Research
Postdoctoral Researcher | GIScience
Kai Ren
中文State Key Laboratory of Climate System Prediction and Risk Management, Nanjing Normal University
Updates
News
- Oral presentation at IPC2025 in Perth, Australia.
- Two first-author journal articles published in IJGIS and GIScience & Remote Sensing.
- Conference staff for ISPRS Technical Commission IV Symposium.
Profile
Current Role
Postdoctoral Researcher at Nanjing Normal University;
Research Associate at Curtin University
from 2023.03 to 2025.03.
Publications
Featured Papers
Call for papers
GeoAI for Smart Cities: Urban Remote Sensing and Geospatial
Intelligence
Deadline: 16 November 2026
Guest Editors: Dr. Qian Li, Dr. Md Rafiqul Islam, Dr. Nan Jia, Dr. Kai Ren
Professional Service
Reviewer
- Resources, Conservation and RecyclingIF 10.9
- GIScience & Remote SensingIF 6.9
- International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and GeoinformationIF 8.6
- Geoscientific Model DevelopmentIF 4.9
- All EarthIF 2.6
- Journal of Spatial ScienceIF 1.7
- ComputingIF 2.8
Appointments
Work Experience
Postdoctoral Researcher, Nanjing Normal University
Geospatial analysis, climate change and agriculture, and applied GIScience research.
Research Associate, Curtin University
School of Design and the Built Environment; geospatial analysis and climate-agriculture research.
Ph.D. Researcher, Northwest A&F University
Spatial interpolation prediction of meteorological elements and climate change research.
Selected Work
Featured Projects
Recognition
Experience and Awards
Experience
- 2025 Presented an oral report titled “A Novel Geospatial Machine Learning Approach for Uncovering Wheat Production Disparities: Evidence from Australia” at IPC2025, Perth, Australia.
- 2025 Served as one of the Organising Committee members of the 11th International Conference on Innovative Production and Construction (IPC2025).
- 2024 Conference staff for the ISPRS Technical Commission IV Symposium 2024, Fremantle, Perth, Australia.
- 2024 Served as one of the Organising Committee members of the 10th International Conference on Innovative Production and Construction (IPC2024).
- 2023 Presented at the international conference City+2023@Perth in the session on spatial methods.
- 2023 Served as one of the organizers of the international academic conference City+2023@Perth, themed “Geospatial Big Data and Artificial Intelligence for Cities”.
- 2016 Served as the Deputy League Secretary of the class.
- 2015 Organized the Pastoral Envoy Team of Northwest A&F University and won the University-Level Excellent Award.
- 2015 Organized the National Science and Technology Innovation Project “Numerical Simulation and Mechanism Research of Loess Slope Cultivated Land Microtopography” and won the Excellence Award.
- 2014 Organized the “Three Visits to the Countryside” investigation service at the Ansai Comprehensive Test Station of Soil and Water Conservation and won the University-Level Excellent Award.
Awards
- 2022 Provincial-Level Bronze Award, the 11th “Challenger Cup” Shaanxi University Student Entrepreneurship Plan Competition.
- 2022 Silver Award in the final of the 10th Challenge Cup College Student Entrepreneurship Plan Competition of Northwest A&F University.
- 2021 First-Class Scholarship, Northwest A&F University.
- 2019 Outstanding Graduate, Nanjing Normal University.
- 2018 Excellent Postgraduate of Nanjing Normal University (four times: 2017 University-Level / 2017 College-Level / 2018 University-Level / 2018 College-Level).
- 2018 Excellent League Member of Nanjing Normal University (two times: 2017 University-Level / 2018 University-Level).
- 2016 First-Class Scholarship of Nanjing Normal University (two times).
- 2016 Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis, Northwest A&F University.
- 2014 Excellent League Member, Northwest A&F University.
- 2014 Social Practice Model, Northwest A&F University.