🎓️️Prof. Zhongfa Zhou Guizhou Normal University, China Level II Professor, Core Expert in Guizhou Province, Dean of School of Geography and Environmental Science and Dean of Karst Research Institute. Head of National Engineering Technology Research Center for Karst Rocky Desertification Prevention and Control, co-director of Field Scientific Observation Research Station (MNR), director of Cultivation Base of National Key Laboratory for Karst Mountain Ecological Environment, director of Guizhou Branch of National Remote Sensing Center. Leader of National Model Teacher Team in Huang Danian Style (2024 National Education System Advanced Worker). Head of National First-Class Undergraduate Program in Geographic Science and National First-Class Course in Physical Geography. Provincial Top-Level Innovative Talent, Golden Teacher, expert at Guizhou Rural Revitalization Research Center. Leading figure for Second-Class National Teaching Achievement Award in Higher Education (Graduate Level, 2022), Second Prize in Second National College Teaching Innovation Competition. Research: karst ecological environment protection, ecological civilization construction, GIS/remote sensing, rural revitalization. |
🎓️️Prof. Bin Zou Central South University, China Young Changjiang Scholar of Ministry of Education, Deputy Director of Key Laboratory of MNR, Chair of Air Quality and Health Working Group of International Society for Atmospheric Environment Remote Sensing, Deputy Director of Education Working Committee of Chinese Society for Surveying and Mapping, Deputy Director of Environmental Exposure Committee of Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences, Vice President of Hunan Province Society for Surveying and Geoinformatics. Research: remote sensing monitoring of resources/environment, simulation of geographical spatio-temporal processes. Promoted transformation of environmental investigation/monitoring and risk early warning toward refinement, intelligence and efficiency. National Huang Danian Style Teacher Team, Excellent Teacher (Baosteel Award), Innovative Talent of College GIS Forum, Remote Sensing Young Scientific and Technological Talent (MOST). Led 30+ projects (National Key R&D, NSFC), published 100+ SCI papers, 30+ national invention patents, 6 provincial/ministerial science and technology awards, 7 national/provincial teaching achievement awards. |
🎓️️Prof. Baozhang Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Researcher at Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS; Professor and doctoral supervisor at University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Previously collaborative researcher at University of Toronto and University of British Columbia (Canada), professor at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Returned to China in 2009 via CAS "Hundred Talents Program." Research: Environmental Remote Sensing, surface Earth system models, data-model assimilation, carbon cycle and climate change interactions, spatial scale transfer technologies. Led 10+ projects (Canada NSERC/CFCAS, NSFC general/key projects, 973/863 Programs, national major R&D). Published 126 SCI papers (Nature Communications, Science Bulletin), 6 authorized national invention patents. Awards: Second Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress in Natural Resources (2024, 1st rank), Second Prize for Technological Advancement in Environmental Protection (2019), 3rd China Youth Geoscience Award (1995), IET Award, Canada NSERC CGS Scholarship, 20+ academic honors. |
🎓️️Assoc. Prof. Yongxing Sun Leshan Normal University, China Associate Dean of School of Tourism and Geographical Sciences. Born in Jilin, China in 1977. Ph.D. from Southwest Petroleum University. Works at College of Tourism and Geographical Science, Leshan Normal University. Research interests: tourism planning and disaster management, tourism geoscience, intelligent drilling technology. |
