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

Her academic superviser is Prof. Conghe Song, Full Professor and the Department Chair in Geography & 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 land-use and land-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 an award in 2023 from the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship at UNC.

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

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

Jing contributes to the following research articles:

• Human-wildlife, cropland change, & nature-based solutions in Environmental Research Letters.
• Rural hollowing, cropland abandonment, & labor outmigration in Land Use Policy.
• Land management & watershed services in Land Degradation & Development.