Group Members

Current: Postdoc Fellow (1), PhD Student (2), Master students (1), Visiting scholar (1)
Alumni: Research Assistants (3), Master students (2)

- Principle Investigator -


Prof. Qiming Zheng
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- Postdoc Fellow -


Dr. Xia Liao (2025- )
PhD (Chinese Academy of Sciences); MSc/BSc (Chongqing University)
-Focus: Urban and regional sustainability; Land-use change and its impacts

- PhD Students -


Mr. Te Mu (2024- )
MSc (Zhejiang University); BSc (Shanxi University)
-Focus: Nighttime light; Natural Disaster; Time Series Modelling
-Email: mateomu@link.cuhk.edu.hk
-First-author publications: TGRS


Ms. Yifei Zhao (2025- )
MSc (Beijing Normal University); BSc (University of Science and Technology Beijing)
-Focus: Nature-based Solutions; Climate Change Mitigation; Afforestation

- Master Students -


Ms. Mengni Xia (2023- )
MSc (HK PolyU); BSc (Anhui Normal University)
-Focus: GIS; Cropland Abandonment

- Visiting Scholars -


Dr. Xingyu Zheng (2025- )
Lecturer at Zhejiang A&F University
-Focus: forest carbon stock modeling

- Alumni -


Ms. Yang Qu (2023-2024)
MSc (HK PolyU); BSc (Hainan University)
-Focus: GIS; Natural Climate Solution
-Current job: High-School Geography teacher at Shanghai


Mr. Zhenyu Wang (Master Student)
HK PolyU, 2022-2023
MSc (HK PolyU); BSc (Guangzhou University)
-Focus: Carbon Emission Modelling; GIS
-Current job: Research Assistant at PolyU HK


Mr. Te Mu (Research Assistant)
HK PolyU, 2023-2024
MSc (Zhejiang University); BSc (Shanxi University)
-Focus: Nighttime light; Natural Disaster; Time Series Modelling
-Current job: PhD Student at CUHK


Mr. Tim Ha (Research Assistant)
National University of Singapore, 2022-2023
MSc (The University of Freiburg); BSc (The University of Edinburgh)
-Focus: Nature-based Climate Solution; Cropland Abandonment; Land use Policy
-Achievements: publication in Nature Communications (2nd author)
-Current job: Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium Waldkirch; Oil Change International


Ms. Nicole Chung (Research Assistant)
National University of Singapore, 2020-2021
BSc (National University of Singapore)
-Focus: Nature-based Climate Solution; Land-use classification
-Current job: Yale-NUS College student