1.Personal Information

Full Name:	Zeng ZHOU
Academic Position:	Full Professor
E-mail:	zeng.zhou@hhu.edu.cn
Address:	Hohai University, Xikang Road 1, Nanjing 210098, China

2.Education History

Degree	University	Time
Ph.D(Estuarine  Morphodynamics):	University of Cantabria,Spain Supervised by: Giovanni Coco, Ian Townend,  and Maitane Olabarietta	03/2012 – 03/2015
MSc(Coasts/Estuaries):	Delft University of Technology,Netherlands University of Southampton,UK Norwegian University of Science and Technology,Norway Supervised by: Robert Nicholls, Belen Blanco, and  Marcel Stive	08/2009 – 07/2011
MEng(Harbour/Coastal  Engineering):	Hohai University,China Supervised by: Changkuan Zhang	09/2008 – 07/2009
BEng(Harbour/Coastal  Engineering):	Hohai University,China	09/2004 – 06/2008

3.Work Experience

4.Research Interests

· Estuarine and Coastal Hydrodynamics, Sediment Transport and Morphology

· Coastal Engineering and Protection

· Biophysical Processes on Tidal Flats and Carbon Dynamics

5.Teaching

Jiangsu Provincial Excellent Course “Advanced coastal dynamics”. This is a two-credit graduate students’ course focusing on estuarine and coastal processes and morphodynamics.

6.Main Research Funds

· Preparing fit-for-purpose wetland buffers to increase coastal resilience (BUFFERS, Grant No. 2024YFE0103100), 1,800,000RMB, National Key Research and Development Program of China (China-New Zealand Strategic Research Alliance Project), 2024.07-2027.06, Principle investigator (PI).

· Evolution and Sustainable Development of the Human-Sea Coupled Coastal WetlandSystem under Global Change (ECOSYNC, Grant No.42361144873), 1,980,000RMB, National Natural Science Foundation of China and United Nations Environment Programme Joint Key Project (NSFC-UNEP), 2024.01-2026.12, Principle investigator (PI).

· Biomorphodynamics, Protection and Restoration of Coastal wetlands, 1,600,000RMB, National Talent Project for Young Scholars,2022.01-2025.12, Principle investigator (PI).

· Morphodynamics and Modelling of the Estuarine and Coastal Saltmarsh-Mangrove Ecotone (Grant No.42376161), National Natural Science Foundation of China, 510,000RMB, 2024.01-2027.12, Principle investigator (PI).

· Evolution and Restoration of Coastal wetlands (Grant NO. BK20200077), 500,000RMB, Jiangsu Provincial Natural Science Foundation – Excellence Project for Young Scholars,2020.07-2023.06, Principle investigator (PI).

· Morphological evolution and regime shift of saltmarsh edges (Grant NO. 41976156), 640,000RMB, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 01/2020-12/2023, Principle investigator (PI).

· Evolution and resilience of tidal flats and marshes: A comparison between the outer Thames estuary and the Jiangsu coast (NSFC-RS, Grant No. 4171101405), National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Royal Society of UK, 2018.04-2020.03, Collaboration with Dr Iris Moller from Cambridge University, Principle investigator (PI).

· Geomorphic characteristics and morphodynamic evolution of tidal networks influenced by salt marshes (Grant NO. 41606104), 200,000RMB, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 01/2017-12/2019, Principle investigator (PI).

· Sediment sorting processes and morphodynamic evolution of tidal flat-marsh system (Grant NO. BK20160862), 190,000RMB, Jiangsu Provincial Natural Science Foundation, 07/2016-07/2019, Principle investigator (PI).

· Erosion and expansion of salt marshes on tidal flat wetlands and environmental protection, 20,000RMB, Excellent Science and Technology Activity Funding for Researchers Having Studying Experience Abroad, Principle investigator (PI).

· Multiple sediment sorting dynamics on tidal flats (Grant NO. 2016B00714), 150,000RMB, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, 01/2016-12/2018, Principle investigator (PI).

· Multi-factor driven bio-morphodynamic evolution of silt-muddy tidal flats: mechanisms and modeling (Grant NO. 51620105005), 2,430,000RMB, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 01/2017-12/2021, Co-PI (2/11).

· Vegetation morphodynamics of silt-muddy tidal flats (Grant NO. 2015B24814), 300,000RMB, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, 09/2015-09/2017, Co-PI (2/11).

7.Selected publications (*indicates corresponding author)

1.    Zhou, Z., Wei, Y., Geng, L., Zhang, Y., Gu, Y., Finotello, A., D’Alpaos, A., Gong, Z., Xu, F., Zhang, C. and Coco, G., 2024. Cross-shore parallel tidal channel systems formed by alongshore currents. Nature Communications, 15(1), doi:10.1038/s41467-024-49176-2.

