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Dr CHEN, Bin
Assistant Professor
Division of Landscape Architecture
Faculty of Architecture
The University of Hong Kong
binley.chen@hku.hk
611, 6/F, Knowles Building
 (852) 3917 2144
About me

Dr. Bin Chen is currently an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong. Before joining HKU, he worked as a Postdoctoral researcher at the University of California Davis. He received a B.S. degree in Geographic Information System from Wuhan University in 2013, and a Ph.D. degree in Global Environmental Change from Beijing Normal University in 2017. His research interests include most aspects of geoscience and remote sensing, specifically multi-source data-model fusion and geospatial big data analysis in the field of built and natural environment science.

He is passionate about tackling a range of pressing local, regional, and global environmental change challenges using exceptional quantitative, analytical, and computational skills, with the ultimate goal of contributing to a sustainable and healthy world. He has published more than 50 journal articles, including Science, PNAS, Science Advances, Remote Sensing of Environment, Environment International, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, etc. He received the HKU-100 Scholar Award, 2021 AAG Early Career Award in Remote Sensing, ISPRS Best Young Author Award, and Li Xiaowen Remote Sensing Excellent Youth Award. 

 
Research Interests
Remote Sensing and Data-Model Fusion; Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Geospatial Big Data Analysis; Built and Natural Environmental Change; Human-Environment Spatiotemporal Interaction; Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)