Miss Jing Hu is an undergraduate student pursuing a double major in Geography and Statistics & Analytics.

Her adviser is Prof. Conghe Song, a professor and the Departmental Chair in Geography and Environment at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC).

Jing’s current research works on modeling carbon and water cycles in relation to forest cover change with satellite time-series data, aiming to understand the impacts of community forest management on the environment and people’s livelihoods. She receives Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship at UNC.

With a student internship, Jing joined the 2024 Esri Developer Summit.

• Blog: “Experiencing the Esri Developer Summit as a student assistant: A Journey of GIS discovery and personal growth”
• StoryMap: “Bettering the World with GIS: We and nature are in one”
  
  

Jing recently contributes to a research article published in Environmental Research Letters:

• Crop-raiding by wildlife, cropland abandonment, and nature-based solutions