Dr. Weiqi Zhou

Weiqi Zhou is a Professor and Deputy Director of the State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is also the director of the Beijing Urban Ecosystem Research Station. He received his B.Sc. degree in environmental sciences from Peking University, Beijing, in 2001, his M.Sc. degree in cartography and geographic information systems from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, in 2004, and his Ph.D. degree in natural resources from the University of Vermont, Burlington. He is a co-leader of the Urban Ecosystem Group of the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers and 3 books. He is broadly interested in urban and landscape ecology concerning the spatial heterogeneity of landscapes. He integrates field observations, remote sensing, and modeling to understand the structure of urban socioecological systems and its links with ecological function and ecosystem services.