Zeng zhenzhong, Associate Professor, is the leader of the research group. He is mainly engaged in the fields of ecological hydrology, land-air interaction, global environmental change and earth system simulation. He is committed to understanding the dynamic mechanism of the earth system and realizing the sustainable development of human society.

CURRENT POSITION

Associate Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology, 2019 -

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University, 2016-2019 (Mentor: Dr. Eric F. Wood)

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Physical Geography, Peking University, 2011-2016 (Supervisor: Dr. Shilong Piao)

B.S. in Geography Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, 2007-2011

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Earth system science and global environmental change

Biosphere-atmosphere inactions

Terrestrial hydrology

Water and agriculture resources

Climate change and its impacts, with a focus on China and the tropics

AWARDS & HONORS

2018 “2017 China Agriculture Top Ten Science and Technology Progress” - Impacts of climate warming on global crop yields and feedbacks of vegetation growth change on global climate, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

2016 Outstanding Graduate of Peking University

2013 – 2016 Presidential (Peking University) Scholarship; 2014 – 2015 Peking University PhD Projects Award; 2013 – 2014 Peking University "Innovation Award"; 2013 – 2014 National Scholarship; 2012 – 2013 Guanghua Scholarship; 2011 – 2012 National Scholarship; 2011 – 2012 Founder Scholarship

2011 Outstanding Graduate of Sun Yat-Sen University

2009 National Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling (Provincial Award); 2009 – 2010 National Scholarship; 2008 – 2009 National Scholarship; 2007 – 2008 Guanghua Scholarship

REVIEWER

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Atmosphere, Energies, Environment Development and Sustainability, Environmental Research Letters, Geophysical Research Letter, Global Change Biology, International Journal of Digital Earth, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Journal of Climate, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, Journal of Geographical Sciences, Journal of Water and Climate Change, Land Degradation and Development, Nature Sustainability, PLOS ONE, Remote Sensing, Science of the Total Environment, Scientific Reports, Water