Dr. Zhanli Sun
Research Associate
Department:
Structural Development of Farms and Rural Areas (Structural Change)
Dr. Zhanli Sun
Research Associate
Department:
Structural Development of Farms and Rural Areas (Structural Change)
Land system change
Agent-based modeling
Bayesian network
System dynamics
GIS and spatial analysis
Dr. Zhanli Sun joined IAMO in November 2008 as a senior researcher in the Department Structural Change. At IAMO he also coordinates the activities of the China International Research Group. He was trained as a cartographer in college and received a PhD degree in Geography from the Chinese Academy of sciences in 1999. His research is focused on land system change with various analytical and simulating models, including agent-based modeling, system dynamics and Bayesian networks. Sun co-developed LEAM land-use simulation model at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA, as a research scientist from 2000-2006. Before he joined IAMO, he briefly worked for MWH Co. in Beijing as a consultant and business manager. Besides doing research projects in Southeastern Asia, China, and Argentina, he is enthusiastic about teaching his two PhD courses every year.
- DCZ – German-Sino Agricultural Center
- DEBEC – Drivers and Socio-Economic, Behavioural Effects of Climate Change in Iran: The Case of Water Resources Management
- DITAC – Digital transformation of China’s agriculture – resources, trade and food security (Digitale Transformation der Landwirtschaft Chinas - Ressourcen, Handel und Ernährungssicherheit)
- DSinGIS – Doctoral Studies in GeoInformation Sciences
- Europe-LAND – Towards Sustainable Land-use Strategies in the Context of Climate Change and Biodiversity Challenges in Europe
- ICT4BXW – Citizen Science and ICT for advancing the prevention and control of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) in East and Central Africa
- KULUNDA – How to prevent the next "Global Dust Bowl"? – Ecological and Economic Strategies for Sustainable Land Management in the Russian Steppes: A Potential Solution to Climate Change
- PASANOA – Pathways to sustainable land management in Northern Argentina