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Assistant
Researcher Dept.
of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM) University
of California at Berkeley 145 Mulford Hall |
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· Ruiliang Pu received a B.Sc (Forestry) at Nanjing Forestry University (NFU), China, in 1982, an M.Sc (1985) from the same university studying remote sensing in forestry, earned a Ph.D. (Cartography & Geographic Information System, 2000), conducted at Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM), The University of California at Berkeley, from Institute of Remote Sensing Application (IRSA) of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and has been a lecturer in the Department of Forestry, NFU until 1990. He was a visiting scholar between 1990-1991 in the Earth Observations Laboratory, Institute for Space and Terrestrial Sciences, Ontario, Canada. Since 1993, he has been an Associate Professor with Department of Forestry, NFU. He was a visiting scholar in the Department of Geomatics Engineering, The University of Calgary, Canada, in 1994. In 1995, he moved to the United States. He is presently employed as Assistant Researcher with the Department of ESPM, The University of California at Berkeley. He has had an excellent teaching experience in China and USA in both undergraduate and graduate courses and research experience in USA, Canada and China. He has published more than 43 journal papers and books in English or Chinese. He has been awarded the science and technology prizes three times by the Chinese government between 1986 and 1991 because of his excellent research achievements. His research interests focus on remote sensing in terrestrial ecosystem and biogeography, including evaluating productivity of forest land, ecosystem modeling, natural resources assessment & management, land use/cover change detection and environmental change detection, and on geo-spatial modeling with GIS & GPS and mathematical methods with an emphasis on the use of hyperspectral remote sensing data, GIS and GPS techniques. He is also interested in teaching remote sensing in natural resources, biogeography, biology and environmental studies, and introduction to GIS at the graduate and undergraduate levels.
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2000: Ph.D., Cartography & Geographic
Information System, conducted at ESPM Dept., UC Berkeley, IRSA of Chinese
Academy of Sciences.
Dissertation: An exploratory analysis on in situ hyperspectral data of
conifer species
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1985: M.Sc., Forest Management, Remote
Sensing in Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University (NFU), Nanjing, China.
Thesis: Application of remote sensing techniques in forest environment survey.
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1982: B.Sc., Forestry, NFU, Nanjing, China.
Essay: Aerial photo interpretation for bamboo resource inventory.
Remote Sensing Image Analysis and Application
Multi-platform remote sensing analysis in terrestrial ecosystems
Extraction of biophysical and biochemical parameters
Imaging spectrometer data analysis to ecosystem science
Wildland fire hotspot
detection and burnt scar mapping
Plant spectral feature
extraction
Land use/cover change detection
Wildlife habitat classification
Forestland classification and evaluation
Forest resource
inventory, estimation and forecasting
Geographic Information System Analysis and Application
Landscape dynamic planning and evaluating
Environmental resources management
Land systems classification
Natural resources evaluation and monitoring
Quantitative and Computer Analysis Technologies
Multivariate and spatial statistical analysis methods
Ecosystem modeling approaches
Quantitative analysis methods and application
Neural network analysis in ecosystem science
Remote sensing image processing and analysis
Computer programming in C/FORTRAN
Major Analysis Softwares
Advanced PCI EASI/PACE and basic ERDAS Imagine image analysis systems
ESRI Arc/Info and ArcView geo-information analysis system
SAS/Matlab/Splus statistical analysis softwares
Teaching
1995 - Assistant Researcher, Staff Research Associate, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM), The University of California at Berkeley, California, U.S.A. Short courses, seminar and training:
· PubHlth/ESPM290: Remote sensing and GIS in public health for undergraduate students
· ESPM298: Advanced remote sensing in natural resources for graduate students
· Hyperspectral remote sensing and its application for graduate students
· Atmospheric correction to satellite imagery for graduate/under graduate students.
· PCI EASI/PACE, Arc/Info & ArcView softwares trained to CAMFERs visitors and workers
· Major GPS equipment and spectroradiometer training to CAMFERs visitors and workers
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Guest lectures: Hyperspectral remote sensing in Nanjing
University and Beijing Normal University, China,
30 hours each, in 1999 and 2001
respectively, for graduate students and young scholars
1993-1994: Associate Professor, Department of Forestry, NFU, Nanjing, China
· Remote sensing image processing for graduate students
· Remote sensing in natural resources for graduate and undergraduate students
· Forest resource management for undergraduate students
1985-1992: Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry, NFU, Nanjing, China
· Remote sensing in natural resource for undergraduate students
· Forest management for undergraduate students
· Forest mensuration for undergraduate students
Research
1995-: Research Associate, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, The University of California at Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
o Co-principal investigator: Monitoring of Sudden Oak Death and invasive species mapping using hyperspectral measurements and airborne hyperspectral data (CASI)
o Co-principal investigator: EO-1 and Landsat imageries analysis for monitoring California's conifer forest and hardwood rangeland
o Co-principal investigator: Mapping of historical burned scars (1985 - 2000) of the entire North America with NOAA/AVHRR data
o Co-principal investigator: Emission estimation through wildland fire hotspot detection and burnt scar mapping with NOAA/AVHRR daily data using PCI EASI scripts and modelling
o Principal investigator: Land ecosystems classification with DEM, forestry data using artificial neural networks
o Principal investigator: Tree species identification and biochemistry estimation with hyperspectral data using artificial neural networks and spectral derivative techniques
o PI: Irrigate tracts classification and evaluation with Landsat TM imagery
o Co-principal investigator: Wildlife habitat classification with Thematic Mapper data and GIS using classifiers: maximum likelihood classifier and artificial neural networks
o Participate: Global change research with NOAA-AVHRR
1994-1995: Visiting Research Scientist, Department of Geomatics Engineering, The University of Calgary, Canada.
