Personal Profile

Shuliang Zhang, born in September 1974, Doctor of Science, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of the College of Geographic Sciences, member of CPC. He is currently the deputy director of the Key Laboratory of Virtual Geographic Environment of the Ministry of Education, and also the director of the Teaching Committee of the College of Geographic Sciences, and the director of the Education Working Committee of China Geographic Information Industry Association. Dedicated to the research of theories and methods of geographic information science, he has pioneered a new direction in the research of spatial and temporal modeling and simulation of urban flooding, and solved the basic science and key technical problems of geographic information cognition and fusion faced by the connotative development of "one map" of urban underground pipelines, and the related results have been popularized and applied in more than 100 cities. He has trained more than 60 master's and doctoral students, and guided undergraduates to win more than 20 awards at provincial and ministerial levels, such as the second prize of "Challenge Cup" National College Students' Extracurricular Scholarly and Technological Works (Natural Science), the first prize of China Location Application Competition of Gaodu Map, and the special prize of National College Students' GIS Application Skill Competition. He has presided over 8 projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 863 projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and 8 national key research and development sub-projects. He has published 9 textbooks and monographs in Higher Education Press and Science Press, and more than 200 papers. He has participated in the formulation of 8 national and industrial standards and 11 authorized patents. She has been awarded 9 provincial and ministerial-level scientific and technological awards, including the Progress Award in Geographic Information Science and Technology. As the person in charge of the construction projects of national first-class professional construction site of geographic information science, national first-class curriculum, Jiangsu University "Blue and Blue Project" excellent teaching team, Jiangsu Province geographic information science brand specialty, Jiangsu Province curriculum demonstration program of ideology and politics, etc., he has long been devoted to the construction of the specialty and the undergraduate teaching work. He has won three second prizes of National Teaching Achievement Award and two special prizes of Jiangsu Teaching Achievement Award, and has been honored with "Hong Ai Elite Teacher Award", "Teaching Top Ten", "Outstanding Communist Party Member", "Teacher's Morality Advanced Individual", "Teacher's Morality Advanced Individual" and "Teacher's Morality Advanced Individual". He has been awarded many honors such as "Teachers' Virtues Advanced Individual", "Teachers' Education Award" and so on.

Contact

• Email: zhangshuliang@njnu.edu.cn
• Office Address: Room 407, School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing Normal University
• Mailing address: School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, No. 1 Wenyuan Road, Qixia District, Nanjing

Education background

• 2001.9-2004.6 School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Ph.D.
• 1998.9-2001.6 School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Master's degree
• 1994.9-1998.6 School of Computer Science and Technology, Henan University, bachelor's degree

Work experience

• 2023-present, Director of Instructional Committee, School of Geosciences
• 2019-present, Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of Virtual Geography and Environment of the Ministry of Education
• 2015 Head of Geographic Information Science Department
• 2012-present, doctoral tutor of cartography and geographic information system, Nanjing Normal University
• 2002-2011, Nanjing Normal University, School of Geographical Sciences, Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor

Main research direction

• Geographic Information Science Theory and Method
• Temporal and Spatial Modeling and Simulation of Flood Disasters
• Smart City
• Pipeline GIS

Major Social Part-time

• Director of Education Committee of China Geographic Information Industry Association (2021-)
• Chief Expert, Professional Committee on Underground Pipelines, Chinese Society of Surveying and Mapping (2023-)
• Member of the Fourth National Geographic Information Standardization Technical Committee
• Deputy Director of the Third Expert Committee of the Underground Pipeline Professional Committee of China Urban Planning Association
• Deputy Director of Electric Power Information Working Committee of China Geographic Information Industry Association

Honors and Awards
1. Main teaching awards:

