1. 银杏水肥精准监测管理、经济性状品质指标（黄酮、萜内酯）估测

2. 植物表型遥感监测等森林精准培育信息化研究方向

1.国家自然科学基金青年基金（主持）

2.江苏省高校自然科学基金（主持）

3.南京市留学归国人员科技创新择优资助项目（主持）

代表性论文：

1. Zhou, K., Cao, L.^*, Shen, X., & Wang, G. (2023). Novel spectral indices for enhanced estimations of 3-dimentional flavonoid contents for Ginkgo plantations using UAV-borne LiDAR and hyperspectral data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 299, 113882. 

2. Zhou, K., Cao, L.^*, Yin, S., Wang, G., & Cao, F. (2022). An advanced bidirectional reflectance factor (BRF) spectral approach for estimating flavonoid content in leaves of Ginkgo plantations. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 193, 1-16. 

3. Zhou, K., Cao, L.^*, Liu, H., Zhang, Z., Wang, G., & Cao, F. (2022). Estimation of volume resources for planted forests using an advanced LiDAR and hyperspectral remote sensing. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 185, 106485.

4. Zhou, K., Qiu, S., Cao, F., Wang, G., Cao, L.^*(2024). Coupling PROSPECT with prior estimation of leaf structure to improve the retrieval of leaf nitrogen content in Ginkgo from bidirectional reflectance factor (BRF) spectra, Plant Phenomics, 6(0282): 1-22. 

5. 周凯, 曹林^* (2021). 遥感在森林精准培育中的应用现状与展望. 遥感学报, 25, 423-438. （中文EI期刊）

Remote Sensing of Environment、International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation、Computers and Electronics in Agriculture、European Journal of Agronomy、Frontiers in Plant Science等SCI期刊审稿人

Drones期刊客座编辑

国际植物表型组织（IPPN）森林表型工作组成员

江苏省遥感与地理信息系统学会会员