2.    Wei, Y., van Maanen, B., Xie, D., Jiang, Q., Zhou, Z.* and Schwarz, C., 2024. Mangrove-saltmarsh ecotones: Are species shifts determining eco-morphodynamic landform configurations? Earth's Future, 12(10): e2024EF004990, doi:10.1029/2024EF004990.

3.    Jiang, C.H., Zhou, Z.*, Townend, I.H., Guo, L.C., Wei, Y.Z., Luo, F. and Zhang, C.K., 2024. Modelling the impact of sediment composition on long-term estuarine morphodynamics. Coastal Engineering, 193, doi:10.1016/j.coastaleng.2024.104595.

4.    Zhou, Z., Wu, Y., Fan, D., Wu, G., Luo, F., Yao, P., Gong, Z. and Coco, G., 2022. Sediment sorting and bedding dynamics of tidal flat wetlands: Modeling the signature of storms. Journal of Hydrology, 610: 127913, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.127913.

5.    Wei, Y., Chen, Y., Qiu, J., Zhou, Z.*, Yao, P., Jiang, Q., Gong, Z., Coco, G., Townend, I. and Zhang, C., 2022. The role of geological mouth islands on the morphodynamics of back-barrier tidal basins. Earth Surface Dynamics, 10(1): 65-80, doi:10.5194/esurf-10-65-2022.

6.    Chen, L., Moeller, I., Zhou, Z.*, Hu, Z., Zhang, Y., Chu, M., Jia, Y., Townend, I. and Zhang, C., 2024. Seasonal biophysical interactions in tidal marsh evolution: Insights from a synchronized dataset in jiangsu, china. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, doi:10.3389/fmars.2024.1469307.

7.    Chen, X., Zhou, Z.*, He, Q., Zhang, H., Bouma, T., Gong, Z., Townend, I. and Zhang, C., 2022. Role of abiotic drivers on crab burrow distribution in a saltmarsh wetland. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.1040308.

8.    Townend, I., Zhou, Z.*, Guo, L. and Coco, G., 2021. A morphological investigation of marine transgression in estuaries. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 46(3): 626-641, doi:10.1002/esp.5050.

9.    Zhou, Z., Liu, Q., Fan, D., Coco, G., Gong, Z., Möller, I., Xu, F., Townend, I. and Zhang, C., 2021. Simulating the role of tides and sediment characteristics on tidal flat sorting and bedding dynamics. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 46(11): 2163-2176, doi:10.1002/esp.5166.

10.  Xu, F., Coco, G., Zhou, Z.*, Townend, I., Guo, L. and He, Q., 2020. A Universal Form of Power Law Relationships for River and Stream Channels. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(20), doi:10.1029/2020GL090493.

11.  Zhou Z., Chen L.Y., Tao J., Gong Z., Guo L., van der Wegen M., Townend I., and Zhang C.K. (2020) The role of salinity in fluvio-deltaic morphodynamics: A long-term modelling study. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms,45(3): 590-604, doi: 10.1002/esp.4757.

12.  Chen Lei, Zhou Zeng*, Xu Fan, Jimenez Mirian, Tao Jianfeng, and Zhang Changkuan, 2020. Simulating the Impacts of Land Reclamation and De-Reclamation on the Morphodynamics of Tidal Networks, Anthropocene Coasts, 3(1): 30-42, doi: 10.1139/anc-2019-0010.

13.  Fan Xu, Giovanni Coco, Jianfeng Tao, Zeng Zhou*, Changkuan Zhang, Stefano Lanzoni, Andrea D'Alpaos (2019) On the Morphodynamic Equilibrium of a Short Tidal Channel. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 124: 639-665, doi: 10.1029/2018JF004952

14.  Tao, J., Wang, Z. B., Zhou, Z.*, Xu, F., Zhang, C., & Stive, M. J. F. ( 2019). A morphodynamic modeling study on the formation of the large‐scale radial sand ridges in the Southern Yellow Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 124. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JF004866

15.  Zhou Z., Coco G., Townend I., Gong Z., Wang Z.B., and Zhang C.K. (2018) On the stability relationships between tidal asymmetry and morphologies of tidal basins and estuaries. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 43(9): 1943-1959, doi: 10.1002/esp.4366.

16.  Gong Z., Zhao K., Zhang C.K, Dai W., Coco G., Zhou Z. * (2018) The role of bank collapse on tidal creek ontogeny: A novel process-based model for bank retreat, Geomorphology. 311, 13-26, doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.03.016.

17.  Winterwerp J.C., Zhou Z., Battista G., Van Kessel T., Jagers B., Van Maren B., and Van der Wegen M. (2018) An efficient consolidation model for morphodynamic simulations in low SPM-environments. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. 144(8): 04018055(1-14), doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0001477.

