Di Zhu

Di Zhu

Di Zhu is an Assistant Professor of GIScience in the Department of Geography, Environment, and Society at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (UMN). He leads the Geospatial Data Intelligence (GeoDI) Lab. Before working at UMN, Dr. Zhu was a visiting researcher at University College London. He holds a Ph.D. in GIScience, a B.S. in GIS and a B.Ec. in Economics all from Peking University. Dr. Zhu’s research bridges Spatial Statistics, GeoAI, and Social Sensing. He has won academic accolades such as the Rising Star Award of College GIS Forum in China, Top 20 WGDC 2022 Global Young Scientist Award, Early Career Award of GIS Research United Kingdom, etc.