Chaosheng Zhang

Biography

Dr. Chaosheng Zhang received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Peking University, and PhD degree from Institute of Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.    Dr. Chaosheng Zhang is head of Ryan Institute GIS Centre and head of Research Cluster of Environmental Change at Discipline of Geography, National University of Ireland, Galway. He teaches Geographic Information System (GIS) and statistics courses at School of Geography and Archaeology of the University. Dr. Zhang’s academic background covers both GIS and environmental geochemistry. His research interest focuses on spatial analyses of environmental variables, especially metals and nutrients in soils and soil organic carbon, using GIS, geostatistics and other spatial statistical techniques. One of the current research directions of Dr. Zhang is spatial analysis of environment and health. Dr. Zhang has published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals (H-index based on Google Scholar: 25). He is a reviewer for more than 40 international journals.   

Research Interest

GIS; Environmental geochemistry; Soil; Spatial analysis; Environment and Health;       Medical Geology; Heavy metals