18.  Chen, X. D., Zhang, C. K., Zhou, Z., Gong, Z., Zhou, J. J., Tao, J. F., Paterson, D. M. & Feng, Q. (2017). Stabilizing effects of bacterial biofilms: EPS penetration and re-distribution of bed stability down the sediment profile. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 122(12): 3113-3125. doi:10.1002/2017JG004050.

19.  Zhou Z., Coco G., Townend I., Olabarrieta M., van der Wegen M., Gong Z., D’Alpaos A., Gao S., Jaffe B. E., Gelfenbaum G., He Q., Wang Y., Lanzoni S., Wang Z. B., Winterwerp H. and Zhang C.K. (2017) Is “Morphodynamic Equilibrium” an oxymoron. Earth-Science Reviews, 165:257–267, doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2016.12.002.

20.  Zhou Z., van der Wegen M., Jagers B., and Coco G. (2016) Modeling the role of self-weight consolidation on the morphodynamics of accretional intertidal mudflats. Environmental Modelling & Software, 76, 167-181, doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.11.002.

21.  Zhou Z., Ye Q., and Coco G. (2016) A one-dimensional biomorphodynamic model of tidal flats: Sediment sorting, marsh distribution, and carbon accumulation under sea level rise. Advances in Water Resources, 93, 288-302, doi: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2015.10.011.

22.  Zhou Z., Coco G., van der Wegen M., Gong Z., Zhang C.K., and Townend I.  (2015) Modeling sorting dynamics of cohesive and non-cohesive sediments on intertidal flats under the effects of tidal currents and wind waves. Continental Shelf Research, 104, 76-91, doi: 10.1016/j.csr.2015.05.010.

23.  Zhou Z., Coco G., Jiménez , M., Olabarrieta M., van der Wegen M., and Townend I.  (2014) Morphodynamics of river-influenced tidal back-barrier basins: The role of landscape and hydrodynamic settings. Water Resour. Res, 50(12), 9514-9535, doi:10.1002/2014WR015891.

24.  Zhou Z., Olabarrieta M., Stefanon L., D'Alpaos A., Carniello L. and Coco G. (2014) A comparative study of physical and numerical modeling of tidal network ontogeny. J. Geophys. Res., 119(4), 892-912, doi:10.1002/2014JF003092.

25.  Zhou Z., Stefanon L., Olabarrieta M., D'Alpaos A., Carniello L. and Coco G. (2014) Analysis of the drainage density of experimental and modelled tidal networks. Earth Surf. Dyn., 2(1), 105-116, doi:10.5194/esurf-2-105-2014.

26.  Coco G., Zhou Z., van Maanen B., Olabarrieta M., Tinoco R. and Townend I. (2013) Morphodynamics of tidal networks: advances and challenges. Mar. Geol., 346, 1-16, doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2013.08.005.

8.Awards 

1.  Second Prize for the Science and Technology Progress Award of China Association of Oceanic Engineering, “Mechanisms of muddy coastal biogeomorphological evolution and key technologies for saltmarsh ecological restoration”, awarded by China Association of Oceanic Engineering, 2023 (1/9)

2.  Second Prize for the Science and Technology Progress Award of Chinese Universities, “Monitoring, modeling, development and protection key techniques and applications of tidal flats along South Yellow Sea”, awarded by The Ministry of Education of China, 2017 (5/15)

3.  Distinction Doctoral Thesis of Spain (Cum laude), 03/2015.

4. Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, for journal Continental Shelf Research and Advances in Water Resources, Elsevier.

5.  Attracting Talents International Funding for PhD Studies, Spain, 03/2012-03/2015.

6.  Erasmus Mundus Master Funding on Coastal and Marine Engineering and Management, European Union, 08/2009-07/2011.

7.  Best Presentation Award, The 7th IAHR symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics (RCEM 2011), 09/2011.

8.  Distinction Master (Cum laude) Awarded by Delft University of Technology and University of Southampton, 07/2011.

9.Academic Services  

1.   Director, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Ocean Resources Development and Environmental Security

2.   Associate editor for journal of “Anthropocene Coasts”, Canadian Science Publishing

3.   Associate editor for journal of “Frontiers in Marine Science”, Frontiers Media S.A.

4.   Advisory board member for Journal of “Earth Surface Processes and Landforms”, Wiley

5.   Editorial board member for journal of “Water Science and Engineering”, Elsevier Publishing

6.   Board member of International Symposium of River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics (IAHR-RCEM)

7.   Session Chairman for 10^th IAHR-RCEM Symposium, Padova, Italy

8.   Session Chairman for 11^th IAHR-RCEM Symposium, Auckland, New Zealand

9.  Member of International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR), and Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS).