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General Information

Full Name Zhongying Wang
Position PhD Candidate in Geography
Affiliation Department of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder
Address GUGG 7, 260 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Email Zhongying.Wang@colorado.edu
Website https://zhongying.fyi/
Phone +1 213-281-2483

Research Interests

  • GeoAI methods for environmental and public-health applications
  • 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

  • 2021–present
    PhD in Geography
    University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
    • Advisor: Morteza Karimzadeh
    • Dissertation focus on GeoAI-enhanced spatiotemporal modeling in public health
  • 2019–2021
    MS in Spatial Data Science
    University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • Research advisor: Orhun Aydin
  • 2015–2019
    BS in Geographic Science
    East China Normal University, Shanghai, China

Experience

  • 2025–present
    Graduate Research Assistant (PI: Esther Rolf)
    Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder
    • Physics-informed location encoders and foundation models for environmental applications
  • 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
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 2017–2019
    Undergraduate Research Assistant
    School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University

Awards, Fellowships & Grants

  • 2025
    • UCGIS CyberTraining Workshop Travel Award, CyberTraining for Disaster Management Network (NSF Award #2321069), University Consortium for Geographic Information Science
  • 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
  • 2023
    • James A. and Jeanne B. DeSana Graduate Research Scholarship, Department of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder
  • 2021
    • Inductee, Nu Theta Chapter, Gamma Theta Upsilon Honor Society, University of Southern California
  • 2018
    • Shanghai Municipal Government Scholarship (Top 1%), Shanghai Municipal Education Commission
  • 2016
    • Mingde Scholarship, China Soong Ching Ling Foundation

Teaching

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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, and BMC Public Health