B.S. in Geographical Information System (2014)

Hefei University of Technology, Anhui, China

M.S. in Geoinformatics (2016)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

Ph.D. in Geographical Sciences (2023)
University of Nottingham, UK

ENV 1100 Foundation of Environmental Science (with Laboratory)

Shuyang is a Lecturer of Environmental Sciences in College of Science, Mathematics, and Technology at the Wenzhou-Kean University. He is trained as a Physical Geographer with expertise in Remote Sensing Technology. He earned his BSc in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) from Hefei University of Technology and went on to complete his MSc in Geoinformatics at the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics (LSGI) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. In 2023, he obtained his PhD in Geographical Sciences from the University of Nottingham. Prior to that, he served as a Research Assistant in Hydrological Modeling for the Sponge City project at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China and worked as a Big Data Engineer at the National Beidou Navigation Satellite Data Center. After PhD, he worked as a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. Before moving to Wenzhou, he also undertook a short-term joint postdoctoral fellowship at the Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo and the University of Science and Technology of China.

He has been involved in several research grants, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, as well as provincial and municipal-level projects. He is currently advancing his research on Cryospheric changes on the Tibetan Plateau in the context of climate change, with a particular focus on glacier collapse and mass balance changes estimation and modeling. Additionally, he is investigating coastal wetland changes and their underlying mechanisms and interaction with urbanization.

Shuyang’s research focuses on the application of multi-source and multi-modal remote sensing technologies across Geography, Environmental Science, and Ecology. This includes optical satellite image processing, UAV-based close-range observations, satellite stereo-image analysis, and time-series interpretation of synthetic aperture radar (SAR). These techniques are applied to areas such as Cryosphere changes (glaciers and glacio-hydrology in the Tibetan Plateau), mountain hazards (mass movement and surface displacement), urban hydrology, and coastal wetlands.

1. Xu, S., Fu, P., Quincey, D., Feng, M., Marsh, S., & Liu, Q. (2022). UAV-based Geomorphological Evolution of the Terminus Area of the Hailuogou Glacier, Southeastern Tibetan Plateau between 2017 and 2020. Geomorphology, 108293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108293
2. Xu, S., Fu, P., Quincey, D., Feng, M., Marsh, S., & Jia, T. (2022). Recent (2018-2021) glaciological, hydrological and geomorphological landscape changes of Hailuogou Glacier tongue, southeastern Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Maps. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2022.2147029
3. Chan, F. K. S., Griffiths, J. A., Higgitt, D., Xu, S., Zhu, F., Tang, Y.-T., Xu, Y., & Thorne, C. R. (2018). “Sponge City” in China—A breakthrough of planning and flood risk management in the urban context. Land Use Policy, 76, 772–778. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.03.005
4. Hu, S., Feng, M., Xu, S., Wu, C., & Zeng, Z. (2023). Environmental flow assessment for benthic macroinvertebrate communities using pseudo-2D hydraulic habitat modelling at a green small hydropower plant. Ecohydrology, e2574. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2574
5. Liu, S., Chan, F.K.S., Chen, W.Y., Netusil, N.R., Feng, M., Xie, L., Qi, Y., Xu, S. and Cheshmehzangi, A., 2024. Home-buying decisions influenced by the implementation of nature-based solutions: The case of Sponge City, Guiyang SW China. Nature-Based Solutions, 5, p.100115.
6. Xu, S., Fu, P., Feng, M., Quincey, D & Feng, Y. The impact of mechanical ablation on the mass balance of Hailuogou Glacier, southeastern Tibetan Plateau. (Under review by Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface)
7. Yuan, J., Zhao. P., & Xu, S. Research on GIS-based risk assessment of debris flow in Southern Anhui. Radio Engineering, 2014, 3. (Chinese with English abstract)
8. Xu, S., Fu, P., Quincey, D., Feng, M., Marsh, S., Liu, Q., & Jia, T. (2023, May). The Changes of Hailuogou Glacier in the Southeastern Tibetan Plateau and the Impacts on Glacier Dynamics from the Mechanical Ablation. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (pp. EGU-2555).
9. Xu, S., & Fu, P. (2021, April). Short-term Glacial Dynamics Detection of a Maritime Glacier in Southeastern Tibetan Plateau using Cost-effective UAV and Rapid Photogrammetry Techniques. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (pp. EGU21-12007)