o Principal investigator: Evaluate the potentials of hyperspectral imagery (CASI and AVIRIS) for estimating forest canopy biochemistry
o Co-principal investigator: Correlating hyperspectral data with forest ecosystem parameters
1992-1994: Associate Professor, Remote Sensing Laboratory,NFU, Nanjing, China
o Co-principal investigator: Exploring and modeling the relationships between vegetation change information and environmental elements
o Principal investigator: Research on forest landscape types in assessing national parks
1990-1992: Visiting Research Scientist, Earth Observations Laboratory, ISTS, North York, Ontario, Canada.
o Participate: The Oregon Transect Ecosystem Research project, led by NASA, USA, Analyzing the relationships between hyperspectral data and ecosystem parameters
o Participate: Calibrating imaging spectrometry data
o Principal investigator: Developing software code for calculating and mapping leaf area index from hyperspectral data coupling with PCI EASI/PACE image processing system
1985-1990: Assistant Professor, Remote Sensing Laboratory, NFU, Nanjing, China
o Project leader and principal investigator: Application of remote sensing techniques in protected forest on the coastal zone in China
o Co-principal investigator: Remote sensing image analysis and applied in forestry
o Principal investigator: Interpreting ecosystem parameters from remote sensing images
o Principal investigator: Natural resource inventory research
1982-1985: Research Assistant, NFU, china.
o Principal investigator: Application of remote sensing techniques in forest environment survey in southern china.
Services
1997- Referee for reviewing following journals
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (USA) 2003-
Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing (USA) 2002-
Forest Science (USA) 2002-
International Journal of Remote Sensing (UK) 1999-
Geographic Information Sciences (USA) 1997-
Awards
o 2001: Outstanding Service Award, The International Association of Chinese Professionals in GIS
o 1991: Prize of Science Technology, second place, by The Ministry of Forestry of China
o 1991: The best scientific paper from The Association Of Remote Sensing in Jiangsu Province, China
o 1987: Prize of Science Technology, second place, by Jiangsu Province, China
o 1988: Prize of Science Technology, third place, by The Ministry of Forestry of China
Research Grants
Y. Fang National Natural Science Foundation of
China Held $100,000 1980-86
R. Pu Application
of Remote Sensing in Forest Site Resource Inventory
R. Pu National Natural Science Foundation of China Held $55,000 1988-89
Application of Remote Sensing to Shelter
Forest in Coastal zone of China
P. Gong Forestry Canada, Research Contract Held $23,000 cdn 1993-95
R. Pu Land
systems Classification
P. Gong University of California Start-up Grant Held $400,000 1993-94
R. Pu Forest
yield prediction with an artificial neural network
P. Gong University of California DNAR Special
Grant Held $25,000 1994-95
and G. Biging
R. Pu Hyperspectral
data analysis for conifer species recognition
P. Gong USDA AES Grant Held $30,000/yr. 1994-98
R. Pu Integrated
analysis for multisource spatial data analysis for ecological studies
P. Gong IHRMP Grant Held $165,000 1995-99
and G. Biging
R. Pu Hardwood monitoring
using an airborne digital Camera integrated with a
low-cost positioning/attitude reference
system (will participate this project from this year)
P. Gong California Air Resource Board Held $164,000 2000-01
R. Pu Emission estimation through
wildland fire hotspot detection and burnt scar mapping with NOAA/AVHRR data
P. Gong NASA EO-1 Validation Grant Held $210,000 2001-03
and G. Biging
R. Pu EO-1
satellite sensors: ALI, LAC and Hyperion image data validation for extracting
Biophysical and biochemistry parameters such
as LAI, CC and species identification
P. Gong NASA North America Historical Fire
Mapping Held $300,000 2000-03
R. Pu Historical
burned scar mapping of 1985-2000 for the North American with NOAA/AVHRR data
· 1995- American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
· 1994- Chinese Professionals on Geographic Information systems Abroad (CPGIS)
· 1991- Canadian Remote Sensing Society
· 1985- Association of Environmental Remote Sensing of China
· 1986- Association of City Construction of China
· Manuscripts Submitted for
Review:
· Pu, R., N. M. Kelly, G. L. Anderson and P. Gong, A multilevel classification scheme of CASI data for detecting Sudden Oak Death, submitted to Computer and Electronics in Agriculture.
