Alumni
PhD Graduates






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Sungchan Jeong (Ph.D): 2022-2025.
Thesis title: “Tracking multi-scale vegetation dynamics by combining satellite observations and machine learning”
Now: Postdoc in the same lab
Yorum Hwang (Ph.D): 2016-2023.
Thesis title: “Remote sensing of structural and functional variations in urban vegetation across multiple scales in space and time”
Now: Professor at Donga University
Juwon Kong (Ph.D): 2019-2023.
Thesis title: “Monitoring vegetation changes by enhancing the spatiotemporal resolution of satellite imagery”
Now: Postdoc at Yale University (with Karen Seto)
Yulin Yan (Ph.D): 2019-2022.
Thesis title: “Nocturnal stomatal conductance in rice: a coordinating bridge between prior respiration and photosynthesis next dawn”
Now: Postdoc at Fujian Normal University (with Jing Ming Chen).
Jongmin Kim (Ph.D): 2017-2021.
Thesis title: “Continuous observation of vegetation phenology and solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence using near-surface remote sensing systems”
Now: Professor at Kyunghee University
Jeehwan Bae (Ph.D): 2019-2021.
Thesis title: “Evaluation of soil organic carbon stocks in heterogeneous land cover types towards carbon neutral city”
Now: Postdoc in the Kyunghee University
Soohyun Jeon (PhD course): 2013-2014.
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Now Employed: LG U+
Galam Lee (PhD Course): 2013-2014.
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Now: PhD course at Interdisciplinary Program in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, SNU
Master Graduates








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Yeji Kim (MLA): 2022-2024.
Thesis title: “Evaluating the impact of wildfire severity on biophysical factors and canopy structural recovery following the 2019 wildfire in Alaskan boreal forest using satellite observations”
Now: Employed Hanwha Oceon
Tackang Yang (MLA): 2021-2023.
Thesis title: “Mapping carbon stock of individual street trees using lidar-camera fusion-based mobile mapping system”
Now: PhD course in the same lab.
Ryoungseob Kwon (MLA): 2021-2023.
Thesis title: “Merging multiple sensing platforms and deep learning empowers individual tree mapping and tree species detection at a city-scale”
Now: PhD course in the same lab.
Jeongho Lee (MLA): 2020-2022.
Thesis title: “Development of an automated ground-based hyperspectral field spectroscopy system that integrates two geometric observation configurations”
Now: PhD course in the same lab.
Sungchan Jeong (MLA): 2020-2022.
Thesis title: “Tracking diurnal to seasonal variations of gross primary productivity using a geostationary satellite, GK-2A advanced meteorological imager”
Now: PhD course in the same lab
Wonseok Choi (MLA): 2019-2021.
Thesis title: “Drone Based Evaluation of Spatial Variability in Satellite Surface Reflectance Products”
Now: PhD course in the same lab
Juwon Kong (MLA): 2017-2019.
Thesis title: “Inter-comparison of image fusion products against in-situ spectral measurements over heterogeneous rice paddy landscape”
Now: PhD course in the same lab
Jeehwan Bae (MLA): 2012-2019.
Thesis title: “Land use and land cover changes explain spatial and temporal variations of the soil organic carbon stocks in a constructed urban park”
Now: Postdoc Fellow in Kyunghee University
Kaige Yang (MLA): 2016-2018.
Thesis title: “Sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence is more strongly related to absorbed photosynthetically active radiation than gross primary productivity in a rice paddy”
Now: Tencent
Soyoun Kim (MLA): 2016-2018.
Thesis title: “Does spatial resolution influence the detection and attribution of extreme reduction in gross primary productivity?”
Now: Researcher in Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Seoul National University
Jane Lee (MLA): 2016-2018.
Thesis title: “Relative Contribution of different Climate drivers and Plant Functional Types to Growing Season Gross Primary Productivity Interannual variation in Alaska”
Now: Researcher in KOPIA (Korea Project on International Agriculture)
Jongmin Kim (MLA): 2015-2017.
Thesis title: “Continuous observation of vegetation indices, leaf area index (LAI) and fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (fPAR) using an integrated low-cost near surface sensing system”
Now: Professor at Kyunghee University
Yorum Hwang (MLA): 2014-2016.
Thesis title: “Correction for light scattering combined with sub-pixel classification improves estimation of gap fraction from digital cover photography”
Now: Professor at Donga University
Seungjun Lee (MLA): 2014-2016.
Thesis title: “Urban heat mitigation by roof surface materials during the East Asian summer monsoon”
Now Employed: PhD course at Cornell University (with Ying Sun)
Jina Jeong (MLA): 2013-2016.
Thesis title: “Trees growing through impervious surfaces use shallower water sources: A stable isotope study”
Now: PhD student at VU University Amsterdam (with Sebastiaan Luyssaert)
Hyungsuk Kimm (MLA): 2013-2015.
Thesis title: “Modeling carbon and energy fluxes in a heterogeneous urban park”Now PhD student at University of Illinois at Urbana
Now Employed: Assistant Professor at Department of Plant Science, Seoul National University
Postdoc Fellows










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Liang Wan 2022-2024.
Now Employed: LSCE, phillipe
Zilong Zhong 2022-2023.
Now Employed: McMaster University
Henock Mamo 2021-2022.
Now Employed:
Changming Yin 2022.
Now Employed:
Junghee Lee 2021-2022.
Now Employed: National Institute of Forest Science
Xing Li 2021-2023.
Now Employed: Associate Professor at Sun Yat-sen University
Sheir Afgen Zaheer 2021-2022.
Now Employed: KC ML2
Bolun Li 2019-2021.
Now Employed: Lecturer at Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, China
Jiangong Liu 2020-2022.
Now Employed: Postdoc at the department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University in the City of New York
Vaibhav Lodhi 2019-2021.
Now Employed:
Benjamin Dechant: 2017-2021.
Now Employed: Postdoc at Synthesis Centre for Biodiversity Sciences (sDiv), German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)
Yan Huang: 2015-2018.
Now Employed: Assistant Professor, Qian Xuesen Laboratory of Space Technology, China Academy of Space Technology
Chongya Jiang: 2014-2017.
Now Employed: Professor at Nanjing Agriculture University
Youngkeun Song: 2013-2015.
Now Employed: Associate Professor at Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Seoul National University
Researchers

Minsung Kim: 2022-2022

Dongok Kim: 2022-2022

Sai Qu: 2019-2021.

Seungjoon Lee: 2020-2021.
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Xingmei Xu: 2020-2021.
Administrative staff
Yunah Lee: 2017-2020.
Buyoung Park: 2016-2017.
Geunmin Park: 2016.
Sanghee Park: 2015.
Undergraduate Internships
Dohun Kwon: 2024
Jooseo Lee: 2024
Hyeyoung Jo: 2024
Beomjun Kang: 2023, 2024
Dongjin Ahn: 2023, 2024
Daewon Kim: 2022
Jinwook Shin: 2019
Youngbum Kim: 2019
Jung-Eun Lee: 2017, 2018
Sungkyu Lee: 2016
Jisoo Sung: 2015
Wonseok Choi: 2015
Junhaeng Ho: 2015
Jongmin Kim: 2014
Yorum Hwang: 2014
Youngdae Shin: 2013
Seungjun Lee: 2013
Hyungsuk Kimm: 2012
Juwon Kong: 2012
Jaehoon Jung: 2012