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Dr. JUN YAN joined the WKU faculty in 2004. He has a Ph.D. in GIScience from the State University of New York at Buffalo (UB), an M.S. in GIS and Remote Sensing from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a B.S. in Urban & Regional Planning from Peking University, China. Dr. Yan's professional interests range from the theoretical development of GIScience to the applications of GIS technologies and spatial quantitative methods. One of his interests is the adoption of computational methods in a geographic domain. His current research activities mainly focus on spatio-temporal data mining in large geospatial databases. Dr. Yan conducts research on the applications of GIS and other information technologies in solving a variety of real-world geographic problems. Particularly, he works in the areas related to urban and regional analysis, transportation, public health, criminology, and environmental studies. He is looking forward to working with students who are interested in pursuing geography and GIS as a professional career! For more information, contact Dr. Yan at 270-745-8952 by phone or via email at jun.yan@wku.edu