· Pu, R. and P. Gong, Wavelet transform applied to EO-1 hyperspectral data for forest LAI and crown closure mapping, submitted to Remote Sensing of Environment.
· Pu, R., Q. Yu, P. Gong and G. S. Biging, EO-1 Hyperion, ALI and Landsat 7 ETM+ data comparison for estimating forest crown closure and leaf area index, submitted to International Journal of Remote Sensing.
·. Pu, R., N. M. Kelly, Q. Chen
and P. Gong
, Spectroscopic determination of health levels of Coast
Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) Leaves,
submitted
to International Journal of Remote Sensing.
· Pu, R., L. Foschi, and P. Gong, Spectral feature analysis for assessment of
water status and health level of coast live oak (Quercus Agrifolia) leaves, submitted to International Journal
of Remote Sensing.
· Pu, R., P. Gong, Z.Q. Li, J. Scarborough, A dynamic algorithm for wild land burned scar detection using NOAA AVHRR data, submitted to International Journal of Wildland Fire.
· Gong, P., R. Pu, Z.Q. Li, N. Clinton, and L. M. Levien, An integrated approach to burned area mapping in California with NOAA AVHRR data, submitted to PE&RS.
· Refereed Articles &
Books After Year 2000:
[43] Pu, R. and P. Gong, Determination of burnt scars using logistic regression and neural network techniques from a single post-fire Landsat-7 TM imagery, PE&RS. (in press).
[42] Pu, R., P. Gong and G. S. Biging, 2003, Simple calibration of AVIRIS
data and LAI mapping of forest plantation in southern Argentina, International
Journal of Remote Sensing,24(23):4699-4714.
[41] Gong, P., R. Pu, G. S. Biging and M. R. Larrieu, 2003, Estimation of forest leaf area index using vegetation indices derived from Hyperion hyperspectral data, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 41(6):1355-1362.
[40] Pu, R., B. Xu, P. Gong, 2003, Oakwood crown closure estimation by unmixing of Landsat TM data, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 24(22):4433-4445.
[39] Pu, R., Pu, P. Gong, G. S. Biging, and M. R. Larrieu, 2003, Extraction of red edge optical parameters from Hyperion data for estimation of forest leaf area index, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 41(4):916-921.
[38] Pu, R., S. Ge, N.M. Kelly, P. Gong, 2003, Spectral absorption features as indicators of water status in Quercus Agrifolia leaves, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 24(9):1799-1810.
[37] Chen, J., P. Gong, C. He, R. Pu, P. Shi, 2003, Land use/cover change detection using improved change vector analysis, PR&RS, 69(4):369-379
[36] Xu, B., P. Gong, R. Pu, 2003, Crown closure estimation of oak savannah in a dry season with Landsat TM imagery: Comparison of Various Indices through Correlation Analysis, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 24(9):1811-1822.
[35] Pan, Y., Li, X., P. Gong, C. He, P. Shi, R. Pu, 2003, An integrative classification of vegetation in China with NOAA/AVHRR and vegetation-climate indices of Holdridge life zone, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 24(5):1009-1027.
[34] Li, Z., R. Fraser, J. Jin, A. A. Abuelgasim, I. Csiszar, P. Gong, R. Pu, and W. Hao, 2003, Evaluation of algorithms for fire detection and mapping across North America from satellite, Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(D2):4076-4089.
[33] Gong, P., R. Pu, and R. C. Heald, 2002, Analysis of in situ hyperspectral data for nutrient estimation of giant sequoia, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 23(9):1827-1850.
[32] Gong, P., R. Pu, and B. Yu, 2001, Conifer species recognition: effect of data transformation, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 22(17):3471-3481.
[31] Tian, Q., Q. Tong, R. Pu, X. Guo, and C. Zhao, 2001, Spectroscopic determination of wheat water status using 1650-1850 nm spectral absorption features, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 22(12):2329-2338.
[30] Pu, R. and P. Gong, 2000, Hyperspectral Remote Sensing and Its Applications, (a book), High Education Press, Beijing, China.
· Refereed Articles & Books Before Year 2000
Outlines of Monitoring of Sudden Oak Death Using Hyperspectral
measurements
Outlines of NASA Historical Burning Scar Mapping in North
America using NOAA/AVHHRR Data
Outlines of Wildland Fire Mapping in California with
NOAA/AVHHRR Data
Outlines of Irrigated Tract Analysis Using Landsat TM Imagery &
DEM Data
Outlines of Land Systems Classification with Forestry and GIS
Data
Outlines of LAI Estimation with High Spectral Resolution Images
Acquired on Airborne
Updated: December 24, 2003.