Congratulations to Dr. Pinliang Dong, Associate Professor of Geography, for receiving the 2014 CAS award for excellence in research. Dong earned this honor as a result of his exceptional research productivity during the 2012-2013 academic year. Dong's research focuses on the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in environmental science, transportation, public health, and emergency response; spatial analysis and spatial modeling; remote sensing and digital image analysis; and Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) for urban and forestry applications. In the Department of Geography, Dong teaches a variety of courses, including Intermediate and Advanced GIS, Advanced GIS Programming, as well as Introduction to Remote Sensing.

For more information on Dong's research, visit http://geography.unt.edu/~pdong/.