Wei ZHANG

1.Personal Information

Full Name :
Wei ZHANG

Academic Position :
Professor
Tel ephone :
+86-25-83786606
E-mail:
zhangweihhu@126.com

2.Education

Degree
University
Year
Ph.D.:
Hohai University
03/2003 – 12/2006
MEng (Civil) :
Hohai University
09/2001 – 02/2003
BEng (Civil):
Hohai University
09/1997 – 06/2001

3.Work Experience

Position
University /Institute, Country
Duration
Vice Dean
College of Harbour, Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Hohai University, China
12/2018 – the present
Professor
Hohai University
06/2015 – the present
Doctoral Supervisor
Hohai University
06/2014 – the present
Head
Deparment of Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering, Hohai University, China
03/2013 – the present
Visiting Fellow
Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
12/2011 – 11/2012
Associate Professor
Hohai University
01/2010 – 05/2015
Lecturer
Hohai University
03/2009 – 12/2009
Post doctorate
School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, China
03/2007 – 03/2009

4.Research Areas

[1]Water flow, sediment transport and numerical simulation in the estuarine and coastal areas
[2]Salt intrusion in the estuaries
[3]Long-term evolution of estuarine geomorphology

5.Research Projects

[1]The Mechanism of the Influence of the Periodic Tidal Propagation on the Flow Division in the Complicated River Network. PI. National Natural Science Foundation of China. (Grant No. 41676078). 2017.1~2020.12. RMB¥ 680,000.
[2]Process and mechanism of flow and sediment division at a statified tidal bifurcation. PI. National Natural Science Foundation of China. (Grant No. 41376094). 2014.1~2017.12. RMB¥ 780,000.
[3]Study on the flow and sediemnt transport in the Pearl River Estuary. PI. Commonweal Program of Chinese Ministry of Water Resources (Grant No. 201301072 ). 2013.01-2014.12. RMB¥ 710,000.
[4]Morphodynamic developments in distributary channel networks: impacts on flood hazards in the Pearl River Delta and the Rotterdam Rijnmond channel network Joint Research Projects NSFC-NWO (Grant No. 51010183). 2011.1~2014.12. RMB¥ 500,000.
[5]Study on the response process and predication of the sediment discharge from the Pearl River under dynamics pattern variations. PI. National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41006046). 2011.1~2013.12. RMB¥ 210,000.
[6]Long-term processes of water discharge and sediment transport in the Pearl River Delta region, China. PI. Waterway Bureau of Guangdong Province. 2009.01~2010.6. RMB¥ 480,000.
[7]The influence of deep channel project on the salinity intrusion over the Pearl River estuary. PI. Waterway Bureau of Guangdong Province. 2008.01~2009.12. RMB¥ 980,000.
[8]Study on the salt intrusion in the Pearl River networks. PI. Special grade of the financial support from China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 200801360). 2008.01~2008.12. RMB¥ 100,000.

