Telephone hone: (416)946-7715
Fax: (416)946-3886
E-Mail: chenm@geog.utoronto.ca

Dr. Mingzhen Chen is a remote sensing scientist at Department of Geography and Program in Planning, University of Toronto, Canada.

Educated and worked in China, the United States and now a research fellow in Canada. Dr. Chen’s research area include remote sensing, digital image processing, geographic information system (GIS) , natural resources inventory and management, soil and terrestrial vegetation dynamics and modeling, artificial intelligence, GIS system design and implementation. Now his research has been focused on terrestrial vegetation dynamics and modeling (e.g. retrieval of canopy leaf area index (LAI) using remote sensing imageries) ; Land Cover and Land Use; and Remote Sensed data processing and analysis especially in MODIS, ASTER, ETM, VEGETATION, ALI, AVIRIS, Hyperion, MISR, optical remote sensing data, etc..

Mingzhen Chen is one of the core members in the project “Confronting Global Warming: Enhancing China’s Capacity for Carbon Sequestration”, funded by Canada International Development Agency (CIDA), as a Remote Sensing and GIS Group Co-chair from Canada.