Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Pennsylvania State University, 1997
Ph.D. in hydrology/hydrogeology, Ohio State University, 1996
M.S. in hydrogeology, University of Southern Mississippi, 1992
B.S. in hydrogeology and engineering geology, Hohai University, 1983
Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UCLA, 2018-present
Director, State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering (Ministry of Science and Technology), Hohai University, China, 2014-present
Director, Joint International Research Laboratory of Global Change and Water Cycle (Ministry of Education), Hohai University, China, 2017-present
Distinguished Professor, National High-Profile Talents Program, 2012-present
Dean, College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, China, 2010-2016
Professor, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 2009-2016
Associate Professor, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 2005-2009
Yangtze Scholar Chair Professor, Hohai University, China, 2005-2008
Visiting Professor, Desert Research Institute, Ohio State Univ, and Univ of Waterloo, 2005-2006
Assistant Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1999-2005
Research Faculty, Pennsylvania State University, 1996-1999
Professional Geologist, Pennsylvania State (PG-003257-E)
President of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) (2021-2023)
Chair of Regional Steering Committee for Asia and Pacific of UNESCO-IHP (2019-present)
UNESCO High-level task force: Science towards supporting SDG6 and related SDGs (2022-2023)
Vice President of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) (2019-2021)
Chair of Regional Steering Committee for Asia and Pacific of UNESCO-IHP (2019-present)
UNESCO High-level task force: Science towards supporting SDG6 and other related SDGs (2022)
Member of expert board on Strategic Plan for UNESCO-IHP IX (2022-2029)
Chair of UNESCO-IHP Communication and Outreach Committee (2018-2019)
Vice Chair of Chinese Committee of UNESCO-IHP (2017-present)
Member of Geological Society of America (GSA) International Committee (2022-2026)
Fellow of Geological Society of America (GSA) (since 2004)
Vice Chair of Chinese National Committee of IAHS (2017-present)
Past Chair of IAHR Groundwater Hydraulics and Management Committee (2020-2022)
Chair of IAHR Groundwater Hydraulics and Management Committee (2018-2020)
External Panel Committee of Water Institute of Waterloo University (2018-present)
Committee member of Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI) (2014-2016)
Committee Member of International Professionals for the Advancement of Chinese Earth Sciences
Committee Member of Department of Defense (DoD) Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP)
Vice Chairman of Hydrometeorology in Chinese Meteorological Society and Chinese Hydraulic Engineering Society
Vice Chairman of Water science and Engineering in Chinese Hydraulic Engineering Society
Editor, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (2014-present)
Editor in Chief, Water Science and Engineering (2008-present)
Associate Editor, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering (2008-present)
Editorial board member, Advances in Water Science (2006-present)
Editor, “Hydrological Processes and Water Security in a Changing World” (2018-2020)
Advisor, Ground Water (2012-2016)
Associate Editor, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology (1999-2010)
Associate Editor, Water Resources Research (2003-2006)
Convener and Chair, H51G, H53M: Impacts of Environmental Changes on Hydrologic and Ecobiologic Processes in Large River Basins, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco (Dec., 2009)
Convener and Chair, H11: Interactions among Hydrologic Processes, Eco-biologic Processes, and Human Activities in Watersheds, AGU Western Pacific Meeting, Beijing (July, 2006)
Guest Editor, Journal of Hydrology, the special issue "Water and Solute in Arid Regions" (2000-2003)
Member, the review panel on the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP), Department of Defense (DOD) (2002)
Chair, Hydrology Session I, AZ NV Academy of Science, Las Vegas (April, 2001)
Chair and Convenor, Studies on Transport of Water and Solute in Arid Regions, GSA Annual Meeting, Reno (November, 2000)
Member, Large-Scale Field Experimentation Committee of American Geophysical Union, (1998)
Guest Editor, Journal of Global and Planetary Change, the special issue of " Regional Climate - Hydrology Interactions" (1998-2000)
Member, IAH Commission for Ground Water Protection (1998)
Invited Presentation. A coupled hydrologic modeling system. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting and Science Innovation Exposition (Feb., 1998)
