Research Directions
We explore the complex interactions between the water cycle and ecosystems through interdisciplinary research to address contemporary water security and ecological restoration challenges.
Algal-Bloom Mechanisms in Three Gorges Reservoir Tributaries
Revealing nutrient transport and phytoplankton succession in the Three Gorges and upstream cascade reservoirs to explain tributary eutrophication and bloom dynamics.
Core Focus
Building on earlier work, this direction examines nutrient transport and phytoplankton community succession in the Three Gorges and upstream cascade reservoirs, clarifies the eutrophication and bloom processes in tributary waters, and uses laboratory experiments to link critical-layer and intermediate-disturbance theories to bloom onset and decay. Key tasks include reservoir nutrient characterisation, eutrophication research and the study of bloom outbreak processes.
Numerical Simulation of River–Lake Aquatic Ecosystems
Building a multi-scale coupled hydrodynamic–water-quality–ecology model system that forms a model–observation–intelligence digital-twin loop.
River–Lake Health Assessment & Ecological Restoration
Building reservoir-bank ecological transition zones and river habitats grounded in restoration and slope stability, forming a distinctive eco-channel framework.
Sponge Cities & Integrated Rainwater Use
Analysing urban non-point-source pollution, developing ecological sponge-city materials and evaluating the hydrological effects of low-impact development.