Dr. Qingsong Du

Personal Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Qingsong-Du

Contact Overview Publications

Contact

Faculty of Science - Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

Email: qingson2@ualberta.ca

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Permafrost InSAR Remote Sensing GIS UAV

Research

My research focuses on understanding environmental hazards in cold regions influenced by climate change and human activities. I investigate permafrost degradation, active layer changes, geological hazards like surface subsidence, mining effects, and thermal thawing landslides. These factors impact critical infrastructure such as roads, railroads, and reservoirs. I utilize various methods, e.g. RS, UAV, InSAR, GIS, signal processing, computational simulation, machine learning, and deep learning.

Featured Publications

LiCSAR-WinFetch: Reproducible LiCSAR acquisition, multi-frame temporal planning, and LiCSBAS-ready organisation of LiCSAR products

Qingsong Du

SoftwareX. 2026 December; 10.1016/j.softx.2026.103119

Mapping pipeline-induced talik and degraded permafrost in patchy permafrost terrain using borehole-calibrated multi-array ERT joint inversion

Fei Wang, Han Jia, Qingsong Du, Kai Gao, Yapeng Cao, Dun Chen, Saruulzaya Adiya, Alexander N. Fedorov, Guoyu Li

Engineering Geology. 2026 November; 10.1016/j.enggeo.2026.109137

Monitoring-constrained GPR inversion reveals profile-scale hydrothermal heterogeneity in a retrogressive thaw slump

Shunshun Qi, Fei Wang, Guoyu Li, Wei Ma, Dun Chen, Fujun Niu, Mingtang Chai, Yougang Yang, Qingsong Du, Kai Gao, Yapeng Cao, Jiawei Yang

Journal of Hydrology. 2026 October; 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2026.135989

Environmental Regulation and Green Total Factor Productivity: A Systematic Review of Policy Effects and Boundary Conditions

Renjie Zhao, Qingsong Du

Sustainability. 2026 September; 10.3390/su18199992

From Surface Deformation to Permafrost Process Inference: A Systematic Review of InSAR Applications, Validation, and Quantitative Evidence

Qingsong Du

Sustainability. 2026 September; 10.3390/su18189409

Spatiotemporal Displacement and Frozen-Ground Conditions of the Baishuigou Rock Glacier Revealed by InSAR and In Situ Observations

Meirong Hu, Guoyu Li, Wei Ma, Zhizhong Sun, Qingsong Du, Shunshun Qi, Yu Zhou, Xihui Ai, Jiawei Yang, Aleksandr Zhirkov

Remote Sensing. 2026 September; 10.3390/rs18183064

Multidimensional Quantification of Engineering Distresses and Secondary Periglacial Hazards Along Linear Infrastructure in the Permafrost Region of Northeast China Using UAV-LiDAR and Synchronous Visible-Light Imagery

Guoyu Li, Kai Gao, Yanhu Mu, Juncen Lin, Fei Wang, Dun Chen, Yapeng Cao, Qingsong Du, Mikhail Zhelezniak

Remote Sensing. 2026 September; 10.3390/rs18172938

Seasonal Precipitation Provides Modest Incremental Information for Retrospective Estimation of Active-Layer Thickness at Monitored Sites Along the Qinghai–Tibet Engineering Corridor, China

Qingsong Du, Fei Wang, Guoyu Li, Dun Chen, Shunshun Qi

Buildings. 2026 July; 10.3390/buildings16153023

Multi-Year Hydrochemical Variability and Metal(loid) Risk Across River, Groundwater, and Irrigation Systems of the Yarlung Zangbo River Basin, Tibet

Qingsong Du, Liqiong Li

Water. 2026 July; 10.3390/w18141711

Temperature and Precipitation Associations with NDVI on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau: A Systematic Review and Multilevel Meta-Analysis

Liqiong Li, Qingsong Du, Shuhong Wang

Atmosphere. 2026 June; 10.3390/atmos17070653

Research Progress and Paradigm Evolution in Talus Slope Geomorphology: A Bibliometric Analysis Based on Web of Science

Qingsong Du, Guoyu Li, Fei Wang, Wei Ma, Yanhu Mu

Land. 2026 June; 10.3390/land15061055

Knowledge Base, Thematic Structure, and Evolutionary Trends in Global Rock Glacier Research: A Bibliometric and Science Mapping Analysis

Qingsong Du, Guoyu Li, Wei Ma, Yanhu Mu

Applied Sciences. 2026 June; 10.3390/app16115567

Assessment of pavement–subgrade deformation in permafrost highways using UAV photogrammetry and ground-penetrating radar: Case study of Qinghai–Tibet highway

Shunshun Qi, Guoyu Li, Jiawei Yang, Qingsong Du, Kai Gao, Dun Chen, Mingtang Chai, Anshuang Su, Miao Wang

Transportation Geotechnics. 2026 February; 10.1016/j.trgeo.2026.101899

3D detection of pavement cracking utilizing a neural radiation field (NeRF) and semantic segmentation network

Changjie Yao, Mingtang Chai, Guoyu Li, Dun Chen, Qingsong Du, Shunshun Qi, Kai Gao

Measurement. 2025 August; 10.1016/j.measurement.2025.117336

Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Retrogressive Thaw Slumps in the Shulenanshan Region of the Western Qilian Mountains

Yu Zhou, Qingnan Zhang, Guoyu Li, Qingsong Du, Dun Chen, Junhao Chen, Anshuang Su, Miao Wang, Xu Wang, Benfeng Wang

Atmosphere. 2025 April; 10.3390/atmos16040466

Culvert damage assessment and probability modeling in permafrost regions: A case study of the Qinghai-Tibet highway

Cold Regions Science and Technology. 2025 January; 10.1016/j.coldregions.2025.104622

Evolution of Secondary Periglacial Environment Induced by Thawing Permafrost near China–Russia Crude Oil Pipeline Based on Airborne LiDAR, Geophysics, and Field Observation

Kai Gao, Guoyu Li, Fei Wang, Yapeng Cao, Dun Chen, Qingsong Du, Mingtang Chai, Alexander Fedorov, Juncen Lin, Yunhu Shang, Shuai Huang, Xiaochen Wu, Luyao Bai, Yan Zhang, Liyun Tang, Hailiang Jia, Miao Wang, Xu Wang

Drones. 2024 July; 10.3390/drones8080360