Department of Geographic and Sustainability Sciences

Department of Geographic and TEL: 319.855.3826 Sustainability Sciences [email protected] Chang Zhao 218 Jessup Hall The University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52242 Professional Summary  GIS, geospatial modeling and statistical analysis on environment and health issues  Spatial ecology, sustainable development and conservation biology Education  Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences Aug 2012 – May 2017 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA  PhD of Geography, May 2017  Area of Study: Ecosystem Service Assessments GPA: 3.96/4.00  Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Aug 2008 – Jun 2012 School of Informatics Wuhan University, China  Bachelor’s degree of Engineering, graduated in Jun 2012 GPA: 3.7/4.00 Main Skills ArcGIS, R, Machine Learning, Cartography, Remote Sensing Image Processing (e.g. LiDAR), Surveying, AutoCAD Python, C, Visual Studio C#, ASP. NET, HTML, Matlab Experience

 Research Assistant: Spatial and Multivariate Analysis of MRSA in Iowa Aug 2015-present College of Public Health, University of Iowa, IA  Analyzed the spatial pattern of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in terms of their genetic characteristics, identified spatial clusters of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria types using ArcGIS  Examined effects of agricultural development on disease transmission/infection using Multivariate Analysis in R  Teaching Assistant: Contemporary Environmental Issues Aug 2013 – May 2015 Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, University of Iowa, IA  Led three discussion sessions per week on environmental topics, e.g. population growth, biodiversity loss, food and water scarcity, air and water pollution, energy, global climate change and human health  Research project: Enhancing Urban Pollinator and Beneficial Insect Habitat Jan 2015 – May 2015 The Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities (IISC)  Used pan trapping and sweep netting methods to collect bees to study bee diversity across neighborhoods and public sites  Conducted regression and gradient analysis to study the relationship between bee and floral diversity  Offered recommendations to the City of Iowa City to help the area maintain and increase urban bee diversity  Research project: Improving Flood Resilience in Lower City Park, Iowa City Jan 2015 – May 2015 The City of Iowa City  Cooperated with city planners to write a proposal about designing Lower City Park as a flood resilient natural area dominated by native prairie and wetlands based on knowledge in GIS, conservation biology and landscape ecology  Estimated increased ecosystem services provided by Lower City Park and offered this information to city planners, e.g. flood regulation, biodiversity, and recreational, educational and cultural benefits  Research project: Modeling Watershed-Scale Effects of Geographically Isolated Wetlands (GIWs) on Downstream Hydrology in Eastern North Carolina, NC Jan 2013 – Aug 2013 US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Grant  Fit spatial statistical models to stream network data using geoprocessing tools (FLoWS, STARS & ArcGIS)

1 / 2  Assessed Hydrologic connectivity and ecological effects of GIWs on downstream waters using geostatistical modeling for data on stream networks (SSN) in R  Teaching Assistant: GISLab, University of Iowa, IA Aug 2012 – May 2013  Served as the lab TA by answering questions and solving problems related to GIS and other general software Publications  Wilson, C.G., K.M.,Wacha, A.N. Papanicolaou, H.A. Sander, V.B. Freudenberg, B.K.B Abban, Zhao, C. (2016) Dynamic assessment of current management in an intensively managed agroecosystem. Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education 151(1): 148–171.  Zhao, C., & Sander, H. A. (2015) Quantifying and Mapping the Supply of and Demand for Carbon Storage and Sequestration Service from Urban Trees. PloS one, 10(8): e0136392.  Sander, H. A., & Zhao, C. (2015). Urban green and blue: Who values what and where?. Land Use Policy, 42, 194- 209.  Golden, H. E., Sander, H. A., Lane, C. R., Zhao, C., Price, K., D'Amico, E., & Christensen, J. R. (2015). Relative effects of geographically isolated wetlands on streamflow: a watershed - scale analysis. Ecohydrology. Conferences  Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting (AAG), US 2013-2015  Chang, Zhao, Sander, H.A. Quantifying and Mapping the Supply of and Demand for Carbon Storage and Sequestration Service from Urban Trees  Sander, H.A., Chang, Zhao. Variation in cultural ecosystem service values in an urban environment  First International Conference on Space borne Earth Observations and Global Change, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China 2011  discussed topics on space geodesy and monitoring the earth climate system using space geodetic observations Honors&Awards

 Travel Grant, Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, University of Iowa, IA 2014&2015  Travel Grant, Graduate Student Senate, University of Iowa, IA 2014&2015  Graduate Student Affinity Group Travel Award, Association of American Geographers 2014  First Prize Scholarship (5%) based on academic merit, Wuhan University, China 2008-2010  National Education and Technology Scholarship, China (1%) 2008-2009  Outstanding Student Medal (5%), Wuhan University, China 2008-2011  Advanced Individual of Social Work, Wuhan University, China 2010-2011 Extracurricular Activities  Graduate Student Senate, University of Iowa, IA Sep 2012 – Jan 2014  Promoted graduate student life and connected students with graduate college by exchanging their ideas  The 15th Annual James F. Jakobsen Graduate Conference, University of Iowa, IA Sep 2012 – Jan 2013  Organized the conference as the division head of the social science sector: encouraged graduate students to participate in a poster competition and invited professors to be judge in this processes.  School’s Public Welfare Association, Wuhan University, China Jul 2009 – Jun 2012  Helped students with low socio-economic status to apply for scholarship on campus  Worked as a volunteer to plan and join several activities for building green and environmental-friendly campus  Summer Social Practice in Pearl River Delta, Foshan, GuangDong Province, China Jul 2009 – Oct 2009  Organized a team as the team leader to investigate and report the working and living conditions of migrant workers in small and medium enterprises(SME) after the 2008 economic crisis