Team

We bring together students and collaborators working across observations, modeling, AI, hydrology, ecology, climate, and energy.

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Principal Investigator

Zhenzhong Zeng

Professor, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology

Professor Zhenzhong Zeng studies biosphere-atmosphere interactions, global change and the Earth system, climate-change impacts, climate mitigation and adaptation, and AI for geoscience and energy.

Earth System & Global Change LAB

Education

  • B.S. in Geography Science, Sun Yat-sen University (2007-2011)
  • Ph.D. in Physical Geography, Peking University (2011-2016; supervisor: Prof. Shilong Piao)
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University (2016-2019; mentor: Dr. Eric F. Wood)

Experience

  • Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology (since 2024.06)
  • Associate Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology (2019.09-2024.06)
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University (2016-2019)

Honors

  • 2025 Highly Cited Researchers (Geosciences)
  • 2025 Highly Cited Researchers (Environment and Ecology)
  • Changjiang Distinguished Expert, Ministry of Education of China (2022)
  • AOGS HS Kamide Lecturer (2022)
  • Qiushi Outstanding Young Scholar Award (2020)
  • Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers (2020-2025)
  • Top 2% Scientists Worldwide by Stanford University

Former Research Assistant Professor / Postdoctoral Fellow

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Dashan Wang

Former Research Assistant Professor / Postdoctoral Fellow

Associate Professor, Sun Yat-sen University

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Feng Yang

Former Research Assistant Professor / Postdoctoral Fellow

Associate Professor, Northwest A&F University

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Khan Muhammad Asif

Former Research Assistant Professor / Postdoctoral Fellow

Joined: 2022.07

Postdoctoral Fellow, Wuhan University

asif@sustech.edu.cn
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Tianyun Dong

Former Research Assistant Professor / Postdoctoral Fellow

Joined: 2023.08

Associate Professor, Sun Yat-sen University

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PhD Alumni

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Jie Wu

PhD Alumni

Joined: 2020.09

Postdoctoral Fellow, Eastern Institute for Advanced Study, Ningbo

wuj6@mail.sustech.edu.cn
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Yu Feng

PhD Alumni

Associate Professor, Ningbo Eastern Institute of Technology

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He Chen

PhD Alumni

Lecturer, Hunan University of Science and Technology

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Xin Jiang

PhD Alumni

Joined: 2021.09

Postdoctoral Fellow, Southern University of Science and Technology

jiangxiaobaix@outlook.com

Master Alumni

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Lihong Zhou

Master Alumni

PhD student, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

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Yubin Jin

Master Alumni

Joined: 2021.09

Joint PhD student, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Ningbo Eastern Institute of Technology

12132204@mail.sustech.edu.cn
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Sihuan Wei

Master Alumni

Joined: 2022.09

Joint PhD student, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Ningbo Eastern Institute of Technology

12232264@mail.sustech.edu.cn

Undergraduate Alumni

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Shijie Hu

Undergraduate Alumni

PhD student, ETH Zurich

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Yi Liu

Undergraduate Alumni

PhD student, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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Yanan Zhao

Undergraduate Alumni

Joined: 2021.06

Joint PhD student, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Ningbo Eastern Institute of Technology

12010842@mail.sustech.edu.cn

Former Research Assistant

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Wenxin Fan

Former Research Assistant

Zhanxiang Peng

Former Research Assistant

Former Visitor

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Ziyu Lin

Former Visitor

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Yang Liu

Former Visitor

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Xinyue Wang

Former Visitor

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Yadong Guo

Former Visitor

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Shengping Ding

Former Visitor