Dr. Jingjie Zhang, a chief water quality scientist at Hydroinformatics Institute, has been appointed as a visiting research professor at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, China.
Jingjie will be helping develop research and application projects related to integrated catchment-scale water quality modeling in both freshwater and marine water systems and will also guide students’ modeling work.
With more than 20 years of industrial and research experience in the areas related to computer and environmental science and engineering, Dr Jingjie Zhang has been working on various national and international projects in China, Denmark, USA and Singapore, including several high-profile consulting projects under UNEP. His interests both in theoretical study and in consultancy in water-related areas span a wide range of topics, covering ecological and environmental modeling, ecosystem health and environmental impact assessment, ecological engineering and ecosystem restoration. He is particularly interested in integrated catchment-scale monitoring and modeling approaches to addressing various environmental and ecological problems. Dr. Zhang has also been actively involved in conducting short-term training courses for government and industrial employees as well as colleagues, mentoring and supervising Master and PhD students.
Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) is a public university founded in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone of China. It is intended to be a top-tier international university that excels in interdisciplinary research, nurturing innovative talents and delivering new knowledge to the world.
Hydroinformatics Institute is a specialised consultancy and solution services provider for all aspects of water management. Hydroinformatics Institute combines state-of-the-art computing with machine learning and artificial intelligence, to realise potential of Big Water Data. On the Cloud. In real time. Across the entire hydrological cycle – over land, oceans and densely populated urban areas.
张敬杰博士,水文信息研究所的首席水质科学家，被聘于深圳南方科技大学访问研究员。
敬杰将在南科大协助开发淡水和海洋流域范围上的综合集成式水质模型的研究与应用项目，并指导学生的模型工作。
张敬杰博士在计算机与环境科学与工程领域拥有二十多年的工业实践和研究经验，曾参与多项中国，丹麦，美国及新加坡等国家的国内和国际间，包括联合国环境署的合作项目。他的主要研究兴趣包括生态环境建模，生态系统健康和环境影响评估，生态工程和生态系统恢复等。他尤其对应用结合综合流域范围内的监测及集成式管理模型来解决各种环境和生态问题感兴趣。张博士还积极参与定期为政府和工业部门的员工以及同事进行短期培训，指导硕士和博士生的研究。
南方科技大学（简称南科大）是深圳在中国高等教育改革发展的宏观背景下，举全市之力创建的一所高起点、高定位的公办创新型大学，它肩负着为我国高等教育改革发挥先导和示范作用的使命，并致力于服务创新型国家建设和深圳创新型城市建设
水文信息研究所是专门从事提供水资源管理各个方面的专业咨询服务和解决方案。 该研究所利用最先进的计算与机器学习和人工智能方法并结合过程模型，充分发挥水资源大数据的优势， 以实现在云端及实时预测方面跨越整个水文循环系统 – 包括陆地，海洋和人口密集的城市地区的多方面的潜力。