Mingxi Zhang

Research Fellow @ Curtin University
🌱 Soil & Landscape Science · 🛰️ Remote Sensing · 🤖 Machine Learning

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📍 Perth, Western Australia

📧 mingxi.zhang@curtin.edu.au

🎓 PhD in Environmental Science

I am a researcher at Curtin University, working in the Soil and Landscape Science Group. My research lies at the intersection of terrestrial ecosystem modelling, remote sensing, and machine learning.

🔬 Research Focus
🌍 Digital Soil Mapping
🛰️ Remote Sensing
🌡️ Climate Science
🗺️ Geospatial Analysis
🤖 Machine Learning
☁️ Cloud Computing

I specialize in using big data and artificial intelligence to study soil-plant-atmosphere interactions. My work involves developing practical models and datasets that help us better understand and monitor terrestrial ecosystems at scale.

Core Expertise
🌊 Water & Wind Erosion 🌡️ Climate Impact 🌍 Google Earth Engine 🤖 Deep Learning 🌱 Soil Carbon Dynamics

📚 Selected Publications

2025

  1. Geoderma
    Deep learning of the particulate and mineral-associated organic carbon fractions using a compositional transform and mid-infrared spectroscopy
    Mingxi Zhang, Zefang Shen, Lewis Walden, Farid Sepanta, and 4 more authors
    Geoderma, 2025
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  2. Catena
    Environmental drivers of soil organic carbon in the Australian rangelands
    Mingxi Zhang, Lewis Walden, Zefang Shen, and RA Viscarra Rossel
    Catena, 2025
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2024

  1. npj CAS
    A warming climate will make Australian soil a net emitter of atmospheric CO2
    Raphael A Viscarra Rossel, Mingxi Zhang, Thorsten Behrens, and Richard Webster
    npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 2024
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2023

  1. Geoderma
    Estimating nutrient transport associated with water and wind erosion across New South Wales, Australia
    Xihua Yang, John Leys, Mingxi Zhang, and Jonathan M Gray
    Geoderma, 2023
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2022

  1. EMS
    Heat wave tracker: A multi-method, multi-source heat wave measurement toolkit based on Google Earth Engine
    Mingxi Zhang, Xihua Yang, Jamie Cleverly, Alfredo Huete, and 2 more authors
    Environmental Modelling & Software, 2022
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📰 News

Feb 26, 2025 Paper about "Deep learning of the particulate and mineral-associated organic carbon fractions using a compositional transform and mid-infrared spectroscopy" published
Mar 26, 2024 Paper about "A warming climate will make Australian soil a net emitter of atmospheric CO2" published
Jul 27, 2023 2023 TERN Science Symposium Talk!
Nov 1, 2022 Datasets of past two decades of water and wind erosion in Australia published
Jan 1, 2022 Paper about "A heat wave measurement toolkit based on Google Earth Engine" published