Guo Huadong is Director-General of the  Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth (RADI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), an Academician of CAS, a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), and an Academician of International Eurasian Academy of Sciences. He presently serves as President of the International Council for Science (ICSU) Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA), Secretary-General of the International Society for Digital Earth (ISDE), and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Digital Earth (IJDE) published by Taylor & Francis. He has over thirty years of experience in remote sensing, specializing in radar for Earth observation and remote sensing applications, and involving research on digital Earth since the end of the last century. He has been Principle Investigator for over twenty major national projects or programs in China, and Principle Investigator for seven international radar remote sensing projects. He also serves as Director of the International Center on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage under the Auspices of UNESCO. He has published more than three-hundred papers and fifteen books, and is the principal awardee of thirteen national and CAS prizes, one being “National Outstanding Expert”, awarded by the State Council of China.   

2009                Honorary Doctorate of Science, Curtin University, Australia

1984-1985       Oregon State University, USA

                        Major: Radar Remote Sensing (Visiting Scholar)

1978 -1981      Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

                        Major: Cartography and Remote Sensing, M.Sc.

1973 -1977      Department of Geoscience, Nanjing University, China

                        Major: Geology 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2012–Present       Professor, Director-General, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, CAS

2009–Present       Professor, Director, Key Laboratory of Digital Earth, CAS

2007–2012           Professor, Director-General, Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth, CAS

2002–2007           Professor, Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, CAS

1997–2002           Professor, Director-General, Institute of Remote Sensing Application, CAS

1997–2001           Professor, Director, National Centre of Geo-informatics, China

1994–2001           Director, Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Information Sciences, CAS

1988–1997           Professor, Deputy Director-General, Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, CAS

1985–1988           Associate Professor, Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, CAS 

MAIN RESEARCH PROJECTS

Chief Scientist, Space-based Observations of Global Change-sensitive Factors Mechanisms and Methods, National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program)

Chief Scientist, Airborne Remote Sensing System, National-level Large-scale Scientific Project

Project Leader, Comparative Study on Global Environmental Change Using Remote Sensing Technology, Major Program of International Cooperation and Exchanges of the National Natural Science Foundation of China

Project Leader, SAR Information Integrated Processing and Environmental Parameter Inversion,  Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China

Chair, Global Natural Disaster Mitigation, Inter Academy Panel (IAP)

Principle Investigator, SIR-C/X-SAR Program (NASA, German and Italian Space Agency)

Project Title: SIR-C/X-SAR for Penetration Study

Principle Investigator, Shuttle Radar Topography Mapping Program (NASA, USA)

Project title: Topographic Mapping and Surface Change Monitoring Using SRTM data in China (SENH99-0250-0049)

Principle Investigator, Advanced Land Observation Satellite (ALOS) program (Japan)

Project Title: Study for Land Surface Properties with ALOS PALSAR (ALOS-RA-17)

Principle Investigator, ERS-1/2 SAR Program (European Space Agency)

Project Title: ERS WSC Scatterometer Applications on Environment (ERS-1/2 Experiment Code: AO.RC1 ERS-1/2 SAR Program (European Space Agency)

Principle Investigator, RADARSAT ADRO Program (Canada)

Project Title: Radarsat for Geological Mapping in Test Sites of China (ADRO-214)

Principle Investigator, ERS-1/2 SAR Program (European Space Agency)

Project Title: ERS WSC Scatterometer Applications on Environment (ERS-1/2 Experiment Code: AO.RC101)

Principle Investigator, GlobeSAR Program (Canada)

Project Title: GlobeSAR Data for Geoscience Study

Principle Investigator, JERS-1 SAR Program (Japan)

Project Title: JERS-1 SAR Geological Analysis 

HONORS AND AWARDS

2012       Fellow, The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World

2011       Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2010       National Prize for Progress in Science and Technology (Second Class)

2009       Honorary Doctorate of Science Awarded by Curtin University, Australia

2009       Boon Indrambarya Medal, 30th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing

2009       Beijing Municipal Government Prize for Science and Technology (Third Class)

2006       Academician, International Eurasian Academy of Sciences

2004       Beijing Municipal Government Prize for Science and Technology (First Class)

2004       Manned Space Program Prize for Progress in Science and Technology (Second Class)

2001       Chinese Academy of Sciences Natural Science Award (First Class)

2000       National Outstanding Worker in Science Awarded by the State Council of China

1998       National Prize for Progress in Science and Technology (Second Class)

1997       National Prize for Progress in Science and Technology (Third Class)

1997       Chinese Academy of Sciences Prize for Progress in Science and Technology (Special Class)

1996       Chinese Academy of Sciences Prize for Progress in Science and Technology (Second Class)

1996       Chinese Academy of Sciences Prize for Progress in Science and Technology (Third Class)

1996       National Outstanding Scientist Awarded by the Chinese Government

1994       Chinese Academy of Sciences Prize for Progress in Science and Technology (Third Class)

1992       Outstanding Scientist Awarded by Chinese Academy of Sciences

1991       National Prize for Progress in Science and Technology (Third Class)

1990       Chinese Academy of Sciences Prize for Progress in Science and Technology (First Class)

MEMBERSHIPS AND SOCIETIES

2011–Present         Director, International Center on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage under the Auspices of UNESCO

