Dr. Xiaolin Zhu (朱孝林博士)
Associate Professor

Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Email:    zhuxiaolin55@gmail.com
  xiaolin.zhu@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
2023.07 - 2024.01    Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
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