• In 2023, National First-class Undergraduate Program of "GIS Comprehensive Experiment"
• In 2023, Second Prize of National Teaching Achievement Award, Rank 2
• In 2018, the second prize of the National Teaching Achievement Award, ranking 3
• In 2009, the second prize of the National Teaching Achievement Award, ranked 9
• In 2021, Jiangsu Province Teaching Achievement Award (Higher Education Category) Special Award, ranking 2
• In 2017, Jiangsu Province Teaching Achievement Award (Higher Education Category) Special Award, ranked 3
• In 2021, the leader of the excellent teaching team of Jiangsu Qinglan Project
• In 2012, the first prize of the Teaching Achievement Award for Surveying and Mapping Geographic Information, ranked 6th
• In 2014, the second prize of Jiangsu Province Undergraduate College Young Teachers Teaching Competition (Natural Science Basic Subject Group)
• In 2008, the second prize of the National Surveying and Mapping Subject Young Teachers' Lecture Competition
• In 2023, The 12th "Hong Ai Elite Teachers", Nanjing Normal University
• In 2023, First Prize of Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award, Nanjing Normal University
• In 2021, 2019-2020 Nanjing Normal University "Advanced Individual with Teacher Morality"
• In 2012, the 8th Teaching and Educating Award of Nanjing Normal University
• In 2009, the 7th Young Teacher of Nanjing Normal University "Top Ten Teaching"

2. Instruct students to win awards:

• In 2023, Grand Prize Instructor of the 12th National College Students' GIS Application Skills Competition
• In 2021, Excellent Instructor, SuperMap Cup College GIS Competition (China Region)
• In 2020, outstanding instructor of the 18th SuperMap Cup College GIS Competition
• In 2021, the outstanding instructor of the 2021 SuperMap Cup College GIS Competition (China Division)
• In 2019, the 4th Jiangsu Province University Surveying and Mapping Geographic Information Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition Innovation and Development Graduate Group Special Award, Excellent Instructor
• In 2017, the first prize of the innovation and development postgraduate group of the 2nd Jiangsu University Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, excellent instructor
• In 2016, the special prize of the 5th National College Students GIS Application Skills Competition, excellent instructor
• In 2016, the first prize of innovation and development graduate student group in the first Jiangsu University Surveying and Mapping Geographic Information Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, excellent instructor
• In 2015, the first prize of the 4th National College Students GIS Application Skills Competition, excellent instructor
• In 2015, the first prize of the Geographic Information Software Group for Undergraduates in the Fifth Jiangsu University Surveying and Mapping Geographic Information Software Development and Innovation Competition, Instructor
• In 2013, the second prize (science) instructor of the 13th "Challenge Cup" National College Students Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition
• In 2013, the 13th Jiangsu Province College Students Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition "Excellent Instructor"
• In 2012, the first prize of the "Gode Map Cup" China Location Application Competition, instructor
• In 2012, the first national college student GIS application skills competition, excellent instructor
• 2010 ESRI Cup Chinese College Students GIS Software Development Competition, Excellent Instructor
• In 2009, the second prize of the excellent graduation project (thesis) of the junior college in Jiangsu Province, instructor

3. Major scientific research awards:

• 1st Prize for Advancement in Geographic Information Technology, 2022 (Rank 1)
• Second Prize of Surveying and Mapping Science and Technology Progress Award, 2012 (rank 1)
• Second Prize of Surveying and Mapping Science and Technology Progress Award, 2008 (rank 1)
• Second Prize of Geographic Information Technology Progress Award, 2014 (Rank 2)
• Geographic Information Technology Progress Award Second Prize, 2020 (Rank 3)
• Second Prize of Jiangsu Science and Technology Progress Award, 2016 (ranked 5)
• First Prize of Geographic Information Technology Progress Award, 2017 (rank 11)
• The First Prize of the Progress Award of Surveying and Mapping Division, 2017 (ranking 9)
• The First Prize of Jiangsu Province Surveying and Mapping Science and Technology Progress Award, 2007 (rank 1)
• China GIS Association 2007 Excellent Engineering Gold Award, 2007 (ranked 1);
• University GIS Innovator, 2012
• The First Youth Geographic Science and Technology Award of Jiangsu Province, 2007
• Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation of Jiangsu Province, 2005

