SCHOOL OF EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES, Peking University

Research Area

DATE：2018-05-24

Infomation
Name:	Xianfeng Zhang
Title:	Associate Professor
Phone:	010-62759123
Position:
Email:	xfzhang@pku.edu.cn

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2001.08--2005.10	Ph.D.	University of Western Ontario Geography: Geographic Information Science
1997.03--2000.07	Ph.D.	Institute of Remote Sensing Applications/CA S Cartography and GIS
1990.09--1993.07	M.S.	Peking University, Geography
1986.09--1990.07	B.S.	Beijing Normal University Geography

PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
2006.06--to now	Associate Professor, Peking University, Beijing, China, Earth & Space Science Institute of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System
2001.09--2005.04	Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, Dept. of Geography
2000.01--2001.08	Research Associate, Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
1993.07--1999.12	Research Assistant, Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Provincial Award of Science and Technology Progress 2014 Provincial Prize of Science and Technology Cooperation 2014 Excellence Award of Peking University Undergraduate Class Advisor 2009 Zhengda Prize for Top Professors, Peking University 2008

RECENT COURSES TAUGHT
01213790 Remote Sensing for Ecology and Environment Spring 2010-present 01235320 Frontiers in Geographic Science Fall 2007-present 01235290 Environmental and Ecologic Science Fall 2009-present 01230051 Introductory Earth Science (I) fall 2008-present 01213510 Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Spring 2010

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Faculty, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University 2006-present Co-chair, Scientific Committee of Joint EOGC-GiT4NDM 2015 Conference 2015 Member, Intl Soci of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) GI4D Scientific Committee …….2010-present Member, Intl Cartographic Association( ICA)- CMSI…………………………………………………...2011-present Co-chair, Scientific Committee of GiT4NDM 2013 Conference 2013 Secretary-general, EOGC2009, Chengdu, China, May 25-31, 2009 ……………………………………..2009 Editorial member, International Journal of Agricultural and Biologic Engineering… ………………2012 to present Reviewer, Intl J. of Digital Earth, IEEE T. of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Sensors, Computers & Geosciences, ISPRS J. of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, IEEE J. of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing, Applied Remote Sensing, PE & RS, Canadian J. of Remote Sensing Reviewer, IGARSS, CPGIS, NNSFC Geography, Jiangsu NSF Remote Sensing

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Faculty, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University 2006-present
Co-chair, Scientific Committee of Joint EOGC-GiT4NDM 2015 Conference 2015
Member, Intl Soci of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) GI4D Scientific Committee …….2010-present
Member, Intl Cartographic Association( ICA)- CMSI…………………………………………………...2011-present
Co-chair, Scientific Committee of GiT4NDM 2013 Conference 2013
Secretary-general, EOGC2009, Chengdu, China, May 25-31, 2009 ……………………………………..2009
Editorial member, International Journal of Agricultural and Biologic Engineering… ………………2012 to present
Reviewer, Intl J. of Digital Earth, IEEE T. of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Sensors, Computers & Geosciences, ISPRS J. of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, IEEE J. of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing, Applied Remote Sensing, PE & RS, Canadian J. of Remote Sensing
Reviewer, IGARSS, CPGIS, NNSFC Geography, Jiangsu NSF Remote Sensing

