Yaqian He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Before joining UARK, she worked as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography at the University of Central Arkansas from 2020 to 2024. Before that, she was a postdoc research fellow in Dr. Justin Mankin’s research group at Dartmouth College and collaborated with Dr. Jonathan Chipman. She received her Ph.D. in Geography from West Virginia University in 2018, supervised by Dr. Eungul Lee and worked closely with Dr. Tim Warner. She holds a master’s degree in Cartography and GIS from Beijing Normal University (2013) under Dr. Yanchen Bo, and a bachelor’s in Surveying Engineering from China University of Mining and Technology (2010).

Seth Guidry is an Arkansas native who has a passion for weather and climate research.  He is currently pursuing a MS Geography degree at Indiana University - Bloomington, and his thesis is a comparison of the spatiotemporal patterns of surface and canopy urban heat island (UHI) effects within fast-growing cities.  His primary research interest is applying GIS and remote sensing to study land-surface-atmosphere interactions.  Outside of research, he enjoys listening to music, singing, playing the piano, and traveling.

Faith Vire is a research assistant working on detecting crop phenology and its relationship with climate. She earned her master’s degree in Geographic Information Systems from the University of Central Arkansas. Outside of research, she enjoys reading horror novels and caring for her two cats.