I am a social sciences researcher specializing in rural and regional development in both Australia and China.  My research interests focus on exploring the relationship between functions of agriculture and rural development in different contexts, and providing academic support for regional development through understanding stakeholders' adaptive measures to perceived on-farm risks. My work can support decision makers, especially policy makers, regional communities and individual farmers, to transform production towards multifunctional and sustainable agriculture and rural landscapes at different scales.

Doctor of Philosophy, Geography

University of Adelaide, 2019-2023

Thesis: Roles and opportunities for multifunctional agriculture in China and South Australia.

Masters of Science, Geography

Shaanxi Normal University (SNNU), Xi’an, China, 2015-2018

Thesis: The impact of agricultural transformation on ecosystem services: Taking three villages in Shaanxi Province, China, as examples. 

Bachelor of Science, Geographic Information Systems

Shaanxi Normal University (SNNU), Xi’an, China, 2010-2014

Thesis: Analysis of road accessibility in Xi'an (Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis)

School of Social Sciences, University of Adelaide.

Published 12 papers in English in refereed journals, with the overall Google h-index and number of citations being 7 and 157 respectively. 

I was a lecturer at University of Adelaide, acting as a course coordinator for three social sciences subjects: Introductory Geographic Information Systems, Advanced GIS and Applied Spatial Analysis facilitating online/in-person workshops for 200+ second-, and third-year undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Institute of Australian Geographers; Royal Geographical Society of South Australia (member of Research Committee)

1. While I was completing my PhD thesis, I was course coordinating/lecturing one GIS-related subject covering 160+ undergraduates. According to Student Experience of Learning and Teaching (eSELF), students' mean scores for the Advanced GIS course in the nine items of the course evaluation are higher than that of the average levels of the Department, School, Faculty, and the University of Adelaide. 

2. My PhD was awarded with no revisions to the thesis.

3. As part of my research, I have published 13 papers in refereed high-quality journals, of which 12 are in English. These journals include several ranked as Q1: Land Use Policy (impact factor 7.1), Ecological Indicators (6.9), Habitat International (impact factor 6.8), Journal of Rural Studies (5.1) and Journal of Geographical Sciences (4.9). I have also published a book chapter, an extended abstract in a book as well as giving three presentations at major international conferences of the International Geographical Union (IGU) and co-authoring two presented at IGU conferences. 

ArcGIS Pro; ArcMap; ArcGIS Online; Survey 123; MaxQDA; Nvivo; R Studio; Spss; ERDAS Imagine; ENVI