Dr Dabin Xue | UNSW Research

Biography

Dr. Dabin Xue received his PhD. from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) in 2023, and his BSc and MSc degrees from the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2015 and 2018, respectively. He was also a postdoctoral fellow at PolyU. He has authored or co-authored over 20 peer-reviewed papers in Communications Earth & Environment (Nature Portfolio Journal), Applied Energy, Aerospace Science and Technology, Advanced Engineering Informatics, Space Weather, etc. Notably, one study was selected as a research highlight by Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. He serves as the lead organizer of a special collection in Space Weather. Dr. Xue’s research interests include air traffic management, space weather effects on aviation, and sustainable aviation.

My Qualifications

2019.09-2023.09, PhD, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

2015.09-2018.06, MSc, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

2011.09-2015.07, BSc, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

My Awards

2023 Excellent Presentation Award in International Graduate Workshop on Geoinformatics

2019-2023 The Hong Kong Polytechnic University PhD Scholarship

2017 Advanced Individual in Research and Innovation in Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

2015 Outstanding Graduate in Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

2012-2015 Outstanding Student in Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

2012, 2014, 2015 Merit Student in Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

My Research Activities

Publications:

First Author

1. Xue, D., Chen, X.M. & Yu, S. (2025). Sustainable aviation for a greener future. Communications Earth & Environment. 6, 233. Nature Portfolio journal.

2. Xue, D., Du, S., Wang, B., Shang, W. L., Avogadro, N., & Ochieng, W. Y. (2025). Low-carbon benefits of aircraft adopting continuous descent operations. Applied Energy, 383, 125390.

3. Xue, D., Du, S., Xu, Y., Zhang, Q., & Sun, X. (2025). Airspace closure challenges: Exploring the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on flight operations and pathways to solutions. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives. 31, 101396.

4. Xue, D., Wu, L., Xu, T., Wu, C. L., Wang, Z., & He, Z. (2024). Space weather effects on transportation systems: A review of current understanding and future outlook. Space Weather, 22 (12), e2024SW004055.

5. Xue, D., Liu, Z., Zhang, D., Wu, C. L., & Yang, J. (2024). Optimizing polar air traffic: Strategies for mitigating the effects of space weather-induced communication failures poleward of 82°N. Space Weather, 22(12), e2024SW004136.

6. Xue, D., Yang, J., Liu, Z., & Cong, W. (2023). Forward-looking study of solar maximum impact in 2025: Effects of satellite navigation failure on aviation network operation in the Greater Bay Area, China. Space Weather, 21, e2023SW003678.

7. Xue, D., Yang, J., Liu, Z., & Yu, S. (2023). Examining the economic costs of the 2003 Halloween storm effects on the North Hemisphere aviation using flight data in 2019. Space Weather, 21, e2022SW003381.

Research Highlight in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Halloween-like Solar Storm Impacts.

8. Xue, D., Yang, J., & Liu, Z. (2022). Potential Impact of GNSS Positioning Error on the Satellite-navigation-based Air Traffic Management. Space Weather. 20(7), e2022SW003144.

9. Xue, D., Yang, J., Liu, Z. & Wang, B. (2022). An optimized solution to long-distance flight routes under extreme cosmic radiation. Space Weather. 20(12), e2022SW003264.

10. Xue, D., Hsu, L. T., Wu, C. L., Lee, C. H., & Ng, K. K. (2021). Cooperative surveillance systems and digital-technology enabler for a real-time standard terminal arrival schedule displacement. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 50, 101402.

11. Xue, D., Liu, Z., Wang, B., & Yang, J. (2021). Impacts of COVID-19 on aircraft usage and fuel consumption: A case study on four Chinese international airports. Journal of Air Transport Management, 95, 102106.

12. Xue, D., Ng, K. K., & Hsu, L. T. (2020). Multi-objective flight altitude decision considering contrails, fuel consumption and flight time. Sustainability, 12(15), 6253.

Corresponding Author

1. Zou, R., Wang, B., Wang, K., Shang, W. L., Xue, D. *, & Ochieng, W. Y. (2025). A pathway to sustainable aviation: Modeling aircraft takeoff mass for precise fuel consumption and aircraft emission calculations. Energy. 319, 135074.

2. Wang, Z., Xue, D.*, Wu, L.*, Yan, R. (2025). A reliable predict-then-optimize approach for minimizing aircraft fuel consumption. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 142, 104693.

3. Wang, B., Zou, R., Mao, J., Wu, C. L., & Xue, D.*. (2025). Developing an aircraft takeoff mass estimation model based on the hybrid KMI-DNN-BI model using Quick Access Recorder (QAR) data. Aerospace Science and Technology. 158, 109918.

4. Chen, H., Zhou, Z., Wu, L., Fu, Y., & Xue, D.*. (2025). Enhancing air traffic complexity assessment through deep metric learning: A CNN-Based approach. Aerospace Science and Technology, 160, 110090.

5. Zeng, Y., Hu, M., Chen, H., Yuan, L., Alam, S., & Xue, D.*. (2024). Improved air traffic flow prediction in terminal areas using a multimodal spatial-temporal network for weather-aware (MST-WA) model. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 62, 102935.

6. Zhang, Y., Xu, S., Zhang, L., Jiang, W., Alam, S., & Xue, D.*. (2024). Short-term multi-step-ahead sector-based traffic flow prediction based on the attention-enhanced graph convolutional LSTM network (AGC-LSTM). Neural Computing and Applications, 1-20.

Academic Services:

1. Lead organizer of the special collection in Space Weather, Impact of Space Weather Events on Transportation System.

2. Reviewer for journals: Nature Communications, Space Weather, Geophysical Research Letters, Advanced Engineering Informatics, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, etc.

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