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Bing-Bing Zhou Ph.D. Candidate

School of SustainabilityArizona State University (ASU)

PO Box 875502, Tempe, AZ 85287-5502

Email: [email protected]: LSE 751, ASU Tempe CampusPhone: +1 (480) 616-6168

Research Interests Landscape sustainability and land system architecture of coupled rural-urban systems

Agent-based modeling of coupled social-ecological (infrastructure) systems

Sustainability science, rural development, landscape ecology and planning, land use change and policy

Application of multiple methods (e.g., GIS, remote sensing, surveys, modeling, experiments, etc.)

Education Ph.D. in Sustainability, School of Sustainability, ASU 2015.08-now

Committee: Professor Rimjhim Aggarwal, Marty Anderies, Marco Janssen, Billie Turner II, and Jianguo Wu (Chair)

M.S. in Land Resource Management, School of Geographic and Oceanographic Sciences, NanjingUniversity (NJU) 2012.09-2015.06

GPA: 89.4/100, Ranking: unknown, Supervisor: Professor Shenglu Zhou

Thesis:Methodology for soil quality assessment of farmlands reclaimed from rural residential lands (In Chinese)

Double M.S. study in Environmental Earth Science, NJU-Freie Universität Berlin

Supervisors: Professor Frank Riedel and Bernd Wünnemann 2012.09-2015.06

B.S., Major in Resources, Environment and Urban-Rural Planning and Management, School of Geographicand Oceanographic Sciences, NJU 2007.09-2012.06

GPA: 89.8/100, Ranking: 2/28, Supervisors: Professor Shenglu Zhou and Jianxin Zhang

Thesis: Urban-rural income disparities in transitional China: Interprovincial variations and policy implications (In Chinese)

B.S., Minor in International Finance, School of Business, NJU 2007.09-2012.06

Skills Professional Software: ArcGIS, ENVI, QCA, SPSS, Fragastats, Conefor, Graphab, GeoDa, Win QSB, Unicet

Graphics Software: Adobe Illustrator, Origin Pro, Visio, Photoshop, SigmaPlot

Programming: NetLogo, R, Python, Matlab, Stata, Octave, C, Visual Basic

Language: Chinese (native), English (fluent), German (basic)

Work Experience (selected) Teaching Assistant in the Class Sustainable Cities, with Dr. Bjoern Hagen 2016.01-2018.05

Assisted in grading and instructing the undergrad students

Research Assistant in Thousand Island Lake Project, with Professor Jianguo Wu 2015.08-2015.12

Processed SPOT and Landsat images using ENVI and ArcGIS to build land use database

Helped in drafting a research paper

Invited Research Assistant in Jiangbei New District Land Use Policy Project, with Dr. Qing Zhu 2015.05-2015.08

Arizona State University Bing-Bing Zhou (Ph.D. Candidate) [email protected]


Drafted the grant proposal, coordinated meetings with our research partners.

Executed the project via leading a group of grad and undergrad students to conduct interviews, household surveys,and indoor analysis

Research Assistant in Land Resources and Soil Biogeochemistry Lab, with Professor Shenglu Zhou 2011.09-2015.05

Executed two projects on China’s land use transition and reclaimed farmland quality assessment, respectively

Participated in other projects on land use policy, soil quality assessment, land use planning, etc.

Helped in drafting grant proposals, supervising junior lab grads and undergrads

Intern Head in Shanghai Municipal Planning and Land Resources Management Bureau 2014.07-2014.08

Participated in the Shanghai Country Park Unit Planning, using ArcGIS and partly AutoCAD.

Learned China’s modern agricultural land use policies and oversaw applications of local projects.

Investigated the tourism-oriented land use planning of a typical town, the Zhujiajiao Town.

Assistant Planner (Intern) in Nanjing Nanyuan Land Use and Development Consulting Co., Ltd 2011.07-2011.09

Participated in various land use planning projects (county level), using ArcGIS and partly AutoCAD

Publications 2019:

B. B. Zhou*, J. G. Wu*, and J. M. Anderies. Sustainable landscapes and landscape sustainability: A tale of two concepts.Landscape and Urban Planning, 2019, 189: 274-284.

B. B. Zhou, Q. Ma*, J. G. Wu, G. H. Hu, D. H. Mao, X. J. Zeng, J. Guo, X. N. Fang, Y. P. Liu, and L. G. Lyu. Sustainabilityscience revisited: Recent advances and new opportunities. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology (In Chinese with Englishabstract), 2019, 30(1): 325-336.