Standards, monographs and textbooks

• [1] Main participation, "Data Dictionary of Underground Pipeline Elements", National Standard (GB/T 41455-2022), 2022
• [2] Zhang Yun, Chen Yong, Li Xuejun, Zhang Shuliang, etc., "Underground Pipeline Data Acquisition Regulations", National Standard (GB/T 35644-2017), 2017
• [3] Zhang Yun, Chen Yong, Zhang Shuliang, etc., "Technical Regulations for Pipeline Surveying and Mapping", Surveying and Mapping Industry Standard (CH/T 6002-2015), 2015
• [4] Gong Jianya, Deng Yuejin, Zhang Shuliang, etc., "Geographic Markup Language (GML)", National Standard (GB/T 23708-2009/ISO 19136:2007), 2009
• [5] Zhang Shuliang, Dai Qiang, Xin Yu, Tang Guoan, GIS Comprehensive Experiment Tutorial, Science Press, 2020
• [6] Wu Xincai, Xie Zhong, Cheng Yi, Kang Mengjun, Ma Linbing, Zhang Shuliang, Network Geographic Information System, Surveying and Mapping Publishing House (planning textbook for the Professional Teaching Steering Committee of Surveying and Mapping (including Geographic Information) in Higher Education Institutions of the Ministry of Education), 2015
• [7] Zhang Shuliang, Lu Guonian, Gong Jianya, etc. Compiled, Geographical Indication Language: GeoWeb Foundation, Science Press, 2007
• [8] Zhang Shuliang, Lu Guonian, Li Xiumei, etc., Network Geographic Information System, Science Press, 2006
• [9] Zhang Shuliang, Lu Guonian, Zhang Haitao, etc., Geographic Information System of Equipment and Facilities, Science Press, 2005
• [10] Lu Guonian, Zhang Shuliang, Wang Yongjun, etc., Geographic Information Sharing Technology, Science Press, 2007
• [11] Lu Guonian, Zhang Shuliang, Gong Minxia, ​​Principles and Methods of Geographic Information System Integration, Science Press, 2003

Recent and some representative papers (*corresponding author)

