Li An

 

Professor of Geography
Storm Hall 303C  |  (619) 594-5870  | [email protected]
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Li An’s research focuses on complex human-environment systems/science, data science, spatial analysis and modeling, landscape ecology, and complexity theory. He is a Fellow of The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), a “lifetime distinction awarded to leading scientists across the world” (AAAS announcement). He is a Fellow of American Association of Geographers as one of the “geographers who have made significant contributions to advancing geography” (AAG announcement). He has received multiple other awards or recognitions from college, university, to national or international organizations. He has been leading or involved in research projects funded by multiple federal agencies, and these projects are broadly distributed in Nepal, Ghana, USA, and China. He has served on the editorial board of Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Ecological Modelling, The Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation (JASSS), and International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research. His other services include guest-editing special issues in prestigious journals, serving on panels for multiple federal or international agencies, organizing sessions, symposia, and conferences sponsored by various academic institutions, and mentoring Ph.D. and M.S. students. He is the founding director of the SDSU Center for Complex Human-Environment Systems (CHES). He served as Councilor-at-Large (Executive Committee member) of the International Association of Landscape Ecology-North America (IALE-NA).