Dr.Yichun Xie Director, the Institute for Geospatial Research and Education, and Head of Department of Geography and Geology, holds a Ph.D. in Geography/Geographic Information Systems from the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA) at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Dr. Michael Batty Research Committee Chair and Senior Academic Advisor Bartlett Professor of Planning at University College London Director of the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) .

Dr. Hugh Semple Assistant Professor RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS in GIS, Urban Geography & Remote Sensing

Dr. William F. Welsh Assistant Professor RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS in Remote Sensing /Geographic Information Science .

Mike Dueweke GIS Manager, holds a B.A. in Geology, Western Michigan University. 23 years prior management experience in Environmental Consulting, Insurance and Petroleum Exploration.

Xiaolin Luo Senior Developer / GIS Specialist, Oracle Certificated DBA, MS. in Geographical Information System.

Dr.Min Ji Visiting Scholar, holds a Ph.D in Geodesy and Surveying Engineering at ShanDong University of Science and Technology. Now his Duties include design and development of Web-based GIS by ArcIMS or MapServer.

Dr.Zongyao Sha Visiting Scholar, holds a Ph.D in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing at Wuhan University. Now he works on image classification and natural resources analysis

Tom Wagner Senior Research Scientist, holds a MS degree in Natural Resources and Environment (Remote Sensing) at University of Michigan.

Huang Yun Visiting Scholar, holds a M.B.A degree at Huazhong University and has experience in open source GIS development.

Roshan B. Pande-Chhetri Graduate Research Assistant, holds a MS degree in Urban Planning. He is now pursuing Masters degree in GIS at Eastern Michigan University.

Guan Wang Graduate Assistant, holds a MS degree in Chemical Engineer concentrated on Information Technology at Tianjin University in China. Now he is pursuing the second Master Degree in Department of Geography and Geology at Eastern Michigan University.

Lan Gao Administrative Assistant, she is now pursuing Master degree in Department of Geography and Geology at Eastern Michigan University.

Klajdi Shkembi Network Administrator, he is now pursuing Bachelor degree at Eastern Michigan University.

mdueweke@emich.edu