People : Faculty
Dr. Li An
Associate Professor of Geography
Department of Geography
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA 92182-4493
Office: Geography Annex 111
Phone: (619) 594-5932
e-mail: lan@mail.sdsu.edu
Education
Ph.D. (Systems Modeling), Michigan State University, 2003
M.S. (Probability and Statistics), Michigan State University, 2002
M.S. (Systems Ecology), Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1992
B.S. (Economic Geography), Beijing University, 1989
Courses Taught
- Quantitative Methods in Geographic Research
- Spatial Data Analysis
- Landscape Modeling and Simulation
- Landscape Ecology
Research Interests
- GIScience (e.g., GeoComputation and Spatial Analysis) and its link with landscape ecology
- Complexity theory and its applications in human-environment interactions
- Landscape ecology: concepts, methods, and applications in environmental and natural resource conservation and policy-making
- Methodology of quantitative modeling in land-use/cover, wildlife habitat, and biodiversity dynamics
- Population, development, and their environmental effects in relation to human health, natural disaster, and biodiversity dynamics, especially in developing countries
Current Projects
- SDSU UGP Grant: Sampling at What Scales? A Computational Simulation Approach, PI.
- NSF PIRE Collaborative Research and Training in Social Context, Population Processes, and Environmental Change, Co-PI.
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