1998年于西南交通大学工程测量专业获工学硕士学位，1998-2007年于香港理工大学攻读博士学位、从事合作研究，获哲学博士学位

，2011年起 任西南交通大学教授，硕士生、博士生导师。

基于二调成果的土地利用数据动态变更 – 业务驱动的土地利用变化发现机制与技术，公益性行业科研专项经费重大项目课题，主持，2011-2015 l 高分辨率影像精处理与智能信息转化，973计划A类项目，主研，2012-2016 l 高速列车虚拟运行仿真系统 – GIS数据管理与应用，轨道交通国家实验室（筹）重大项目课题，主持，2011-2016 l 地理世情监测战略研究 – 地理世情知识化表达与可视化，中国工程院咨询项目，CI，2014-2016 l 全球地表覆盖数据 - GLC30制图与可视化，公益性行业科研专项，主持，2015-2017

论文选列 go top l Heng Zhang, Jun Zhu*, Zhu Xu, Ya Hu, JinhongWang, Lingzhi Yin, Mingwei Liu, Jing Gong, A rule-based parametric modeling method of generating virtual environments for coupled systems in high-speed trains, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 56 (2016) 1–13 (online Dec. 2015) l Jun Zhu, Heng Zhang, Min Chen, Zhu Xu, Hua Qi, Lingzhi Yin, Jinhong Wang, Ya Hu, A Procedural Modelling Method for Virtual High-Speed Railway Scences Based on Model Combination and Spatial Semantic Constraint, IJGIS, 2015, Vol.29(6) l Peng Ti, Zhilin Li and Zhu Xu, Automated Generation of Schematic Network Maps Adaptive to Display Sizes, The Cartographic Journal, Vol. 52 No. 2 pp.168 –176 l 徐柱, 刘彩凤, 张红, 黄泽纯, 李志林，2012，基于路划网络功能评价的道路选取方法，测绘学报, 41(5), 769. l 李木梓，徐柱*，李志林，张红，遆鹏，2012，基于层次随机图的道路选取方法，地球信息科学学报，第14卷第6期：704-711 l 李婷，徐柱*，卢彩霞，于冰，李木梓，黄萌萌，2012，交通路况基态修正模型及其效率分析，，地球信息科学学报，第14卷第6期：712-718 l 徐柱，蒙艳姿，李志林，李木梓，2011，基于有向属性关系图的典型道路交叉口结构识别方法，测绘学报，第40卷第1期：125-131 l 李木梓, 徐柱*, 黄泽纯, 卢彩霞, 穆永磊，2011，网络地图集成于GIS桌面系统的方法及试验，地球信息科学学报，第13卷第1期：95-101 l 陈先伟，徐柱，陈涛，方从刚，刘彩凤，付飞飞，2011，成都市土地执法三级联网全程监管平台的建设与应用，测绘通报，2011年第2期 l Guoxiang Liu, Jonathan Li, Zhu Xu, Jicang Wu, Qiang Chen, Huixin Zhang, Rui Zhang, Hongguo Jia, Xiaojun Luo, 2010, Surface deformation associated with the 2008 Ms8.0 Wenchuan earthquake from ALOS L-band SAR interferometry. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 12(06): 496-505. l Zhu Xu*, Xianwei Chen, Guoxiang Liu, Tao Chen, Yanzi, Meng, Lianjiang Jiang, Mei Wang, 2009, Integrating Mobile GIS, Real-Time D-GPS, and High Resolution Satellite Imagery for Land Use Patrolling, SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 7471 l Zhu Xu* and Zhilin Li, 2009, A Schema Mapping Technique for XML-Based Semantic Geodata Translation, Geoinformatics 2009 l Zhu Xu and Zhilin Li, 2007, Network-Enabling GIS: an Overview, in Geographic Information Systems: Management and Technology Perspectives, R. G. Joshi and S. Seshagiri (Eds.), The Icfai University Press l Zhu Xu, Zhilin Li, Wu Chen, 2006, A Prototype of Multimodal Mobile Wireless LBS Platform, Proceedings of the 8th Asia-Pacific Intelligent Transport Systems Forum and Exhibition, Hong Kong l Cheng, T and Li, Z and Deng, M and Xu, Z, 2005, Representing Indeterminate Spatial Objects by Cloud Theory, (Proceedings) 4th International Symposium on Spatial Data Quality. (pp. 70 - 77). : Beijing l Xu Z., Lee Y.C., Pun-Cheng L.S.C., 2003, Surviving by specializing: a web service prospect of interactive web map for public use, in Li, Z., Zhou, Q. & Kainz, W. (Eds) Advances in Spatial Analysis and Decision Making, pp. 315-319, A.A. Balkema Publishers. l Xu, Z. and Lee, Y. C., 2002, Network-enabling GIS, GIM International, Vol. 16(11) l Pun-Cheng, L.S.C., Shea, G.Y.K., Mok, E.C.M., and Xu, Z., 2002, A Multi-modal Public Transport Query and Guiding System. Proceedings of Nanjing Conference on Navigation Technologies and Intelligent Transportation Systems, CD-ROM session B14, Oct 11-13, 2002, Nanjing, China l Xu, Z. and Lee, Y.C., 2002, Semantic heterogeneity of geodata, International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Vol. 34, Part 4. l Xu, Z. and Lee, Y.C., 2002, Networking GIS: issues, models and a review, Proceedings of the 95th Annual Geomatics Conference of Canadian Institution of Geomatics, Ottawa, Canada, Jul. 2002 l Li, Z.L., Xu, Z., Cen, M.Y. and Ding, X.L. 2001, Robust Surface Matching for Automated Detection of Local Deformations Using Least Median of Squares Estimator, PE&RS, Vol. 67, No. 11. l Xu, Z. and Lee, Y.C., 2000, Network GIS: the concept and a classification, Proceedings of the 3rd Across-the-Strait Conference on Geomatics, Dec. 2000, Hong Kong l Xu, Z., Lee, Y.C. and Chen, Y.Q., 2000, Schema transformation for semantic geodata translation, International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Vol. XXXIII, Part B6. Amsterdam, July 2000, pp195-202 l Xu, Z. and Li, Z.L., 2000, Least median of squares matching for automated detection of surface deformations, International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Vol. XXXIII, Part B3, Amsterdam, July 2000, pp1000-1007.