Dr. Xiaolin Zhu (朱孝林 博士)
Associate Professor

Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Email:    zhuxiaolin55 AT gmail.com
       xiaolin.zhu AT polyu.edu.hk

Personal website (HK PolyU): www.polyu.edu.hk/lsgi/people/academic-staff/dr-zhu-xiao-lin/
Links: Google scholar; Researchgate

EDUCATION
Ph.D.           Geography, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, August, 2014
                     Dissertation Title: “Generating High-quality Landsat Time-series and Its Applications in Forest Studies”   
M.S.             Civil Engineering, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, June, 2010
                     Thesis Title: “Study of Producing Remotely Sensed Data with Both High Spatial and Temporal Resolutions”
B.S.              Resource Science and Engineering, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, June, 2007
                     Thesis Title: “Study of the Altitude Dependence of Phenological Variation in Tibet-Qinghai Plateau”

RESEARCH INTERESTS
                      Remote Sensing Methods and Applications
                      Spatiotemporal Analysis
                      Forest and Environmental Studies

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
2022-                Associate Professor, Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
2016-2022      Assistant Professor, Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
2015- 2016      Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California Davis, Davis, California, US
2014- 2015      Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, US
2010-2013      Graduate Research Associate, Department of Geography, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, US

AWARDS
​2021             Dean's Award for Outstanding Young Researchers, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
2021              LSGI's award for excellent performance in teaching, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
2019             Li Xiaowen Remote Sensing Young Scholar Award, China
2018             Faculty award for outstanding performance in teaching, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
2017              LSGI's award for excellent performance in teaching, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
2014              Geography Travel Award, Ohio State University (US$750, declined)
2013              Presidential Fellowship, Ohio State University (US$25,000)
2013              Robert N. Colwell Memorial Fellowship, American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (US$5,000).
2013              Geography Travel Award, Ohio State University (US$400)
2012              E. Willard & Ruby S. Miller Fellowship, Ohio State University (US$4,000)
2012               Geography Travel Award, Ohio State University (US$400)
2011               Geography Travel Award, Ohio State University (US$400)
2010              Excellent Master Thesis Award, Beijing Normal University
2009             Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Beijing Normal University

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
                      IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS)
                      American Geophysical Union (AGU)
                      Association of American Geographers (AAG)
                      American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (ASPRS)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Conference services
2018            Chair: oral session of Remote sensing of essential climate variables and its applications. AOGS, Hawaii, USA.​
2017             Chair: oral session of Remote sensing of essential climate variables and its applications. AOGS, Singapore.
2016             Primary convener and Chair: B095: Vegetation phenology in terrestrial ecosystems: advances in observations, mechanisms, modeling and implications. AGU Fall                       Meeting, San Francisco, USA.
2016            Co-organizer: Classification methods and accuracy assessment in land cover mapping. AAG Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA.

Journal Editorial Board       
                      Science of Remote Sensing
                      Big Earth Data
                      National Remote Sensing Bulletin (遥感学报）
                      Remote Sensing Technology and Application (遥感技术与应用)

Journal manuscript Reviewer
                      Remote Sensing of Environment
                      International Journal of Geographic Information Science
                      ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
                      International Journal of Remote Sensing
                      IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
                      Advances in Space Research
                      Journal of Applied Remote Sensing
                      Remote Sensing
                      Geoinformatics and Geostatistics: An overview
                      Environmental Processes
                      Journal of Land Use Science