Biography and education
Ph.D., Geography (GIScience), Louisiana State University
M.S., Natural Resources Program (Environmental Remote Sensing and Geoinformation for Development), Asian Institute of Technology
Post-Grad. Diploma, Forest Survey (Aerospace Remote Sensing Techniques), International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC), the Netherlands
B.S., Forestry, Rangoon University
M.S., Natural Resources Program (Environmental Remote Sensing and Geoinformation for Development), Asian Institute of Technology
Post-Grad. Diploma, Forest Survey (Aerospace Remote Sensing Techniques), International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC), the Netherlands
B.S., Forestry, Rangoon University
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Featured grants
- Myint, Soe Win (Co-Principal). Decoding Land Transitions across the Urban-Rural Continuums (URC): A Synthesis Study of Patterns, Drivers, and Socio-environmental Impacts in Southeast Asia, NASA, Federal, $2021134. (Funded: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2026). Grant.

Featured scholarly/creative works
- Wang, P., Yuan, Y., & Myint, S. W. (2025). Developing mobility zones based on heat exposure and vegetation condition: a tale of two transportation modes. International Journal of Digital Earth, 12(2), 2552878.
- Heidari, B., Myint, S. W., & Zhu, Y. (2025). Examining environmental stress changes in response to climate change and land use dynamics in the Colorado River Basin over the past two decades. Sustainable Futures, 10, 1–13. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101427
- Zhu, Y., Myint, S. W., Schaffer-Smith, D., Tong, D., Zhou, Y., & Li, Y. (2025). Rising environmental inequalities and their relationship to racial and socioeconomic disparities in the US Southwest. Environmental Science & Technology, 59, 17534–17544. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c14369
- Gu, X., Han, S. Y., Myint, S. W., Cho, E., & Zhu, Y. (2025). Exploring Dynamic Human Mobility of Diverse Social Groups Under Heat Conditions: A Simulation-Based Approach (pp. 1–9). Retrieved from https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1039&context=iguide
- Zhu, Y., Myint, S. W., Cao, J., Liu, K., Zeng, M., & Diao, C. (2025). Evaluating multitemporal vegetation indices from Zhuhai-1 hyperspectral images for detecting a rapidly spreading invasive species - Spartina alterniflora. Ecological Informatics, 90, 1–12. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2025.103208
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Fellow of the American Association of Geographers (AAG), American Association of Geographers (AAG). December 5, 2024 - December 31, 2025
- Award / Honor Recipient: E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Award, American Association of Geographers (AAG). January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2025
- Award / Honor Recipient: World’s top 2% most influential scientists in their respected research categories, Stanford University/Elsevier. January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2025
- Award / Honor Recipient: John Jensen distinguished lecture at the American Association of Geographers (AAG) meeting (2024) – Remote Sensing Specialty Group (RSSG), American Association of Geographers (AAG). October 31, 2023 - December 31, 2025
- Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding Achievement Award (American Association of Geographers (AAG) - Remote Sensing Specialty Group). March 29, 2016 - December 31, 2025

Featured service activities
- Member
NASA ECOSTRESS Science and Application Committee
- Member
NASA Land Cover Land Use Change Science Committee
- Member
Promotion and Recruiting Committee
- Member
Undergraduate Committee
- Member
Faculty Evaluation Committee
- Editor
Ecological Processes
