Ruopu Li, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director
Geography and Environmental Resources Program
School of Earth Systems and Sustainability
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale SIU is officially an R1 research university in 2025
My research centers on the Geoinformatics for Food-Energy-Water (GeoFEW). The specific research topics include Water Resources Planning and Management, GIS Analysis and Modeling, Energy Geography, and Agricultural Land Use. In recent years, I focus on interdisciplinary and emerging technologies, such as geospatial artificial intelligence, social media data mining, social-technical analysis, and UAVs (drone). I have received ~ 2.5 million grants from different agencies, including four grants from the NSF.
Techniques: Geospatial Analysis, Remote Sensing, Artificial Intelligence, Hydrologic Modeling, Social-Environmental Systems, Land Use Modeling, Social Media Analytics, UAVs (drones)
Work experience
07/2020 - now
Associate Professor & Graduate Program Director
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
08/2023 - 09/2024
Visiting Scholar
Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
08/2015 - 07/2020
Assistant Professor
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
02/2012 - 07/2015
Integrated Water Management Analyst/Specialist
Nebraska Department of Natural Resources (NeDNR)
Education
2007 - 2012Ph.D. in Natural Resource Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
My collaborative paper recently wins a WRR Editors' Choice award!
