Professor and doctoral supervisor. Research interests center on hydro-meteorology and the water-cycle response to climate change. Led a dozen national projects that explored how hydrological components and extremes are shifting, how climate and human activities affect water resources, and how to assess the risks of hydro-meteorological events. So far, 250+ peer-reviewed papers—about 140 in SCI journals such as Nature Communications, PNAS and BAMS—have appeared, along with 18 edited or co-edited books. These studies have received nine provincial or ministerial science-and-technology awards.

International Project Experiences

2023-Present: Principal Investigator of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) -  United Naions Environment Programme (UNEP)joint project‘Water-scarcity risk and climatic thresholds in the Indus River Basin’ (Grant No. 42261144002)

2018-2021:      Chief Scientist of China-German Cooperation Group Project ‘Managing risk for water scarcity: integration of climate and socioeconomic scenarios’ funded by German Research Foundation (DFG) and National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Grant No. GZ1447)

2017-2019   Principal Investigator of China-Pakistan joint project ‘Projection and attribution of runoff components in mountainous basins of China and Pakistan’ funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF) ’ (Grant No. 41661144027)

2014-2018:      Principal Investigator of China-German Cooperation Group Project ‘Integrated water resource management: from modeling to adaptation’ funded by DFG (German Research Foundation) and National Science Foundation of China (NSFC). (Grant No. GZ912)

2013:      Principal Investigator of China-German Summer School Project ‘Integrated water resources management’funded by DFG (German Research Foundation) and National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Grant No. GZ937)

2012-2015:   Chief Scientist of China-Netherland joint project ‘Land-atmosphere interaction and its contribution to intense monsoon precipitation over East Asia’ funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology in the Netherland and China MOST (Grant No. 2011DFG23440)

2012:      Principal Investigator of China-German Summer School Project ‘Integrated water resources management’funded by DFG (German Research Foundation) and National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Grant No. GZ825)

2011:      Principal Investigator of China-German Summer School Project ‘Integrated modelling and assessment for water resources management’funded by DFG (German Research Foundation) and National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Grant No. GZ717)

2010-2012:      Principal Investigator of China-German Research Project ‘Impact of landuse and management practices on water resources under climate change in the Haihe River Basin’ funded by funded by DFG (German Research Foundation) and National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Grant No. GZ601)

2010-2012:      Chief Scientist of international project ‘Weather Index Insurance in China’ funded by German Corporation for International Cooperation (GTZ) via German Environment Ministry.

2007-2011:      Chief Scientist of China-German Cooperation Group Project ‘Climate Change and floods/droughts’ funded by German Research Foundation (DFG) and NSFC (Grant No. GZ201)

Awards

1. The Third Batch of National First-class Undergraduate Courses ‘Natural Disaster Science’ Granted by the Ministry of Education(National Level) in 2025

2. Second Prize of Invention and Entrepreneurship Achievement Award ‘Key Technologies for Big Data-Based Intelligent Disaster Monitoring and Risk Early Warning’ Granted by China Association of Inventions (National Level) in 2022

3. Second Prize of Science and Technology Award ‘Impact-based Early Warning for Hydro-Meteorological Extremes’ Granted by the Jiangsu Provincial Government (Provincial Level) in 2021

4. First Prize of Natural Science Award ‘Change in Hydro-Meteorological Extremes and their Impact on Socioeconomy’Granted by the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (Provincial Level) in 2020

5. First Prize of Science and Technology Award (DAYU) ‘Impact of Climate Change Impact on Water Resource Security and Adaption Measures’ Granted by the Ministry of Water Resources (National Level) in 2020

6. Outstanding Scientific and Technological Achievement Award ‘Research Group on Water Cycle and Ecohydrology in the Arid Region of Northwest China’ Granted by Chinese Academy of Sciences (Provincial Level)in 2019

7. Second Prize of Science and Technology Award ‘Multi-scale and Cross-sectors Integrated Research on Climate Change Impacts’, Granted by the China Meteorological Society (National Level)in 2018.

8. First Prize of Science and Technology Award ‘Techniques of Long-term Prediction on Flood/drought Disasters’, Granted by the Changjiang (Yangtze) River Commission (Provincial Level)in 2017.

9. Second Prize of Science and Technology Award ‘Techniques of Long-term Prediction on Flood/drought Disasters’, Granted by the Hubei Provincial Government (Provincial Level) in 2017

10. Second Prize of Science and Technology Award ‘Meteorological Information applied Disaster Risk Assessment’, Granted by the Jiangsu Provincial Government (Provincial Level) in 2014