Shijuan Chen
Assistant Professor at University of Massachusetts Boston
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolShijuan Chen is a tenure-track assistant professor and remote sensing scientist based in Boston with eight years of experience monitoring land system change using satellite and UAV data. She completed a PhD in Earth and Environment at Boston University after top-ranked degrees in geography and remote sensing, and recently served as a postdoctoral associate at Yale deploying methods for large-scale forest and disturbance monitoring. Her work bridges field campaigns (RTK GNSS, vegetation and woody debris surveys) with algorithm development in Python and point-cloud analysis to translate high-resolution measurements into scalable land-change products. She has contributed to multiple NASA projects (CMS, LCLUC, ABoVE) and brings a rare combination of rigorous academic research, hands-on field expertise, and operationalizing science for carbon and ecosystem monitoring.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Remote Sensing, GPA: 3.88/4.00, top 2%, Bachelor's degree, Remote Sensing, GPA: 3.88/4.00, top 2% at Wuhan UniversityMaster's degree, Geography, GPA: 4.00/4.00, Master's degree, Geography, GPA: 4.00/4.00 at University of CalgaryDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Earth and Environment (remote sensing), GPA: 3.96/4.00, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Earth and Environment (remote sensing), GPA: 3.96/4.00 at Boston University
Github Skills (8)
spring5
ecology3
soil3
python2
forecasting1
machine-learning1
time-series1
csharp1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
shijuanchen/shift_cult
Feb 2022 - Mar 2023
Contributions:10 commits, 21 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
shijuanchen/forest_degradation_georgia
Sep 2020 - Aug 2022
Contributions:2 releases, 214 commits, 194 pushes in 1 year 11 months
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