Dr. Xiaolin Zhu (朱孝林博士) Associate Professor Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Contacts & Links

Email: xiaolin.zhu@polyu.edu.hk
Email: zhuxiaolin55@gmail.com
Links: PolyU Personal Page; 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”

2022 - now, 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

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

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.