![Digital Forestry Team](_media/df-team-2.jpg)
OUR TEAM
Our grassroots effort across the Purdue campus is leveraging digital technology with multidisciplinary expertise to revolutionize forestry and build a globally competitive next generation workforce for the information age.
The Instate for Digital Forestry brings together a multidisciplinary research team from forestry, engineering, geomatics, computer science, aviation technology, information science and other disciplines to explore remote sensing, big data and artificial intelligence and methods for applying them to forestry. The team is supported by Purdue Research Computing offering world-class cloud computing and a network of supercomputers.
LEADERSHIP
![Songlin Fei](_media/headshots/sfei-450x600.jpg)
Songlin Fei
Areas of focus: Forest ecology, modeling, remote sensing
![Ayman Habib](_media/headshots/habib-450x600.jpg)
Ayman Habib
Areas of focus: System integration, system calibration, geo-referencing, data integration/fusion
![Melba Crawford](_media/headshots/crawford-450x600.jpg)
Melba Crawford
Areas of focus: Remote sensing, machine learning algorithms and applications
![Brady Hardiman](_media/headshots/bhardima-450x600.jpg)
Brady Hardiman
Areas of focus: Structure and function in coupled natural and human ecosystems
![Carl Huetteman](_media/headshots/carlhuetteman3-32023-1-450x6001.jpg)
Carl Huetteman
FACULTY
![Daniel Aliaga](_media/headshots/aliaga-450x600.jpg)
Daniel Aliaga
Areas of focus: Computer graphics/vision, deep visual computing, machine learning
![Joe Balagtas](_media/headshots/joebalagtas8-21-23-450x600.jpg)
Joe Balagtas
Areas of Focus: Economics of competition and public policy in food and agricultural markets
![Bedrich Benes](_media/headshots/benes-450x600.jpg)
Bedrich Benes
![Victor Chen](_media/headshots/chen-450x600.jpg)
Victor Chen
Areas of focus: Human-Computer Interaction, Information Visualization, Visual Analytics
![Anna Conrad](_media/headshots/conrad_headshot-450x600.jpg)
Anna Conrad
![John Couture](_media/headshots/couture-450x600.jpg)
John Couture
![Rado Gazo](_media/headshots/gazo-450x600.jpg)
Rado Gazo
![Matthew Ginzel](_media/headshots/mginzel-450x600.jpg)
Matthew Ginzel
![Jacob Hosen](_media/headshots/jhosen-450x600.jpg)
Jacob Hosen
![Joseph Hupy](_media/headshots/hupy-450x600.jpg)
Joseph Hupy
![Douglass Jacobs](_media/headshots/djacobs-450x600.jpg)
Douglass Jacobs
![Mike Jenkins](_media/headshots/michael-jenkins.jpg)
Mike Jenkins
Areas of focus: Forest ecology, disturbance ecology, invasive species
![Jian Jin](_media/headshots/jin-450x600.jpg)
Jian Jin
Areas of focus: Machine systems engineering, data science, digital agriculture
![Jinha Jung](_media/headshots/jung-450x600.jpg)
Jinha Jung
Areas of focus: Remote sensing, LiDAR, HPC for remote sensing applications, WebGIS
![Nicole Kong](_media/headshots/kongn-450x600.jpg)
Nicole Kong
Areas of focus: GIS, remote sensing, geospatial analysis, geoportal
![Damon Lercel](_media/headshots/damonlercel-450x600.jpg)
Damon Lercel
Areas of focus: Unmanned aircraft systems, advanced air mobility, workforce development
![Zhao Ma](_media/headshots/zhao-ma_jau4540-450x600.jpg)
Zhao Ma
Areas of focus: Decision-making in environmental and natural resource management, conservation in the context of social-ecological change
![Mindy Mallory](_media/headshots/mindymallory8-18-23-2-450x600.jpg)
Mindy Mallory
Areas of focus: Analyzing risks and tradeoffs in commodity and resource markets
![Cheryl Qian](_media/headshots/qian_portriat_upper-450x600.jpg)
Cheryl Zhenyu Qian
![Michael Saunders](_media/headshots/msaunder-450x600.jpg)
Michael Saunders
![Gang Shao](_media/headshots/gshao-450x600.jpg)
Gang Shao
Areas of focus: Remote sensing, data visualization and data science education
![Guofan Shao](_media/headshots/shao-450x600.jpg)
Guofan Shao
Areas of focus: Optical remote sensing, automated tree measurement
![Yu She](_media/headshots/yushe-4-11-2023-450x600.jpg)
Yu She
Areas of focus: Intersection of mechanical design, sensory perception, and dynamic control, human-safe collaborative robots
![Jianmin Wang](_media/headshots/wangjianmin.jpg)
Jianmin Wang
![Mark Ward](_media/headshots/markward-profile-450x600.jpg)
Mark Ward
Areas of focus Analysis of algorithms, data science, science of information, game theory, and large-scale computation
![Baijian Yang](_media/headshots/yang-450x600.jpg)
Baijian Yang
![Raymond Yeh](_media/headshots/rayyeh-450x600.jpeg)
Raymond Yeh
Areas of focus: Computer vision, machine learning, and deep learning
