Scholar
Heng Cai
Google Scholar ID: f1OBk6YAAAAJ
Texas A&M University
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,523
H-index
18
i10-index
22
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Published multiple academic papers, such as 'Incorporating neighborhood-scale effect into land loss modeling using semivariograms' (Journal of Geographic Systems, 2022), 'Overlay' (The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge, 2022), etc.
Research Experience
- Serves as an Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University, teaching and conducting research. Courses taught include Applications in GIS, GIS Programming, WebGIS, and GeoDatabases.
Education
- - Ph.D. in Environmental Science, Louisiana State University
- - M.S. in Geographic Information Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- - B.E. in Surveying and Mapping, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China
Background
- Research interests include Geographic Information Science, disaster resilience, socio-environmental sustainability, and environmental health. Leads the GIScience for Resilience (GIResilience) Research Group, focusing on describing, modeling, and predicting human activities and environmental changes and their complex interactions under threats posed by natural hazards and climate change through geospatial data mining, modeling, and decision-making support tool development.
Miscellany
- Actively recruiting undergraduate, MS, and PhD students to join her research group. Interested applicants can email her with their CV/resume.
Co-authors