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Dr. Dengsheng Lu

January 2, 2017 by

Dr. Lu is a Professor in the College of Social Sciences at Michigan State University. Previously, he was an associate/senior scientist at the Anthropological Center for Training and Research on Global Environmental Change (ACT), at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana from 2008 to 2012. He was also a research fellow at the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences at Auburn University between 2007 and 2008, and a post-doc/assistant scientist at the Center for the Study of Institutions, Population, and Environmental Change (CIPEC), Indiana University, between 2001 and 2006.

Research Interests

  • Remote sensing
  • GIS/spatial modeling
  • Land use/cover change
  • Biomass/carbon estimation
  • Soil erosion and land degradation
  • Human-environmental interactions
  • Urban impervious surface mapping

Involvement

Dr. Lu primarily studies the Brazilian Amazon and Asia, where he applies geospatial techniques. He is a strong collaborator at GCS and works on many projects throughout these regions, including:

  • Urbanization and sustainability under global change and traditional economies: synthesis from Southeast, East, and North Asia (SENA). Lead by Dr. Peilei Fan.
  • Land use changes and their interactions with forest degradation processes in Amazonia.

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