Judge, Hydrology Section Student Presentation, AGU Spring Meeting, Baltimore (May, 1997) AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Dec., 1997; AGU Spring Meeting, Boston (May, 1998)
Chair, H11F and H12B - Integrated Study of Regional Climate and Hydrology in Basin-Scale Field Experiments (I, II), AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco (Dec., 1997)
Convenor, H04 - Integrated Study of Regional Climate and Hydrology in Basin-Scale Field Experiments, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco (1997)
Participation in workshop on Climate Change Impacts in the Mid-Atlantic Region, State College, September (1997)
Prof. Yu has extensive research and teaching experience in climate change, hydrology/hydrogeology and water resources. Innovative achievements have been made in mechanism of multi-components runoff generation and streamflow formation, theory and method of hydrological model, coupling and response of surface/subsurface water flow. Prof. Yu has completed over 50 research projects including being Principle Investigator of grants funded by the National Key R&D Program of China, National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program), National Science Funds for Creative Research Groups of China, National Natural Science Foundation of China as well as NSF, DOD, NASA of United States. He has published more than 400 papers which were cited more than 9700 times, and over 40 patents. Prof. Yu was awarded with the National Prize for Progress in Science and Technology 2015, with the First Prize of Natural Science Award, Ministry of Education of PRC 2020, with the First Prize of Dayu Water Science and Technology 2013, 2016 and 2021. He was selected as a fellow of Geological Society of America 2004, and won the John Hem Award of United States National Groundwater Association 2015, and titles of national excellent scientific and technological worker 2016 and the May Day Labor Medal of Jiangsu Province 2017.
Prof. Yu was elected as the president of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) and chair of Regional Steering Committee for Asia and Pacific of UNESCO-IHP, promoting the development of global hydrological science and international cooperation in science and technology.
First Prize of the Overseas Chinese Contribution Award, China Federation of Overseas Chinese, 2022
First Prize of Dayu Water Science and Technology Award, the Ministry of Water Resources of PRC: Multi-scale evolution of water resources and key technologies of safety regulation in lake basin under the influence of water transfer input, 2021
Best Graduate Advisor Award, Hohai University, 2021
Invited Address at Ceremony of Graduation, Hohai University, 2021
Second Prize of the Tibet Autonomous Region Science and Technology Award, The People's Government of the Tibet Autonomous Region: Key technologies and adaptive strategies for simulation and prediction of hydrological cycle processes in the Qinghai Tibet Plateau under climate change, 2021
First Prize of Natural Science Award, the Ministry of Education of PRC: The Mechanism of Hydrological Cycling Processes and Response under the Changing Environment, 2020
May 1th Labor Medal, Jiangsu Province, China, 2017
National Advanced Researcher Award in Science and Technology, China, 2016
First Prize of Dayu Water Science and Technology Award, the Ministry of Water Resources of PRC: Key technology and adaptation strategy of prediction of hydrological processes under climate change in the Huang-Huai-Hai river basins, 2016
John Hem Award for Excellence in Science and Engineering, United States National Ground Water Association, 2015
Second Prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award: Big data driven hydrological multi-variable monitoring and forecasting: key technology and application, 2015
First Prize of Dayu Water Science and Technology Award, the Ministry of Water Resources of PRC: Experiment, simulation and prediction of hydrological processes: theory and application, 2013
Second Prize of China Power Science and Technology Award: Impacts of water conservancy and hydropower engineering on the ecological environment: regulation methods and applications, 2012
Second Prize of Natural Science Award, the Ministry of Education of PRC: Study on coupling mechanism and simulation of land surface hydrological processes, 2010
Second Prize of Jiangsu province Science and Technology Progress Award: Study on control mechanism of eutrophication in Lake Tai Basin, 2010
Second Prize of Dayu Water Science and Technology Award, the Ministry of Water Resources of PRC: Water resources protection in near-shore complex river network regions: theory and application, 2008
University of Nevada Las Vegas Distinguished Researcher Award, 2006.