• [1] Zhu, Zhizhou, Shuliang Zhang*, Yaru Zhang, Haipeng Lu, Xinghua Feng, Hengxu Jin, and Yu Gao. 2024. Flood risk transfer analysis based on the “Source-Sink” theory and its impact on ecological environment: A case study of the Poyang Lake Basin, China. Science of the Total Environment. 921:171064.
  [2] Jin, H., Lu, H., Zhao, Y., Zhu, Z., Yan, W., Yang, Q., & Zhang, S.*, 2024. Integration of an improved transformer with physical models for the spatiotemporal simulation of urban flooding depths. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 51, 101627.
  [3] Zhang, Yaru, Rui Yao, Zhizhou Zhu, Hengxu Jin, and Shuliang Zhang*. 2024. Spatiotemporal evolution of population exposure to multi-scenario rainstorms in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration. Journal of Geographical Sciences. 34 (4):654-680.
  [4] Guan, Z., Chen, Y., Zhao, Y., Zhang, S.*, Jin, H., Yang, L., Yan, W., Zheng S., Lu P., & Yang, Q, 2024. STFS-urban: Spatio-temporal flood simulation model for urban areas. Journal of Environmental Management, 349, 119289.
  [5] Jin, Hengxu, Yu Zhao, Pengcheng Lu, Shuliang Zhang*, Yiwen Chen, Shanghua Zheng, and Zhizhou Zhu. 2024. Using Machine Learning to Identify and Optimize Sensitive Parameters in Urban Flood Model Considering Subsurface Characteristics. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science.
  [6] Wang, W., Zhu, X., Lu, P., Zhao, Y., Chen, Y., & Zhang, S.*, 2023. Spatio-temporal evolution of public opinion on urban flooding: Case study of the 7.20 Henan extreme flood event. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 104175.
  [7] Zhu, Z., Zhang, S.*, Zhang, Y., Yao, R., & Jin, H., 2023. Integrating flood risk assessment and management based on HV-SS model: a case study of the Pearl River Delta, China. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 96, 103963.
  [8]    Yao, R., Zhang, S.*, Sun, P., Dai, Q., & Yang, Q., 2022, Estimating the impact of urbanization on non-stationary models of extreme precipitation events in the Yangtze River Delta metropolitan region, Weather and Climate Extremes, 36, 100445.
  [9] Yao, R., Zhang, S.*., Sun, P., Bian, Y., Yang, Q., Guan, Z., & Zhang, Y., 2022. Diurnal Variations in Different Precipitation Duration Events over the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration. Remote Sensing. 14, 5244. 
  [10] Rui Yao, Yuqian Hu, Peng Sun, Yaojin Bian, Ruilin Liu, Shuliang Zhang*, 2022. Effects of urbanization on heat waves based on the wet-bulb temperature in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration, China. Urban Climate, 41(2022)101067.
  [11] Yang, Q., Dai, Q., Chen, Y., Zhang, S., & Zhang, Y., 2022, Effects of air pollution on rainfall microphysics over the Yangtze River Delta. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127, e2021JD035934.
  [12] Yang, Q., Dai, Q., Zhang, S., Zhu, K., & Zhang, L., 2022, Raindrop Size Distribution Retrieval Model for X-Band Dual-Polarization Radar in China Incorporating Various Climatic and Geographical Elements. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 60, 1-17.
  [13] Yang, Q., Ma, Z., & Zhang, S.*, 2022, Urban Pluvial Flood Modeling by Coupling Raster-Based Two-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Model and SWMM, Water, 14(11), 1760.
  [14] Yang, Q., Zhang, S.*, Dai, Q., & Zhuang, H., 2021, WRF Rainfall Modeling Post-Processing by Adaptive Parameterization of Raindrop Size Distribution: A Case Study on the United Kingdom, Atmosphere, 13(1), 36.
  [15] Dai, Q., Zhu, J., Zhang, S.*, Zhu, S., Han, D., & Lv, G., 2020, Estimation of rainfall erosivity based on WRF-derived raindrop size distributions, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 24(11), 5407-5422.
  [16] Zou, X., Dai, Q., Wu, K., Yang, Q., & Zhang, S*. 2020, An empirical ensemble rainfall nowcasting model using multi-scaled analogues, Natural Hazards, 103, 165-188.
  [17] Dai, Q., Zhu, X., Zhuo, L., Han, D., & Zhang, S*. 2020, A hazard-human coupled model (Hazardcm) to assess city dynamic exposure to rainfall-triggered natural hazards, Environmental Modelling & Software, 127, 104684.
  [18] Dai, Q., Yang, Q., Han, D., Rico‐Ramirez, M. A., & Zhang, S*., 2019, Adjustment of radar‐gauge rainfall discrepancy due to raindrop drift and evaporation using the Weather Research and Forecasting model and dual‐polarization radar, Water Resources Research, 55, 9211–9233. 
  [19] Zhu, X., Dai, Q., Han, D., Zhuo, L., Zhu, S., & Zhang, S*., 2019, Modeling the high-resolution dynamic exposure to flooding in a city region, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 23, 3353–3372.
  [20] Cai, J., Zhu, J., Dai, Q., Yang, Q., & Zhang, S*., 2019, Sensitivity of ensemble rainfall estimation to downscaling schemes using Weather Research and Forecasting model, Meteorological Applications, 27.
  [21] Yang, Q., Dai, Q., Han, D., Chen, Y., & Zhang, S*., 2019, Sensitivity analysis of raindrop size distribution parameterizations in weather research and forecasting rainfall simulation, Atmospheric Research, 228:1-13.
  [22] Dai, Q., Yang, Q., Zhang, J., &Zhang, S*., 2018, Impact of gauge representative error on a radar rainfall uncertainty model, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 57: 2769–2787.
  [23] Yao Rui, Yang Quntao, Zhang Shuliang* . A review of vulnerability studies on urban storm waterlogging hazards[J]. Water Resources Conservation, 2023, 39(01): 93-100.
  [24] Hanchen Zhuang, Yaru Zhang, Wenxuan Wang, Shuliang Zhang*. A method for extracting operational behavior of dump trucks considering trajectory reduction and classification[J]. Journal of Geo-Information Science, 2023, 25(04): 754-765.
  [25] Fang Caili, Zhang Shuliang*. A conceptual semantic similarity approach for spatial data matching of underground pipelines[J]. Journal of Computer-Aided Design and Graphics, 2017, 29(04): 720-727.
  [26] Gong Minxia, Yuan Sai, Chu Zhengwei, Zhang Shuliang*, Fang Caili. Underground pipeline data matching considering multi-spatial similarity[J]. Journal of Surveying and Mapping, 2015, 44(12): 1392-1400.
  [27] ZHANG Shuliang, GAN Jiayan, ZENG Qiaoling, LU Guonian. GIS-supported study on automatic delineation of urban stormwater outfall catchment area[J]. Journal of Water Resources, 2007(03): 325-329+336.
  [28] ZHANG Shuliang, ZENG Qiaoling, JIANG Yongfa, FANG Ligang. GIS-supported visualization of urban storm water computation[J]. Journal of Water Resources, 2004(12): 92-98.
  [29] Shuliang Zhang, Minxia Gong, Guonian Lu, Research on XML-based Geospatial Metadata Representation[J], Journal of Remote Sensing, 2003, 7(1): 66-72.

