Assistant Professor Dr. Di Yang from the University of Florida Department of Geography has been selected for the UF International Center 2026 Global Fellows Program.
Dr. Yang will receive a grant to advance international research integrating satellite remote sensing, artificial intelligence, and citizen science for environmental monitoring in Ecuador, Guatemala, and Mexico.
Dr. Yang’s research develops innovative frameworks that merge satellite Earth observations with ground-based citizen data to detect fine-scale environmental features often overlooked by traditional analysis.
Through the Global Fellows Program, she will build collaborations with international institutions and community networks to refine GeoAI models under diverse ecological and socio-cultural conditions, while training local scientists and educators in Earth observation tools and participatory data collection methods.
Congratulations, Dr. Yang!