Recent News

December 2024

Dr. Tu attended the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 2024 in Washington, D.C. and delivered an oral presentation on “Assessing the Suitability of Agricultural Floodplain Rice Farming as Adaptation to Climate Change in the United States”.

October 2024

Dr. Tu participated in the Cornell Rice Field Day and presented on “Climate Adaptation and the Potential for Flood-Tolerant Agriculture in New York State”.

September 2024

Dr. Tu was invited to present on “Remote Sensing and Climate Adaptation in Agricultural Floodplain Regions” at the Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) Executive Leadership Conference in Freeville. During the visit, she toured paddy rice farms and discussed the potential for rice farming in New York State with local farmers and county executive directors. The group also tasted cooked rice samples and conducted a willingness-to-pay survey among participants.

Photos of rice paddies at Cornell’s experimental farmland, Freeville, NY, 13068

Samples of cooked rice and taste test

August 2024

One co-authored manuscript “Mapping the Time-Series of Essential Urban Land Use Categories in China: A Multi-Source Data Integration Approach” has been published in Remote Sensing.

July 2024

Dr. Tu was awarded the 2024 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation of Tsinghua University.

June 2024

Our manuscript on “Quantification of losses in agriculture production in eastern Ukraine due to the Russia-Ukraine war” has been published in Communications Earth & Environment.
One co-authored manuscript “Moderating AC Usage Can Reduce Thermal Disparity between Indoor and Outdoor Environments” has been published in Environmental Science & Technology.

May 2024

One co-authored manuscript “Spatial Patterns of Urban Expansion and Cropland Loss during 2017-2022 in Guangdong, China” has been published in Heliyon.

April 2024

One co-authored manuscript “Built environments, communities, and housing price: A data-model integration approach” has been accepted for publication in Applied Geography.
🎓 Beyond grateful to receive my PhD today! This journey has been a rollercoaster of challenges and triumphs, but every hurdle has led to this moment. Huge thanks to my advisors, family, and friends for their unwavering support. Excited for what lies ahead!

March 2024

One paper entitled “A 30 m annual cropland dataset of China from 1986 to 2021” has been accepted for publication in Earth System Science Data.
🎓 On March 12, 2024, I successfully defended my PhD thesis titled “Research on Remote Sensing Monitoring of Cropland Dynamic Changes and Its Relationship with Urban Expansion Development in China”. I am deeply grateful to my supervisor, Prof. Bing Xu, and the esteemed members of my advisory board: Prof. Bingfang Wu, Prof. Xuecao Li, Prof. Jun Yang, Prof. Yuqi Bai, and Prof. Le Yu. Thank you all for your support!

February 2024

January 2024

🌟 Thrilled to announce that I will be joining Cornell University as a Postdoctoral Associate at the Department of Global Development, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. I will collaborate with Dr. Chuan Liao on pioneering sustainability research using advanced data-model techniques. Looking forward to the new adventure ahead!