Bio

I'm currently a postdoc at Stanford Woods Institute of the Environment working on combining remote sensing and econometric to assess the environmental and social outcomes of natural climate solutions and forest management interventions. I completed my PhD at the Department of Geographical Sciences at UMD in May 2024. During my PhD, I developed remote sensing techniques utilizing multi-source remote sensing data (e.g,. GEDI, ICESat2, Landsat archive, PlanetScope) for monitoring long-term carbon sequestration in forest restoration areas in East Africa. Seeking to understand how to use Earth Observation to improve the sustainability of human-environment interaction is both a passion of mine and the research agenda during my PhD and onwards. Moreover, I have developed skills in forest inventory and Terrestrial Laser Scanner (TLS) data collection from working on field campaigns in Mozambique and Uganda. Developing web-based interactive map dashboards is another set of technical expertise that I have been practicing (see http://mliang8.github.io/ for map portfolio ) and want to employ in future projects to enhance communications with various stakeholders.

Professional Education

  • Master of Science, Technische Universitat Munchen (2019)
  • Bachelor of Science, University of Wisconsin Madison (2017)
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Maryland College Park (2024)
  • PhD, University of Maryland, College Park, Geographical Sciences (2024)
  • MS, Technical University of Munich, Cartography (2019)
  • BS(w/ Honors), University of Wisconsin, Madison, Geography, Cartography/GIS (2017)

Stanford Advisors

Contact

  • Academic
    mliang77@stanford.edu
    University - Scholar Department: Department of Earth System Science Position: Postdoctoral Scholar

Additional Info

  • Mail Code: 4216

Lab Affiliations