Prof. qiang zou | Cardiometabolic Disorder | Best Researcher Award
Prof at Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, NC, USA United States
Prof. Qiang Zou is a Professor at the Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research in Physical Geography and Geographic Information Science focuses on the risk assessment and early warning of mountain hazards, such as debris flows and landslides. Prof. Zou employs multi-scale methods to evaluate hazard risks and has developed a dynamic-process based approach for hazard assessment. He has led national projects and authored over 80 publications. His accolades include the First Prize of the Science and Technology Award (2016) and the Gold Award for Outstanding Map Work (2022).
profile:
📊🌍Research Focus:
Dr. Qiang Zou specializes in the risk assessment of mountain hazards, including debris flows and landslides. His research integrates physical geography and geographic information science to evaluate debris flow risks across multiple scales: global, regional, local, and infrastructure-oriented. His work introduces dynamic-process-based approaches to hazard assessment and has developed new methods for assessing the vulnerability of mountain highways to debris flows in China.
📚Publications:
Dr. Zou has authored over 80 scientific publications, including articles in international journals and conference proceedings. He has also co-edited the Atlas of Silk Road Disaster Risk and the report Glance at the Silk Road Disaster Risk (2021).
Key Projects:
Spatial Differentiation Rule and Dynamic Risk of Debris Flow in Western Sichuan Under Climate Change. Vulnerability Assessment of Mountain Hazards in Large Gradient Environments. Distribution Law of Landslide and Debris Flow Disasters in Economic Corridors of the Silk Road
🥇Awards:
First Prize, Science and Technology Award, China Society of Soil and Water Conservation (2016), Silver Award, Peixiu Award for Outstanding Map Work, China Society for Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation (2016), First Prize, Tibet Autonomous Region Science and Technology Award (2020), Gold Award, Peixiu Award for Outstanding Map Work of Natural Disaster Risk Atlas, China Society of Surveying and Mapping (2022), Outstanding Scientific and Technological Achievement Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2020)
Publication:📝
- Title: A novel framework for predicting glacial lake outburst debris flows in the Himalayas amidst climate change
Authors: Zhou, B., Zou, Q., Jiang, H., Chen, S., Yao, H.
Journal: Science of the Total Environment
Year: 2024
Volume: 946
Article ID: 174435
Citations: 0
- Title: Deep learning prediction of rainfall-driven debris flows considering the similar critical thresholds within comparable background conditions
Authors: Jiang, H., Zou, Q., Zhu, Y., Yao, H., Chen, S.
Journal: Environmental Modelling and Software
Year: 2024
Volume: 179
Article ID: 106130
Citations: 1
- Title: Process-driven susceptibility assessment of glacial lake outburst debris flow in the Himalayas under climate change
Authors: Zhou, B., Zou, Q., Jiang, H., Chen, S.-Y., Yao, H.-K.
Journal: Advances in Climate Change Research
Year: 2024
Volume: 15
Issue: 3
Pages: 500–514
Citations: 3
- Title: Post-disaster spatial reconstruction from the perspective of a rural settlement niche in the upper reaches of the Minjiang River
Authors: Liu, Y., Wang, L., Zou, Q., Xu, B., Wang, L.
Journal: Journal of Mountain Science
Year: 2024
Volume: 21
Issue: 5
Pages: 1630–1646
Citations: 0
- Title: Development of an integrated model for assessing landslide susceptibility on vegetated slopes under random rainfall scenarios
Authors: Jiang, H., Zou, Q., Jiang, Y., Zhou, W., Chen, S.
Journal: Ecological Engineering
Year: 2024
Volume: 199
Article ID: 107150
Citations: 3
- Title: Extreme climate and human activities contribute to low-frequency, large-scale catastrophic debris flow: a case study in the Heishui Gully
Authors: Zhou, W., Zou, Q., Chen, S., Yao, H., Yang, T.
Journal: Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk
Year: 2024
Volume: 15
Issue: 1
Article ID: 2316719
Citations: 2
- Title: Disaster risk management of debris flow based on time-series contribution mechanism (CRMCD): Nonnegligible ecological vulnerable multi-ethnic communities
Authors: Chen, S., Zou, Q., Wang, B., Zhou, B., Yao, H.
Journal: Ecological Indicators
Year: 2023
Volume: 157
Article ID: 111266
Citations: 4
- Title: Synthetical solution of disaster risk reduction and green development: A novel mode promoting high-quality development in mountain areas of China
Authors: Li, M., Liu, Q., Wang, Y., Chen, J., Zou, Q.
Journal: Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Year: 2023
Volume: 38
Issue: 12
Pages: 11
Citations: 0
- Title: Quantifying the snowfall variations in the Third Pole region from 1980 to 2020
Authors: Yang, T., Li, Q., Zou, Q., De Maeyer, P., Li, L.
Journal: Atmospheric Research
Year: 2023
Volume: 295
Article ID: 106985
Citations: 1
- Title: Estimation of Shallow Landslide Susceptibility Incorporating the Impacts of Vegetation on Slope Stability
Authors: Jiang, H., Zou, Q., Zhou, B., Yao, H., Zhou, W.
Journal: International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
Year: 2023
Volume: 14
Issue: 4
Pages: 618–635
Citations: 4