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Yuyu Zhou

AAAS Fellow

Professor, Department of Geography

Faculty of Social Sciences

Room 10.28, 10/F, The Jockey Club Tower

The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

EDUCATION

  • B.Sc., Geography, Beijing Normal University

  • M.Sc., Cartography and GIS, Beijing Normal University

  • Ph.D., Environmental Sciences, University of Rhode Island

PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR

Yuyu Zhou is a professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Hong Kong, and an elected Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

 

His research focuses on urban environmental change and its implications for human activities and welfares, utilizing geospatial technologies such as remote sensing, GIS, and integrated assessment modeling.

 

Zhou has published more than 180 papers indexed in SCI/SSCI journals, with notable publications in Energy & Environmental Science, PNAS, Nature Climate Change, Nature Ecology & Evolution, and Nature Communications. His work has been cited over 18,000 times on Google Scholar (H-Index: 68), and he has been recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher for 2022 and 2023 by Clarivate Analytics.

 

Zhou currently holds the position of Chief Editor for Earth System Science Data, and serves as an associate editor for journals such as Science of the Total Environment. He also serves as a consulting expert for international organizations such as the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Bank.

EMPLOYMENT

  • 2023-present, Professor, Department of Geography, The University of Hong Kong
     

  • 2015-2023, Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Dept. of Geological & Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State Univ.
     

  • Inaugural Distinguished Visiting Professor for Urban Climate Studies, USRA
     

  • Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Department of Energy
     

  • Postdoc, Dept. Of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University

AWARDS

  • 2024, The world's top 1% scholars by Clarivate Analytics

  • ​2023, Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

  • 2022, 2023,  Clarivate's Highly Cited Researcher

  • 2023, The University of Hong Kong HKU-100 Scholars Award

  • 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, Stanford's List of World's Top 2% Scientists

  • 2022, Postdoctoral Mentoring Award, Iowa State University

  • 2019, The Dean’s Emerging Faculty Leaders Awards, Iowa State University

  • 2019, LAS Award for Early Achievement in Research, Iowa State University

GROUP MEMBERS

ALUMNI

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS

Wei Chen

Associate Editor, Nature Cities

Jack Ding

Environmental Scientist, IB Environmental

Feilin Lai

Assistant professor, St. Cloud State University

Huidong Li

'100 Talents Project', CAS

Wenliang Li

Assistant professor, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Xiaoma Li

Associate professor, Hunan Agricultural University

Xuecao Li

Professor (Excellent Young Scientists (Overseas), China Agricultural University

Wenru Xu

'100 Talents Project', CAS

Jian Wang

'100 Talents Project', CAS

Tao Zhang

Associate Professor (Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of CPSF), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

Wei Chen

Associate Editor, Nature Cities

Yating Chen

Research Data Analyst, Caltrans

Charlie Labuzzetta

co-advised, Scientist, USGS

Ling Meng

Assistant professor at Vanderbilt University

Yiming Wang

Postdoctoral Fellow, USDA

MASTER STUDENTS

Saad Tarik

VISITING SCHOLARS

Wenting Cao
Jia Hu
Lingshan Li
Wenjuan Liu
Xue Liu
Zitong Shi
Hanzeyu Xu
Hongmei Zhao
Min Zhao
Xia Zhao

INTERNS

Emma Cardenas
Awien Dau
Marin Ellis
Canaan Mills
HO Sum Yu Linus 
Grace Lee
Victoria Ostendorf Rashidi Simba
Anna Snyder
Axel Wong

Enquiry

Tel: 3917 7109

Address

10F, The Jockey Club Tower,
Centennial Campus, HKU,
Pokfulam Road, HK

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