Biging. 2004. Comparison of IKONOS and QuickBird images for mapping mangrove species on the Caribbean coast of Panama, Remote Sensing of Environment 91(3-4): 432-440 (the #22 mostly downloaded paper in 2004 with RSE).pdf
38. Wang, L., P. Gong, and G.S. Biging. 2004. Individual tree crown delineation and treetop detection in high-spatial resolution aerial imagery, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 70(3): 351-357.pdf

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• 2010 Service of Excellence Individual Award, the Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Sciences (CPGIS), Beijing, China
• 2010 Third place, John I. Davidson President's Award for Practical Papers, American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
• 2008 Early Career Award, Remote Sensing Specialty Group - The Association of American Geographers, Las Vegas, Nevada
• 2004 ESRI Young Scholar Award, The University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) Summer Assembly, College Park, Maryland
• 2003 Best Student Paper Award, Remote Sensing Specialty Group - The Association of American Geographers - 99th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana
• 2002 Excellent Poster Award, the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) Summer Assembly, Athens, Georgia
• 2002 Best Paper Award, the Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Science (CPGIS), Nanjing, China
• 2001 CPGIS Best Service Group Award, the Annual Conference of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Science (CPGIS), Bangkok, Thailand
• 2000 United States Geological Survey Scholar, the First International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Savannah, Georgia
• 1996 Outstanding Undergraduate Student, Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping, Wuhan, China

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• GEO 120: Maps:Earth from Above
• GEO 381: Cartography
• GEO 483/553: Remote Sensing
• GEO 501: Research Design
• GEO 503: Advanced Topics in Remote Sensing

• GEO 3416: Principle of Remote Sensing
• GEO 4412: Digital Image Processing
• GEO 5415: Geographic Application of Remote Sensing
• GEO 7316: Remote Sensing and the Environment
• GEO 7319: Digital Terrain Modeling
• GEO 7366: Advanced Topics on Remote Sensing

• Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

• Introduction to Web-GIS, at U.C. Berkeley
• ESPM 172: Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

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• 2005-2006 President, the International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Science
• BOD member, 2005-2010, the International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Science
• Reviewer, National Science Foundation, 2007,2009
• Reviewer, 2001-2010, Remote Sensing of Environment, International Journal of Remote Sensing, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, The Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Urban Environment & Planning A, the Professional Geographer, Geocarto International, Geographic Information Science, Environment Management.
• Member, the Association of American Geographers, the American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, the International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Science

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