Scholar
Qunshan Zhao
Google Scholar ID: PYRQLkIAAAAJ
Professor in Urban Analytics, Urban Big Data Centre & Urban Studies, University of Glasgow
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,295
H-index
18
i10-index
26
Publications
20
Co-authors
49
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Published 76 papers. For more details, please refer to his personal website or Google Scholar page.
Research Experience
- - Since May 2019: Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Urban Analytics at the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow, promoted to Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in August 2022, and to Professor in August 2024.
- - Prior to coming to the UK, he was a postdoctoral research associate in the Knowledge Exchange for Resilience (KER) and Spatial Analysis Research Center (SPARC) at Arizona State University.
Education
- - Ph.D. in Geography/GIScience from Arizona State University
- - M.A. in Geography/GIScience from Arizona State University
- - B.E. in Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry, and GIS from Wuhan University, China
Background
- Research interests focus on creating a sustainable urban future and tackling related social, economic, and environmental problems by using new forms of data and related analytical approaches including GIScience (geographic information systems, remote sensing, and spatial analysis), machine learning/deep learning/statistics/foundational models, operations research, sensor networks, and urban climate modeling and instrumentation. Ongoing research efforts include urban infrastructure location optimization, human-environment interactions, housing energy efficiency and fuel poverty, 3D city modeling, and open source spatial optimization methods development.
Miscellany
- Social media accounts:
- - Twitter: @QunshanZhao
