CURRENT POSITION
Professor, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Sun Yat-Sen University
“100 Talents” (2015), Chinese Academy of Science
My lab currently has many academic openings, ranking from associate professor, assistant professor, and post doctor.
EDUCATION
2004-2009： Ph.D (Vegetation Remote Sensing), Boston University, USA.
2002-2004： M.A. (GIS), Central Michigan University, USA.
1999-2002：M.S. (Environmental Science), Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Science, China
1993-1997：B.A. (Geographic Education), Hunan Normal University, China
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2018-now： School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Sun Yat-Sen University
2014-2018：Professor, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Science
2011-2014：Research Scientist, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University
2008-2011：Research Associate II & Lab Manager, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University
AWARDS
2018：Sun Yat-Sen University “100 Talents Program”
2015：Chinese Academy of Science “100 Talents Program”
2015：Shenzhen Overseas Top Talents “Peacock Program”
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
20. Noam Levin, Christopher C.M. Kyba, Qingling Zhang, Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel, Miguel O. Román, Xi Li, Boris A. Portnov, Andrew L. Molthan, Andreas Jechow, Steven D. Miller, Zhuosen Wang, Ranjay M. Shrestha, Christopher D. Elvidge, Remote sensing of night lights: A review and an outlook for the future, Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 237, 2020, 111443, ISSN 0034-4257, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.111443. (Impact factor 8.218)
19. Levin, Noam; Kyba, C.Christopher; Zhang, Qingling. Remote Sensing of Night Lights—Beyond DMSP. Remote Sensing. 2019, 11, 1472. (Impact factor 4.118)
18. Xi Li, Ruiqi Ma, Qingling Zhang, Deren Li, Shanshan Liu, Tao He, Lixian Zhao, Anisotropic characteristic of artificial light at night – Systematic investigation with VIIRS DNB multi-temporal observations, Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 233, 2019, 111357, ISSN 0034-4257, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.111357. (Impact factor 8.218)
17. Xiong, Yuankang; Zhang, Qingling; Chen, Xi; Bao, Anming; Zhang, Jieyun; Wang, Yujuan. 2019. "Large Scale Agricultural Plastic Mulch Detecting and Monitoring with Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data: A Case Study in Xinjiang, China." Remote Sens. 11, no. 18: 2088. (Impact factor 4.118)
16. Zhang, Jieyun; Zhang, Qingling*; Bao, Anming; Wang, Yujuan. A New Remote Sensing Dryness Index Based on the Near-Infrared and Red Spectral Space. Remote Sensin. 2019, 11, 456. (Impact factor 4.118)
15. Pueppke, Steven G.; Zhang, Qingling; Nurtazin, Sabir T. 2018. "Irrigation in the Ili River Basin of Central Asia: From Ditches to Dams and Diversion." Water 10, no. 11: 1650.
14. Bhartendu Pandey, Qingling Zhang & Karen C. Seto (2018), Time series analysis of satellite data to characterize multiple land use transitions: a case study of urban growth and agricultural land loss in India, Journal of Land Use Science, DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2018.1533042
13. Bhartendu Pandey, Qingling Zhang, Karen C. Seto, “Comparative evaluation of relative calibration methods for DMSP/OLS nighttime lights”, Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 195, 15 June 2017, Pages 67-78, ISSN 0034-4257, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2017.04.011(Impact factor 8.218)
12. Noam Levin, Qingling Zhang, “A global analysis of factors controlling VIIRS nighttime light levels from densely populated areas”, Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 190, 1 March 2017, Pages 366-382, ISSN 0034-4257, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2017.01.006. (Impact factor 8.218)
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11. Zhang, Qingling*, Bhartendu Pandey, and Karen C. Seto. "A Robust Method to Generate a Consistent Time Series from DMSP/OLS Nighttime Light Data”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience & Remote Sensing, 2016, 54(10):5821-5831. doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2016.2572724 (Impact factor 4.942)
