Areas of Focus
- Facility environment and its control with horticultural crop biological response
- Rapid detection technology for crop information
Work Experience
- 2014.06-2015.04 - Washington State University, Department of Horticulture - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2015.06-2017.12 - Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Agriculture and Biology - Lecturer
- 2018.01-Present - Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Agriculture and Biology - Associate Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2006.9-2010.6 Bachelor: Zhejiang University, Department of Biosystems Engineering
- 2010.8-2014.4 PhD: Washington State University, Department of Biosystems Engineering
- Selected for the 2016 Shanghai 'Morning Light Plan' talent project
Publications
- Discrimination of plant root zone water status in greenhouse production based on phenotyping and machine learning techniques, Guo, D., J. Juan, L. Chang, J. Zhang*, and D. Huang*, 2017
- The optimization of crop seeds packaging production planning based on dynamic lot-sizing model, Zhu, Y., J. Zhang, D. Huang*, and N. Geng*, 2017
- Canopy light interception conversion in upright fruiting offshoots (UFO) sweet cherry orchard, Zhang, J., Q. Zhang, and M. D. Whiting, 2016
- Effect of light microclimate on the quality of ‘d’Anjou’ pears in mature open-centre tree architecture, Zhang, J., S. Serra, R. Leisso, and S. Musacchi, 2016
- Measuring and evaluating anthocyanin in lettuce leaf based on color information, Yang, X.#, Zhang, J.#, D. Guo, X. Xiong, L. Chang, Q. Niu, and D. Huang, 2016
- Diurnal trend in canopy light interception for sweet cherry trained to a planar architecture, Zhang, J., M. D. Whiting, and Q. Zhang, 2015
- Mapping interception of photosynthetically active radiation in sweet cherry orchards, Zhang, J., Q. Zhang, and M. D. Whiting, 2015
- Modeling apple surface temperature dynamics based on weather data, Li, L., T. Peter, Q. Zhang, J. Zhang, and D. Huang, 2014
- Canopy light interception conversion in upright fruiting offshoots (UFO) sweet cherry orchard, Zhang, J., Q. Zhang, and M. D. Whiting, 2014
- Sensor-based canopy mapping using photosynthetically active radiation interception in Y-trellis tree fruit orchards, Zhang, J., M. D. Whiting, and Q. Zhang, 2013
- Canopy architecture affects light interception in sweet cherry, Zhang, J., R. Luo, P. Scharf, M. D. Whiting, and Q. Zhang, 2012
Awards
- 2014: Best Research Award from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
- 2017: Best Paper Award from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers