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Discipline:Ecology

Education Background

  • 2003 PhD, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, USA
  • 2001 M.S, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, USA
  • 1997 PhD Candidate, Industrial Engineering, Lund University, Sweden
  • 1993 B. Economics, Beijing Polytechnic University, Beijing, China
  • Work Experience

  • 2015- Professor, Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University
  • 2008-2015 Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University
  • 2004-2008 Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Utah
  • 2003-2004 Assistant Professor, Geography, Texas State University
  • Refereed Articles:

    [173] Tu, Y., Chen B., Yang J., Xu B. Olympic effects on reshaping urban greenspace of host cities. Landscape and Ur-ban Planning 230, 104615. DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104615

    [172] Y Bai, Y Zhang, O Zotova, H Pineo, J Siri, L Liang, X Luo, M Kwan, J Ji, X Jiang, C Chu, N Cong, V Lin, W Summerskill, Y Luo, H Yu, T Wu, C Yang, J Li, Y Xiao, J Zhou, D Dou, H Xiong, L Zhang, L Wang, S Tao, B Fu, Y Zhang, B Xu, J Yang, P Gong. 2022. Healthy cities initiative in China: Progress, challenges, and the way forward, The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, Vol 27, 2022, 100539

    [171] Chen B, Song Y, Webster C, Xu B, Gong P. 2022. Contrasting inequality in human exposure to greenspace be-tween cities of Global North and Global South. Nature Communications 13: 4636

    [170] Li M, B Chen, C Webster, P Gong, B Xu. The land-sea interface mapping: China's coastal land covers at 10 m for 2020, Science Bulletin, 2022. 67(17), 1750-1754. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2022.07.012.

    [169] Chen B, Tu Y, Wu S, Song Y, Jin Y, Webster C, Xu B, Gong P. Beyond green environments: Multi-scale differ-ence in human exposure to greenspace in China. Environment International, 2022, 166: 107348.

    [168] Li M, Zhang T, Tu Y, Ren Z, Xu B. Monitoring Post-Flood Recovery of Croplands Using the Integrated Sentinel-1/2 Imagery in the Yangtze-Huai River Basin. Remote Sensing. 2022; 14(3): 690.

    [167] W Cai, C Zhang, K Sun, S Ai, Y Bai, J Bao, B Chen, L Cheng, X Cui, H Dai, Q Di, W Dong, D Dou, W Fan, X Fan, T Gao, Y Geng, D Guan, Y Guo, Y Hu, J Hua, C Huang, H Huang, J Huang, K Jiao, T Jiang, G Kiesewetter, Z Klimont, P Lampard, C Li, Q Li, T Li, R Li, B Lin, H Lin, H Liu, Q Liu, X Liu, Y Liu, Z Liu, Z Liu, Z Liu, S Lou, C Lu, Y Luo, W Ma, A McGushin, Y Niu, C Ren, Z Ren Z Ruan, W Schöpp, J Su, Y Tu, J Wang, Q Wang, Y Wang, Y Wang, N Watts, C Xiao, Y Xie, H Xiong, M Xu, B Xu, L Xu, J Yang, L Yang, L Yu, Y Yue, S Zhang, Z Zhang, J Zhao, L Zhao, M Zhao, Z Zhao, J Zhou, P Gong. 2021. Location-specific health impacts of cli-mate change require location-specific responses. Chinese Science Bulletin, https://doi.org/10.1360/TB-2021-0140.

    [166] Liu H, Gong P, Wang J, Wang X, Ning G, Xu B. Production of global daily seamless data cubes and quantification of global land cover change from 1985 to 2020-iMap World 1.0[J]. Remote Sensing of Environment, 2021, 258: 112364.

    [165] Wang Y, Zhang G, Gong P, Dickinson RE, Fu R, Li X, Yang J, Liu S, He Y, Li L, Wang B, Xu B. Winter Warm-ing in North America Induced by Urbanization in China[J]. Geophysical Research Letters, 2021, 48(22): e2021GL095465.

    [164] Ren Z, Li R, Zhang T, Chen B, Wang C, Li M, Song S, Xiao Y, Xu Bo, Liu Z, Shen C, Guan D, Hou L, Deng K, Bai Y, Gong P, Xu B. Reduction of Human Mobility Matters during Early COVID-19 Outbreaks: Evidence from India, Japan and China. [J]. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021, 18(6): 2826.

