Bin Chen, Ph.D. (陈斌)
Associate Professor, Division of Landscape Architecture
Faculty of Architecture | The University of Hong Kong
Email: binley.chen@hku.hk
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Dr. Bin Chen is a geospatial big data scientist and environmental remote sensing researcher. He 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.
Education:
- Ph.D. Global Environmental Change, Beijing Normal University, Beijing
- B.S. Geographic Information System, Wuhan University, Wuhan
Appointment:
- Associate Professor Division of Landscape Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 03/2025 –
- Assistant Professor Division of Landscape Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 03/2021 – 02/2025
- Postdoc. Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis, USA, 08/2017 – 02/2021
Research Interests:
- Remote Sensing and Data-Model Fusion
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Geospatial Big Data Analysis
- Urban Environmental and Public Health
- Human-Environment Spatiotemporal Interaction
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Awards:
- 2025 HKU Outstanding Young Researcher Award
- 2025 HKU Research Output Prize
- 2024 HKU Scholar in the Top 1% worldwide ranked by Clarivate Analytics
- 2021-2024World’s Top 2% Scientists by Standford University
- 2024 Geospatial World 50 Rising Stars
- 2023 International Society of Digital Earth Young Scientist Award
- 2023 GIS New Talent Award of China
- 2022 New Talents in Science and Technology of China with Shining Potential Award
- 2022 Global Young Scientist Award in Frontier Science and Technology
- 2022 The Hong Kong openBIM/openGIS Award with Honorable Mention
- 2021 The University of Hong Kong HKU-100 Scholars Award
- 2021 Distinguished Postdoctoral Award, LAWR, UC Davis
- 2021 American Association of Geographers (AAG) Early-Career Award in Remote Sensing
- 2019 Excellent Ph.D. Thesis Award, Beijing Normal University
- 2018 International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Best Young Author Award
- 2017 Li Xiaowen Remote Sensing Excellent Youth Award, China
Journal editorships:
- Associate Editor, Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation (2021-)
- Associate Editor, Frontier in Remote Sensing (2022-)
- Executive Editorial Board, Landscape Architecture Frontiers (2022-)
- Guest Editor, Remote Sensing, Land, and All Earth (2020-)
Journal reviewers:
- PNAS; Nature Communications; Nature Geoscience; Nature Human Behaviour; Nature Cities; Nature Ecology & Evolution; Lancet Public Health; Science Advances; Remote Sensing of Environment; ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing; IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing; Global Change Biology; Landscape and Urban Planning; Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing; International Journal of Remote Sensing; GIScience & Remote Sensing; Science of Remote Sensing; Environment International; Science of the Total Environment; Resources, Conservation and Recycling; Environmental Earth Science; International Journal of Geographic Information System; Geo-spatial Information Science; Remote Sensing; Environmental Science & Technology; Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics; Environmental Research Letters; Environmental Research Communications; GeoHealth; IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing; Earth System Science Data; Agricultural and Forest Meteorology; ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information; Frontiers in Public Health; Landscape Architecture Frontiers; Cities; Sustainable Cities and Society; Urban Studies; The Innovation; etc.
Professional Membership:
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- American Association of Geographers (AAG)
- IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS)
- International Society of Ecological Modelling (ISEM)