EXTERNAL RESEARCH GRANT HISTORY
1. Decision support system of sustainable development in Huang Hhuaihai Area of China, in which I was in charge of the establishment of model system under Arc/Info. 1993 to 1995 2. Comprehensive decision support system for counties in China, in which my responsibility was to establish the sustainable database and comprehensive development evaluation model, 1996 to 1998 3. Dynamic monitoring of land resources in Baotou City based on RS and GIS and GPS, in which I was a sub-chief to design the implementing plan and take over field GPS data collection, indoors data processing and land use monitoring system integration under Arcview. 1996 to 1999 4. Pilot project on comprehensive development planning in Arid Zone of Central Myanmar using integrated remote sensing and GIS approach, which is financed by the Environment and Natural Resources Management Division, United Nations (Thailand). As member of the project expert group, I worked on land use dynamical monitoring, resource assessment for agriculture and the establishment of comprehensive evaluation model. 1997 to 1999 5. Vehicle-carrying Anti-stealing and anti-robbing system using GIS and GPS technology, system design and demanding analysis. 1997 to 2000 6. Multiple Criteria Decision Support System of Agricultural Structure Adjustment. One of the project chiefs, in charge of goal planning and GIS-based resource allocation model design. 2000 to 2001 7. Multivariate Geospatial Data visualization Using Icon Map Technique, funded by Defense Science and Technology Laboratory, Ministry of Defense, U.K. 2001 to 2002. I developed a prototype system IconMapper to implement the Icon Imagemap Visualization Technique. 8. Limon Urban land use change mapping using high spatial resolution remote sensing data. World Bank Project, April 2004. Data processing and mapping. 9. Multivariate Geospatial Data visualization Using Icon Map technique, funded by Defense Science and Technology Laboratory, Ministry of Defense, U.K. 2001——2003 10. Using high spatio-resolution remote sensing data to map land use change in Limon, Costa Rica, funded by World Bank Washington D. C, USA. 2003—2004 11. Using DMC small satellite data to detect ancient great walls in China, 2005.8 to 2006.6 12. Soil loss and wetland monitoring of Upper Yangtz River using remote sensing and GIS approaches, 2005.8 to 2006.7 13. Image Preprocessing of Beijing No. 1 Satellite data of Beijing City 2006, funded by Beijing Center for Information Resource Management, 2006-2007 14.Spatial information service system for ecological and environmental monitoring and assessment in Xinjiang/China, funded by Ministry of Science and Technology of China (MOST), 2007-2010. 15. Co-inversion Techniques for soil moisture retrieval and data assimilation based on MODIS and AMSR-E, funded by Ministry of Science and Technology of China (MOST), 2008-2010. 16.Solar Energy Potential Mapping at A neighborhood scale, supported by Natural Science Foundation of China, 2011-2014. 17.Dynamic monitoring and emergency management using remote sensing in Xinjiang and surrounded areas, supported by Ministry of Science and Technology of China (MOST), 2012-2014 18. System R&D for low-altitude remote sensing data acquisition, Ministry of Science and Technology of China (MOST),2012-2014 19. Natural disaster prevention and alleviation using micro-UAV remote sensing techniques in Ertix River, Xinjiang Corps Bureau of Science and Technology, 2014-2015.

EXTERNAL RESEARCH GRANT HISTORY

1. Decision support system of sustainable development in Huang Hhuaihai Area of China, in which I was in charge of the establishment of model system under Arc/Info. 1993 to 1995
2. Comprehensive decision support system for counties in China, in which my responsibility was to establish the sustainable database and comprehensive development evaluation model, 1996 to 1998
3. Dynamic monitoring of land resources in Baotou City based on RS and GIS and GPS, in which I was a sub-chief to design the implementing plan and take over field GPS data collection, indoors data processing and land use monitoring system integration under Arcview. 1996 to 1999
4. Pilot project on comprehensive development planning in Arid Zone of Central Myanmar using integrated remote sensing and GIS approach, which is financed by the Environment and Natural Resources Management Division, United Nations (Thailand). As member of the project expert group, I worked on land use dynamical monitoring, resource assessment for agriculture and the establishment of comprehensive evaluation model. 1997 to 1999
5. Vehicle-carrying Anti-stealing and anti-robbing system using GIS and GPS technology, system design and demanding analysis. 1997 to 2000
6. Multiple Criteria Decision Support System of Agricultural Structure Adjustment. One of the project chiefs, in charge of goal planning and GIS-based resource allocation model design. 2000 to 2001
7. Multivariate Geospatial Data visualization Using Icon Map Technique, funded by Defense Science and Technology Laboratory, Ministry of Defense, U.K. 2001 to 2002. I developed a prototype system IconMapper to implement the Icon Imagemap Visualization Technique.
8. Limon Urban land use change mapping using high spatial resolution remote sensing data. World Bank Project, April 2004. Data processing and mapping.
9. Multivariate Geospatial Data visualization Using Icon Map technique, funded by Defense Science and Technology Laboratory, Ministry of Defense, U.K. 2001——2003
10. Using high spatio-resolution remote sensing data to map land use change in Limon, Costa Rica, funded by World Bank Washington D. C, USA. 2003—2004
11. Using DMC small satellite data to detect ancient great walls in China, 2005.8 to 2006.6
12. Soil loss and wetland monitoring of Upper Yangtz River using remote sensing and GIS approaches, 2005.8 to 2006.7
13. Image Preprocessing of Beijing No. 1 Satellite data of Beijing City 2006, funded by Beijing Center for Information Resource Management, 2006-2007
14.Spatial information service system for ecological and environmental monitoring and assessment in Xinjiang/China, funded by Ministry of Science and Technology of China (MOST), 2007-2010.
15. Co-inversion Techniques for soil moisture retrieval and data assimilation based on MODIS and AMSR-E, funded by Ministry of Science and Technology of China (MOST), 2008-2010.
16.Solar Energy Potential Mapping at A neighborhood scale, supported by Natural Science Foundation of China, 2011-2014.
17.Dynamic monitoring and emergency management using remote sensing in Xinjiang and surrounded areas, supported by Ministry of Science and Technology of China (MOST), 2012-2014
18. System R&D for low-altitude remote sensing data acquisition, Ministry of Science and Technology of China (MOST),2012-2014
19. Natural disaster prevention and alleviation using micro-UAV remote sensing techniques in Ertix River, Xinjiang Corps Bureau of Science and Technology, 2014-2015.

