Lei Song
Assistant Professor at Rutgers University–New Brunswick
New Jersey, United States
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Top SchoolLei Song is an Assistant Professor of Geography with 11 years of experience advancing biodiversity and conservation research through remote sensing, GIS, and robust statistical methods. Currently based in New Jersey after postdoctoral appointments at UCSB and Arizona State, Lei translates interdisciplinary geospatial science into actionable insights for conservation planning. Holding a PhD from Clark University and MSc/BSc training in 3S, meteorological applications, and GIS from Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Lei combines deep domain expertise with strong quantitative skills. Known for bridging academic research and practical conservation outcomes, Lei’s work often integrates large-scale remote sensing products with field data to reveal non-obvious patterns in biodiversity change.
11 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geography, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geography at Clark UniversityMaster of Science (MSc), 3S and Meteorological Applications, Master of Science (MSc), 3S and Meteorological Applications at Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Chinese, English
Github Skills (70)
isolation-forest10
python10
exploratory10
h310
geopandas10
r-package10
data-analysis10
exploratory-data-analysis10
terra9
outlier-detection9
data-handling9
spatial9
geospatial9
gis9
geospatial-analysis9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
LLeiSong/itsdm
Oct 2021 - Jan 2023
Purely presence-only species distribution modeling with isolation forest and its variations such as Extended isolation forest and SCiForest.
Contributions:2 releases, 122 commits, 1 PR in 1 year 3 months
isolationoutlier-detectionextendedshapley-valueisolation-forest
LLeiSong/sentinelPot
Nov 2020 - May 2022
Contributions:29 commits, 29 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 5 months
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