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Alemu Gonsamo, Associate Professor of Remote Sensing

Board of Reviewing Editors Science Associate Editor Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences (2021-2026) Editorial Board Member Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Canada Research Chair (2020-2025)

PDF University of Toronto; PhD University of Helsinki Finland; MSc Wageningen University The Netherlands; BSc Hawassa University Ethiopia

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Dr. Daorui Han (2023 – present). Google Scholar | Email

Dr. Zilong Zhong  (2023 – present). Google Scholar | ResearchGate | Twitter | Email

Dr. Tenaw Geremew Workie (2024 – present). Researchgate | LinkedIn | Email. Awards: Erasmus Mundus MSc scholarship, Ministry of Education MSc scholarship. 

Chinyere Ottah (PhD student ). Forest fires and carbon emission. ResearchGate | Google Scholar | Twitter | Email

Sara Hesse (PhD student ). Biochemical and biophysical recovery of boreal forests after wildfire. LinkedIn | Email  

Ben Betteto (MSc student ). Tree level biomass estimation. LinkedIn | Email  

Jun Tan (PhD student ). Biomass of trees outside forest Email  

Tessa Forth (MSc student ). Tropical forest recovery after strand replacing disturbance. Email  

Yihao Xin (PhD student ). Forest biomass estimation from multi-band SAR. Award: Canada Impact+ scholar. Email  

Amber Chanthavong (research assistant, undergrad thesis ). Forest recovery after wildfires. Email | LinkedIn 

Dr. José Bermúdez (2022 – 2026, postdoctoral fellow). Now: researcher at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. Google Scholar | ResearchGate | Email

Amanda Sullivan (2026-2026, undergrad research assistant). Now: MSc student at McMaster University

Dr. Xinran Gao (2020 – 2025, PhD student). Now: Twitter

Dr. Wen Zhuo (2023 – 2025, postdoctoral fellow): Now: Associate Professor at Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences. Google Scholar | ResearchGate

Tanisha Sharma (2020-2025, MSc student ). Now: Fluvial Geomorphologist at Aquafor Beech Ltd, Toronto. LinkedIn

Kangyu So (2021-2025, research assistant, undergrad thesis, MSc student). Now: MD student at University of Toronto LinkedIn | Twitter

Yiyao Li (2023-2025, co-op, research assistant, undergrad thesis). Now: PhD student at UCLA

Jenny Chau (2021-2024, research assistant, undergrad thesis). Now: data analyst at Canadian Aviation Electronics (CAE)

Dr. Cheryl Rogers (2022 – 2023, postdoctoral fellow). Now: Assistant Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University. Google Scholar | Twitter

Dr. Shuhong Qin (2022-2024, visiting PhD student). Now: Research scientist at Zhejiang Institute of Hydraulic and Estuary ResearchGate | Twitter

Imran Gulamhussein (2021-2023, high school intern). Now: BSc student at University of Toronto.

Dr. Jingru Zhang (2021-2023, visiting PhD student). Now: Associate Professor at Zhejiang Agricultural and Forestry University.

Dr. Camile Söthe (2020 – 2022, postdoctoral fellow). Now (2022-): Data Scientist at Planet. Google Scholar | Researchgate | Twitter | Publons

Dr. Michelle Kalamandeen (2021 – 2022, postdoctoral fellow). Google Scholar | ResearchGate | Twitter | LinkedIn

Rachel Badzioch (2020-2022, research assistant, undergrad thesis). Now (2022-): PhD student at University of Notre Dame. LinkedIn | Twitter

Jonathan Spence (2021-2022, research assistant, undergrad thesis). Now (2022-): PhD student at University of Alberta. LinkedIn

Lelia Weiland (2020-2021, research assistant, undergrad thesis). Now (2021-): MSc student at University of Calgary. LinkedIn