Jiao Wang

GIS specialist/senior researcher at Greenpeace East Asia
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(386) 825-5501
Location
HK
Languages
  • English Full professional proficiency
  • Chinese (Simplified) Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Spanish Elementary proficiency
  • Cantonese Professional working proficiency

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Experience

    • China
    • Environmental Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • GIS specialist/senior researcher
      • Jul 2019 - Present

      Lead the climate risk assessment, climate change impact analysis and visualization, vulnerable population exposure to air pollution, by using geospatial data and techniques, and develop online maps. Manage a small team of specialists. o Line manager a small team of specialists and experts o Evaluate corporate exposure to six climate change hazards at the asset level using Moody's ESG 360 data platform o Portfolio analysis of physical risk exposure and transition climate risk o Long term hot weather analysis in South Korea, the areas experiencing hot weather have doubled in the past 20 years, findings covered by top tier media in South Korea o Future sea level rise impact on population and land, outputs include reports, blogs, videos, online maps and webpages: Taiwan: 2050 new coastal line, Video of childhood memory, Hong Kong: Is my home safe? South Korea: Climate, Video of flooding o Published a report on the sea level rise impact on economy and, GDP exposure for 7 major cities in East Asia o Flooding map tour o Population vulnerability to the health effects of air pollutants in 8 countries including India, Turkey and so on

    • United States
    • Think Tanks
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Associate
      • Mar 2015 - Jul 2019

      Work on Environment, Water and Energy o Lead the development of a water risk/scarcity mapping tool for China (Baseline Water Stress China) using GIS technique, remotely sensed data and socio-economic data Output: • Publish one technical note on the development of water risk mapping tool • Was selected as one of WRI’s 2017 Global Outcomes • Work has been covered by UN-Water and a number of international media, including Financial Times (UK), Nikkei Asian Review (Japan), China Dialogue (UK), China Policy Institute (UK), TASS (Russia) o Conduct analysis of water-energy nexus globally, as well as in China and Pakistan Output: • Publish one blog article “No Water, No Power” on the global water-energy connection • Publish one journal article “Decoupling between water use and thermoelectric power generation growth in China” on Nature Energy o Conduct analysis of water stress changes in the context of economic development, urbanization, industrialization and population growth Output: • Publish two blog articles on policy China’s Water Stress Is on the Rise and Drop by Drop, Better Management Makes Dents in China’s Water Stress o Other responsibilities include: • Support the global office in Washing DC to work on the drought indicator development of water risk mapping atlas Aqueduct 3.0 • Support the Africa Office in Ethiopia on water risk mapping • Support China Office on GIS and remote sensing related issues such as co-share bike parking location selection • Organize internal workshops for capacity building on GIS

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Junior Researcher
      • Aug 2012 - Oct 2014

      o Monitor the status of vegetation growth o Develop the Global Vegetation Index and Phenology Long-Term Data Records using VIIRS satellite data, funded by NOAA and NASA o Teach ArcGIS o Monitor the status of vegetation growth o Develop the Global Vegetation Index and Phenology Long-Term Data Records using VIIRS satellite data, funded by NOAA and NASA o Teach ArcGIS

Education

  • Texas State University
    Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geographic Information Science
    2006 - 2012
  • University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Master's degree, GIS
    2003 - 2006
  • Northwest University - 西北大学
    Bachelor's degree, GIS
    1999 - 2003

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