PhD in landscape architecture, National University of Singapore (2019). A proposal reviewer for Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF) research projects and a peer reviewer for several SCI/SSCI journals, including Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, Cities, Applied Geography. Principal Investigator (PI) for one national-level research project and one provincial-level research project. Research interests include:nature and health, ecological planning.
Second prize of the excellent landscape architecture planning and design award of the 6th Shanghai Landscape Architecture Society in 2020 (Team)
Instructor: Gold Award of Shanghai Jiao Tong University campus Design Creativity Invitational Competition "Discovering and creating beauty - my campus I design" in 2021
Outstanding class teacher of Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2021
1. Zhang, L.*, Tan, P. Y., Gan, D. R. Y., & Samsudin, R. (2022). Assessment of mediators in the associations between urban green spaces and self-reported health. Landscape and Urban Planning, 226, 104503. (IF = 8.119)
2. Zhang, L., Tan, P. Y*., & Richards, D. (2021). Relative importance of quantitative and qualitative aspects of urban green spaces in promoting health. Landscape and Urban Planning, 213, 104131. (IF = 8.119)
3. Gan, D.R.Y., Zhang, L., & Ng, T.K.S. (2021). How do green spaces prevent cognitive decline? A call for "research-by-design". Journal of Urban Design and Mental Health 7;3
4. Zhang, L.*., Tan, P. Y. (2019). Associations between urban green spaces and health are dependent on the analytical scale and how urban green spaces are measured. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,16(4),578. (IF = 4.614)
5. Zhang, L., Tan, P. Y.*, & Diehl, J. A. (2017). A conceptual framework for studying urban green spaces effects on health. Journal of Urban Ecology, 3(1), jux015.(Oxford University Press)
6. Zhang, L., Peng, J.*, Liu, Y., & Wu, J. (2016). Coupling ecosystem services supply and human ecological demand to identify landscape ecological security pattern: A case study in Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region, China. Urban Ecosystems, 1-14. (IF=3.005)
7. Peng, J.*, Ma, J., Du, Y., Zhang, L., & Hu, X. (2016). Ecological suitability evaluation for mountainous area development based on conceptual model of landscape structure, function, and dynamics. Ecological Indicators, 61, 500-511.(IF=6.263)
Course for master students:Academic Writing, Integrity and Ethics
Course for master students:Ecology and Design
Course for undergraduate students:Ecological Planning and Design Principle
Course for undergraduate students:Technologies and Applications of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System
1、The Principal Investigator (PI) of “Association of campus green space exposure dosage with university students’ psychological stress”,funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)Youth Project,2022-2024
2、The Principal Investigator (PI) of “Impacts of green space quality on health expenditure in China’s high-density cities——A case study of downtown Shanghai”,funded by MOE (Ministry of Education in China) Youth Project of Humanities and Social Sciences,2020-2022
3、Participant in “Current situation assessment and renewal planning project of park green space in the central urban area of Kunshan”, 2020
4、Participant in “Greening forestry development strategy of the 14th five-year plan in Shanghai”, 2020
5、Participant in HSS(Human and Social Science) Seed Fund Project “Dose-Response Relationships between Green Spaces and Health”, National University of Singapore,2016-2018
6、Participant in Joint Research Project “Socio-ecological Assessment of Urban Landscapes: A Comparative Study”, Polytechnic University of Turin and National University of Singapore,2016-2017
7、Participant in National Key Technology R&D Program “Virtual Reality Technology Research of City Cluster Regional Spatial Planning”, China,2012-2014
8、Participant in National Natural Science Fund Key Project “Research on the Coupling Mechanisms between Ecosystem Services and Regional Social Welfare”, China, 2012-2013:
9、Participant in National Natural Science Fund Surface Project “Landscape Ecological Security Pattern Study Based on the Need of the Minimum Ecological Land”, China,2012-2013