Education
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2018
Dissertation: The role of reservoir flow regulation and evaporation in water resources management
Committee: Huilin Gao (chair), Francisco Olivera, Ralph Wurbs, John Nielsen-Gammon
M.S. in Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2014
B.S. in Environmental Science, Nankai University, China, 2012
Work experience
2022-present: Research Scientist
Key Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS
2020-2022: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Michalak Lab, Department of Global Ecology
Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA
2018-2020: Postdoctoral Researcher
Gao Hydrology Research Group, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
2015, 2016: Professional Internship
Dr. Kao’s Lab, Environmental Science Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
Academic Awards
2017 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF)
2016 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Graduate Research Program scholarship
2015 Outstanding Student Paper Award in 2015 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (hydrology section)
2015 Mills Scholarship from Texas Water Resources Institute
2013 Research Assistantship in Texas A&M University
2011 First Prize of Excellent Undergraduate Scholarship in Nankai University
2007 First Prize in National High School Mathematics Competition
Teaching experience
2020: Guest lecturer — TAMU CVEN 602, Remote Sensing in Hydrology, Texas A&M University
2018-2019: Guest lecturer — TAMU CVEN 627, Engineering Surface Water Hydrology, Texas A&M University
2017-2019: Teaching Assistant — TAMU CVEN 627, Engineering Surface Water Hydrology, Texas A&M University
Professional Skills
Hydrological modeling: DHSVM, VIC, HEC-HMS, SWAT
Geo-computing: Google Earth Engine, ArcGIS, GDAL
Machine learning: TensorFlow, Scikit-learn
Programming: Linux shell, Python, C, JavaScript
Professional Affiliations
American Geophysical Union (since 2014)
American Society of Civil Engineers (since 2015)