Areas of Focus
- Crop Phenotyping Monitoring
- Remote Sensing Monitoring of Agricultural Conditions
Work Experience
- 2019-present Director of the Department of Smart Agriculture, College of Agriculture
- 2004-present Teacher at Nanjing Agricultural University, College of Agriculture
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2006-2009 PhD in Crop Informatics, Nanjing Agricultural University
- 2001-2004 Master's in Crop Cultivation and Tillage, Nanjing Agricultural University
- Published over 70 core journal papers
- Authored 6 monographs and textbooks
- Holds 22 national invention patents
Publications
- A method for small-sized wheat seedlings detection: from annotation mode to model construction, Wang Suwan, Zhao Jianqing, Cai Yucheng, Li Yan, Qi Xuerui, Qiu Xiaolei, Yao Xia, Tian Yongchao, Zhu Yan, Cao Weixing, Zhang Xiaohu, 2024
- Quantitative monitoring of salt stress in rice with solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence, Wang Kangkang, Zhu Jie, Xu Xinwen, Li Tongjie, Wang Xue, Warner Timothy A., Cheng Tao, Zhu Yan, Cao Weixing, Yao Xia, Zhang Zhengdong, 2023
- A county-level soybean yield prediction framework coupled with XGBoost and multidimensional feature engineering, Li Yuanchao, Zeng Hongwei, Zhang Miao, Wu Bingfang, Zhao Yan, Yao Xia, Cheng Tao, Qin Xingli, Wu Fangming, 2023
- Towards practical semi-empirical models for the estimation of leaf and canopy water contents from hyperspectral reflectance, Li Dong, Yu Weiguo, Zheng Hengbiao, Guo Caili, Yao Xia, Zhu Yan, Cao Weixing, Cheng Tao, 2023
- Estimating wheat grain yield by assimilating phenology and LAI with the WheatGrow model based on theoretical uncertainty of remotely sensed observation, Tang Yining, Zhou Ruiheng, He Ping, Yu Minglei, Zheng Hengbiao, Yao Xia, Cheng Tao, Zhu Yan, Cao Weixing, Tian Yongchao, 2023
Awards
- 2023 Geomatics Science and Technology Award (7th place)
- 2022 Excellent Mentor Team at Nanjing Agricultural University (2nd place)
- 2021 Silver Medal at the Geneva International Invention Exhibition (5th place)
