Dr. Wendy Zhou is currently a Professor at the Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines. She obtained a Ph.D. in Geological Engineering and an M.S. in Computer Science from the Missouri University of Science and Technology, as well as an M.S. in Geological Engineering from University of Alaska Fairbanks. Her research areas focus on GIS applications in natural resource management, environmental impact study, and geohazard zonation; SAR and PSInSAR applications in ground movement monitoring, such as ground subsidence, and landslide deformation rate; rock mass characterization; and numerical modeling, such as finite element and finite difference methods, for ground thermal regime and tress-strain distribution in rock or soil mass.