Zhenhong Li Professor

College of Geological Engineering and Geomatics

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Degree: PhD

Graduate School: University College London

Email: zhenhong.li@chd.edu.cn

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BirthDate: 2100-02-16

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  • Department: College of Geological Engineering and Geomatics
  • Gender: male
  • BirthDate: 2100-02-16
  • Career: Professor
  • Degree: PhD
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  • Graduate School: University College London
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  • Email: zhenhong.li@chd.edu.cn
  • Address School: 126 Yanta Road
  • PostCode School: 710054
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    EDUCATION

    1993-1997         BEng in Geodesy (Distinction), Wuhan Technical University of Surveying & Mapping (now Wuhan University), China. Supervisor: Professor Jingnan Liu


    2001-2005        PhD in GPS, Geodesy and Navigation - “Correction of atmospheric water vapour effects on repeat‑pass SAR interferometry using GPS, MODIS and MERIS data”, University College London (UCL), UK. Supervisors: Professors Jan-Peter Muller and Paul Cross. 

    2004-2005         CTES (Chevening Technology Enterprise Scholarship) Certificate in Business Technology Transfer Course

                              Technology Training: University College London

                              Business Training:   London Business School, Imperial College London, and  University of Cambridge

    2008–2010        Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice, University of Glasgow, UK


Resume

Zhenhong Li is Professor of Imaging Geodesy and College Dean at Chang’an University, China, and Guest Professor at Newcastle University, UK. He has over 24 years of research experience in  geodesy and remote sensing for geohazards (e.g. earthquakes and landslides) and infrastructure instability. He specializes in development of InSAR atmospheric corrections and time-series algorithms for precisely mapping surface movements and has investigated a series of large earthquakes (e.g. Sumatra (Indonesia, 2007), Wenchuan (China, 2008), Yushu (China, 2010), Van (Turkey, 2011), Tohoku (Japan, 2011), Gorkha (Nepal, 2015), Kaikōura earthquake (New Zealand, 2016), Oaxaca (Mexico, 2020), and Maduo (China, 2021)) and active landslides (e.g. Huangtupo, Shuping, Daguangbao, Xinmo and Baige landslides, China; Villa de la Independencia landslide, Bolivia).


Social position

- Elected Fellow of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG), 2015

Elected Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), 2014

Elected Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013

Elected Fellow of the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society (RSPSoc), 2010

Member of UK COSPAR National Committee, 2018 - present

Co-Chair of the International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) WG III/2 Microwave Remote Sensing. 2016-2021


Research

Professor Li’s research interests include Space Geodesy and Remote Sensing (mainly InSAR and GNSS) and their application to geohazards (e.g. earthquakes, landslides and land subsidence) and precision agriculture.


- InSAR atmospheric correction

- Advanced InSAR time series 

- High-rate GNSS data processsing

- Remote Sensing

- Continental deformation

- Active faults and earthquakes

- Landslide detection, monitoring and early warning

- Ground subsidence in river deltas 

- Structural deformation of dams, buildings, railways, and motorways

- Atmospheric water vapour 

- Environmental changes (e.g. Lake water level change, coastal erosion, flood mapping and aerosol monitoring)

 


Open Course

Research project

-  Shaanxi Province Science and Technology Innovation Team on geohazard monitoring, early warning and prevention (2021TD-51), Department of Science and Technology of Shaanxi Province, 2021-2023, Chief Scientist

-   Research and development of holographic sensing, intelligent control and safety guiding techniques and equipment for transport networks under large-scale natural hazards, National Key R&D Program of China, 2020-2024, Chief Scientist

-     Identification and prediction of the major geological hazards along the Sichuan-Tibet railway, NSFC Major Research Plan Grant, 2020-2023, Chief Scientist


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Technological Achievements

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Work experience

09/20–Present   Professor of Imaging Geodesy, College of Geological Engineering and Geomatics, Chang’an University, China

09/20–Present   Guest Professor, School of Engineering, Newcastle University, UK

04/14–09/20       Professor of Imaging Geodesy, School of Engineering, Newcastle University, UK

08/11–03/14       Senior Lecturer in Space Geodesy and Remote SensingSchool of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK

04/08–07/11        Lecturer in Surveying and GeodesyLeader of the Geospatial and Mapping Sciences MSc ProgrammeSchool of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK

06/05–03/08        COMET Research Fellow - Department of Geomatic Engineering, UCL  Centre for the Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes and Tectonics (COMET): Advanced InSAR techniques – atmospheric correction and time series

01/15–12/17        Guest Professor in Satellite Geodesy and Geophysics, the Geospatial Information Collaborative  Innovation Center, Wuhan University, China

09/12–08/15         Luojia Chair Professor in Space Geodesy and Geophysics, Wuhan University, China

11/10–04/12         Affiliated Scientist of Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), US