![Song Zhang](_media/headshots/zhang_song_official-450x600.jpg)
Song Zhang
Areas of focus: Design, Systems, measurements, and controls
![Tonglin Zhang](_media/headshots/zhang-tonglin.jpg)
Tonglin Zhang
Areas of focus: mathematical statistics, spatial statistics, Bayesian analysis, high-dimensional data analysis, big data, machine learning, artificial intelligence
STAFF
![Ericka Bethel](_media/headshots/ericka-bethel.jpg)
Ericka Bethel
![Nancy Cramer](_media/headshots/njcramer.jpg)
Nancy Cramer
![Jarrod Doucette](_media/headshots/doucette-jarrod.jpg)
Jarrod Doucette
Areas of focus: Combining data architecture and stewardship to improve analytic and visualization capabilities
![Lenny Farlee](_media/headshots/lenny-farlee.jpg)
Lenny Farlee
![Jackie Getson](_media/headshots/getson_headshot.jpg)
Jackie Getson
![Benny Goller](_media/headshots/bennygoller2022resized-450x600.png)
Benny Goller
Areas of focus: Experimental design, data quality control, analytic pipelines, simulations, and visualization
![Katie Grong](_media/headshots/katiegrong.jpg)
Katie Grong
![Ben Hancock](_media/headshots/benhancock-headshot.jpg)
Ben Hancock
![Standa Pejša](_media/headshots/standa-pejsa.jpg)
![Cameron Wingren](_media/headshots/cwingren-square-450x600.jpg)
Cameron Wingren
Areas of focus: UAS data collection, geospatial data collection/processing, data collection, processing, and dissemination between researchers and stakeholder groups
Grad Students and Postdoctoral Researchers
![Abdelrahman Abdelghany](_media/headshots/abdelghany-abdelrahman.jpg)
Abdelrahman Abdelghany
![Christopher Ardohain](_media/headshots/ardohain-christopher1.jpg)
![Lena Azima](_media/headshots/azimi-lena.jpeg)
![Joshua Carpenter](_media/headshots/carpenter-joshua.jpeg)
![Gaia Cervini](_media/headshots/cervini-gia.png)
Gaia Cervini
![Aishwarya Chandrasekaran](_media/headshots/chandrasekaran-ashwarya.jpg)
Aishwarya Chandrasekaran
![Ian Chesla](_media/headshots/chesla-ian.png)
![Ziling Chen](_media/headshots/chen-ziling.jpg)
![Dennis Choi](_media/headshots/choi-cennis.jpg)
Dennis Choi
![Archana Choudhari](_media/headshots/choudhari-archana.jpg)
![Zachary Dichtl](_media/headshots/dichtl-zachary.jpg)
![Aziz Ebrahimi](_media/headshots/ebrahimi-aziz.jpeg)
![Aser Eissa](_media/headshots/aser_eissa.jpeg)
![Adnan Firoze](_media/headshots/firoze-adnan.jpeg)
![Arnav Goel](_media/headshots/goel-arnav.png)
![Kanaan Hardaway](_media/headshots/hardawayka_headshot.jpg)
![Liu He](_media/headshots/liu-he1.jpg)
![Mona Hodaei](_media/headshots/hodaei-mona1.jpg)
![Hiyunting Huang](_media/headshots/hyunting_huang.jpg)
Hiyunting Huang
![Yunhan Huang](_media/headshots/huang-yunhan.png)
Yunhan Huang
![Yunmei Huang](_media/headshots/huang-yunmei.jpeg)
![Elisabeth Joll](_media/headshots/elisabeth-joll.jpg)
Elisabeth Joll
![Delaney Jones](_media/headshots/delaney-jones.jpg)
Delaney Jones
![Mina Joseph](_media/headshots/joseph-mina.jpeg)
![Minyoung Jung](_media/headshots/jung-minyoung.jpg)
Minyoung Jung
![Hansae Kim](_media/headshots/hansae-kim.jpg)
![Jae Joong Lee](_media/headshots/lee-jaejoong.jpeg)
![Bosheng Li](_media/headshots/li-bosheng.jpg)
![Bowen Li](_media/headshots/li-bowen.jpg)
![Xuan Li](_media/headshots/li-xuan.jpg)
![Jidong Liu](_media/headshots/liu-jidong.jpg)
![Yawen Lu](_media/headshots/yawen_photo.jpg)
Yawen Lu
![Jackson Lyall](_media/headshots/lyall-jack.jpg)
![Raja Manish](_media/headshots/manish-raja.jpg)
![Sungchan Oh](_media/headshots/oh-sungchan.png)
![Ismail Olaniyi](_media/headshots/olaniyi-ismail.jpg)
![Sylvia Park](_media/headshots/park-sylvia.jpeg)
![Jinyuan Shao](_media/headshots/shao-jinyuan1.jpeg)
![Sang-Yeop Shin](_media/headshots/sang-yeopshin.jpg)
![Camille Shoaf](_media/headshots/camille-shoaf.jpg)
![Eric Smith](_media/headshots/smith-eric.jpg)
![Hunsoo Song](_media/headshots/song-hunsoo.png)
![Su Sun](_media/headshots/sun-su.jpg)
![Sheng Tan](_media/headshots/tan-sheng1.jpg)
![Bina Thapa](_media/headshots/thapa-bina.jpg)
![Andrei Toca](_media/headshots/toca-andrei.jpg)
![Charlie Warner](_media/headshots/charlie-warner.jpg)
Charlie Warner
![Troy Weber](_media/headshots/weber-troy.jpg)
![Xing Wei](_media/headshots/wei-xing1.jpg)
Xing Wei
![Wang Xiang](_media/headshots/wang-xiang.jpg)
![Zhiheng Yin](_media/headshots/zhineng-yin.jpg)
Zhiheng Yin
![Jiaxing Zhang](_media/headshots/zhang-jiaxing.jpg)
![Jinnuo Zhang](_media/headshots/zhang-jinnuo.jpg)
![Chunxi Zhao](_media/headshots/zhao-chunxi.jpg)
![Hong Zhao](_media/headshots/hong-zhao.jpg)
Hong Zhao
![Xiaochen Zhou](_media/headshots/xiaochen-zhou.jpg)
Xiaochen Zhou
![Na Zhuo](_media/headshots/na-zhuo.jpeg)