2018:

X. N. Fang, B. B. Zhou*, X. Y. Tu, and J. G. Wu*. “What kind of a science is sustainability science?” An evidence-basedreexamination. Sustainability, 2018, 10(5): 1478.

Y. K. Dong, B. B. Zhou*, Y. Z. Liu, X. X. Pan, R. Cao, M. Y. Wu, H. T. Wu, L. Y. Zhang, X. H. Zhong, L. F. Xu, Q. X. Luo, and Y. L.Qi. Exploring social enterprise mode for eco-civilization: The Yuefeng Island pilot and its sustainability (book chapter InChinese), 2018.

L. G. Lyu, X. Y. Sui, X. Wang, B. B. Zhou, Y. Sun, and Y. L. Li*. Spatial variation of land urbanization in Jiangsu anddominant drivers. Human Geography (In Chinese with English Abstract), 2018, 33(4): 88-112.

2017:

X. Y. Gan, I. C. Fernandez, J. Guo*, M. Wilson, Y. Y. Zhao, B. B. Zhou, and J. G. Wu.When to use what: Methods forweighting and aggregating sustainability indicators. Ecological Indicators, 2017, (81): 591-502.

2016:

Y. Z. Zang, S. L. Zhou*, B. B. Zhou, and Y. Y. Wu. Volume changes and spatial pattern dynamics of China's interprovincialmigration: A perspective of social network analysis. Human Geography (In Chinese with English abstract), 2016,131(4): 112-118.

2015:

B. B. Zhou, S. L. Zhou*, L. G. Lyu, and C. F. Lu. Interprovincial variations of farmland expropriation in China and theestimation of lost-land farmers. Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin (In Chinese with English abstract), 2015, 31(11):284-290.

denotes the corresponding author



L. Chen, S. L. Zhou*, B. B. Zhou, et al. Characteristics and driving forces of regional land use transition based on thedominant function classification: A case study of Jiangsu province. Economic Geography (In Chinese with Englishabstract), 2015, (2): 155-162.

L. G. Lyu, S. L. Zhou*, B. B. Zhou, et al. Response of land use changes to human activities in Jiangsu province since 1985.Resources and Environment in the Yangtze Basin (In Chinese with English abstract), 2015, 24(7): 1086-1093.

C. F. Lu, S. L. Zhou*, B. J. Wang, B. B. Zhou, and G. Li. Spatial pattern and zonation policy evaluation of the county-leveleconomic development in the developing Jiangxi Province. Areal Research and Development (In Chinese with Englishabstract), 2015, 34(1): 37-42.

X. C. Wu, W. M. Ju*, Y. L. Zhou, et al. Performance of linear and nonlinear two-leaf light use efficiency models at differenttemporal scales. Remote Sensing, 2015, 7(3), 2238-2278.

2014:

X. C. Wu, W. M. Ju*, Y. L. Zhou, B. B. Zhou, Y. B. Liu. Evaluation of downward surface solar radiation of three reanalysisproducts over China. 2014 International Workshop on Satellite Application and Public Service. November 15-16, 2014,Guangzhou, China.

2013:

X. L. Yang*, Q. Q. Yang, B. B. Zhou, et al. Potential calculation and time-serials zoning for rural residential landconsolidation at county scale. Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering (In Chinese with Englishabstract), 2013, 29(12): 235-245.

L. G. Lyu, S. L. Zhou*, B. B. Zhou, et al. Land use transition and its eco-environmental response in the process of regionaldevelopment: A case study of Jiangsu province. Scientia Geographica Sinica (In Chinese with English abstract), 2013,33(12): 1442-1449.

2012:

B. B. Zhou*, and S. L. Zhou. Review on Chinese urban-rural individual income gap. Geographical Society of ChinaAcademic Conference 2012 (Chinese abstract), 2012: 201.

2011:

B. B. Zhou, Y. K. Dai, and Y. Zhang*. Interprovincial differences of the economic effects of the real estate industry inChina. Statistics and Decision (In Chinese), 2011, (23): 76-79.

X. C. Wu, B. B. Zhou, and J. Y. Zhu*.Multi-level analysis on the provincial differences about energy consumption ofCentral China. China Population, Resources and Environment (In Chinese with English Abstract), 2011, 21(12):357-361.

Select Presentations, Invited Talks & Guest Lectures1. B. B. Zhou. Toward a sustainability science of China. Beijing, China: Invited talk at Key Laboratory of Regional

Sustainable Development Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, ChineseAcademy of Sciences, June 8th, 2019.

2. B. B. Zhou. Sustainability science and landscape sustainability research. Shenyang, Liaoning, China: Invited talkat College of Land and Environment, Shenyang Agricultural University, June 6th, 2019.

