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General Information
| Full Name | Zhongying Wang |
| Position | Postdoctoral Associate |
| Affiliation | Earth Intelligence Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Address | 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA |
| zywang16@mit.edu | |
| Website | https://invictusying.github.io/ |
| Phone | +1 213-281-2483 |
Research Interests
- GeoAI methods for environmental health, sustainable agriculture, and public health applications
- Soil organic carbon mapping using hyperspectral remote sensing and machine learning
- High-resolution air-pollution estimation using satellite, ground, and chemical-transport model data
- Spatiotemporal deep learning and data fusion for geospatial prediction
- Geospatial foundation models and pretrained location encoders
Education
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2021–2026
PhD in Geography
University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
- Advisor: Morteza Karimzadeh
- Dissertation focus on GeoAI-enhanced spatiotemporal modeling in public health
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2019–2021
MS in Spatial Data Science
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Research advisor: Orhun Aydin
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2015–2019
BS in Geographic Science
East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Experience
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2026–present
Postdoctoral Associate (PI: Sherrie Wang)
Earth Intelligence Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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2025–2026
Graduate Research Assistant (PI: Esther Rolf)
Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder
- Physics-informed location encoders and foundation models for environmental applications
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2022–2024
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Geography & National Jewish Health, University of Colorado Boulder
- Air-pollution exposure modeling and epidemiological applications
- Collaborators: James L. Crooks, Morteza Karimzadeh
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2021–2025
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Department of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder
- Courses: GEOG 5100 (Machine Learning & Spatial Data), GEOG 3023 (Statistics & Geographic Data), GEOG 4043/5043 (Advanced Geovisualization & Web Mapping)
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2020–2021
Graduate Research Assistant
Spatial Sciences Institute & Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California
- COVID-19 modeling and spatial analysis with Orhun Aydin
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2017–2019
Undergraduate Research Assistant
School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University
Awards, Fellowships & Grants
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2025
- UCGIS CyberTraining Workshop Travel Award, CyberTraining for Disaster Management Network (NSF Award #2321069), University Consortium for Geographic Information Science
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2024
- James A. and Jeanne B. DeSana Graduate Research Scholarship, Department of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder
- GPSG Travel Grant, Graduate & Professional Student Government, University of Colorado Boulder
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2023
- James A. and Jeanne B. DeSana Graduate Research Scholarship, Department of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder
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2021
- Inductee, Nu Theta Chapter, Gamma Theta Upsilon Honor Society, University of Southern California
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2018
- Shanghai Municipal Government Scholarship (Top 1%), Shanghai Municipal Education Commission
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2016
- Mingde Scholarship, China Soong Ching Ling Foundation
Teaching
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2024-2025
Teaching Assistant, GEOG 3023 – Statistics and Geographic Data
Department of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder
- Led labs and grading; supported students with statistical analysis in R and Python
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Fall 2024
Teaching Assistant, GEOG 5100 – Special Topics: Machine Learning & Spatial Data
Department of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder
- Assisted with labs on machine learning, GeoAI, and geospatial deep learning
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Fall 2021
Teaching Assistant, GEOG 4043/5043 – Advanced Geovisualization & Web Mapping
Department of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder
- Supported students in web mapping, visualization, and interactive cartography
Service
- Peer reviewer for Scientific Reports, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, BMC Public Health, International Journal of Health Geographics, and Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence