Dr. An ZHANG is an associate professor in the State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System (LREIS), Institute of Geographic Sciences & Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). His research interests cover modeling and geo-visualization of the holographic map, spatial demography, and public health.

Education
2005–2008  Ph.D. of Cartography and GIS, Institute of Geographic Sciences & Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
2003–2005 Master of Demography, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
1999–2003  Bachelor of GeoScience, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China.

Academic Positions
2018.12-present. Associate Professor, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Science
2018.6-2019.11. Visiting Scholar, Center for Geographic Analysis, Harvard University.
2008.7-2018.12. Research Assistant Professor, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Science

Research Interests
Modeling and geo-visualization of the holographic map
Spatial demography
Public health

Community Service
2016-present. Deputy Secretary-General, Resource Mapping commission, China Society of Natural Resources

Awards and Honors
2011. Best Paper Award, International Symposium on Geospatial Information Technology & Disaster Prevention and Reduction，China.

Research Projects
2017-2021. National Key Research and Development Program of China: Scene integrated modeling and adaptive geo-visualization of the holographic map
2015-2020. Funding for Creative Research Groups of National Natural Science Foundation of China: Urban Public Health Spatio-temporal Big Data Analysis in the project of Geographic Spatio-temporal data analysis.
2015-2018. Funding of National Natural Science Foundation of China: Spatial and Temporal Pattern and Mechanism of Population Exposure-Response to PM2.5 in the Urban.
2013-2018. Funding of Ministry of Science and Technology of China: Compilation of the Population Map Group in National Economic Atlas of the People's Republic of China.
2013-2015. Youth Funding of National Natural Science Foundation of China: Urban Daytime and Nighttime Population Estimation and Spatial-Temporal Dynamics Model.
2012-2015. Funding of Ministry of Science and Technology of China: Compilation of the Map Chorography in Recent Chinese Dynasties.

Selected Publications
[1].Zhang A, Qi Q*, Jiang L, Zhou F, Wang J (2013) Population Exposure to PM2.5 in the Urban Area of Beijing. PLoS ONE 8(5): e63486. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063486
[2]Zhang A, Zhou F, Jiang L*, et al. Spatiotemporal analysis of ambient air pollution exposure and respiratory infection cases in Beijing. Central European Journal of Public Health, 2015, 23:73-6.
[3].Xia X, Zhang A*, Liang S, et al. The Association between Air Pollution and Population Health Risk for Respiratory Infection: A Case Study of Shenzhen, China. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 2017, 14(9):950.
[4].Lin J, Zhang A*, et al. Estimates of Daily PM2.5 Exposure in Beijing Using Spatio-Temporal Kriging Model. Sustainability. 2018; 10(8):2772. 
[5].Lei C, Zhang A*, et al. Spatial-Temporal Analysis of Human Dynamics on Urban Land Use Patterns Using Social Media Data by Gender. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 2018; 7(9):358. 
[6].Lei C, Zhang A*, Qi Q, Su H. Grid-based location Microblog data fetching and human dynamic information extraction. Science of Surveying and Mapping.2017,42(2):125-129. (in Chinese)
[7].Xia X, Qi Q, Liang H, Zhang A, Jiang L, Ye Y, Liu C, Huang Y. Pattern of Spatial Distribution and Temporal Variation of Atmospheric Pollutants during 2013 in Shenzhen China. ISPRS Int.J. Geo-Inf. 2017 6 2.
[8].Li Q, Ren H, Zheng L, Cao W, Zhang A, Zhuang D, Lu L, Jiang H.Ecological Niche Modeling Identifies Fine-Scale Areas at High Risk of Dengue Fever in the Pearl River Delta China. Int.J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2017 14 619.
[9].An Zhang, Qingwen Qi,Lili Jiang.A Web Based Public Health Emergency Multi-resource Dispatch System. Physical and Numerical Simulation of Geotechnical Engineering. 2011, 1(3):28-34
[10].An Zhang, Qingwen Qi,Lili Jiang.Design and implementation of a web-based disease control and emergency response system on CNGI for Mekong subregion. Proceedings 2011 IEEE International Conference on Spatial Data Mining and Geographical Knowledge Services.2011.6. p263-266
[11].Qi Q W, Zhang A, Jiang L L, et al. Optimization of Mathematic Models for Thematic Maps.
Sci China Tech Sci, 2010, 53
[12].An Zhang. The emergency response Mapping to public emergencies. Disaster Reduction in China,2009(1):20-22 (in Chinese)
[13].An Zhang, Qingwen Qi. GIS Based Analysis on Urban Internal Population Spatial Structure :A Case Study in Shenzhen City. Progress in Geography.2007,26(1):95-105(in Chinese)
[14].An Zhang,Qingwen Qi. A Study on the Internal Population and Social - spatial Structures in Shenzhen Metropolitan. Southern Population. 2006, 21 (3) :52-57 (in Chinese)

Contact
Address:  A11, Datun Road, Anwai, Beijing 100101, China
Office:  86-10-64889078 Fax: 86-10-64851844
E-mail:  zhangan@igsnrr.ac.cn zhanga@lreis.ac.cn
Orcid: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9338-6250