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Nattapon Jaroenchai, Ph.D.

Lecturer & Researcher | GeoAI, CyberGIS, Remote Sensing

location_on Khon Khaen, Thailand link orcid.org/0000-0001-7922-7731

Research Interests

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CyberGIS and High-Performance Computing

Researching and developing advanced geospatial software ecosystems for planetary-scale data synthesis.

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Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI)

Integrating artificial intelligence with earth observation technologies to automate spatial problem-solving.

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Spatial Analysis

Quantifying spatial relationships and dynamic geographic phenomena to support data-driven decision-making.

Education

2019-2025

Ph.D. in Geography

school University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dissertation: A geospatial deep learning framework for scalable hydrographic mapping
2018-2019

Master of Science in Geography and Geographic Information Science

school University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2007-2011

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering

school Chulalongkorn University

Selected Publications

Journals

Saxton, A., Luo, S., Bode, A., Kramer, W., Zhu, X., Dong, J., ... & Kooper, R. (2024, December). Accurate Polygonal Feature Extraction from Historical Geologic Maps using Prompted Segmentation. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2024, pp. SY24A-03). https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024AGUFMSY24A..03S/abstract

Saxton, A., Dong, J., Bode, A., Jaroenchai, N., Kooper, R., Zhu, X., … Luo, S. (2024, November 13). Accurate Feature Extraction from Historical Geologic Maps Using Open-Set Segmentation and Detection. Geosciences. MDPI AG. 10.3390/geosciences14110305

Jaroenchai, N., Wang, S., Stanislawski, L. V., Shavers, E., Jiang, Z., Sagan, V., & Usery, E. L. (2024, October). Transfer learning with convolutional neural networks for hydrological streamline delineation. Environmental Modelling & Software. Elsevier BV. 10.1016/j.envsoft.2024.106165

Xu, Z., Wang, S., Stanislawski, L. V., Jiang, Z., Jaroenchai, N., Sainju, A. M., … Su, B. (2021, June). An attention U-Net model for detection of fine-scale hydrologic streamlines. Environmental Modelling & Software. Elsevier BV. 10.1016/j.envsoft.2021.104992

Conferences

Stanislawski, L., Qin, R., Liu, J. K., Shavers, E., Wang, S., Jaroenchai, N., & Thiem, P. (2025, December 15). Multi-temporal surface water mapping with high-resolution elevation and image data through weakly supervised deep learning. Abstracts of the ICA. Copernicus GmbH. 10.5194/ica-abs-10-275-2025

Wang, S., Baig, F., Kang, Y., Li, E., Michels, A., Jaroenchai, N., … Tarboton, D. (2025, July 18). I-GUIDE Platform for Geospatial Data-intensive Convergence Research and Education. Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2025: The Power of Collaboration. ACM. 10.1145/3708035.3736108

Vandewalle, R., Michels, A., Li, Z., Jaroenchai, N., & Wang, S. (2024). Building Blocks for Geospatial Software Education Using the I-GUIDE Platform. I-GUIDE Forum 2024: Convergence Science and Geospatial AI for Environmental Sustainability. Purdue University Library Publishing. 10.5703/1288284317803

Stanislawski, L. V., Shavers, E. J., Duffy, A. J., Thiem, P., Jaroenchai, N., Wang, S., … Buttenfield, B. P. (2022, August 6). Scaling-Up Deep Learning Predictions Of Hydrography From Ifsar Data In Alaska. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. Copernicus GmbH. 10.5194/isprs-archives-xlviii-4-w1-2022-449-2022

Professional Experience

Graduate Research Assistant

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · Part-time
Aug 2019 - Dec 2025
  • Conducted research and collborated with USGS to improve the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) generation process
  • Created website for I-GUIDE project
  • Managed the Spatial AI Challeng 2024-2025
  • Served as the local organizing chair in I-GUIDE Forum 2025

Product Associate

Garena Thailand Co., Ltd.
Feb 2015 - Nov 2016
  • Gathered software requirements from over ten business partners, prioritized and submitted the requirements to the development team in Singapore
  • Initiated and managed a system integration process between Garena Thailand and Tesco Lotus to sell Garena electronics cash (shells) in Tesco Lotus
  • Held four business partner accounts and facilitate the communication of both IT and business aspects resulting in revenue over 15,000$ per month

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Data Structure (SC 350 002)

ศึกษาหลักการจัดเก็บและจัดการข้อมูลอย่างเป็นระบบ Learn to design efficient algorithms and choose the right data structures to write faster, cleaner, and more scalable code.

groups Service

  • Journal Reviewer: Environmental Modelling & Software

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Student of the Year (2020)

CyberGIS Center & CIGI Lab, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Student of the Year (2018)

Professional Science Master’s (GIS concentration), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Leadership Award (2018)

Global Leaders Orange Blue Engagement Program, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign