Education:
2010, Univeriste Catholique de Louvain，Doctor en Science
2005, Institute of Seismology, CEA, Master in Solid Geophysics
Working Experience,
2022-till now, Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University
2019-2021, Belgian PI (Principle Investigator) of TARO experiment, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
2015-2021, SW2 researcher, ROB, Brussels, Belgium
2010-2015, SW1 researcher, BCo-I of SOVAP/BOS experiment, PICARD satellite, ROB, Brussels, Belgium
2007-2010, Research Assistant, ROB, Brussels, Belgium
Awards
Hundred Talent Program-Chinese Academy of Science
Research Interests:
Planetary exploration; Total and spectra solar irradiance, total wavelength, shortwave, and longwave terrestrial outgoing radiation, Earth’s energy imbalance, Climate Change; Earth’s Rotation
Space Missions：
• PICARD, ESA mission, Sun-Earth connections space experiment, 2010-2014
• TARO, ESA mission, Total Amount RadiatiOn experiment, 2019-2021. An independent improved design has passed PDR and CDR in CIOMP-Changchun, this package is planned to be launched in 2022
Space Science Consortium team member:
• HERA, Binary Asteroid In-Situ investigation
• JUICE, Jupiter system exploration mission ground calibration facilities
• International Space Science Institute (ISSI, Bern-Switzerland) international team，topic “Towards determining the Earth Energy Imbalance”
• H2020- ERC Advanced grant, ROTANUT,
• H2020-ERC Synergy grant, GRACEFUL
Academic Affiliations:
Vice President of Science, Association of Chinese Professionals in Belgium
Guest editor, Frontiers, special issue “Enhancing Food Production System Resilience for Food Security Facing a Changing Environment”
Join US:
Master, Ph.D., and Post-doc candidates in the field of optical, electronic, and mechanical design, to be enthusiastic about fundamental science, laboratory experiments, and space explorations.
Publications and Research Outreach
1. Gerard Thuillier,Ping Zhu*, Martian Snow, Xin Ye, Peng Zhang, CHARACTERISTICS OF RECENT SOLARIRRADIANCE SPECTRA FROM MEASUREMENTS,MODELING AND THEORETICAL APPROACH,Light and Science Applications, 2022
2. G.Schmidtke,P.Zhu*,M.vanRuymbeke, R. Brunner., Annual Changes in the total and spectrally resolved local Earth Energy Imbalance: Method, instruments and operations, advance in space research, in review, 2022
3.P.Zhu, X.Tang, D.Wu, M.Goli, W.Fang, the total solar irradiance as measured from space since 1978 with the different type of cavity radiometers, JGR-atmosphere, in review, 2022
4. Rekier, J., Chao, B.F., Chen, J., Dehant V, Severine.,R,Zhu P, . Earth’s Rotation: Observations and Relation to Deep Interior. SurvGeophys (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-021-09669-x
5.Ping Zhu, Santiago Trina Andres, Jeremy Rekier, Antony Trinh, VeroniqueDehant, Quantification of corrections for the main lunisolar nutation components and analysis of the free core nutation from VLBI observed nutation residuals, doi:1007/s00190-021-01513-9 J. Geodesy, 2021
6. Triana, S.A., Trinh, A., Rekier, J.,P., Zhu. and Dehant, V., The viscous and Ohmic damping of the Earth's Free Core Nutation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, p.e2020J B021042,2021
7.Ping Zhu, Attilio Rivoldini, Laurence Koot, Veronique Dehant, Basic Earth's Parameters as estimated from VLBI observations, Geodesy and Geodynamics, doi:10.1016/j.geog.2017.04.007, 2017.
8. Veronique Dehant, Raphael Laguerre Jeremy Rekier, Attilio Rivoldini, Santiago Andres Triana, Antony Trinh, Tim Van Hoolst,Ping Zhu, Understanding the effects of the core on the nutation of Earth, Geodesy and Geodynamics,doi: 10.1016/j.geog.2017.04.005, 2017.
9. G. Thuillier,P. Zhu, A. I. Shapiro, S. Sofia, R. Tagirov, M. van Ruymbeke, and W. Schmutz. The solar disk radius determined from observations made during eclipses by bolometric and photometric instruments onboard the picard satellite. A &A, doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201629386, 2017.
10.P. Zhu, M. Wild, M. van Ruymbeke, G. Thuillier, M. Meftah, and Ö. Karatekin. Interannual variation of global net radiation flux as measured from space. J. Geophys. Res.doi:10.1002/2015JD024112, 121:6877–6891, 2016.
11.P. Zhu,M.vanRuymbeke, Ö. Karatekin, J.-P.Noël, G. Thuillier, S. Dewitte, A. Chevalier, C. Conscience, E. Janssen, M. Meftah, and A. Irbah. A high dynamic radiation measurement instrument: the bolometric oscillation sensor (bos). Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 4,89-98,:doi:10.5194/gi–4–89–2015, 2015.
12. Th.Camelbeeck, M.vanRuymbeke, and E.d.KerchoveP.ZhuY.Quinif, S.Vandycke. Observation and interpretation of fault activity in the rochefort cave (Belgium). Tectonophysics, Vol.581, p. 48-61, 2012.
13.P.Zhu, M. van Ruymbeke, and N. Cadicheanu. A stacking method and its applications to lanzarote tide gauge records. Journal of Geodynamics, Vol. 48 (3), p. 138-143, 2009.
14. B.Wang,P.Zhu,Y.Chen, F.Niu, and B.Wang. Continuous subsurface velocity measurement with coda wave interferometry. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Vol. 113, B12,:doi:10.1029/2007J B00502, 2007.
15. N.Cadicheanu,P.Zhu, and M.vanRuymbeke. Spatial and temporal variations of the correlation coefficient between m2 and s2 earth tides components and earthquake occurrences for the intermediate-depth seismic activity zones. Acta Geodaetica et GeophysicaHungarica, Vol. 41, p. 131-144, 2008.
16. N.Cadicheanu, M.vanRuymbeke, andP.Zhu. Tidal triggering evidence of intermediate depth earthquakes in the vrancea zone (romania). Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, Vol.7 (6), p. 733-740, 2007.
17. M.vanRuymbeke,P.Zhu, and N.Cadicheanu. Very weak signals (vws) detected by stacking method according to different astronomical periodicities (hicum). Natural Hazards and EarthSystem Science, Vol.7(6), p. 651-656, 2007
18.Zhu P., van Ruymbeke M, Noel J.-P., Mise en orbite d’un bolometre elabore a l’Observatoire Royal de Belgique 4eme partie: Observation par le BOS de la radiation thermique emise par la Terre, Ciel et Terre, vol 130, No. 6, p168-173, 2014
19.P.Zhu, M.vanRuymbeke, Y.Quinif, and Th.Camelbeeck. Hydrological and tectonic strain forces measured in a karstic cave using extensometers. BIM, Vol. 148, p. 11945-11960, 2014.
20.Zhu P., van Ruymbeke M., Noel J.-P., Mise en orbite d’un bolometre elabore a l’Observatoire Royal de Belgique 3eme partie: Premiers resultats obtenus par le BOS embarque sur le satellite PICARD, Ciel et Terre, vol. 130, No.5 p146-152, 2014
21. M.van Ruymbeke,P. Zhu, F. Renders, J.-P. Noel, Mise en orbite d’un bolometre elabore a l’Observatoire Royal de Belgique 2eme partie : Presentation d’observations de divers phénomènes enregistres en orbite par le BOS. Ciel et Terre, Vol. 127, No. 1, 14-16, 2011
22. M. van Ruymbeke, F. Renders, J.-P. Noel, F. van Ruymbeke, D. L. Martinez,P. Zhu, Mise en orbite d’un bolometer elabore a l’Observatoire Royal de Belgique 1ere Partie : Description du dispositif. Ciel et Terre, Vol.126,No.6, 173-179. 2010
23. Royal Observatory of Belgium Gravitational balance, M van Ruymbeke, S. Naslin,P.Zhu, F. Renders, J-.P-. Noël, arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.8016
24. Gravity Change after the First Water Impoundment in the Three-Gorges Reservoir, China. S.Sun, A.Xiang, C.Shen,P.Zhu, B.F. Chao, 2008, VI Hotine-Marussi Symposium on Theoretical and Computational Geodesy, 56-61.
Conferences and workshops
25. Wu, D.,Zhu, P., Fang, W., Ye, X., Wang, K., Jia, R., Xia, Z., Yang, D., and Zhao, C.: Preliminary results of relative radiometer to measure the Earth’s outgoing radiation on FY-3F satellite, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-5980, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-5980, 2021
26. Schmidtke, G., Finsterle, W., Thullier, G.,Zhu, P., Ruymbeke, M., Brunner, R., and Jacobi, C.: Annual Changes in the spectrally resolved global and local Earth Energy Imbalance using the Sun as a Reference Radiation Source, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-7263, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-7263, 2021.
27. Tang, X.,Zhu, P., and Goli, M.: Thermal simulation of cavity shape and its impact on solar and terrestrial radiation measurement in space, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-5104, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-5104, 2021
28.P. Zhu, L. Koot, A. Rivoldini, V. Dehant, an updated set of nutations derived from the reanalysis of 3.5 decades VLBI observations, Vol. 18, EGU2016-9003, EGU General Assembly, held 17-22 April, 2016 in Vienna, Austria.
29. G. Thuillier,P. Zhu, A. Shapiro, S. Sofia, R. Tagirov, M. van Ruymbeke, W. Schmutz, Solar spectral irradiance model validation using Solar Spectral Irradiance and Solar Radius measurements, Vol. 18, EGU2016-7407, 2016 , EGU General Assembly, held 17-22 April, 2016 in Vienna, Austria.
30. L. Pou, D. Mimoun, P. Lognonne, W.B. Banerdt, O. Karatekin, V. Dehant,P. Zhu, Mars deep internal structure determination using Phobos tide measurement strategy with the SEIS/InSight experiment, , EGU General Assembly, held 17-22 April, 2016 in Vienna, Austria.
31.P.Zhu, M. Wild, Comparison of 37 months global net radiation flux derived from PICARD-BOS over the same period observations of CERES and ARGO, vol. 18, EGU2016-9038, 2016, EGU General Assembly, held 17-22 April, 2016 in Vienna, Austria.
32. V.Dehant, M.Folgueira, L. Koot, R. Laguerre, M. Puica, J. Rekier, A. Rivoldini, S.A. Triana, A. Trinh, T. van Hoolst,P. Zhu, Earth Rotation: Theoretical aspects, observation of temporal variations and physical interpretation, Vol. 18, EGU2016-5439, 2016, EGU General Assembly, held 17-22 April, 2016 in Vienna, Austria.
33.P.Zhu, S. Dewitte, O. Karatekin, A. Chevalier, C. Conscience, Terrestrial outgoing radiation measurements with small satellite, mission, Vol. 17, EGU2015-9714, 2015, , EGU General Assembly, held 12-17 April, 2015 in Vienna, Austria.
34.Zhu P.,Karatekin O., van Ruymbeke M., Dewitte S., and Thuillier G., The solar irradiance registered at a flat- hemispherical field of view- bolometric oscillation sensor on board PICARD satellite. EGU2014-5112, EGU General Assembly, held 27 April-02 May, 2014 in Vienna, Austria.
35.Zhu P.,Karatekin O., van Ruymbeke M., DewitteS.,M.Meftah, A new way to estimate the Earth’s Radiation Budget at the top-of-atmosphere, EGU2014-3398, EGU General Assembly, held 27 April-02 May, 2014 in Vienna, Austria.
36.P.Zhu, M. van Ruymbeke, O. Karatekin, Bolometeric oscillation sensors for microsatellite and cubesat missions, 5th QB50 symposium, Brussels, Belgium, 2-5 June, 2013.
37.Zhu, P.;Ruymbeke, M. V.; Meftah, M.; Clette, F.; Dewitte, S.; Chevalier, A.; van Ruymbeke, F.; Noel, J., The preliminary measurements from the Bolometer Oscillation System (BOS) on board PICARD, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2010, abstract #GC21B-0873.
38.Zhu, P.; Karatekin, O.; Noel, J.-P.; van Ruymbeke, M.; Dehant, V. EGU General Assembly 2012, held 22-27 April, 2012 in Vienna, Austria., p.7271.
