Education

• M.A. in Geography, University of Northern Iowa, 2019
  • Thesis: Evaluating Livelihood Vulnerability of Farming Communities to Winter Storms in Iowa. FULL TEXT
• B.S. in Human Geography and Urban-rural Planning, Fuzhou University, 2017
  • Thesis: Impact of Tibetan Household Livelihood Capital on Tourism Participation Level: A Case of Jiaju Tibetan Village in Garze

Research & Field Experience

• April-August 2020: Consultant, WWF China
  • Conducted research on protected area management standards, adapted the criteria and drafted the manual
  • Provided consultation for ranger app development
  • Prepared consultation meeting materials (drafts, brochure, slides, maps), facilitated meetings, and reported project progress
  • Translated the Living Planet Index for Migratory Fish
  • Prepared environmental education resources and conducted lessons in the classroom
  • Assisted in developing and maintaining project documentation and database
• Aug 2018-Dec 2019: Teaching Assistant, Geography Department, University of Northern Iowa
  • Assisted in courses: Remote Sensing of Environment, Global Positioning Systems, World Geography
  • Supported academic training and field activities for NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Hyperspectral Imaging
  • Instructed lab sessions and student term projects
• Summer 2019: Research Assistant, GeoTREE Center, University of Northern Iowa
  • Configured GPS receiver and collected field data
  • Tested and edited water quality modeling script tools
• Jan 2018-May 2019: Research Assistant, Geography Department, University of Northern Iowa
  • Collected various remote sensing products and performed pre-processiing
  • Validated Remote Senisng algorithms
  • Conducted and reported literature review

Volunteer

• Feb 2020-Present, World Fish Migration Foundation
  • Developing the network of river dolphin protection with Chinese environmental organizations
  • Participating in internal meetings and facilitating international meetings
  • Providing GIS support (data join, cleaning, digitization, preprocessing)
  • Moderating the chat at a live conference (Global Swimways Webinar Marathon)

Grants & Awards

• First Place of the Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award. Graduate College at the University of Northern Iowa. 2020.
• Graduate Research Award. College of Social and Behavioral Science. Cedar Falls, IA. 2019.
• Third Place Award in Graduate Poster Presentation at the WLDAAG 2019. Cedar Falls, IA. 2019.
• Third Place Award in the 14th SUPERMAP CUP National College GIS Contest. China. 2016.
• Multidimensional Research on the Construction of Integrated Community. Funded by Provincial Undergraduate Research Training Program. Member. Provincial Excellence Award. Fujian, China. 2015-2016.

Certificates

• NASA ARSET Program: Applications of Remote Sensing-Based Evapotranspiration Data Products for Agricultural and Water Resource Management
• Santa Fe Institute: Introduction to Agent-Based Modeling
• African Wildlife Foundation & Friends of Nature China: China-Africa Youth Conservation Workshop on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework