Welcome to Jun Yan’s Homepage
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Dr. Yan is currently an associate professor of Geography & Geology
Department, Western Kentucky University. His research focuses on a range of fields in GIScience, including
spatial data mining; geovisualization; spatial statistics; GIS applications
in urban & regional analysis, particularly in the areas of
transportation, crime & public safety, public health, economic
development, and water quality issues. During his graduate study at Buffalo (1998-2004),
Dr. Yan worked as a research assistant with NCGIA Buffalo site and as a teach assistant with Geography Department,
SUNY at Buffalo. In
2003, he taught part-time at Geography
& Planning Department, Buffalo State College. From 1995 to 1998, he was a
research assistant at China State Key Lab for Resource & Environmental
Information Systems (LREIS). Since 2004, Dr. Yan has
taught a number of upper-level courses in GIS and regional geography. He
currently serves as the GIS Program
Leader at WKU. As the GIS Program Manager for WKU China Environmental Health Project
and a member of the Association of Chinese Professionals in GIS,
Dr. Yan has dedicated himself to assisting GIS education and training in the less-developed regions of China. For
the past a few years, he has conducted
a number of workshops related to GIS and spatial analysis at several Chinese
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Last modified: May. 6th, 2011