Co-Winner of Colin Warden Award with Jun Yin for best paper, 2006
Yangtze Scholar, Chinese Ministry of Education, 2005
Fellow of Geological Society of America since 2004
Barrick Scholar Award (UNLV Distinguished Researcher), 2004
K.C. Wong’s Prize, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2004
Nominated for AWRA Annual Boggess Award for best paper, 1999
Presidential Fellow, The Ohio State University, 1993-94
Silver Medal, State Youth Math Competition, 1979
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Awards to my students – 22 total
JHE 2022 Best Case Study Award, Xuegao Chen, 2022
National Scholarship for Ph.D. Students, Shiqin Xu, 2017
National Scholarship for Ph.D. Students, Xuegao Chen, 2016
Excellent MS thesis of Jiangsu Province, Cheng Chen, 2015
Outstanding Graduate Students of Hohai University, Cheng Chen, 2015
Jiazheng Pan Scholarship, Xiaolei Fu, 2014
National Scholarship for Ph.D. Students, Xiaolei Fu, 2013, 2014
National Scholarship for Ph.D. Students, Di Liu, 2012, 2013
Second prize of Guang-wen Liu Scholarship, Xiaolei Fu, 2013
Second prize of Guang-wen Liu Scholarship, Di Liu, 2012
Nominee of National Excellent 100 Doctoral Dissertations, Chuanguo Yang, 2011
Excellent doctor degree dissertation of Jiangsu Province, Qin Ju, 2011
UNLV Foundation Best Dissertation: Jun Yin, 2010
Colin Warden Award for best paper: Feng Pan, 2009
UNLV College of Science Best Thesis: Todd Arrowood, 2009
Maki Fellowship: Feng Pan, 2005-2008
DRI-UNLV Fellowship: Jun Yin, 2005-2008
Colin Warden Award for best paper: Jun Yin, 2006
Guinn Governor Fellowship: Alex Baron, 2006
GSA Research Grant: Jun Yin, 2006
DRI-UNLV Fellowship: Liqiong Zhang, 2003-2006
GSA Research Grant: Liqiong Zhang, 2005
Mentoring students and young scientists
Thesis and Dissertation: Current – 7 M.S. and 15 Ph.D.; Completed – 41 M.S. and 35 Ph.D.
Supervised 20 Postdoc. 33 of them become assistant, associate or full professors
Current
Xinrong Si (M.S.): 2022-present, Ting Nie (M.S.): 2022-present, Wentao Hu (M.S.): 2021-present, Xueqi Lu (M.S.): 2021-present, Suyi Liu (M.S.): 2019-present, Yang Zhang (M.S.): 2019-present, Yuzheng Feng (M.S.): 2014-present
Zhongxiang Wang (Ph.D.): 2022-present, Hui Lin (Ph.D.): 2021-present, Tongqing Shen (Ph.D.): 2021-present, Lijun Liu (Ph.D.): 2020-present, Hao Li (Ph.D.): 2019-present, Zikang Xing (Ph.D.): 2017-present, Mingpei Zhou (Ph.D.): 2017-present, Yiyan Gao (Ph.D.): 2017-present, Lei Wen (Ph.D.): 2017-present, Tangkai Huang (Ph.D.): 2017-present, Yuan Lu (Ph.D.): 2014-present, Rose Schillito (Ph.D.): 2014-present, Jingwen Chen (Ph.D.): 2011-present, Yang Luo (Ph.D.): 2010-present, Lili Zhao (Ph.D.): 2010-present
Completed
Hao Chen (M.S.): 2020-2023, The Changing Characteristics and Future Prediction of Extreme Precipitation in the Upper Lancang River Basin
Fangxu Hu (M.S.): 2019-2022, Assessment of carbon emission reduction benefits of sponge city construction based on numerical simulation
Chenlu Wang (M.S.): 2019-2022, Diagnosing the effect of the vegetation change on the evolution of evaporative water consumption and the water use efficiency over the Yellow River Basin
Peixi Li (M.S.): 2019-2022, Research on the characteristics of freezing-thawing process of seasonal frozen soil under climate change-Taking Leiwuqi County, Upper Lancang River as an Example
Zhuqing Qian (M.S.): 2019-2022, Research on Climate Change and Hydrological Response in Yalong River Basin Based on CMIP6 Model
Mengdan Zhang (M.S.): 2018-2021, Study on the Impact of Water Conservancy Projects on the Hydrological Process Changes in the Upper Hanjiang River
