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    He Yin

    Assistant Professor
    Campus:
    Kent
    Contact Information
    Email:
    hyin3@kent.edu
    Phone:
    330-672-3220
    Personal Website: Remote Sensing and ​Land Science Laboratory

    Biography

    Dr. Yin is an Assistant Professor of Geography at Kent State University, where he heads the Remote Sensing and ​​Land Science Lab (SensLand Lab). Before joining KSU in 2020,  He was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a senior researcher at the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn in Germany.

    His research focuses on understanding the dynamic changes in land systems using remote sensing techniques and interdisciplinary approaches. Dr. Yin serves as the principal investigator on projects funded by various organizations including NASA, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). His research spans a diverse range of topics, including armed conflicts, cropland abandonment, grassland management, forest mapping, and issues on equity and environmental justice (EEJ).  His recent research examining the impacts of armed conflicts on agricultural lands has been highlighted by media outlets such as CNN, BBC, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, among others. Ultimately, his goal is to promote sustainable and equitable land use practices that can benefit our natural environment and society.

    He has published more than 50 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals. He currently serves as coordinator of the Global Land Programme (GLP) Working Group "Agricultural Land Abandonment as a Global Land-Use Change Phenomenon".

    Google Scholar  ResearchGate  @hyinhe  LinkedIn  GitHub 

      Curriculum Vitae​

    Education

    PhD, Geography, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany

    Awards/Achievements

    • 2025 European Space Agency (ESA) Earth Observation Excellence Team Award
    • 2024 Kent State University New Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award
    • 2021 NASA New (Early Career) Investigator Program in Earth Science
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