39.P. Zhu, M. van Ruymbeke, N. Cadicheanu, A stacking method and its application, 17th International SYMPOSIUM on EARTH TIDES, Warsaw, Military University of Technology, 15-19 April 2013, Warsaw, Poland
40.P. Zhu, M. van Ruymbeke, P. Meeus, N. Cadicheanu, Hydrological, tectonic and tidal strain forces measured using extensometers in the karstic cave of Rochefort, Belgium, 17th International Symposium on Earth Tides, Warsaw, Military University of Technology, 15-19 April 2013, Warsaw, Poland
41.P.Zhu, M. van Ruymbeke, O. Karatekin, M. Dominique, The bolometric oscillations ensors for Micro- and Nano- satellite missions, 97th Journées Luxembourgeoises de Géodynamique, 2-4, Octobre 2013, Luxembourg.
42.P. Zhu, M. van Ruymbeke, P. Meeus, Strainmeters observations at the Rochefort karstic underground laboratory, 97th Journées Luxembourgeoises de Géodynamique, 2-4, Octobre 2013, Luxembourg.
43.P.Zhu, O. Karatekin, M. van Ruymbeke, The microBolometric Oscialltion sensor for PICASSO nanosatellite mission, Nanosatellites, the observatoire de paris meudon, Paris, 25-26, Novembre, 2013.
44.P.Zhu, M. van Ruymbeke, O. Karatekin, M. Dominiuqe, The BOS sensor and its performance in space, the 3rd PICARD workshop, CNES, Paris, 25-26 September, 2013.
45.P.Zhu, M. van Ruymbeke, M. Meftah, F. Clette, S. Dewitte, A. Chevalier, F. van Ruymbeke, J.-P. Noel, the preliminary measurements from the bolometer oscillation system (BOS) on board PICARD, AGU fall meeting, 13-17 December 2010, San Francisco, California, USA.
46.P.Zhu, M. van Ruymbeke, F. Renders, J-P. Noel, A continuously automatic calibration of LCR gravimeter scale factor with a sinusoid initial acceleration platform, IAG symposium on terrestrial gravimetry, 22-25, June 2010, Saint Petersburg, Russia
47.P.Zhu, M. van Ruymbeke, R. Vieira, E.J. Velez, Preliminary analysis results of the Lanzarote tide gauge records from tides to normal modes using wavelets, Spain China symposium on geophysical & geochemical geosystems (SG3), 22-25 June,2009, Zaragoza Spain.
48.P.Zhu, the difference lunar- solar- zenith distance and tidal triggering of earthquakes, AGU fall meeting, 14-18 December 2009, San Francisco, California, USA.
49.P.Zhu, M. van Ruymbeke, Detecting low order Earth’s Free Oscillation modes after Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake from Lanzarote tide gauge records using wavelets, FNRS contact group “Wavelets and applications” at UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, 2008.
50.P.Zhu, Base tongs of Earth’s Free Oscillations recorded by Superconducting gravimeters, , 16th International Symposium on Earth Tides, New Challenges in Earth Dynamics, Jena, Germany, 1-5, September 2008.
51.P.Zhu, M. van Ruymbeke, Detecting Earth’s Free Oscillations after Sumatra-Andaman earthquake by wavelets. 16th International Symposium on Earth Tides, New Challenges in Earth Dynamics, Jena, Germany, 1-5, September 2008.
52.P.Zhu, M. van Ruymbeke, N. Cadicheanu, S. Naslin, A stacking method and its applications, 16th International Symposium on Earth Tides, New Challenges in Earth Dynamics, Jena, Germany, 1-5, September 2008.
53.P.Zhu,N.Cadicheanu, M. van Ruymbeke, Tidal triggering earthquakes: a case study at Vrancea seismic zones, 16th International Symposium on Earth Tides, New Challenges in Earth Dynamics, Jena, Germany, 1-5, September 2008.
54. D. Fussen, J. De Keyser, M. De Mazière, D. Pieroux, H. Lamy, S. Ranvier, E. Dekemper, A. Merlaud , E. Neefs, O. Karatekin,P.Zhu, V. Dehant, M. Van Ruymbeke, J. P. Noël, "The Picasso Mission," Proceedings of the 4S (Small Satellites Systems and Services) Symposium, Portoroz, Slovenia, June 4-8, 2012
55.P. Zhu, O. Karatekin and M. van Ruymbeke, Bolometric Oscillation Sensors for Microsatellite and CubeSat Missions 5th European CubeSat Symposium, 3 – 5 June 2013. Ecole Royale Militaire, Brussels
56.P.Zhu, Analysis of very weak signals in seismic, climatic and tidal observations, Ph.D. thesis, UniversitéCatholique de Louvain, Mai 28, 2010.