Di Wu (M.S.): 2018-2021, Response of streamflow on inter-basin water transfer in the Hanjiang River Basin
Pengfei Xue (M.S.): 2018-2021, Accuracy evaluation and runoff simulation of different satellite precipitation data in Yarlung Zangbo River Basin
Junbao Guo (M.S.): 2017-2020, Hydrologic response to land use & climate change of Weihe basin
Minjuan Li (M.S.): 2017-2020, Using Radon isotope to study the interactions between groundwater and river in plain river network
Rui Wang (M.S.): 2016-2019, Precision evaluation and flood simulation of satellite precipitation products in Huaihe River Basin
Qing Jia (M.S.): 2015-2018, Study and Simulation of the influence of reservoirs on Runoff in mountainous areas of Luanhe River Basin
Erfeier Wang (M.S.): 2015-2017, Study on regulation of green roof to runoff and water quality
Xiaoyan Zhong (M.S.): 2014-2017, Study of nitrogen and phosphorus release from sediment
Xiaoyu Li (M.S.): 2013-2016, Improvement and application of base flow segmentation method in Huaihe River Basin
Xiaolu Wei (M.S.): 2012-2014, Understanding selenium distribution (with Acharya)
Maile Sweigart (M.S.): 2011-2013, Water storage in Death Valley using GRACE data
Yong Wang (M.S.): 2010-2013, Study on the nitrogen transport in the agricultural plain of Lake Tai
Cheng Chen (M.S.): 2010-2013, Field experiments analysis and simulation based on hydrology-nonpoint coupling in a small watershed
Jiaji He (M.S.): 2010-2013, The Simulation of typical hillslope soil nitrate nitrogen leaching
Huiyi Cai (M.S.): 2010-2013, Watershed evapotranspiration based on the Budyko Hypothesis
Yini Cao (M.S.): 2008-2011, Numerical simulation of groundwater flow in Virgin Valley
Guiping Li (M.S.): 2008-2011, The impact of land use on surface runoff and non-point source pollution in Taihu basin
Chunling Zhai (M.S.): 2007-2010, The hydrological effects of land cover change research-take Huaihe River Basin as an example
Xingping Wang (M.S.): 2007-2010, Agricultural nonpoint source pollution research under different land utilization types of small watershed
Amina Lodhi (M.S.): 2007-2010, Detention basins for P and sediment control (with Acharya)
Wenming Nie (M.S.): 2007-2009, Flow and solute transport in arid regions (with Nicholl)
John Goreham (M.S.): 2007-2009, Vegetation bending and washout in channels (with Stone)
Jeff Pompeo (M.S.): 2004-2009, Surface water interaction with the alluvial floodplain
Todd Arrowood (M.S.): 2005-2008, Fate and transport of Polyacrylamide (with Young)
Liu Dedong (M.S.): 2005-2008, Ancient climate hydrology simulation in Yangtze River Basin
Todd Arrowood (M.S.): 2005-2008, Modeling the fate and transport of Polyacrylamide
Alexander Baron (M.S.): 2005-2007, Study on hydrologic processes in watersheds
Yuyu Lin (M.S.): 2005-2007, Geochemical and transport modeling of radionuclides
Ernesto Moran (M.S.): 2007, Polyacrylamide effects on hydraulic conductivity (with Young)
Aron Habte (M.S.): 2002-2006, On evaluating climate variability in ground water
Jon Wilson (M.S.): 2002-2006, Evaluate hydraulic conductivity of arid soils
Feng Pan (M.S.): 2003-2005, Uncertainty analysis of solute transport in unsaturated zone
Jeremy Koonce (M.S.): 2002-2004, Hydrogeochemical interpretation of groundwater flow
Qingguang Lu (M.S.): 2000-2002, On evaluating the scaling effect of hydrologic processes
Tammy Diaz (M.S.): 2000-2001, Leaching experiments of trace elements on rocks
Guiping Li (Ph.D.): 2018-2022, Study on temporal and spatial variation of precipitation in