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
10 Selected peer review publications [1] Zhang, Xianfeng, Zhao, Jiepeng, Tian, Jie (2014). A robust coinversion model for soil moisture retrieval from Multi-sensor data. IEEE Transaction on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transaction on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 52(8): 5230-5237, 2014 [2] Zhang, Xianfeng, Liu, Yu, Li, Jonathan (2014). Multi-remote sensing data for improving estimation of ground solar direct normal radiation. Solar Energy, 35(8): 1473-1479. [3] Zhang, Xianfeng, Bao, Huiyi, Liu, Yu, Zheng, Xurong (2014). Snow parameter estimation form microwave remote sensing data. Mountain Research, 32(3): 307-313. [4] Zhang, Xianfeng, Liao, Chunhua, Li, Jonathan (2013). Fractional vegetation cover estimation in arid and semi-arid environments using HJ-1 satellite hyperspectral data. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 21(3-4):506-512 [5] Zhang, Xianfeng, Liao, Chunhua, Liu, Yu, Li, Jonathan, (2013). An iconmap-based exploratory analytical approach for multivariate geospatial data，Science China-Information Sciences, 56(1):1-10, 2013. [6] Zhang, Xianfeng, Lv, Yang (2014). 3D modeling of urban buildings and trees and its application in building-scale solar energy potential mapping. Journal of Basic Science and Engineering, 22(3): 1-11. [7] Zhang, Xianfeng, Zhao, Jiepeng, Sun, Quan, et al (2011). Soil Moisture retrieval from AMSR-E data in Xinjiang (China): model and validation. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics In Applied Earth Observations And Remote Sensing (JSTARS), 4(1):117-127 [8] Zhang, Xianfeng, Li, Jonathan, et al (Eds). Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering : Introduction. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v 7471, p xxi-xxii, 2010. [9] Zhang, Xianfeng, and Micha Pazner (2007). Comparison of Lithologic Mapping with ASTER, Hyperion and ETM Data in the southeastern Chocolate Mountains, USA. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 73 (5): 555-561 MAY 2007. [10] Zhang, Xianfeng, Micha Pazner, Norman Duke. (2007), Lithologic and Mineral Information Extraction for Gold Exploration Using ASTER Data in the South Chocolate Mountains (California). ISPR Journal of Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 62 (4): 271-282 SEP 2007.

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

10 Selected peer review publications
[1] Zhang, Xianfeng, Zhao, Jiepeng, Tian, Jie (2014). A robust coinversion model for soil moisture retrieval from Multi-sensor data. IEEE Transaction on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transaction on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 52(8): 5230-5237, 2014
[2] Zhang, Xianfeng, Liu, Yu, Li, Jonathan (2014). Multi-remote sensing data for improving estimation of ground solar direct normal radiation. Solar Energy, 35(8): 1473-1479.
[3] Zhang, Xianfeng, Bao, Huiyi, Liu, Yu, Zheng, Xurong (2014). Snow parameter estimation form microwave remote sensing data. Mountain Research, 32(3): 307-313.
[4] Zhang, Xianfeng, Liao, Chunhua, Li, Jonathan (2013). Fractional vegetation cover estimation in arid and semi-arid environments using HJ-1 satellite hyperspectral data. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 21(3-4):506-512
[5] Zhang, Xianfeng, Liao, Chunhua, Liu, Yu, Li, Jonathan, (2013). An iconmap-based exploratory analytical approach for multivariate geospatial data，Science China-Information Sciences, 56(1):1-10, 2013.
[6] Zhang, Xianfeng, Lv, Yang (2014). 3D modeling of urban buildings and trees and its application in building-scale solar energy potential mapping. Journal of Basic Science and Engineering, 22(3): 1-11.
[7] Zhang, Xianfeng, Zhao, Jiepeng, Sun, Quan, et al (2011). Soil Moisture retrieval from AMSR-E data in Xinjiang (China): model and validation. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics In Applied Earth Observations And Remote Sensing (JSTARS), 4(1):117-127
[8] Zhang, Xianfeng, Li, Jonathan, et al (Eds). Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering : Introduction. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v 7471, p xxi-xxii, 2010.
[9] Zhang, Xianfeng, and Micha Pazner (2007). Comparison of Lithologic Mapping with ASTER, Hyperion and ETM Data in the southeastern Chocolate Mountains, USA. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 73 (5): 555-561 MAY 2007.
[10] Zhang, Xianfeng, Micha Pazner, Norman Duke. (2007), Lithologic and Mineral Information Extraction for Gold Exploration Using ASTER Data in the South Chocolate Mountains (California). ISPR Journal of Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 62 (4): 271-282 SEP 2007.