Lab members
He Zhang
Postdoctoral Researcher E-mail: [email protected] Curriculum Vitae Research Interests: He Zhang received a B.S. degree from Northwest A&F University in 2014 and a Ph.D. degree from Catholic University of Louvain. He joined the GEARS Lab since August 2022. He has amassed skills and interests in soil analysis, plant ecology and carbon cycle with several years of experience studying soil and water conservation. During the doctoral training, he focuses on using remote sensing (UAV-based photogrammetry and spectroscopy) combined with machine learning approaches to retrieve earth surface attributes in various ecosystems, such as soil organic carbon in croplands, canopy height and biomass in tropical forests. |
Calvin Ka Fai Lee (Google Scholar)
Postdoctoral Researcher E-mail: [email protected] Website: calvinleeresearch.wordpress.com/ Research Interests: Calvin received a BSc in Zoology and MRes in Biodiversity, Evolution, and Convervation from University College London, and a PhD from Deakin University, Melbourne in 2021, before joining the GEARS lab. His research focuses on detecting temporal trends in tree and forest health using multisource remote sensing data combined with machine learning and deep learning methods. This research will allow us to monitor ecosystems and their responses to threats, such as human disturbances and climate change. Additionally, he is also working on methods to estimate and monitor mangrove ecosystem degradation using remote sensing. His previous research includes improving the ways ecosystem risk assessments are conducted, particularly when using satellite data. This included developing the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems as part of the core team. |
Kun Zhang
Postdoctoral Researcher E-mail: [email protected] Website: kunlz.github.io/ Research Interests: Kun received a B.S. in Geographic Information Science from Northwest A&F University in 2012 and a Ph.D. in Physical Geography (Eco-Hydrology) from Lanzhou University in 2018. Then, he worked as a special research assistant (Postdoc.) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Kun joined the GEARS Lab since Nov, 2021. His research interests mainly focus on the terrestrial water cycle and remote sensing, especially in the global evapotranspiration modeling and soil water balance. Furthermore, his research primarily involves the use of Bayesian approaches and other statistical methods to identify the sensitivity and optimal estimates of parameters. |
Kaihao Chen
Postdoctoral Researcher E-mail: [email protected] Curriculum Vitae Research Interests: Kaihao received a B.Eng. degree in Groundwater Science and Engineering from Jilin University in 2016, the M.Phil. degree in Civil Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2018 and the Ph.D. degree in Hydrogeology from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) in 2021. He joined the GEARS Lab in October 2021. His past research mainly focused on the environmental hydraulics, coastal hydrogeology, and associated ecological contamination monitoring by coupling multi-scale remote sensing and field investigation. In the future research, he is interested in leveraging cutting-edge remote sensing to explore the terrestrial ecosystem sensitivity response to plant available water on a pan-tropical scale. He also shares the interests in investigating the relationship between the water and gene-edited plants by hyperspectral and thermal information. |
Yi Zhao
Postdoctoral Researcher E-mail: [email protected] Curriculum Vitae Research Interests: Yi received a B.S. in Geographical Information Sciences from Anhui Agricultural University in 2018 and a Ph.D. in Cartography and Geographical Information Systems from East China Normal University in 2023. Yi joined the GEARS Lab since August 2023. During Yi’s doctoral training, he focused on using remote sensing (laser scanning and photogrammetry) combined with deep learning approaches to retrieve various earth surface attributes, such as terrain elevation, building height in urban areas, and canopy height in urban forests. At present Yi is interested in mapping forest canopy heights with space-borne laser scanning data (ICESat-2/GEDI) and estimating above-ground biomass. |
Yingyi Zhao
