Academic Qualifications:

•Ph.D. in Geodesy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong (2012);

Title of thesis: Temporarily Coherent Point SAR Interferometry

•M.Eng. in Geodesy, Tongji University, Shanghai, China (2007);

Title of thesis: Fault Slip Inversion with InSAR and GPS Data Based on Triangular Dislocation Model

•B.Eng. in Civil Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, China (2004).

Previous Academic Positions Held:

•Visiting Researcher (2010.03-2010.09), U.S. Geological Survey, USA

•Research Assistant (2011.03-2011.11), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HKPU)

•Research Associate (2011.12-2012.06), Postdoctoral Fellow (2012.07-2012.09) (HKPU)

•Research Assistant Professor, HKPU (2012.09-2018.12)

•Research Assistant Professor, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong (2019.01-2019.05).

•Senior Research Fellow, HKPU (2019.06-2020.11)

Present Academic Position:

•Professor, Tongji Uinversity (2020.12-Present).

Research Interests:

•Geospatial data acquisition, processing and quality assessment

•Development of low-complexity, and easy-to-implement satellite data processing algorithms

•Application of interferometry technologies to image natural and built environments and study the geohazards and their effects on urban infrastructures

•Remote sensing of urban morphology and urban resilience to climate change and geohazards.

Teaching Experiences:

•LSGI3342 Geodetic Control

•LSGI2961 Engineering Surveying

•LSGI3361 Utility Surveying and Monitoring

•LSGI4345 Deformation and Tunnel Alignment Surveying

•LSGI2B01 Map Reading and Interpretation

•LSGI2962 Survey Camp

•LSGI1D03 Living on a Dynamic Earth

•LSGI2372A Surveying

Affiliations

•Senior Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

•Member of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Publication Records:

•Book Chapters

Liu, G.X., Zhang, L., Ding, X.L., Chen Q., Luo X.J. (2013) Ground subsidence mapping with persistent-scatterer radar interferometry, in Advanced in mapping from aerospace imagery:techniques and applications. (ed. X. Yang and J. Li), CRC press.

Lu, Z., Jung, H.S., Zhang, L., Lee, W.J., Lee, C.W., and Dzurisin, D., (2013). DEM generation from satellite InSAR, in Advanced in mapping from aerospace imagery: techniques and applications (ed. X. Yang and J. Li), CRC press.

•Selected Peer-reviewed Journal Papers

Zhang, L., Hu, J. et al. (2021), Estimation of Coseismic Deformation with Multitemporal Radar Interferometry, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2020.3043519

Zhang, L., Jia, H.G., Lu,Z.,  Liang, H.Y., Ding, X.L., and Li, X. (2019). Minimizing Height Effects in MTInSAR for Deformation Detection over Built Areas, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.  57(11), 9167 – 9176.

Zhang, L., Sun, Q., and Hu, J. (2018). Potential of TCPInSAR in Monitoring Linear Infrastructure with a Small Dataset of SAR Images: Application of the Donghai Bridge, China. Applied Sciences, 8(3), 425

Zhang, L., Ding, X.L., Lu, Z. (2015), Ground deformation mapping by fusion of multi-temporal interferometric synthetic aperture radar images: a review, International Journal of Image and Data Fusion, DOI: 10.1080/19479832.2015.1068874

Zhang, L., Ding, X.L, Lu, Z., Jung, H.S., Hu, J., Feng, G.C. (2014), A novel multi-temporal InSAR model for joint estimation of deformation rates and orbital errors, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 52(6):3529-3540.

Zhang, L., Lu, Z., Ding, X.L., Jung, H.S., et al. (2012) Mapping ground surface deformation using temporarily coherent point SAR interferometry: Application to Los Angeles Basin, Remote Sensing of Environments. 117, pp.429-439.

Zhang, L., Ding, X.L., and Lu, Z. (2011) Ground settlement monitoring from temporarily coherent points between two SAR acquisitions, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, vol. 66, no. 1, pp.146–152.

Zhang, L., Ding, X.L., and Lu, Z. (2011) Modeling the PSInSAR time-series without phase unwrapping, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 547-556.

Zhang, L., Wu, J.C., Ge, L.L., Ding, X.L., and Chen, Y.L. (2008), Determining fault slip distribution of the Chi-Chi Taiwan earthquake with GPS and InSAR data using triangular dislocation elements, Journal of Geodynamics, 45:163-168. 

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