Faculty
Dong Liang
Associate Research Professor
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
Bio
Dr. Dong Liang's research investigates the statistical issues in synthesizing environmental data sets collected at various places, frequencies, accuracies and ways. He often uses Bayesian hierarchical models and geo-spatial tools to fuse information from survey design and multiple sources. Dr. Liang's collaborations include fisheries, ecosystem science, restoration ecology, environmental health, spatial epidemiology and social science. He is a founding member of the Environmental Statistics Collaborative, which is hosted at the Chesapeake Biological Lab.
Areas of Expertise
- Spatial sampling
- Remote sensing
- Environmental health
- Bayesian data analyses
- Spatiotemporal modeling
Education
- Unversity of Iowa, Iowa City, 2010, Ph. D., Statistics
- University of Minnesota Duluth, 2003, M.S., Applied Mathematics
- Shanghai Institute of Technology, 2000, B.S., Computer Science
Recent Publications
- Science of The Total Environment2019
- Fisheries Research2020
- Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences2020
- Environmental Monitoring and Assessment2023