Zhonghua Zheng
Co-Lead For Environmental Data Science & AI, Manchester Environmental Research Institute
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolZhonghua Zheng is an environmental data science leader and assistant professor based in Manchester with eight years of experience translating advanced AI and analytics into actionable climate and atmospheric research. As Co-Lead for Environmental Data Science & AI at the Manchester Environmental Research Institute and a permanent faculty member in Data Science & Environmental Analytics, he bridges academic leadership, departmental governance, and inclusive practice through EDIA work. His background includes postdoctoral roles at NCAR and Columbia/Lamont-Doherty, giving him deep expertise in atmospheric chemistry, model development, and scalable data-driven workflows. An editor for Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, he shapes the field’s research directions while maintaining an active research and teaching portfolio. He combines industry experience from data science internships at Bayer and The Climate Corporation with rigorous PhD training from the University of Illinois, enabling pragmatic solutions that span from lab-scale science to operational environmental analytics. Less obvious: he has navigated both US and UK research ecosystems, positioning him to foster international collaboration and transfer methods between academia and applied environmental sectors.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Study Abroad Programme, Study Abroad Programme at The University of ManchesterMaster's degree, Master's degree at University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at Zhejiang University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (90)
gbm10
xgboost10
dataflow10
portable10
gradient10
scalable10
distributed-systems10
java10
machine-learning10
boosting10
gradient-boosting9
python9
natural-language-generation9
stochastic9
remapping9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
zhonghua-zheng/code_scenario_generator
May 2020 - Mar 2023
Contributions:2 releases, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 10 months
wagoner47/clhs_py
Oct 2019 - Apr 2021
Conditioned Latin Hypercube Sampling in Python - Docs:
Contributions:28 commits, 5 PRs, 25 pushes in 1 year 6 months
pythonlatin-hypercubelatinmachine-learninglatin-hypercube-sampling
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