Rui Zhu is a Professorand PhD Supervisorat Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China. Zhu is the Awardee of the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars, and Distinguished Professor of Jiangsu Province. Zhu was a Senior Scientist at the Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR, Singapore, a Research Assistant Professor at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and a Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT Senseable City Lab. Zhuis the Chair of Educational Committee and was theBoard Member ofThe International Society of Chinese Professional in Geographic Information Sciences, and theBoard MemberandSecretary General of theInternational Society for Natural Resources. Zhu’s study focuses on GIScience and Solar Cities, which (i) advanced spatiotemporal data modelling in addressing the lack of data in sunlight fields modelling, (ii) constructed a spatiotemporal distribution model of global solar radiation in complex urban environments, and (iii) proposed theories and methods for spatial analysis and utilization of solar energy resources. Zhu has served as the PI/Co-I for several research grants funded by the SingaporeA*STAR,the University Grants Committee (Hong Kong, China), and NSFC, and published more than 100 SCI papers published in journals such asIJGIS,TGIS,The Innovation,Science Bulletin, andApplied Energy. Zhu is an Associate Editor ofSpringer Nature Computer Science, and Editor ofBig Earth Data,Advances in Applied Energy, andEnergy 360. Zhu is in theStanford Top 2% Scientists and the awardee ofGeospatial World 50 Rising Stars,ISDE Young Scientist Award, andSmart City Technology Innovation Award. His study has been reported by Singapore TV, Lianhe Zaobao, and MIT News.