Dr. Jiagou Qi is an associate professor of the Department of Geography, Michigan State
University. Dr. Qi's research interests focus on theoretical development and applications of remote sensing technologies to study the dynamics of the earth surface and its environmental impacts at variable spatial and temporal scales.
He develops vegetation indices, radiative transfer models, and data fusion techniques to quantitatively map surface physical properties. Currently, he is the PI of two research projects to use the new French SPOT 4 satellite sensor, VEGETATION or VGT, to map biophysical parameters at large scales, and to derive information products for rangeland managers to make sound management decisions on an operational basis. Dr. Qi works on theoretical development of algorithms to detect crop stresses due to water and nitrogen deficiencies using final spatial and spectral resolution imagery and ground-based remote sensing measurements.