
Meet Our Team

Kai Cheng, Postdoc
Kai Cheng received the B.E. degree in surveying and mapping engineering from the China University of Petroleum, East China, in 2014, the M.S. degree in geodesy and survey engineering from the China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing, in 2017, and the Ph.D. degree in geographic information system from the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, in 2020.
He is currently a post doctor at the College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University. His research focuses on applying remote sensing to describe spatial-temporal pattern of planted forest ecosystem and its ecological effects.

Yu Ren, Postdoc
Yu Ren received the B.E. degree in remote sensing science and technology from Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, China, in 2015, the M.S. degree in geology from Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, China, in 2018, and the Ph.D. degree in cartography and geography information system from Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, in 2021.
She is a postdoctoral researcher with School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China. Her research focuses on applying geographic information science and remote sensing to understand the terrestrial biodiversity, and some other ecology and agriculture problems.

Yuling Chen, Postdoc
Yuling Chen received the BBM in information management and information system from Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China, in 2015 and the Ph.D. degree in forestry information engineering from Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China, in 2020.
She is a postdoctoral researcher with School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China. Her research focuses on quantitative inversion of vegetation ecological remote sensing parameters.

Haitao Yang, Associate Researcher
Haitao Yang received the B.E. degree in biological science from the Anhui University, Hefei, China, in 2013, the Ph.D. degree in ecology from the Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, in 2018. He was a post doctor at the College of Life Science, Northwestern University, Xi’an, from 2018 to 2020. He was a lecturer in the College of Life Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, from 2020 to Sep. 2022.
Dr. Yang is currently a research associate at the School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China. His research focuses on the interdisciplinary research on ecology and remote sensing, such as applying LiDAR in the practice of “Animal Three-dimensional Ecology”