Can Zhang

Can Zhang is a visiting PhD student at the Department of Computational Landscape Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ (since 2023) and a PhD candidate at Land Resource Management Department, China University of Geosciences (since 2021). His research focuses on glacier ecosystem services and ecological compensation on the Tibetan Plateau, integrating computational modeling with environmental sustainability and human interactions.

• Education:
  • B.Sc., School of Resource and Environment, Henan Agricultural University (2004-2008)
  • M.Sc., Land Resource Management Department, China University of Geosciences (2018-2021)
  • PhD candidate, Land Resource Management Department, China University of Geosciences (since 2021)
• Research Interests:
  • Cryosphere and sustainability
  • Glacier ecosystem services and human-environment interactions
  • Computational landscape ecology and digital twins for sustainable land use
• Publication Trends:
  • Recent work includes 15 articles on glacier dynamics, ecosystem services, land use modeling, and climate change impacts, with a focus on the Tibetan Plateau and resource-based cities.
• Projects:
  • Part of the GLIMPSE PhD cohort addressing global change impacts on microbiota-plant-soil processes
  • Contributed to interdisciplinary projects like TALE (agricultural landscapes) and BODIUM model development