The group is looking for graduate students, postdocs and visiting scholars. Students and colleagues with relevant backgrounds (including but not limited to: planetary remote sensing, planetary geology, computer vision) are welcome to contact me.


About Me

Yiran Wang is an Assistant Professor at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUST). She received her B.S. degree from Ocean University of China in 2015 and Ph.D. degree from Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) in 2020. Then worked as postdoctoral and research assistant professor positions at PolyU. She joined SUST in February 2023. Yiran is mainly engaged in artificial intelligence (AI) remote sensing for planetary geomorphological features, involving intelligent algorithms, data products, and scientific discovery. The research outputs have provided technical support for the landing sites selection for China's lunar (Chang’E-4) and Mars (Tianwen-1) exploration missions. The research outcomes were reported by China Daily, which achieved a good social impact. In the past five years, she has published 16 SCI papers, including 6 first/corresponding-author SCI papers in GRL, JGR-Planets, ESSD, IEEE TGRS.


Experience

Feb. 2023 - present, 
Assistant Professor| Southern University of Science and Technology
Department of Earth and Space Science

Nov. 2022 - Jan. 2023 
Research Assistant Professor | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University  
Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics

Sep. 2020 - Oct. 2022
Postdoctoral Fellow | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University  
Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics

Jan. 2015 - Jul. 2015
Intern | Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences


Education

Jul. 2015 - Sep. 2020  PhD  The Hong Kong Polytechnic University  
Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University  
Supervisor: Prof. WU Bo


Aug. 2011 - Jun. 2015  BSc | Ocean University of China
Major: Marine Technology - Remote Sensing   


Professional Activities