Our Faculty
Dr. Zhi (Luke) Wang
Program Coordinator
Dr. Zhi (Luke) Wang is Professor of Hydrology and Soil Physics at California State University, Fresno
in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and is the Coordinator of this
GIS Certificate Program. Dr. Wang learned GIS in the 1990s and has been teaching the
subject on campus since 2002. His PhD dissertation and many of his research involved
many of the GIS applications, especially the 3-D, surface and geostatistical analyses.
Dr. Wang participated in many ESRI user conferences, hands-on training sessions and
user-model collaborations, and presented as a speaker in several of California’s
local GIS meetings. His GIS analysis maps on the Fresno River Monitoring project were
adopted by the Madera County Library for display to the public.
Dr. Wang teaches courses in Hydrology, Hydrogeology, GIS, Geostatistics, Soil and
Environmental Sciences. He has many publications in Water Resources Research, Journal of Hydrology, and other peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Wang received his BS and MS degrees in civil
engineering in China, his PhD degree in hydrology from the University of Leuven, Belgium,
and his post-doctoral fellowship from the University of California, Riverside. His
research on watershed hydrology and environmental hydrogeology has been funded by
the US Natural Science Foundation, US Department of Defense, California EPA and California
Department of Water Resources.
Dr. John McIntosh
John McIntosh has over 15 years experience with GIS and associated technologies. His
research interests include GIS representation, remote sensing, environmental analysis
and physical geography. John’s recent teaching experience has focused on geotechniques
including classes in GIS, remote sensing and spatial analysis, statistics and programming.
In addition to teaching, John’s experience includes work in the consulting and government
sectors where he has been responsible for all aspects of GIS project implementation
including project management, data development, analysis, statistics and programming.
John holds a Ph.D. in geography with an emphasis in geotechniques and physical geography, an MA in geography focusing on resource management and a BS in physical science.