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Qiong Wang
Assistant Professor College of Environment and Design Qiong Wang is an assistant professor at the College of Environment and Design. She holds a Ph.D. in Planning, Governance, and Globalization from Virginia Tech. Additionally, she possesses a master’s degree and a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture. Her research focuses on climate resilience, encompassing both mitigation and […]
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Kevin Samples
Geographic Information Systems Research Specialist, IRIS ksamples@uga.edu Kevin is a Geographic Information Systems Research Specialist with IRIS and has more than twenty years of experience supporting research in landscape ecology, fluvial geomorphology, and geospatial analysis. At UGA, he has coordinated the Georgia Land Use Trends project across multiple decades, producing statewide datasets on land cover, […]
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Randall Padgett
Survey and Instrumentation Professional, IRIS rpadgett@uga.edu Randall is a Survey and Instrumentation Professional for IRIS. He holds a B.S. in Geology from the University of Georgia. Prior to joining IRIS in 2025, he spent several years working in the private sector as a Land Survey Party Chief for engineering firms, where he led field crews on […]
