Zhe (Sarina) Zhang
Assistant Professor
Dr. Zhang is an assistant professor of the Department of Geography and an affiliate faculty of Electrical and Computing Engineering at Texas A&M University. She currently serves as a director of the Cyberinfrastructure and Spatial Decision Intelligence research group at Texas A&M University and a council member of the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System. She is the past chair of the Cyberinfrastructure Specialty group at the American Association of Geographers. She also leads the CyberGIS and Decision Support Systems research initiative at the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science.
Her research and teaching interests broadly include geographical information science and systems (GIS), cyberinfrastructure and cyberGIS, geospatial artificial intelligence, and human-centered decision-making. Her research focuses on advancing cyberinfrastructure and geospatial data science to provide data-intensive solutions to complex human-environment interaction problems, sustainability, and disaster resilience challenges.
She has received research funding from several U.S. federal and state agencies such as NSF, NOAA, NASA, US DOT, National Geographic Society, and Texas Department of State Health Services, and served as principal, co-principal, and co-investigator for over $18 million in research grants. She has published peer-reviewed articles in several leading GIS-related journals, such as the International Journal of Geographic Information Science, Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Transactions in GIS, and the International Journal of Digital Earth. She has served as a guest editor of Transactions in GIS and an associate editor of Computational Urban Science.
In recognition of her impactful research outcomes and outstanding education and outreach records, Dr. Zhang received a National Science Foundation CAREER award in 2023!
graduate students
ZhenLei Song, PhD Student (Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University & Bachelor in Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology )
Nanzhou Hu, PhD Student
(Master in Geographic Information Science and Technology, Texas A&M University & Bachelor in Geoinformatics, Southwest Jiaotong University, China)
Jikun Liu, PhD Stduent
(Master in Applied Urban Science and Informatics,
New York University & Bachelor in Mathematics, University of Michigan Ann Arbor)
Yuhang Xie, PhD Student
(Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Texas A&M University & Bachelor in Engineering, Tianjin University)
Connor Gooch, Master Student (Bachelor in Geographic Information Science and Technology, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi)
underGraduate students
Sergio Alonzo Macias, Undergraduate
Student (Visualization, Texas A&M
University)
Walker Girard, Undergraduate
Student (Geographic Information Science and Technology, Texas A&M
University)
graduated students
Diya Li, PhD in (Geographic Information Science and Technology)
Graduated in 2024
Work as GenAI Full Stack Software Development Engineer at ESRI
Jared King, Master Student
(Environmental Geosciences, Texas A&M University)
Graduated in 2024
Work as Research Specialist at Gulf of Mexico Coastal Observing System
Shuyang Zhang, Master Student
(Petroleum Engineering, Southwest Petroleum
University, China)
Graduated in 2022
Work for China National Petroleum Corporation
Kelly Corzo Rivera, Bachelor in Geographic Information Science and Technology; graduated in 2022
Work as Associate Technical Consultant at ESRI
Marcus Sanders, Bachelor in Geographic Information Science and Technology; graduated in 2021
Work as Land GIS Analyst at ConocoPhillips
Francesco Previto, Bachelor in Business Administration, graduated in 2021
Work as Data Scientist a the City of Fort
Worth
Other Members
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Jinhyun Bae, Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning (Ph.D. student, Co-advising)
Ziyi Zhang, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (Ph.D. student, Co-advising)
Wencong Cui, Department of Geography, (Ph.D. student, Co-advising)
Sydney Butler, Department of Atmospheric Science, Texas A&M University (Co-Advising)
Zahra Ghorbani, Department of Construction Science, Texas A&M University (Co-Advising, gradated)
GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS TECHNICIANS
Kelly Corzo, Department of Geography, Texas A&M University
Harshita Chaudhary, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University
Shashwat Tripathi, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University
Jian-Siang Hong, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University
Zeyu Wang, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University
Joseph Flores, Department of Geography, Texas A&M University (undergraduate student)
Karthik Lella, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University
Jasmine Paredes, Environmental studies, Texas A&M University
Francesco Previto, Business Administration and Management Information System, Texas A&M University
Katelyn Wallace, Geosciences, Texas A&M University
Naga Prasanth Padarthi, Computer Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University
Lasyasri Shilpi, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University
Pei Chen, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University
Marcus Sanders, Department of Geography, Texas A&M University
Ziyi Zhang, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University
Yuhan Cheng, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University
Diya, Zhenlei, and Ziyi won the first prize in Texas A&M Data Science Student Competition!
Group photo in 2021.