10. Zhang, Qingling*, Bin Li, David Thau, and Rebecca Moore. "Building a Better Urban Picture: Combining Day and Night Remote Sensing Imagery." Remote Sensing, 7, no. 9 (2015): 11887-11913. (Impact factor 4.118)
9. Proud, S.R., Zhang, Q., Schaaf, C., Fensholt, R., Rasmussen, M.O., Shisanya, C., Mutero, W., Mbow, C., Anyamba, A., Pak, E., Sandholt, I., "The Normalization of Surface Anisotropy Effects Present in SEVIRI Reflectances by Using the MODIS BRDF Method," Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on , vol. PP, no. 99 (2014): 1-14. (Impact factor 4.942)
8. Zhang, Qingling*, Crystal Schaaf, and Karen C. Seto. "The Vegetation Adjusted NTL Urban Index: A new approach to reduce saturation and increase variation in nighttime luminosity." Remote Sensing of Environment. 129 (2013): 32-41. (Impact factor 8.218, cited 67 times)
7. Zhang, Qingling*, and Karen C. Seto. "Mapping urbanization dynamics at regional and global scales using multi-temporal DMSP/OLS nighttime light data." Remote Sensing of Environment. 115, no. 9 (2011): 2320-2329. (Impact factor 8.218, cited 142 times)
6. Zhao, Feng, Xiaoyuan Yang, Mitchell A. Schull, Miguel O. Román-Colón, Tian Yao, Zhuosen Wang, Qingling Zhang et al. "Measuring effective leaf area index, foliage profile, and stand height in New England forest stands using a full-waveform ground-based lidar." Remote Sensing of Environment. 115, no. 11 (2011): 2954-2964. (Impact factor 8.218)
5. Yao, Tian, Xiaoyuan Yang, Feng Zhao, Zhuosen Wang, Qingling Zhang, David Jupp, Jenny Lovell et al. "Measuring forest structure and biomass in New England forest stands using Echidna ground-based lidar." Remote sensing of Environment. 115, no. 11 (2011): 2965-2974. (Impact factor 8.218)
4. Liu, Jicheng, Crystal Schaaf, Alan Strahler, Ziti Jiao, Yanmin Shuai, Qingling Zhang, Miguel Roman, John A. Augustine, and Ellsworth G. Dutton. "Validation of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) albedo retrieval algorithm: Dependence of albedo on solar zenith angle." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 114, no. D1 (2009): 1984–2012. (Impact factor 3.318)
3. Zhang, Qingling*, Chu-Qun Chen, and Ping Shi, Kedong Yin. Characteristics of K_d (490) around Nansha Islands in the South China Sea. Marine Science Bulletin, 2004, 6(1):9-17.
2. Dai, Zhijun, Li, Chunchu, & Zhang, Qingling. “Fractal analysis of shoreline patterns for crenulate-bay beaches, Southern China.” Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 61 (2004): 65-71. (Impact factor 2.057)
1. Zhang, Qingling, Chu-Qun Chen, and Ping Shi. "Characteristics of Kd (490) around Nansha Islands in South China Sea." Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 22, no. 1 (2003): 9-16. （In Chinese
CONFERENCE PAPER
1. Qingling Zhang, Kai Chen, Qian Jing, Xi Chen. " Automatic invalid Landsat image pixel screening on the Google Earth Engine platform," Proceedings of 2016 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium, July 10-16, 2016 | Beijing, China: P2384-2387.
BOOK
Zhang, Qingling. (2012). A Gap-filled MODIS BRDF Database to Improve Surface Characterization, Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN: 9783659167980.
BOOK CHAPTER
Zhang, Qingling, Noam Levin, Christos Chalkias, & Husi Letu (2014). Nighttime lights remote sensing -- Monitoring human societies from outer space. In Volume III: Water Resources, Disasters, and Urban: Monitoring, Modeling, and Mapping, Remote Sensing Handbook. Edited by Prasad S. Thenkabail.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATION
8. Zhang, Q., Li B., Thau D., Moore R. (2016), Enhancing Urban Areas: Combing day and night remote sensing imagery. Association of American Geographers 2016 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, U.S.A. (Oral).
7. Zhang, Q., Schaaf C., Seto K. (2014), The vegetation adjusted NTL urban index: A new approach to reduce saturation and increase variation in nighttime luminosity. Association of American Geographers 2014 Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida, U.S.A. (Oral).
6. Zhang, Q., Seto K. (2012), Mapping urbanization dynamics at regional and global scales using multi-temporal DMSP/OLS nighttime light data. Association of American Geographers 2012 Annual Meeting, New York, New York, U.S.A. (Oral).
