🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Bing Zhou on His New Faculty Position (Tenure Track AP at UTK)! 🎓➡️👨‍🏫

We are thrilled to share that Dr. Bing Zhou, a former Ph.D. graduate from the GEAR Lab, will be joining the University of Tennessee, Knoxville as a tenure-track Assistant Professor!

GEAR Lab members attending Dr. Bing Zhou's graduation ceremony (left to right: Dr. Binbin Lin [Associate Professor at Lanzhou Jiaotong University], Hao Tian [ Ph.D. student at Texas A&M], Moxuan Li [GIS Analyst at Tango], Dr. Bing Zhou, Dr. Lei Zou, Joynal Abedin [Assistant Professor of Instruction at Ohio University], Mingzheng Yang [PhD candidate at Texas A&M])

Bing’s research focuses on responsible GIScience, GeoAI, and disaster resilience, advancing innovative and ethical approaches to geospatial data science for societal benefit. In his new role, he will be establishing his own research lab and recruiting Ph.D. and M.S. students eager to work at the intersection of geospatial technologies, artificial intelligence, and resilience research. If you are interested in joining his research lab, feel free to find more about him on his website: https://spgbarrett.wixsite.com/bingzhou.

This is a proud milestone for the GEAR Lab, and we cannot wait to see the exciting work that will emerge from Dr. Zhou’s future team.

Congratulations, Dr. Zhou, on this well-deserved achievement — and best wishes as you embark on the next chapter of your academic journey! 🎓🌟