PhD Student E-mail: [email protected] Curriculum Vitae Research Interests: Yingyi received a B.S. with honors in remote sensing at Wuhan University in 2016, and a M.S. in photogrammetry and remote sensing at Wuhan University in June 2019. She joined the GEARS lab since September 1st, 2019. She was also awarded with a prestigious University Postgraduate Fellowship. Her past research mainly focused on using LiDAR data to help characterize urban environment and forestry. In particular, her research has involved with the algorithm development to help process LiDAR data, and the statistical analysis to help evaluate ecological effects of urban plants. For her future research, she is keen to connect various state-of-the-art technologies with fundamental theories and process models to help understand our living environment, as well as how the environmental change could exert the impact on plant communities. |
Guangqin Song
PhD Student E-mail: [email protected] Curriculum Vitae Research Interests: Guangqin received a B.S in Geographical Information Science at Sun Yat-sen University in 2019. He started his PhD at HKU on February 1st, 2020. Throughout his past studies, Guangqin has accumulated very solid background in quantitative methods and computer skills (C++, MATLAB, ArcGIS, ENVI, SPSS, Python, etc). He is interested in exploring the patterns and causes of plant phenology, as well as the underlying scaling principles from leaves to ecosystem scales. He is currently developing some computer-vision based approach to enable accurate monitoring of plant phenology at tree crown scales, which lays down the foundation for subsequent exploration of higher-level ecological processes. |
Ziyu Lin
PhD Student E-mail: [email protected] Curriculum Vitae Research Interests: Ziyu received a B.S in Geographical Information Science at South China Agricultural University in 2018, and a M.S. in Surveying and Mapping Engineering at Sun Yat-Sen University. She joined the GEARS lab since September 1st, 2020. Throughout her past studies, Ziyu has accumulated very solid background in global surface change monitoring based on google earth engine. She is interested in exploring the global-scale forest biomass dynamic based on cutting edge remote sensing techniques. |
Yating Gu
PhD Student E-mail: [email protected] Curriculum Vitae Research Interests: Yating obtained a BSc in remote sensing science and technology with first-class honours from Wuhan University (WHU) in 2020. She joined the GEARS lab since September 1st, 2020. Yating was also awarded with a prestigious University Postgraduate Fellowship (UPF). She used to connect cutting-edge satellite remote sensing and sensor technology with AI and mathematical models to enable smarter ways to differentiate land cover types. Now she is interested in leveraging cutting-edge remote sensing and geospatial techniques to improve our monitoring and understanding of natural environments, especially in the context of global change. |
Shuwen Liu
PhD Student E-mail: [email protected] Curriculum Vitae Research Interests: Shuwen received a M.Sc. in Surveying and Mapping Engineering at Sun Yat-Sen University in 2020, and a B.Sc. in Geographic Information Science at China Agricultural University in 2018. Afterwards, Shuwen joined the GEARS lab to start his PhD. Shuwen is interested in proposing a solution through a bottom-up physically based approach that integrates state-of-the-art canopy radiative transfer models and LiDAR-derived three-dimensional canopy structure with field observations of biotic dynamics across various scales to fully understand the variability in canopy reflectance spectra. |
Qianhan Wu
PhD Student E-mail: [email protected] Curriculum Vitae Research Interests: Qianhan received a B.S. in Geographical Information Science at Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology(NUIST) in 2018, and a M.S. in Applied Geosciences at the University of Hong Kong. She joined the GEARS lab since September 1st, 2021. Throughout her past studies, Qianhan has accumulated very solid background in monitoring the patterns of global-scale land cover changes and analyzing drivers behind them. She is currently interested in exploring the forest recovery and biomass dynamic after disturbances in the context of global change, as well as forest carbon stocks change in achieving carbon neutrality based on various state-of-the-art remote sensing and geospatial techniques. |
Xiaorong Wang
PhD Student E-mail: [email protected] Curriculum Vitae Research Interests: Xiaorong received M.Sc. in Cartography and Geographic Information System at Nanjing University in 2021, and B.Sc. in Geographic Information Science at China Agricultural University in 2018. She joined the GEARS lab since September 1st, 2021. Throughout her past studies, Xiaorong has accumulated background in terrestrial ecosystem gross primary product (GPP) modelling. She is interested in exploring the global-scale long-term trend and interannual variability of GPP based on cutting edge remote sensing techniques and process-based models. |
