Yang Liu

Dr. Yang Liu is the Chair and Gangarosa Distinguished Professor in the Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health. His research focuses on satellite remote sensing applications for public health, climate change impacts, and air pollution exposure modeling. He leads federally funded projects integrating satellite data into health studies and serves as a PI for the NIH-funded Climate & Health Actionable Research and Translation (CHART) Center.

Education: Ph.D. (Harvard University), M.S. (University of California), B.S. (Tsinghua University). Professional Affiliations include NASA mission science teams and the ORISE Faculty Fellowship at CDC.

Research interests span satellite aerosol retrieval, climate-health linkages, and machine learning in environmental statistics. Notable work includes advancing wildfire smoke health impacts, PM2.5 modeling, and climate dashboard development for Georgia.

Awards include Gangarosa Distinguished Professorship, ORISE CDC Fellowship, and leadership in NIH/NASA initiatives. His lab develops innovative tools for environmental health monitoring and policy translation.