Ling Cao

Ling Cao is an Associate Professor at the Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, specializing in historical data construction and digitization of ancient agricultural materials.

• Educated with a PhD in the History of Science and Technology from an unspecified institution

Her research focuses on historical natural disasters and ecological environments during the Ming-Qing dynasties, particularly through the digitization of Chinese ancient agricultural texts. This work has produced datasets supporting further scholarly analysis.

One notable project is Natural Disasters in Ming-Qing Gazetteers: Maize and Ecological Environment in Ming-Qing Dynasties, which intersects with fields like historical data science, agricultural heritage, and ecological history.