About

I am a third-year Doctoral candidate at the University of Texas at Austin under the supervision of Dr. Jennifer A. Miller. I investigate spatiotemporal variations in fields of ecology, environment, and human-environment interactions using geographic information sciences and remote sensing techniques.

Education

• (2021-present) Ph.D. candidate, Department of Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin
• (2018-2020) M.Sc. in Conservation Ecology, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
• (2014-2018) B.Sc. in Environmental Science, Beijing Normal University–Hong Kong Baptist University United International College

Current Research

• Networked PalYnology Models of Pollen and Human Systems (NYMPHS) under the Department of Defense Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI)
  • Developing a framework for geographic attribution using species distribution models in forensic analyses based on biotic, abiotic, movement, and social (BAMS) factors.

Peer-Reviewed Publications/Proceedings

Surdoval, A., M. Jain, E. Blaire, H. Wang, J. Blesh. Financial incentive programs and farm diversification with cover crops: Assessing opportunities and challenges. Environmental Research Letters, 19(4), 044063. [Link]

Wang, H., J. A. Miller, T. H. Grubesic, S. Jha (2023). Using Habitat Suitability Models for Multiscale Forensic Geolocation Analysis. Transactions in GIS, 27(3), 777–796. [Link]

Mei, W., H. Wang, D. Fouhey, W. Zhou, I. Hinks, J. M. Gray, D. Van Berkel, M. Jain (2022). Using Deep Learning and Very-High-Resolution Imagery to Map Smallholder Field Boundaries. Remote Sensing, 14(13), 3046. [Link]

Wang, H., J. A. Miller, T. H. Grubesic, S. Jha (2022). A Framework for Using Ensemble Species Distribution Models for Geographic Attribution in Forensic Palynology. 2022 IEEE Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security , pp. 1-7. [Link]

Working Paper

Wuepper, D., H. Wang, W. Schlenker, M. Jain. R. Finger (2023). Institutions and Global Crop Yields. NBER Working Paper No. w31426. [Link]

Presentations

• 2024 AAG Annual Meeting. 1^st Place at John Odland Student Paper Competition, Spatial Analysis and Modeling Specialty Group
• 2023 GIScience 2023. Presentation at the 12^th International Conference on Geographic Information Science
• 2023 Esri User Conference. Presentation at the GIScience Research Sessions.
• 2023 AAG Annual Meeting. Presentation at Geospatial Big Data: Theory, Methods, and Applications.
• 2022 IEEE Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security (HST). Presentation at Border Security, Critical Infrastructure Protection & Law Enforcement.