3. B. B. Zhou. Sustainability science ≠ sustainable development research: What is different, why, and so what?.Changchun, Jilin, China: Invited presentation at the First Youth Scholar Forum for a Sustainability Science of China(SSRNC 2019), June 3rd, 2019.

4. B. B. Zhou. Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR). Tempe, AZ, USA: Presentation at the LESL SustainabilityScience Seminar Series, January 28th, 2019

5. B. B. Zhou. Landscape sustainability science. Tempe, AZ, USA: Guest lecture in Professor Jianguo Wu’s classLandscape Ecology, November 20th, 2018

6. B. B. Zhou. Bibliometric review using multiple tools: HistCiteTM, R, VOSviewer, CiteSpace and SCI2. Tempe, AZ,USA: Presentation at the LESL Sustainability Science Seminar Series, October 19th, 2018

7. B. B. Zhou, and C. W. Shang. Introduction to Fragstats: History, caveats, tricks, and alternatives. Tempe, AZ, USA:Guest lecture in Professor Jianguo Wu’s class Landscape Ecology, October 2nd, 2018



8. B. B. Zhou. Operationalizing landscape sustainability from a perspective of multiple interactingsocial-ecological systems (MISES): A modeling framework and application. Beijing, China: Presentation atInternational Congress of Ecology (INTECOL 2017), August 22nd, 2017

9. B. B. Zhou. Introduction to sustainability science: Why, what, who, where, and how?. Nanjing, Jiangsu, China:Invited talk at Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, May 19th, 2017

Competitive Grants & Awards 2019 US-IALE Student Travel Award

Use of the award: Financial support for attending the 2019 US-IALE conference in Fort Collins, Colorado

Duration: 04/07/2019 - 04/11/2019

Amount: $700

2018 School of Sustainability Graduate Student Culminating Experience Grants

Use of the grant: Financial support for attending the 6th Landscape Sustainability Science Forum, and forcollaborating with colleagues in China on a Chinese manuscript that has been published

Duration: 05/30/2017 - 06/11/2018

Amount: $982

2017 Neely Foundation Food and Agriculture Sustainability Research Grant

Name of the research: Sustainable policies for increasing food security of coupled rural-urban systems: A casestudy in China using multiple methods

Mentor: Dr. Rimjhim Aggarwal

Duration: 04/15/2017 - 12/15/2017

Amount: $3991

2017Qingcheng Summer School for Farmer, Agriculture, and Rural Studies

Research report (second and corresponding author): Exploring social enterprise mode for eco-civilization: TheYuefeng Island pilot and its sustainability (Chinese abstract, book to be published)

Sponsors of the research: Advanced Institute of Sustainable Development, Renmin University of China; Institute ofRural Reconstruction of China, Southwest University of China, Kunshan City Construction Investment DevelopmentGroup Co., Ltd.

Duration of the research: 08/05/2017 - 08/16/2017

Amount of the financial support: ca. $1000

Public Services (selected) Vice president of Cyrus Tang Foundation Alumni Association, head of the overseas chapter 2018.04-now

Assisted in organizing social and volunteering activities for CTF alumni in Mainland China

Took charge of contacting overseas alumni and organizing social and volunteering activities in the U.S.

Reviewer for GPSA Research Grant of ASU 2015.08-2017.12

Reviewed 5 to 10 proposals per semester for five consecutive semesters

Cohort President at NJU 2012.09-2015.05

Organized social activities between different majors in my school

Served as the part-time assistant on graduate affairs of my school

Assisted in establishing and enhancing academic exchange with other related institutions and schools



President of the Union of Volunteer Associations in NJU (> 1000 registered members) 2010.09-2011.06

Coordinated various volunteer activities of the component volunteer associations in NJU

Conducted workshops on volunteer issues attended by presidents of those united associations

Led groups to teach students in high schools and middle schools over weekends and summer breaks

Honors & Fellowships Best Poster Award in the 6th Landscape Sustainability Science Forum 2018

Wrigley Fellowship from School of Sustainability, ASU 2016-2018

The DAAD Fellowship “Integrated international double degree study programs” Top 5% 2012-2014

Outstanding Undergraduate Graduation Thesis of Nanjing University Top1% 2012

Outstanding Undergraduate of Nanjing University Top5% 2012

The Skyline Fellowship for Model Undergraduate with Outstanding

Research Capability Top1% 2011

Google Fellowship for Campus Star with Substantial Volunteer Devotion Top1% 2011

Excellent Student Leader of Nanjing University Top1% 2010

National Encouragement Scholarship Top 5% 2008-2012

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