Our Team

The GeoCompute Lab brings together researchers and students at Virginia Tech to advance GIScience, geospatial AI, and scalable computing.

Principal Investigator

Dr. Fangzheng Lyu Director | Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech

Graduate Students

Jack Buehner Master Student | Virginia Tech

Pengyu Chen PhD Student | Virginia Tech

Raj Bhattarai Master Student | Virginia Tech

Royal Silwal Master Student | Virginia Tech

Undergraduate Researchers

• Alexander Yang — Undergraduate Student at University of California, Irivine Computer Science, Research Interests: AI, GeoSimulation
• Mobolurin (bolu) Adekanmbi — Undergraduate Student at Virginia Tech Computer Science, Research Interests: Agentic GIS
• Liam Murphy — Undergraduate Student at Virginia Tech Computer Science, Research Interests: GNN, Transportation