Director of Satellite Positioning for Atmosphere, Climate and Environment
              (SPACE) Research Centre

Director of Surveying, Positioning and Navigation (SPAN) Group and GPS Lab

Professional Affiliations:
- President, International Association of Chinese Professionals in GPS (CPGPS);

- Member, Institute of Navigation (ION);

- Member, Spatial Sciences Institute (SSI); 

- Member, American Geophysical Union (AGU); and
- Associate Member, International Association of Geodesy (IAG).

Areas of Expertise:
GPS/GNSS algorithm and applications; Geodesy, Surveying and Geomatics.

Email: Dr. Kefei Zhang
Phone: + 61 3 9925 3272, Fax: + 61 3 9663 2517

Biography: Professor Zhang holds both BSc and MSc degrees in Geodesy from Wuhan University (former Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping) and a PhD in Geodesy from Curtin University of Technology, Australia. He has a mixed background of satellite positioning and geodesy. His current research projects primarily involve algorithm development and innovative applications of GPS and Global Satellite Navigation Systems (GNSS) technologies for high-accuracy positioning, atmospheric studies (for space weather, space debris surveillance and collision warning, climate, weather and environment and ionosphere),  and people and object tracking.  In addition, he is also interested in geodesy-related theoretical and practical studies such as Earth's gravity field modelling, satellite orbit determination, spectral and fractal analyses. He  has authored  over 200 peer-reviewed publications in these fields since 1990 and has attracted over 5 million dollars in funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC), DIISR, industry sectors, and national and international organisations since 2000.

Professor Zhang is a member of a number of international special study groups and the editorial boards of scientific journals and has been a reviewer of the ARC, the Australian Antarctic Science Program, Canadian Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and Changjiang Chair Professorship program of The Ministry of Personnel of China. He has been an examiner of  PhD theses from a number of Australian and overseas universities, a guest/invited speaker at various international events. He currently leads the Measurement Science Group at the School of Mathematical and Geospatial Sciences, RMIT University.

Breaking news: Three new research fellows joined the SPACE Research Centre of RMIT University, Dr James Bennett, Dr Tzu-Pang Tseng and Mr Brett Carter. more details ...

On 19 November 2010, RMIT University launched the SPACE (Satellite Positioning for Atmosphere, Climate and Environment) Research Centre. The Centre has been established through the support of the Australian Space Research Program as part of its Space Science and Innovation funding stream. The Centre focuses on the development of Platform Technologies for Space, Atmosphere and Climate, including new methods, new algorithms and frontier technologies for satellite positioning, navigation and timing, space situational awareness (including space object/debris monitoring and tracking), space weather and climate change modelling. more...

The Centre of Satellite Positioning and Navigation (SPAN) is awarded a prestigious Australian Space Research Program (ASRP) project from The Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR), see the announcement from Innovation Minister Kim Carr and RMIT SEH newsletter, In The Loop (Issue 2). The international research consortium is composed of nine organisations and only four projects were selected in its first round. Upto 10 research fellow positions will be open soon. more...

We are pleased to announcement that we are successful again with the ARC project bidding, check ARC success.

SPAN has been awarded a DIISR International Science Linkage (ISL) competitive grant, this is the second successful grant received from DISSR. more ... 

We have been awarded two DIISR ISL projects under the China Special Fund scheme, more ... 

We are seeking both postdoctoral and PhD scholars from time to time. Please contact me if you are interested in working with us.