6.Main Publications

•Monograph:
[1]Zheng J.H., Zhang W. (2012): Evolution characteristics of river-sea interactions in waterway network of Pearl River Delta. Hohai University Press.164pp. (in chinese)
•Further publications:
[1]Cao, Y., Zhang, W., Zhu, Y.L., Ji, X.M., Xu, Y.W., Wu, Y., Hoitink, A.J.F., (2020). Impact of trends in river discharge and ocean tides on water level dynamics in the Pearl River Delta, Coastal Engineering, 157,103634.
[2]Luo, X., Zhang, W., Chen, S., Feng, X., Ji, X., Xu, Y., (2020). Evolution of reversal of the lowest low waters in a tidal river network, Journal of Hydrology, 585, 124701, 2020.
[3]Chen, J., Zhang, W., (2020). Impacts of tidal species on water level variations in Pearl River Delta channel networks, Regional Studies in Marine Science, 35 (2020), 101110.
[4]Zhang, W., Feng, H.C., Zhu, Y.L, Zheng, J.H., Hoitink, A.J.F., (2019). Subtidal Flow Reversal Associated with Sediment Accretion in a Delta Channel, Water Resources Research, 55, 12, 10781-10795.
[5]Xu, Y.W., A.J.F. Hoitink, Zheng, J.H., K. Kastner, Zhang, W., (2019). Analytical model captures intratidal variation in salinity in a convergent, well-mixed estuary, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 23, 4309-4322.
[6]Ji, X.M., Zhang, W., (2019). Tidal influence on the discharge distribution over the Pearl river Delta, China, Regional Studies in Marine Science, 31 (2019), 100791.
[7]Zhang, W., Cao, Y., Zhu, Y.L., Zheng, J.H., Ji, X.M., Xu, Y.W., Wu, Y., A.J.F. Hoitink., (2018). Unravelling the causes of tidal asymmetry in deltas, Journal of Hydrology, 564, 588–604.
[8]Wu, Y., Zhang, W., Zhu, Y.L., Zheng, J.H., Ji, X.M., He,Y., Xu, Y.W., (2018). Intra-tidal division of flow and suspended sediment at the first order junction of the Pearl River Network. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 209, 169–182.
[9]Zhang, W., Feng, H.C., A.J.F. Hoitink, Zhu, Y.L., Gong, F., Zheng, J.H., (2017). Tidal impacts on the subtidal flow division at the main bifurcation in the Yangtze River Delta. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 196, 301-314.
[10]Xu, Y.W., Zhang W., Zhu Y.L., Zheng J.H., (2017). Analytical solution for salt intrusion in multiple-freshwater-source estuaries: application to Human Estuary. Environmental Earth Sciences, 76(19): 661.
[11]Feng, H.C., Zhang, W., Zhu, Y.L., Lei, Z.Y., Ji, X.M., (2017). Sampling Surface Particle Size Distributions and Stability Analysis of Deep Channel in the Pearl River Estuary. China Ocean Engineering, 31(3): 299–307.
[12]Zhang, W., Cao, Y., Zhu, Y.L., Wu, Y., Ji, X.M., He, Y., Xu, Y.W., Wang, W.G., (2017). Flood frequency analysis for alterations of extreme maximum water levels in the Pearl River Delta. Ocean Engineering, 129, 117-132.
[13]Zhang, W., Wu, Y., Wang, W.G., Xing, W.Q., (2016). Characterizing the Seasonal Changing Patterns of Hydrological Variables in the East River, Southern China. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 21(12): 05016031.
[14]Zhang, W., Xu, Y.W., Hoitink A.J.F., Sassi M.G., Zheng, J.H., Chen X.W., Zhang, C., (2015). Morphological change in the Pearl River Delta, China. Marine Geology, 363: 202-219.
[15]Zhang, W., Xu, Y., Hoitink, A.J.F., Sassi, M.G., Zheng, J.H., Chen, X.W., Zhang, C., (2015). Morphological change in the Pearl River Delta, China. Marine Geology, 363: 202-219.
[16]Zhang, W., Wang, W.G., Zheng, J.H., Wang, H.G., Zhu, Y.L., Wang, G., Zhang. J.S. (2015). Reconstruction of stage-discharge relations and the associated hydraulic geometry variations in the Pearl River Delta, China. Global and Planetary Change. 125,60-70.
[17]Vellinga, N.E., Vegt, M. van der, A. J. F. Hoitink, Zhang, W., (2014). Tidal and subtidal water level variation in the Rhine-Meuse tidal river network: changes and links to human interference. Coastal Research. 90: 40-50.
[18]Zheng, J.H., Zhang, W., Zhang, P. (2014): Understanding Space-time Patterns of Long-term Tidal Fluctuation over the Pearl River Delta, South China. Accepted for printing in: Journal of Coastal Research. 30(3): 515-527.
[19]Zhang, W., Du, J., Zheng, J.H., Wei, X.Y., Zhu, Y.L. (2014): Redistribution of the suspended sediment at the apex bifurcation in the Pearl River Network, South China: Journal of Coastal Research, 30 (1), 170-182.
[20]Zhang, W., Zheng, J.H., Ji, X.M., A.J.F. Hoitink, M.van der Vegt, Zhu, Y.L. (2013): Surficial sediment distribution and the associated net sediment transport pattern in the Pearl River Estuary, South China: Continental Shelf Research, 61-62, 41-51.
[21]Zhang, W., Feng, H.C., Zheng, J.H., A. J. F. Hoitink, M. van der Vegt, Zhu, Y.L., Cai, H.J. (2013): Numerical simulation and analysis of saltwater intrusion lengths in the Pearl River Delta, China: Journal of Coastal Research, 29 (2), 372-382.
[22]Zhang, W., Wei, X. Y., Zheng, J. H., Zhu, Y. L., Zhang, Y. J. (2012): Estimating suspended sediment loads in the Pearl River Delta region using sediment rating curves: Continental Shelf Research, 38, 35-46.
[23]Zhang, W., Mu, S.S., Zhang, Y.J., Chen, K.M. (2012): Seasonal and interannual variations of flow discharge from Pearl River into sea, Water Science and Engineering, 5, 4, 399-409.
[24]Wei, X.Y., Zhu, Y.L., Zhang, W., Sun, S.W. (2012): Numerical simulation of salt flux in dry season in the Pearl River Delta. Tropical Geography, 32(2), 216-222. (in Chinese)
[25]Zhang, W., Mu, S. S., Zhang, Y. J., Chen, K. M. (2011): Temporal variation of suspended sediment load in the Pearl River due to human activities: International Journal of Sediment Research, 26, 488-498.
[26]Feng, X.B., Yan Y.X., Zhang, W.: Application of two-dimensional wavelet transform in near-shore x-band radar images: Journal of hydrodynamics. 23(2), 179-186.
[27]Zhang, W., Ruan, X. H., Zheng, J. H., Zhu, Y. L., Wu, H. X.(2010): Long-term change in tidal dynamics and its cause in the Pearl River Delta, China.: Geomorphology, 120,209-223.
[28]Zhang, W., Xu, Z., Dong, X., Lin, N. (2010): Analysis on characteristics of temporal and spatial variation of suspended sediment in the Lingding Bay: Journal of Sediment Research, 4, 22-28. (in Chinese)
[29]Zhang, W., Yan, Y. X., Zheng, J. H., Wu, H. X. (2010): Interannual tidal range trend in Pearl River Delta.:Advances in Water Science. 21(1), 77-83. (in Chinese)
[30]Chen, X.W., Zhang, W., Zhao, H., Xu, H.R., Yi, W. (2010): Spatio-temporal Characteristics and Effects of Shoreline Evolution of the Pearl River Estuary in the Past Thirty Years.: Tropical Geography, 30(6), 591-596. (in Chinese)
[31]Zhang, W., Yan, Y. X., Zheng, J. H., Li, L., Dong, X., Cai, H. J. (2009): Temporal and spatial variability of annual extreme water level in the Pearl River Delta, China.: Global and Planetary Change, 69, 35-47.
[32]Feng, X. B., Zhang, W. (2008): Longitudinal transport mechanism of water and sediment in west channel of Lingdingyang Bay during flood season.: Journal of Hohai University(Natural Sciences), 36(6), 828-841.(in Chinese)
[33]Zhang, W., Yan, Y. X., Zhu, Y. L., Yang, M. Y. (2008): Impact of sand excavation and waterway regulation on hydrodynamics of Pearl River networks.:Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 39(9), 1098-1103. (in Chinese)
[34]Zhang W., Yan, Y. X., Zheng, J. H., Zhu, Y. L. (2006): 1-D and 3-D combined numerical model for flow and suspended sediment transport in Pearl River network and Lingding Sea.:Journal of Sediment Research, 6, 11-17. (in Chinese)
[35]Zhang W., Yang, J. Y., Yu, D. S. (2006): Application of 1-D and 2-D Nest Mathematical Model in Baini Waterway Regulation Project.: Port & Waterway Engineering, 1, 68-71. (in Chinese)
[36]Zhang W., Huo, G., Zhu, Y. L. (2005): Prediction model for suspended sediment transport in unsteady flow in Pearl River network.:Journal of Hohai University (Natural Sciences), 33(5), 542-546. (in Chinese)
[37]Zhang W. (2004): Hydrodynamic and sediment model study of Plain river network. :Hydro-Science and Engineering, 4, 70-74. (in Chinese)

