Yuyu Zhou
AAAS Fellow · Professor, Department of Geography · Faculty of Social Sciences · The University of Hong Kong
Yuyu Zhou is a professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Hong Kong, and an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). His research focuses on urban environmental change and its implications for human activities and welfare, using remote sensing, GIS, and integrated assessment modeling.
Principle Investigator
研究方向与学术影响
Zhou has published more than 200 papers indexed in SCI/SSCI journals, with notable publications in Energy & Environmental Science, PNAS, Nature Climate Change, Nature Ecology & Evolution, and Nature Communications.
His work has been cited more than 23,000 times on Google Scholar with an H-Index of 76, and he was recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher for 2022-2025 by Clarivate Analytics.
Zhou currently serves as Chief Editor for Earth System Science Data, associate editor for journals including Science of the Total Environment, and consulting expert for international organizations such as the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Bank.
Education
学术背景
- B.Sc., Geography, Beijing Normal University
- M.Sc., Cartography and GIS, Beijing Normal University
- Ph.D., Environmental Sciences, University of Rhode Island
Recognition
荣誉与奖项
- 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Clarivate's Highly Cited Researcher
- 2024, 2025 The world's top 1% scholars by Clarivate Analytics
- 2023 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- 2023 The University of Hong Kong HKU-100 Scholars Award
- 2020-2025 Stanford's List of World's Top 2% Scientists
- 2022 Postdoctoral Mentoring Award, Iowa State University
- 2019 The Dean's Emerging Faculty Leaders Awards, Iowa State University
- 2019 LAS Award for Early Achievement in Research, Iowa State University