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Professor Chen, Bin 陳斌

Title:
Associate Professor

Professional Qualifications
YearAwarding InstitutionQualification
Wuhan UniversityB.S. in Geographic Information System
Beijing Normal UniversityPh.D. in Global Environmental Change
Biography

Bin Chen is an Associate Professor in the Division of Landscape Architecture, Director of Future Urbanity & Sustainable Environment (FUSE) Lab at the University of Hong Kong. He obtained his BSc in Geographical Information System from Wuhan University, and his PhD in Global Environmental Change from Beijing Normal University. Before joining HKU, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Davis.

Prof. Chen has been broadly trained in geospatial science and environmental science. He is passionate about tackling a range of pressing local, regional and global environmental change challenges using exceptional quantitative, analytical, and computational skills, with the ultimate goal of contributing to a sustainable and healthy world.

Prof. Chen’s research leverages geospatial big data, data-model fusion, and advanced interdisciplinary approaches to investigate the interaction loops between environmental change, human activities, and public health. Specifically, his major research includes the remote sensing of built and natural environmental changes; modelling of human-environment spatiotemporal interaction; and impact of environment and human activities on public health. He has published over 80 refereed publications in top journals such as Science, Nature family (Sustainability, Communications, Human Behaviour, Cities), and PNAS. His achievements have received international recognition, including being ranked in the World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University (2021-2024), Top 1% Scholars by Clarivate (2024), and Geospatial World 50 Rising Stars (2024), and receiving the International Society of Digital Earth Young Scientist Award, American Association of Geographers Early Career Award in Remote Sensing, and HKU-100 Scholars Award.

 
Honours, Awards & Prizes
AwardeesAward DateHonours / Awards / PrizesCategory
2023-08-21International Society of Digital Earth Young Scientist Award
Research Achievement
2022-07-01Global Young Scientists Award: 11th World GIS Developers Conference (WGDC 2022)
Research Achievement
2022-03-01The Hong Kong openBIM/openGIS Award with Honorable Mention: Hong Kong Alliance of Built Asset & Environment Information Management Associations
Research Achievement
2021-06-01Early Career Award in Remote Sensing: American Association of Geographers (AAG)
Research Achievement
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Area of Expertise:
Area of Expertise (EN)Area of Expertise (ZH)
Urban environment and public health
Human-environment spatiotemporal interaction
Geospatial big data analysis and data-model fusion
Geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing
Spoken Languages:
Spoken Language(s) (EN)Spoken Language(s) (ZH)
Putonghua普通話
English英語
Written Languages:
Written Language(s) (EN)Written Language(s) (ZH)
English英文
Chinese中文
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