Law Ying Ki, Kay
PhD Student E-mail: Kaylaw@connect.hku.hk Curriculum Vitae Research Interests: Kay graduated from a BSc in Applied Biology (Environmental Science ) at The Hong Kong Baptist University in 2018. She is interested in proposing a solution on forest restoration through direct seeding and the trajectory of forest succession on disturbance through remote sensing. Meanwhile, She is fascinated in seed biology and their storage behaviour. |
Yuhao Pan
PhD Student E-mail: panyuhao@connect.hku.hk Curriculum Vitae Research Interests: Yuhao received M.Eng. in Resources and Environment at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2023, and B.Sc. in Geographic Information Science at Beijing Normal University in 2020. He joined the GEARS lab since August 1st, 2023. He is interested in exploring leaf phenology and water limitation effects on amazon vegetation photosynthesis. |
JiaYue Wang
PhD Student E-mail: [email protected] Curriculum Vitae Research Interests: Jiayue received her master degree in Imperial College London in 2022 and majoring in Ecological Applications. Before that, she received the bachelor degree in the University of Liverpool in 2021. Jiayue has joined the GEARS lab since September 1st, 2023 and she is interested in climate risks effects on carbon cycle and carbon storage at a global scale. |
Zhonghua Liu
PhD Student E-mail: [email protected] Curriculum Vitae Research Interests: Zhonghua received M. Sc. in Ecology at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2023, and B.Sc. in Soil and Water Conservation and Desertification Combating at Beijing Forestry University in 2020. He joined the GEARS lab since September 1st, 2023. He is interested in exploring responses of semiarid ecosystems to climate change through cutting edge remote sensing techniques. |
Ms. Tse Mei Ying, Iris
Technical Officer E-mail: mytsea@hku.hk Phone: (852) 2299 0831 Physical address: Room 5S01, Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building |
Alumni
Dr. Heng Huang Postdoc Fellow 03/2023-11/2023 Associate Professor at Sun Yat-sen University
Dr. Zhengfei Guo PhD Student 09/2019-09/2023 Postdoctoral Fellow at HKU
Dr. Md Mizanur Rahman RGC Postdoc Fellow 01/2022-05/2023 Assistant Researcher at the Jiangmen Laboratory of Carbon Sci and Tech
Dr. Zhengbing Yan Postdoc Fellow 06/2019-07/2022 Staff Scientist at Institute of Botany, CAS
Dr. Jing Wang Postdoc Fellow 04/2019-06/2022 Associate Professor at Sun Yat-sen University
Dr. Shengbiao Wu Postdoc Fellow 08/2019-08/2021 Research Assistant Professor at HKU
Mr. Nelson Pak Lun Mak Research Assistant 09/2022-08/2023
Mr. Chuen Yan (Peter) Cheng Research Assistant 05/2022-05/2023
Mr. Chi Hang (Henry) Yeung Research Assistant 09/2021-07/2022 PhD student at Virginia University
Miss. Ka Kiu (Sandy) Wong Research Assistant 06/2022-08/2022 Master student at University of Minnesota
Mr. Yang Chen Research Assistant 04/2019-12/2019 PhD student at Western Australia University
Mr. Jiejie Sun Visiting Student 02/2021-08/2021 PhD student at University of British Columbia
Mr. Jiahao Zhang Undergraduate 06/2019-09/2021 PhD student at Pennsylvania State University
Miss. Jie Xiang, Shannon Undergraduate 04/2020-08/2021
Miss. Zounachuan Sun Undergraduate 12/2020-06/2021 Master student at National University of Singapore
Dr. Zhengfei Guo PhD Student 09/2019-09/2023 Postdoctoral Fellow at HKU
Dr. Md Mizanur Rahman RGC Postdoc Fellow 01/2022-05/2023 Assistant Researcher at the Jiangmen Laboratory of Carbon Sci and Tech
Dr. Zhengbing Yan Postdoc Fellow 06/2019-07/2022 Staff Scientist at Institute of Botany, CAS
Dr. Jing Wang Postdoc Fellow 04/2019-06/2022 Associate Professor at Sun Yat-sen University
Dr. Shengbiao Wu Postdoc Fellow 08/2019-08/2021 Research Assistant Professor at HKU
Mr. Nelson Pak Lun Mak Research Assistant 09/2022-08/2023
Mr. Chuen Yan (Peter) Cheng Research Assistant 05/2022-05/2023
Mr. Chi Hang (Henry) Yeung Research Assistant 09/2021-07/2022 PhD student at Virginia University
Miss. Ka Kiu (Sandy) Wong Research Assistant 06/2022-08/2022 Master student at University of Minnesota
Mr. Yang Chen Research Assistant 04/2019-12/2019 PhD student at Western Australia University
Mr. Jiejie Sun Visiting Student 02/2021-08/2021 PhD student at University of British Columbia
Mr. Jiahao Zhang Undergraduate 06/2019-09/2021 PhD student at Pennsylvania State University
Miss. Jie Xiang, Shannon Undergraduate 04/2020-08/2021
Miss. Zounachuan Sun Undergraduate 12/2020-06/2021 Master student at National University of Singapore