5. Zhang, Q., Seto K., Frakias M., Schneider A., Liu J., Joshi P., Deng X., Prakash V., Wallace J., Zhang Q., Kim D., Christensen P., Jiang L., Shughrue C. (2011), Multi‐scale and multi‐sensor analysis of urban cluster development and agricultural land loss in China and India. 2011 NASA Workshop on Land Cover Land Use Change, Southeast Asia, Hanoi, Vietnam. (Oral).
4. Schaaf C., Song, Q., Zhang, Q., Wang Z., Zhao F., Strahler A., King M., Platnick S., Moody E., Gao F. (2011), Snow-Free Gap-filled MODIS Reflectance Anisotropy, Nadir Reflectance and Albedos for Land Modelling Applications. 2011 NASA Carbon Cycle & Ecosystem Join Science Workshop, Alexandria, VA, U.S.A. (Poster).
3. Zhang, Q., Schaaf C., Strahler A., King M., Moody E. (2008). Global statistics retrieved from the MODIS BRDF products for each IGBP class. 2008 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium, July 6-11, 2008 | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Poster).
2. Zhang Q., Schaaf C., Strahler A., Liu J., Shuai Y., Jiao Z., Román-Colón M., Hodges J., Fensholt R., Sandholt I., Stisen S., Rasmussen M., and Roy D. (2006), Daily BRDF and albedo retrieval from MSG observations using the MODIS operational algorithm (A53E- 0254), AGU 2006 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA. (Poster).
1. Zhang Q., Schaaf C. B., Strahler A. H., Woodcock C., Baccini A., Ozdogan M., From Landscape Snapshots to Regional Portraits of Forest Change: Extending Traditional Remote Sensing Analyses, IUFRO Canopy Processes Workshop, 6-13 October, 2006. (Oral).
GRANTS
2020-2022 “Night-light Remote Sensing for Sustainable Development Goals”, GEO Work Programme for 2020-2022, GEO, Co-PI.
2017-2021 9,010,000 RMB, “Demonstration of Ecological Environment Safety Monitoring and Emergency Responding in the Key Region of the ‘One Belt’”, State Key Research and Development Plan of the Ministry of Science and Technology, China (2017YFB0504204), PI.
2017-2018 300,000 RMB, “Key Remote Sensing Technology for Monitoring Oil and Gas Extracting Activity in the South China Sea”, Basic Research Program, Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Committee, PI.
2016-2017 100,000 RMB, “Cloud-computing Based Key Technologies and Applications of Cross-regional Agricultural Disaster Monitoring and Early Warning in Central Asia”, China-Kazakhstan Inter-governmental Science and Technology Cooperation Program, PI.
2016-2018 2,600,000 RMB, “Cloud-computing Based Agricultural Disaster Monitoring and Yield Estimation in Central Asia and Xinjiang”, “100 Talents Program” of the Chinese Academy of Science, PI.
2015-2016 30,000 RMB, “Cloud-computing Based Fast Cloud Removing Algorithm Development for Massive Remote Sensing Imagery Processing”, Scientific Research Foundation for Returned Chinese Overseas Scholars of the Ministry of Human Resource and Social Security, PI.
2011-2014 $1,290,116, “Multi-Scale and Multi-Sensor Analysis of Urban Cluster Development and Agricultural Land Loss in China and India,” NASA Land-Cover and Land-Use Change Program, NNX11AE88G, 2011-2013. PI: Seto, K. C., Co-Is: Fragkias, M., Schneider, A., Liu, J., Joshi, P. K., Deng, X., Remote Sensing Analyst: Zhang, Qingling.
CURRENT RESEARCH
- Global environmental monitoring and change with remote sensing
- Change detection algorithm development
- Global urbanization and sustainability
- Remote sensing of land-use and land-cover change
- Agriculture land loss under urbanization
- Geographic information science and spatial statistics
- Big data
- Remote Sensing data mining based on cloud computing
EDITORIAL SERVICE
Guest editor of "Remote Sensing of Night Lights – Beyond DMSP", A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292)
JOURNAL REVIEWER
1.Remote Sensing of Environment
2. International Journal of Remote Sensing
3. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
4. Remote Sensing Letters
5. International Journal of Digital Earth
6. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences
7. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
8. ASPRS Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing (PE&RS)
9. Remote Sensing
10. Annals of the Association of American Geographers
11. Landscape and Urban Planning
12. Scientific Reports
PROPOSAL REVIEWER
- Peer review panel for the Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) Science Team (ST), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA, 2014
- Macau Science and technology development fund