Undertook (hosted) major scientific research and educational reform projects

• 2023-2026, "Knowledge-Data" dual-driven research on spatio-temporal simulation of urban floods, 42271483, National Natural Science Foundation of China, (surface, chair)
• 2021-2024, Temporal and spatial modeling and forecasting method of urban rainstorm and flood disasters coupled with dynamic hydrometeorological information, 4207136, National Natural Science Foundation of China (on the surface, chair)
• 2018-2021, Comprehensive quantitative model and spatiotemporal simulation of the vulnerability of urban flood disasters, 41771424, National Natural Science Foundation of China (Surface, Principal)
• 2017-2021, sub-project of the national key R&D project "Holographic map acquisition and location information aggregation technology" (host)
• 2018-2021, the sub-project of the national key R&D project "Urban Public Safety Three-dimensional Network Construction and Emergency Response Demonstration"
• 2012-2015, Research on Information Retrieval-Oriented and Feature-based Comprehensive Measurement of Spatial Similarity Between Documents in GML, 41171301, National Natural Science Foundation of China (Face, Principal)
• 2006-2010, Research on GML-GIS and its key technologies, 2006AA12Z221, 863 Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology (in charge)
• 2005-2007, Research on GML Spatial Data Storage Indexing Mechanism, 040401045, National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth, Principal)
• 2019-2022, National First-class Professional Construction Site of Geographic Information Science, Host
• 2022-2024, Jiangsu Universities International Talent Training Brand Professional Construction Project-Geographic Information Science, host
• 2021-2024, the first batch of ideological and political construction demonstration majors in Jiangsu Province-Geographic Information Science, host
• 2015-2018, Jiangsu University Brand Professional Construction Project Phase I-Geographic Information Science, in charge
• 2019-2021, Jiangsu University Brand Professional Construction Project Phase II-Geographic Information Science, Host
• 2019-2021, Construction and Application of "Course Ideological and Political Resource Database" for Geographic Information Science Major, Jiangsu Province Education and Teaching Reform Project (Key, Host)

Authorized patents and achievement transformation

• ZL202311637750.5 Intelligence-based multi-scale method for predicting road traffic exposure to urban flooding
• ZL202311619431.1 A multi-scale adaptive selection simulation method for modeling urban flooding
• ZL202311637752.4 Urban rainfall and flood modeling method with synergistic vector and raster hydrological computing units
• ZL202211665462.6 A multilevel coupled simulation method of urban flooding considering climate elements
• ZL202210249555.4 An urban flood modeling method taking into account micro hydrological processes in buildings
• ZL201810602614.5 A spatial data matching method for urban water supply professional pipelines and comprehensive pipelines
• ZL201810833594.2 A spatial data matching method for urban gas professional pipelines and comprehensive pipelines
• ZL201611183174.1 A comparative analysis method for national general land cover and land use data
• ZL201611048834.5 SWMM-oriented modeling and automatic sub-basin division in urban areas considering multiple elements
• ZL201310140328.9 3D visualization indoor navigation method for large shopping malls