Dr Dengkai CHI

PostDoctoral Researcher of Comparative Ecology of Cities

Dengkai Chi is a multidisciplinary researcher with expertise in both remote sensing science and ecology. She holds a Ph.D. degree in Bioscience Engineering from the University of Leuven. Throughout her Ph.D. research, Dengkai explored the responses of trees to urban environmental changes at the leaf level, the potential of airborne hyperspectral and LiDAR data in urban tree health and tree species identification. She also looked at the associations between exposure to trees and human health.

As the coordinator of the Future Cities Lab’s Comparative Ecology of Cities research module, Dengkai is continuing her work on advancing our understanding of the mechanisms between urban patterns (covering both the natural/semi-natural spaces and built components) and public health.