7.Main honour and awards

[1]Science and Technology Prize of Guangdong Hydraulic Engineering Society. 2018.

[2]Second Class Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress of China. 2014.

[3]Science and Technology Prize of China Ports & Harbors Association. 2012.

[4]Visiting Fellow, Chinese Scholarship Council. 2010.

[5]Science and Technology Prize of the China Water Transportation Construction Association. China Water Transportation Construction Association. 2011.

[6]Science and Technology Prize of the China Water Transportation Construction Association. China Water Transportation Construction Association. 2010.

[7]Science and Technology Prize of the China Water Transportation Construction Association. China Water Transportation Construction Association. 2009.

8.Academic Services

[1]Member of Coastal Education & Research Foundation (CERF).

[2]Member of Young Scientists Working Committee of Chinese Society of Hydraulic Engineering.

[3]Member of the Council of Chinese Society of Ocean Engineering.

[4]Editorial board member of the Journal: Regional Studies in Marine Science

[5]Reviewer for International Journal: Coastal Engineering, Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal of Hydrology, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, Continental Shelf Research, Journal of Coastal Research, Regional Studies in Marine Science.

[6]Reviewer for Chinese Journal: Journal of Sediment Research, The Ocean Engineering, Acta Oceanologica Sinica, Journal of Changsha University of Science & Technology.