Dr Qunshan Zhao
- Lecturer in Urban Analytics (Urban Studies)
telephone:
+44 (0)1413308534
email:
Qunshan.Zhao@glasgow.ac.uk
Urban Big Data Centre 7-302, 7 Lilybank Gardens, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8RZ
Biography
Dr. Qunshan Zhao joined the University of Glasgow in May 2019 as a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Urban Analytics in the School of Social and Political Sciences. He holds both PhD and MA in Geography/GIScience from the Arizona State University in USA and a BE in Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry, and GIS from the Wuhan University in China. Prior to coming to the UK, he was a postdoctoral research associate in the Knowledge Exchange for Resilience (KER) and Spatial Analysis Research Center (SPARC) at the Arizona State University.
Curriculum Vitae: CV_QunshanZhao_May2020
More detailed information can be found in my personal website.
Research interests
Qunshan's research interest focuses on creating a sustainable urban future and tackling related social, economic, and environment problems by using analytical approaches including GIScience (geographic information systems, remote sensing and spatial analysis), machine learning/statistics, operations research, sensor networks, and urban climate modeling and instrumentation.
Ongoing research efforts include urban infrastructure location optimization (urban green infrastructure; alternative refuelling stations), human-environment interactions (human activity space in developing countries; urban crime and night lights; invasive species and human disturbance), heat resilience and fuel poverty (urban heat exposure citizen science program; Salvation Army utility assistance program efficiency improvement; fuel poverty and housing energy efficiency), and 3D spatial analytical methodology development (3D urban landscape change index, 3D tree shade coverage optimization).
- Geographic Information Science
- Remote Sensing
- Spatial Analysis
- Machine Learning
- Urban Climate Modeling and Instrumentation
- Urban and Regional Planning
- Urban Sensor Network
Twitter - @QunshanZhao
Grants
Ongoing projects
- 2019-2022. Co-Investigator. Urban Big Data Centre Data Service Extension. Economic and Social Science Council (ESRC), United Kingdom.
- 2019-2022. Co-Investigator. Ventilation based Planning Methods to Respond Urban Haze Supported by Multi-source Spatial-temporal Big Data. National Nature Science Foundation of China.
Completed projects
- 2017. Principal Investigator. Optimizing Tree Locations and Arrangement for Mitigating Urban Heat Island Effects and Improving Human Thermal Comfort in a Hot Arid Urban Residential Environment. Dissertation Research Grant, American Association of Geographers.
Supervision
I am very happy to supervise PhDs and host Visiting Students/Scholars in:
- Big Data and Urban Analytics
- GIScience and Spatial Analysis
- Human Dynamics and Urban Resilience
- Urban Remote Sensing and Urban Climate Modeling
Please email me your updated CV if you are interested.
I am currently supervising:
- Niantang Liu (with Dr. Brian Barrett and Dr. Richard Williams) - A Deep Convolutional Neural Network-based framework For Crop Classification on High-Resolution Radar & Multispectral Imagery
- Henry Ibitolu (with Dr. Chris Beckett in the University of Edinburgh) - Mitigating Urban Heat Island Effects through the Intelligent Use of Sustainable Materials
- Guo, Ziying
Hydrological responses to wetland changes in the Yangtze River Basin - Liu, Niantang
Enhanced Crop Classification through Electrodynamical Modelling of Vegetation Combined with Multi-temporal multimode spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Data.
Teaching
Postgraduate
- Big Data and Urban Analytics (Course Convener, Fall 2019)
- Quantitative Data Analysis (Course Tutor, Fall 2019)
- Programming Tools for Urban Analytics (Course Convener, Spring 2020)
- Urban Analytics Group Projects (Course Convener, Spring 2020)
Undergraduate
- Social & Public Policy 2B: Policy, Politics and Power (Course Contributor, Spring 2020)
Professional activities & recognition
Prizes, awards & distinctions
- 2017: An outstanding paper based upon a recent dissertation in geography, American Association of Geographers (J. Warren Nystrom Award)
Research fellowships
- 2017: Dissertation Research Grant, American Association of Geographers
- 2016: Imagery Grant, DigitalGlobe Foundation
- 2016: Imagery Grant, European Space Agency
Editorial boards
- 2018 - 2019: Guest Editor, Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing of Urban Ecology and Sustainability (with Elizabeth A. Wentz)
- 2019 - 2020: Guest Editor, Annals of GIS, GIS and Urban Data Science (with Dr. Yijing Li and Dr. Chen Zhong)
Professional & learned societies
- 2018 - 2021: Board member, Spatial Analysis and Modeling Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers
Research datasets
Additional information
Qunshan's doctoral dissertation, Evaluating the Effectiveness of Tree Locations and Arrangements for Improving Urban Thermal Environment (Link: QunshanZhao_Dissertation), received the J. Warren Nystrom Award from the American Association of Geographers (AAG) as one of the most outstanding research papers, based upon a recent dissertation in 2018.
He is also serving as the Board Member of the Spatial Analysis and Modeling Specialty Group (SAM) at AAG from 2018-2021.