About
Dr. Qiusheng Wu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography & Sustainability at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is also an Amazon Scholar. Dr. Wu’s research focuses on advancing open-source geospatial analytics through cloud computing and GeoAI. He is the creator and maintainer of several widely used open-source Python packages, including geemap, leafmap, segment-geospatial, and geoai. Dr. Wu’s work bridges remote sensing, Earth observation, and artificial intelligence to make large-scale geospatial analytics more accessible, reproducible, and intelligent. He is also the founder of the Open Geospatial Solutions GitHub organization, which hosts over 100 open-source projects.
Dr. Wu also serves as the Director of Graduate Studies in his department and as the Director of TennesseeView, a Tennessee Remote Sensing Consortium. He was a Google Developer Expert (GDE) for Earth Engine and has received many awards, including the Google Open Source Peer Bonus Award, the International Geospatial Innovation Award, and the CPGIS Innovation Award. His YouTube channel has over 900 video tutorials with 60K+ subscribers, 155K+ watch hours, and 2.9M+ views.
Education¶
| Year | Degree | Institution | Dissertation/Thesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Ph.D. in Geography | University of Cincinnati, USA | Hydrological and ecological analysis of topographic structure and wetland landscape |
| 2011 | M.A. in Geography | University of Cincinnati, USA | Object-oriented representation and analysis of coastal changes for hurricane-induced damage assessment |
| 2007 | B.S. in GIS | Sun Yat-sen University, China | Analysis and prediction of landscape pattern changes in Dongguan, China |
Appointments¶
| Period | Position |
|---|---|
| 2025–present | Amazon Scholar |
| 2024–present | Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Geography & Sustainability, UTK |
| 2023–present | Associate Professor, Department of Geography & Sustainability, UTK |
| 2022–present | Director of TennesseeView, a Tennessee Remote Sensing Consortium |
| 2022–2025 | Amazon Visiting Academic |
| 2023–2024 | Senior Research Fellow, United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) |
| 2021–2024 | Associate Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Geography & Sustainability, UTK |
| 2019–2023 | Assistant Professor, Department of Geography & Sustainability, UTK |
| 2018–2019 | Graduate Director, Department of Geography, Binghamton University |
| 2015–2019 | Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Binghamton University |
| 2014–2015 | Remote Sensing Specialist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
| 2012–2013 | Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography, University of Cincinnati |
| 2009–2012 | Research Assistant, Department of Geography, University of Cincinnati |
| 2009 | Research Assistant, Department of Geography, Texas A&M University |