Yin Liu

Hello! I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, working with Dr. Min Chen.

My research lies at the intersection of remote sensing, agriculture, machine learning, and environmental sustainability. I develop methods that integrate satellite, airborne, drone, near-surface, and field observations to monitor ecosystem dynamics and understand their responses to climate change. My current research focuses on retrieving and analyzing hyperspectral land-surface reflectance from NASA’s PACE satellite, including atmospheric correction and bidirectional reflectance distribution function normalization.

I earned my Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where I worked with Dr. Chunyuan Diao in the Remote Sensing Space-Time Innovation Lab. Before joining UIUC, I worked with Dr. Meha Jain and earned dual Master of Science degrees in Data Science and Natural Resources and Environment from the University of Michigan. I received my Bachelor of Engineering in Remote Sensing Science and Technology from China University of Geosciences (Wuhan).