Tran, Trung V

Dr. Trung Tran is an Associate Professor of Geospatial Science at Fayetteville State University, where he leads the Geospatial Science Degree Program and directs the USGIF-accredited GEOINT Certificate Program. He also serves as Principal Investigator and Director of the NASA Precollege Summer Institute in Earth Science and Geospatial Science, as well as Director of the NASA-funded GLOBES (Geospatial Analytics and Observing Earth for Sustainability) Research Lab. Dr. Tran earned his PhD in Geography from the University of Oklahoma, with a focus on remote sensing, GIS, and land cover and land use change.

Dr. Tran’s research and teaching center on leveraging geographic information science (GIScience), geovisualization, remote sensing, and drone imaging to examine human–environment interactions across spatial and temporal scales in diverse landscapes. His work addresses topics such as urbanization, flood monitoring, vulnerability, and resilience, transportation mobility, energy conservation, and environmental and public health. He serves as Principal Investigator and co-Principal Investigator on multiple projects funded by NASA, NCDOT, and the Department of Defense.