CV

Climate & Energy Data Scientist | Caixin ESG30 Young Scholar

Contact Information

Name Zhihao LIU
Professional Title Climate & Energy Data Scientist
Email liuzhihao109[at]foxmail.com

Experience

  • 2024 - present

    China

    Business Development Manager (New Energy)
    BGP CNPC
    Client-facing work translating technical constraints into commercial proposals and delivery plans; architecting Digital Carbon Monitoring & MRV frameworks to strengthen a data-to-decision mindset.
  • 2023 - 2024

    Norway

    Principal
    LIU GEOCONSULTING
    • Built a real-time state-estimation prototype with Unscented Kalman Filter, FastAPI, and PostgreSQL.
    • Converted modeling output into user-facing service features as a blueprint for scalable B2B decision tools.
    • Consulting service for Eurostar.
  • 2021 - 2023

    Oslo, Norway

    Research Assistant (Energy & Climate Data Science)
    University of Oslo
    • Bias correction and spatial downscaling workflows for climate/weather data with energy applications in mind.
    • Remote sensing and ML for seasonal snow; contributed to reproducible research workflows and open-source tooling.
  • 2014 - 2021

    Global Offshore

    Field Engineer & Assistant Project Manager
    BGP Offshore, CNPC
    • Executed 12+ global 3D/4D offshore seismic surveys (North Sea, West Africa) as shift-lead navigator; Licensed Registered Surveyor (2018).
    • Developed OffshoreOrient Studio (Python) to automate shot-by-shot QC, real-time near-field gun alarms, and noise analysis.
    • Patented an underwater seismic device identification system; promoted to Assistant Project Manager (2021).

Education

  • 2021 - 2023

    Norway

    M.Sc.
    University of Oslo
    Geoscience
    • Thesis: Snow depth retrieval and downscaling using satellite laser altimetry, machine learning, and climate reanalysis.
  • 2010 - 2014

    China

    B.Sc.
    Southwest Petroleum University
    Geodesy & Geomatics
    • Thesis: A WebGIS system for urban infrastructure management.

Publications & Patent

  • 2026
    Caixin ESG30 Young Scholars
    Caixin Media

    Focus: building the Digital Base for CCUS clusters — agent-driven digital MRV.

  • 2025
    Retrieving snow depth distribution by downscaling ERA5 reanalysis with ICESat-2 laser altimetry
    Cold Regions Science and Technology

    Cryosphere remote sensing and machine learning.

  • 2023
    Snow depth retrieval and downscaling using satellite laser altimetry, machine learning and climate reanalysis
    IUGG 2023 Berlin
  • 2023
    Unlocking the Secrets of Snow Depth
    Student presentation at SDG Conference, University of Oslo
  • 2022
    An identification system for underwater seismic devices
    Patent, PRC
  • 2020
    Offshoreorient v1.0
    Software Copyright

Skills

Programming: Python, SQL, TypeScript / JavaScript, Git
ML & Statistics: Bayesian inference, Kalman filtering, machine learning, evaluation under uncertainty
Data & Engineering: FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Docker, ETL, REST APIs, LLM agent harnesses & tooling
Geospatial: Xarray, GeoPandas, Rasterio, Shapely, GIS automation
Domains: CCUS, climate and energy datasets, remote sensing, geophysical data