Emory University
Who it subcontracts to
No subawards reported under its lunar awards.
Who it works for
DR. XIAO HUANG, AS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AT EMORY UNIVERSITY, IS SET TO PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN DEVELOPING A DATA HARMONIZATION FRAMEWORK FOR SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATING GLOBE MOSQUITO HABITAT DATA WITH RELEVANT NASA EARTH OBSERVATION PRODUCTS, ENSURING DATA QUALITY, CONSISTENCY, AND INTEROPERABILITY (OBJECTIVE 1) AND DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING AN AI-DRIVEN MODELING APPROACH FOR PREDICTING THE SUITABILITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF MOSQUITO HABITATS USING THE HARMONIZED GLOBE-NASA DATASET AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT SPATIAL NON-STATIONARITY, NON-LINEARITY, AND COMPLEX VARIABLE INTERACTIONS (OBJECTIVE 2). IN ADDITION, DR. XIAO HUANG WILL ALSO ASSIST PI DI YANG AND CO-PI YAQIAN HE IN COUPLING THE AI-BASED MOSQUITO HABITAT MODELS WITH CLIMATE MODELS (CMIP6) AND MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASE TRANSMISSION MODELS TO PREDICT FUTURE DISEASE RISKS UNDER DIFFERENT CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS (OBJECTIVE 3).