Zhonghua Zheng

More information can be found at

• Opportunities (PhD students and Postdocs): https://zhonghuazheng.com/opp
• Personal Website: https://zhonghuazheng.com/
• Research Group (Manchester Environmental Data Analytics Lab, MEDAL): https://m-edal.github.io/

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Assistant Professor in Data Science & Environmental Analytics, The University of Manchester, August 2022 – Present

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Advanced Study Program (ASP) Postdoctoral Fellow, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), January 2022 – August 2022

• Mentors: Dr. David John Gagne, Dr. Keith Oleson, and Dr. John Schreck
• Affiliation: Computational & Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) and Climate & Global Dynamics Laboratory (CGD)

Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, January 2021 – January 2022

• Advisors: Prof. Arlene M. Fiore (now at MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Prof. Daniel M. Westervelt
• Affiliation: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

PhD, Environmental Engineering in Civil Engineering with a concentration in Computational Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020 (December)

• Advisors: Prof. Nicole Riemer and Prof. Lei Zhao
• Ph.D. Dissertation: Coupling data science and numerical simulations to empower atmospheric and environmental research

MCS, Computer Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

• A non-thesis Master's degree

MS, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Advisor: Prof. Xinlei Wang
• M.S. Thesis: Impedance-based moisture content sensor assessment for gas-phase biofilters

BEng, Biosystems Engineering, Zhejiang University, 2015

• Advisor: Prof. Zhangying Ye

Study Abroad Programme, English Language Courses, The University of Manchester, 28 January – 21 February, 2013

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

09/2019 – 12/2020: Data Scientist Intern at Bayer AG

• Affiliation (The Climate Corporation): Science -> Enabling -> Sustainability (05/2019 – 12/2020)
• Affiliation (The Climate Corporation): Science -> Data Insights & Discovery (09/2019 – 05/2020)

09/2018 – 07/2019: Data Scientist Intern at Bayer AG

• Affiliation (The Climate Corporation): Science -> Data Insights & Discovery (01/2019 – 07/2019)
• Affiliation (The Climate Corporation): Science -> Measurements Team -> Sensor Intelligence (09/2018 – 12/2018)

05/2018 – 08/2018: Researcher at Oak Ridge National Labratory (ORNL)

• Affiliation: National Center for Computational Sciences -> Advanced Data and Workflow Group
• Media Coverage: ORNL

01/2018 – 05/2018: Data Scientist-UIUC Innovation Center at Monsanto Company

• Affiliation (The Climate Corporation): Science -> Measurements Team
• Affiliation (Monsanto Company): GLB Breeding -> Analytics & Pipeline Design