DoctorCong Xu
Senior Lecturer
School of Forestry
TEACHING & SUPERVISION SUMMARy
I teach and develop courses that apply geospatial and remote sensing technologies to forestry and natural resource management. My teaching emphasises hands-on learning and practical skill development, so students gain confidence working with real data and industry-relevant workflows to solve real-world problems. I also prioritise an interactive learning environment through demonstrations, guided exercises, and discussion.
I supervise undergraduate dissertations and postgraduate research projects in forest remote sensing and geospatial analysis. I enjoy working with students who want to tackle applied problems using LiDAR, UAV and satellite data, including machine learning and time-series approaches, and I support them to produce strong, well-structured theses and publications.
Courses taught:
FORE141/ENFO204: Forest Growth and Measurements
FORE242: Geospatial Science in Forest Monitoring and Management
FORE448: Advanced Remote Sensing in Forestry and Natural Resource Management
FORE419: Management Case Study
TEACHING & SUPERVISION
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONImproving genetic gain and breeding value prediction using remote sensing in tree breeding programs1 Apr 2026
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONAssessing tropical fire impacts on forest biomass in Guyana’s rainforests using remote sensing1 Feb 2026
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION3D Transformer-Based Individual Tree Segmentation from UAV LiDAR in New Zealand Indigenous Forests1 Oct 2025
- COURSE TAUGHTAdvanced Remote Sensing in Forestry and Natural Resource Management14 Jul 2025 - 14 Nov 2025
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONEnriching LiDAR-based inventory with competition indices17 Feb 2025
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONDeforestation rates of exotic plantations in the North Island10 Feb 2025 - 31 Oct 2025
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONDistribution of Eucalyptus under Climate Change Scenarios in Canterbury region, New Zealand1 Oct 2024
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONClassifying New Zealand's alternative plantation species using remote sensing1 Mar 2024
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONExploring The Potential of Superposable Neural Networks for Improved Shallow Landslide Risk Management In New Zealand Forestry Operation1 Mar 2024
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONAutomated seedling detection using multispectral UAV imagery19 Feb 2024 - 1 Nov 2024
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONEstimating individual tree volume using UAV LiDAR19 Feb 2024 - 1 Nov 2024
- PEDAGOGICAL WORKSHOP, CONFERENCE OR SEMINARForest Engineering Professional Development Workshops - Introducing Artificial Intelligence for Forestry Applications12 Feb 2024
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONAssessment of decay resistance of plantation-grown ground-durable Eucalyptus bosistoana1 Nov 2023
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONAssessment of Eucalyptus defoliation using remote sensing1 Jun 2023
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONUnderstanding soil nutrients in a seed orchard using NIR spectrometer —based on PLSR and deep learning models1 Jun 2023 - 31 Dec 2024
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION20 Feb 2023 - 1 Nov 2023
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONExplaining the Land Market Value for Agricultural Land Sold for Afforestation1 Feb 2023
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONCross-scale mapping of above-ground biomass and shrub dominance by integrating UAV and satellite data in temperate grassland1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2024
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONDESCRIBING THE YIELD OF SMALL-SCALE FORESTS IN GISBORNE USING LIDAR1 Feb 2022
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONVariations In Above Ground Biomass of Forest Plantations Using LiDAR Point Clouds for Bottle Lake Forest1 Nov 2021
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONAssessment of terrestrial laser scanner in tree measurements1 Aug 2020
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONClassify and monitor New Zealand’s native forests with advanced remote sensing techniques1 Aug 2019 - 30 Nov 2022
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONSurvey on the use of geospatial technologies in New Zealand’s plantation forestry sector10 Feb 2019
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONMonitoring land cover change with LiDAR and aerial imagery in Christchurch, New Zealand1 Jul 2017
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONMonitoring land cover dynamics for Zambia using remote sensing: 1972–20161 May 2016