    [163] Zhang T, Li R, Zhong P, Chang J, Xu B. Detection of novel reassortant H9N2 avian influenza viruses in wild birds in Jiangxi Province, China[J]. Veterinary medicine and science, 2021, 7(3): 1042-1046.

    [162] Tu Y, B Chen, W Lang, T Chen, M Li, T Zhang, B Xu. Uncovering the Nature of Urban Land Use Composition Using Multi-Source Open Big Data with Ensemble Learning[J]. Remote Sensing, 2021, 13(21): 4241.

    [161] Chen B, Xu B, Gong P. Mapping essential urban land use categories (EULUC) using geospatial big data: Progress, challenges, and opportunities[J]. Big Earth Data, 2021, 5(3): 410-441.

    [160] Chen B, Tu Y, Song Y, Theobald DM, Zhang T, Ren Z, Li X, Yang J, Wang J, Wang X, Gong P, Bai Y, Xu B. Mapping essential urban land use categories with open big data: Results for five metropolitan areas in the United States of America [J]. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2021, 178: 203-218.

    [159] Tu, Y., Chen B., Yu L., Xin Q., Gong P., Xu B. 2021. How does urban expansion interact with cropland loss? A comparison of 14 Chinese cities from 1980 to 2015. Landscape Ecology, 36(1):243-63.

    [158] T Jiang, B Chen, Z Nie, Z Ren, B Xu, Shihao Tang. Estimation of hourly full-coverage PM2.5 concentrations at 1-km resolution in China using a two-stage random forest model, Atmospheric Research, Volume 248, 2021, 105146, ISSN 0169-8095, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105146.

    [157] Cai W, Zhang C, Suen HP, Ai S, Bai Y, Bao J, Chen B, Cheng L, Cui X, Dai H, Di Q, Dong W, Dou D, Fan W, Fan X, Gao T, Geng Y, Guan D, Guo Y, Hu Y, Hua J, Huang C, Huang H, Huang J, Jiang T, Jiao K, Kiesewetter G, Klimont Z, Lampard P, Li C, Li Q, Li R, Li T, Lin B, Lin H, Liu H, Liu Q, Liu X, Liu Y, Liu Z, Liu Z, Liu Z, Lou S, Lu C, Luo Y, Ma W, McGushin A, Niu Y, Ren C, Ren Z, Ruan Z, Schöpp W, Su J, Tu Y, Wang J, Wang Q, Wang Y, Wang Y, Watts N, Xiao C, Xie Y, Xiong H, Xu M, Xu B, Xu L, Yang J, Yang L, Yu L, Yue Y, Zhang S, Zhang Z, Zhao J, Zhao L, Zhao M, Zhao Z, Zhou J, Gong P. The 2020 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change. The Lancet Public Health. 2021;6(1):e64-e81.

    [156] Ren Z., Liu Y., Chen B., Xu B. 2020. Where Does Nighttime Light Come From? Insights from Source Detection and Error Attribution. Remote Sensing.12(12), 1922.

    [155] Zhang T., Fan K., Zhang Xue., Xu Yujuan., Xu B. and Li R. 2020. Diversity of avian influenza A(H5N6) viruses in wild birds in southern China. Journal of General Virology 101(9).

    2020 Research Excellence Award on COVID-19 Epidemics, Tsinghua University

    2016 Elsevier Atlas Award

    2015 Annual Award on Outstanding Achievement, Tsinghua University

    2006 Superior Research Award, junior faculty category, University of Utah.

    2004 Early Career Award, Remote Sensing Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers (AAG).

    2003 William A. Fischer Memorial Award, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)

    2003 IGARSS 2003 Travel Award, International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium, IEEE, Toulouse, France, July 21-25, 2003.

    2003 Young Scholars (PhD '98 or later) Travel Award, Maximum Award, U.S. National Committee for International Cartographic Association (ICA), 21st International Cartographic Conference (ICC), Durban, South Africa, August 10-16, 2003.

    2003 Student Honors Paper Competition, First Place, Remote Sensing Specialty Group, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), New Orleans, March 5-8, 2003.

    2001 Travel award of UCGIS Summer Assembly, Buffalo, June 20-24, 2001.

    2000-2 Graduate Student Fellowship, University of California at Berkeley

    1995-7 Graduate Student Fellowship, Lund University