Trung Nguyen

Dr. Trung Nguyen

Research Fellow, Remote Sensing of Fire

Details

Open to

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision
  • Media enquiries
  • Mentoring (short-term)

About

Dr Trung Nguyen is a postdoctoral researcher in Mathematical and Geospatial Sciences at RMIT University’s School of Science. He is a core member of the Remote Sensing Research Group, which focuses on advancing remote sensing technologies for environmental applications.

His research explores how forest ecosystems respond to natural and human-induced disturbances and their implications for the carbon cycle. He develops geospatial frameworks for forest monitoring and wildfire research, integrating airborne (ALS), terrestrial (TLS), and spaceborne LiDAR (e.g., GEDI) with multi-sensor satellite data (e.g., Landsat, Sentinel). By leveraging advanced GeoAI techniques, including machine learning and deep learning, he investigates forest dynamics and vertical fuel structure across spatial and temporal scales.

Trung’s work contributes to geospatial science applications in forest management, wildfire research, and broader environmental challenges. He is also interested in applying geospatial technologies to natural resource management, including land use and biodiversity conservation, as well as agricultural innovation.

Research fields

  • 3709 Physical geography and environmental geoscience
  • 330404 Land use and environmental planning
  • 490511 Time series and spatial modelling
  • 300206 Agricultural spatial analysis and modelling
  • 460106 Spatial data and applications
  • 300706 Forestry fire management

UN sustainable development goals

  • 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  • 13 Climate Action
  • 15 Life on Land
  • 17 Partnerships for the Goals

Academic positions

  • Research Fellow, Remote Sensing of Fire
  • RMIT University
  • Geospatial Science
  • Melbourne, Australia
  • 16 Jan 2023 – Present
  • Lecturer
  • Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry
  • Faculty of Resource Management
  • Thai Nguyen, Vietnam
  • 1 Jan 2011 – 31 Dec 2022

Non-academic positions

  • Natural Resource Expert
  • International Centre for Environmental Management (ICEM)
  • GIS and Modeling
  • Hanoi, Vietnam
  • 4 May 2020 – 31 Jan 2022
  • Senior Data Analyst
  • Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
  • Forest Protection Survey Program
  • Melbourne, Australia
  • 1 Nov 2018 – 29 Feb 2020

Teaching interests

Remote Sensing, Geographic Information Systems, Spatial analysis and modelling, land-cover mapping

Research interests

  • Remote Sensing
  • Geographic information system (GIS)
  • Spatial analysis and modelling
  • Environmental surveying and monitoring
  • Vegetation dynamics
  • Forest fire management
  • Land management
  • Biodiversity conservation
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