CV
Climate & Energy Data Scientist | Caixin ESG30 Young Scholar
Contact Information
| Name | Zhihao LIU |
| Professional Title | Climate & Energy Data Scientist |
| liuzhihao109[at]foxmail.com |
Experience
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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2021 - 2023 Norway
M.Sc.
University of Oslo
Geoscience
- Thesis: Snow depth retrieval and downscaling using satellite laser altimetry, machine learning, and climate reanalysis.
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2010 - 2014 China
B.Sc.
Southwest Petroleum University
Geodesy & Geomatics
- Thesis: A WebGIS system for urban infrastructure management.
Publications & Patent
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2026 Caixin ESG30 Young Scholars
Caixin Media
Focus: building the Digital Base for CCUS clusters — agent-driven digital MRV.
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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.
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2023 Snow depth retrieval and downscaling using satellite laser altimetry, machine learning and climate reanalysis
IUGG 2023 Berlin
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2023 Unlocking the Secrets of Snow Depth
Student presentation at SDG Conference, University of Oslo
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2022 An identification system for underwater seismic devices
Patent, PRC
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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