Kangning Huang
Assistant Professor at NYU Shanghai
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolKangning Huang is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies based in New York with eight years of experience blending academic research and applied modeling in land use/cover dynamics, hydrology, spatial multi-objective optimization, data assimilation, and remote sensing. He completed a PhD at Yale and brings postdoctoral experience from NCAR to his current faculty role at NYU Shanghai, with a stint as a visiting faculty fellow at New York University. Kangning’s work bridges rigorous geospatial analysis and practical environmental modeling, often integrating remote-sensing image processing with optimization techniques to inform land and water management. Known for translating complex models into actionable insights, he has a track record of contributing across academic and campus projects since his early GIS roles at Yale and Sun Yat-sen University. An eclectic detail: he pairs deep quantitative training with hands-on geospatial implementation, making him comfortable both with theoretical model development and operational data workflows.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Geographic Information System, 3.8/4.0, BS, Geographic Information System, 3.8/4.0 at Sun Yat-sen UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Environmental Studies, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Environmental Studies at Yale UniversityM.S, Cartography and Geographic Information System, 86/100, M.S, Cartography and Geographic Information System, 86/100 at Sun Yat-Sen University
English, Chinese, Chinese
Github Skills (13)
zipf9
expansion7
power-systems7
scale5
geotools5
derived4
geospatial2
software-design2
gis2
permission2
python2
geoserver2
gdal1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
kangning-huang/URBANMOD-ZIPF
Nov 2021 - Dec 2022
The URBANMOD-ZIPF, a global-scale urban land expansion model that preserves Zipf's Law of urban sizes.
Contributions:182 commits, 2 PRs, 132 pushes in 1 year
lawurbanizationexpansionscalezipf
kangning-huang/PopWeightedUHI
Aug 2022 - Aug 2023
Contributions:17 pushes in 1 year
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