Tibetan Plateau and its driving mechanism
Qianya Yang (Ph.D.): 2016-2022, Effects of farmland irrigation on land surface water and energy processes in Poyang Lake basin. Assistant professor, Nanchang Hydraulic Institute
Jin Yang (Ph.D.): 2016-2022, Study on hydraulic exchange process and response mechanism between disconnected rivers and groundwater under overexploitation
Xuegao Chen (Ph.D.): 2014-2021, Illuminating the hydrological process of shallow groundwater in the headwater catchment based on isotopic analysis and numerical simulation
Chengwei Wan (Ph.D.): 2015-2020, Study on the hydrological processes in frozen soil regions in the Source Area of the Yellow River based on isotopes
Ningpeng Dong (Ph.D.): 2017-2020, Regional hydrological simulation and application of coupled reservoir group parameterization scheme. Assistant professor, China Water Resources Institute
Shiqin Xu (Ph.D.): 2016-2020, Study on the physical processes and changes of evapotranspiration in arid region, Northwest China. Associate professor, Northwest Normal University
Anguo Tu (Ph.D.): 2014-2020, Experiment and simulation of soil hydrological response characteristics of red soil slope farmland. Nanchang Engineering Institute
Aili Sun (Ph.D.): 2013-2020, Permafrost degradation and its impact on discharge in the headwaters of the Yellow River under climate change. Assistant professor, Northwest Univ
Henan Gu (Ph.D.): 2012-2020, Influence mechanism of climate change on the eco-hydrological processes in the Source Region of Yellow River. Assistant professor, Zhengjiang Tech Univ
Peng Chen (Ph.D.): 2015-2019, The inversion study of the precipitation distribution in mainland China during the Late Holocene based on isotopes
Haiyan Jiang (Ph.D.): 2013-2018, Analysis and evaluation of critical state of water resources system in Hanjiang River Basin. Assistant professor, Nanjing Industry University
Dongjing Huang (Ph.D.): 2013-2017, Study on the mechanism of wave attenuation and slow flow of aquatic plants in shallow lakes. Assistant professor, Zhengjiang Hydraulic University
Jeremy Koonce (Ph.D): 2008-2016, Water balance and moisture dynamics of an arid and semi-arid soil: A weighing lysimeter and field study. Assistant professor, University of Nevada
Qingming Wang (Ph.D.): 2013-2016, Analysis, simulation and regulation on critical state of water resource system in river basin. Associate professor, China Water Resources Institute
Xiaolei Fu (Ph.D.): 2009-2015, The study and application of soil temperature/moisture sequential data assimilation based on land surface scheme. Associate professor, Yangzhou University
Fenghua Gao (Ph.D.): 2007-2015, Study on the agricultural nonpoint Source nitrogen and phosphorus transport mechanism in hilly Areas of Taihu Basin. Associate professor, Nanjing Technology Institute
Binquan Li (Ph.D.): 2013-2014, Hydrologic process simulation of the Nam Co Lake and Zoige wetland basins in a changing environment. Professor, Hohai University
Di Liu (Ph.D.): 2010-2014, Investigating the soil moisture-atmosphere interactions over Asia based on the RegCM4-CLM3.5 Model. Associate professor, Hohai University
Peng Jiang (Ph.D): 2009-2014, Impacts of climate change on the distribution of precipitation. Associate professor, Hohai University
Knut Mehler (Ph.D): 2009-2013, Effects of changes on the Great Bain aquatic invertebrates (with Acharya).
For more details please download the full CV of Director Zhongbo Yu
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