2010–Present       President, Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA), International Council for Science (ICSU)

2010–Present       Member, Scientific Committee of Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR), ICSU

2010–Present       President, Expert Committee, Integrated Research on Disaster Risk China National Committee

2009–Present       Member, Global Advisory Council, Open Geospatial Consortium

2008–Present       Member, High-level Panel of Advisers to the Co-Chair of UNGAID and UNGAID e-SDDC

2007–Present       Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Digital Earth (IJDE)

2007–Present       Associate Editor, Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

2006–Present       Secretary General, International Society for Digital Earth (ISDE)

2006–Present       President, Chinese National Committee for ISDE

2004–2006          Member, Board of Directors, International Association of Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI)

1996–2008          President, Chinese Society of Remote Sensing of Environment

1996–2006          Editorial Board Member, Asian Journal of Geoinformatics

1996–2002          Executive Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Remote Sensing (In Chinese)

1992–2006          Member, International SAR Working Group

 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Michael F. Goodchild, Huadong Guo, Alessandro Annoni, Ling Bian, Kees de Bie, Frederick Campbell, Max Craglia, Manfred Ehlers, John van Genderen, Davina Jackson, Anthony J. Lewis, Martino Pesaresi, Gábor Remetey-Fül？pp, Richard Simpson, Andrew Skidmore, Changlin Wang, Peter Woodgate, Next-generation Digital Earth, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (PNAS), 2012/109(28)/11088-11094.

Guo Huadong, Chen Fang, Qiu Yubao, Development of Earth Observation over the Past Half Century and Future Direction, BULLETIN OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 2013, Supplementary Issue.

Guo Huadong, Chen Y, Feng Q, Lin QZ, Wang F, Assessment of damage to buildings and farms during the 2011 M 9.0 earthquake and tsunami in Japan from remote sensing data, CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN, Volume: 56 Issue: 20 2011, 2138-2144.

Huadong GUO and Xinwu LI, Earth observation technique characteristics and application development of new generation SAR, CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN, 2011, Vol.15, No.56, pp:1155-1168 (Chinese).

GUO Huadong, WANG Xinyuan, LI Xinwu, LIU Guang, ZHANG Lu and YAN Shiyong, Yushu earthquake synergic analysis using multimodal SAR datasets, CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN, 2010, Vol.55 No.31: 3499–3503.

Guo Huadong, Ma JW, Zhang B, Li Z, Huang J, Zhu LW, Damage consequence chain mapping after the Wenchuan Earthquake using remotely sensed data, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING, 31(13): 3427-3433 2010.

Guo Huadong, Zhang B, Lei LP, Zhang L, Chen Y, Spatial distribution and inducement of collapsed buildings in Yushu earthquake based on remote sensing analysis, SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES, 53(6): 794-796 JUN 2010.

Guo Huadong, Li XW, Zhang L, Study of detecting method with advanced airborne and spaceborne synthetic aperture radar data for collapsed urban buildings from the Wenchuan earthquake, JOURNAL OF APPLIED REMOTE SENSING, 3: Art. No. 031695 Sp. Iss. SI MAY 26, 2009.

Guo Huadong, X. Fan, C. Wang, A Digital Earth Prototype System: DEPS/ CAS, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIGITAL EARTH, 2009, Vol.2. No. 1, pp. 3-15.

Guo Huadong, Spaceborne and airborne SAR for target detection and flood monitoring, PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING, 2000, 66(5): 611-617.

Guo Huadong, Liu Hao, Wang Xinyuan, Shao Yun, Sun Yan, Subsurface old drainage detection and paleoenvironment analysis using spaceborne radar images in Alax Plateau, SCIENCE IN CHINA, Series D: 2000, 43(4): 439-448.

Guo Huadong, J. Liao, C. L. Wang, C. Wang, T. Farr, D. Evans, Use of Multipolarization Imaging Radar for Volcano Mapping in the Kunlun Mountains of Western China, REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, 1997, 59(2):364-374.

Guo Huadong, L. Zhu, Y. Shao, X. Lu, Detection of Structural and Lithological Features Underneath a Vegetation Canopy Using SIR-C/X-SAR Data in Zhao Qing Test Site of Southern China, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, 101(E10): 1996, 23101-23108.

Guo Huadong, Spaceborne Radar for Geoscientific Applications in North China, NASA/JPL PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD SPACEBORNE IMAGING RADAR SYMPOSIUM, 1993, pp. 417-419.

Guo Huadong, Y. Zhang, Y. Shao, P. Dong, Geological Analysis Using Shuttle Imaging Radar and Airborne SAR in China, ADVANCE IN SPACE RESEARCH, 1993, Vol. 13, No.11, pp. 79-82, COSPAR, Pergamon Press.

Guo Huadong, Ji Wu, “Space Science & Technology in China: A Roadmap to 2050”, Science Press, Springer, 2010.

Guo Huadong, “Natural Disaster Mitigation - A Scientific and Practical Approach”, Science Press, 2009.

Guo Huadong, “Radar Remote Sensing Applications in China”, Taylor & Francis Books Ltd., 2001.

Guo Huadong, “Radar for Earth Observation: Theory and Applications”, Science Press, 2000.