GONG Zheng

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3.Personal Data

Name: GONG Zheng	Nationality: China	Gender: Male
Position: Professor, Vice Dean	Date of Birth: October, 1975
Phone: 86-25-83787340	E-mail: gongzheng@hhu.edu.cn
Address: 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing, 210098, China

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2.Professional Experience

2016 - 2018	Specially-Appointed Professors by Universities in Jiangsu Province, China
2013.01-present	Vice Dean of College of Harbor, Waterway and Coastal Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, China
2013.07-present	Professor, Hohai University, Nanjing, China
2010.09-2011.09	Visiting Scholar at Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
2008.05-2013.07	Associated Professor, Hohai University, Nanjing, China
2006.09-2008.05	Expert Engineer at Hohai University, China
2002.12-2006.09	Expert Engineer at Taihu Basin Authority, Ministry of Water resources, China

 

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3.Education

1999.03-2002.12	Doctor in Coastal Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, China
1997.09-1999.03	Master in Coastal Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, China
1993.09-1997.07	Bachelor in Shipping and Ocean Engineering, Hohai University, China

 

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4.Research Interests

Ecomorphodynamics of tidal flats

Coastal and estuarine hydrodynamics and morphodynamics

Coastal and harbor engineering and management

 

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5.Main Prizes and Awards

[1]New Century Excellent Talents in Innovation, The Ministry of Education of China, 2012-2015

[2]Second Prize for the Science and Technology Progress Award of Chinese Universities, The Ministry of Education of China, 2011 (the 3rd place)

[3]First Prize for the Science and Technology Progress Award of Chinese Universities, The Ministry of Education of China, 2010 (the 3rd place)

[4]First Prize for the Science and Technology Progress Award, The Ministry of Water Resources of China, 2009 (the 4th place)

[5]Excellent Research in Science and Technology of Hohai University, 2009

 

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6.Selected Research Projects

[1]Principal Investigator, “Research & application of key techniques on water security of the Yangtze Estuary and coastal area under a changing environment”, National key research and development projects, supported by Ministration of Science and Technology of China, RMB 4300,000, 2016/07-2019/12 (ref. 2016YFC0401505)

[2]Principal Investigator, “Evolution mechanism of muddy tidal flats”, supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China, RMB 800,000, 2014/01-2017/12 (ref. 51379003)

[3]Principal Investigator, “Sustainable operation techniques and mechanisms of siltation downstream flood gates of tidal rivers on Jiangsu coast”, supported by the Water Authority of Jiangsu province, RMB 900,000, 2012/01-2013/12

[4]Principal Investigator, “Water and sediment fluxes of muddy tidal inlets”, supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China, RMB 200,000, 2011/01-2013/12 (ref. 51009062)

[5]Principal Investigator, “Changes in Water and Sediment Fluxes after the Construction of lock in Estuaries”, supported by Ministry of Water Resources, RMB 750,000, 2008-2011 (ref. 200801016-1).

[6]Main Participant, “Hydrodynamic processes and salinity dynamics of Yangtze River estuary”, supported by National Program on Key Basic Research Project (973 Program), RMB 4,230,000, 2009-2014 (ref. 2010CB429001).

 

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7.Recent Publications

[1]Zhang, W.Y., Gong, Z., Zhang, C.K., Tan, W. Response of nearshore circulation outside Yangtze Estuary to El Niño events. Water Science and Engineering, 2016.DOI: 10.1016/j.wse.2016.02.004

[2]Zhang, Q., Gong, Z., Zhang, C.K., Townend, I., Jin, C., Li,H. Velocity and sediment surge: What do we see at times of very shallow water on intertidal mudflats? Continental Shelf Research, 2016,113: 10-20.

[3]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. 

[4]Li, H., Zhang, C.K., Gong, Z., Mapping sediment types of muddy intertidal zone by means of TM remote sensing image, Indian Journal of Geo-marine Sciences, 2014, 43(10).

[5]Zhang, G.S., Xu, Q., Gong, Z.，Cheng, Y.C., Wang, L., Ji, Q.Y., Annual and Interannual Variability of Scatterometer Ocean Surface Wind over the South China Sea. Journal of Ocean University of China, 2014(13): 191-197

[6]Ferreira, V. G., Gong, Z., He, X.F., Zhang, Y.L., Andam-Akorful, S. A.. Estimating total discharge in the Yangtze River Basin using satellite-based observations. Remote Sensing, 2013, 5(7),3415-3430.

[7]Li, H., Zhang, C.K., Zhang, Y., Zhang, D., Gao, J., Gong, Z.. Predicting water content using linear spectral mixture model on soil spectra. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 2013, 7 (1),  doi: 10.1117/1.JRS.7.073539 

[8]Gong, Z., Wang, Z.B., Stive, M.J.F., Zhang, C.K.,Chu A.. Process-based morphodynamic modeling of a schematized mudflat dominated by a long-shore tidal current at the central Jiangsu Coast, China. Journal of Coastal Research, 2012, 28(6): 1381 – 1392

[9]Gong, Z., Zhang, C.K.,Wan, L.M., Zuo, J.C.. Tidal level response to sea-level rise in the Yangtze Estuary. China Ocean Engineering, 2012, 26(1): 109-122 DOI: 10.1007/s13344-012-0008-2.

[10]Ferreira, V. G., Gong, Z., Andam-Akorful, S. A. Monitoring mass changes in the Volta River Basin using GRACE satellite gravity and TRMM precipitation. Journal of Geodetic Sciences (Boletim de Ciencias Geodesicas) 2012,Vol, 18(4), 549-563.

[11]Gong, Z., Zhang, C.K.,  Zuo, C.B., Wu, W.D. Sediment transport following water transfer from Yangtze River to Taihu Basin. Water Science and Engineering. 2011, 4(4): 431-444.

 

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8.Academic Services

[1]Council Member, Jiangsu Provincial Society of Oceanology and Limnology

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

[3]Journal reviewer for: Maritime Engineering, Journal of Coastal Research

 

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