Xing Zheng
Senior Scientist at Verisk - extreme event solutions
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolXing Zheng is a Senior Scientist at Verisk Extreme Event Solutions with 11 years of experience building and improving flood hazard models used by insurers across multiple countries. Trained as a hydrologist with a PhD from UT Austin, he blends high-resolution hydrology, machine learning, and data assimilation to translate physical flood processes into actionable risk metrics. His work spans model setup, calibration, validation, and innovative research—everything from deep-learning flood forecasts to event-definition algorithms and climate-change impact studies. Comfortable in both academic and industry settings, he has built streaming data systems, web apps for real-time in-situ mapping, and continental-scale flood analyses. Xing’s uncommon strength is connecting hydrologic science to financial risk and investment decisions, treating water and money as interacting flows. Based in Boston, he’s a pragmatic code-and-data enthusiast who values interdisciplinary solutions over narrow specialization.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering at Wuhan UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Civil Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin
English, Chinese
Github Skills (21)
terrain8
high-resolution8
elevation5
c-library5
netcdf5
hydrology5
extraction5
python5
solr4
django4
django-rest-framework4
docker3
nginx3
javascript3
numpy2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
XingZheng/TauDEM
Nov 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:2 PRs, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 4 days
extractiondigital-elevation-modelselevationterrain-analysisterrain
XingZheng/hello-world
Feb 2017 - Feb 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 3 branches in 1 day
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