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Yongxiang Hu

Adjunct Professor

Dr. Hu is the author of more than 250 peer-reviewed journal articles, one book on remote sensing of the aerosols and clouds, and 3 patents. His Google Scholar-based h-index is 69 and total citation of 20,885 (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YySlI2oAAAAJ&hl=en ). 

Degrees

  • PHD, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 1994
  • BSC, Peking University, 1985

Work Experience

  • Lidar Remote Sensing Branch, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA (Retired)
  • Senior Research Scientist, NASA Langley Research Center (1999-2025)
  • Research Assistant Professor, Hampton University (1997-1999)
  • Post Doc, College of William & Mary (1995-1997)

Research Interests

Radiative transfer and remote sensing, lidar mission concept development, quantum sensing and computing, and Earth system data analysis