Xin Li, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
College of Hydrology and Water Resources
Hohai University
Education
Ph.D Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering，National University of Singapore,Singapore,2018
M.Eng Hydraulic Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, 2014
B.Eng Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China，2011
Professional Experience
| Jun 2023 to now | Associate professor , Hohai University，Nanjing，China. Research field：Hydrometeorology, hydroclimatology, and Hydroinformatics: including climate change impact on hydrology and water resources, the impact of climate change on extreme hydrological eventsstatistical downscaling, weather generators, artificial intelligence and machine learning, rainfall forecast based on radar image, etc. |
| Nov 2018 to Jun 2023 | Lecturer , Hohai University，Nanjing，China. Research field：Hydrometeorology, hydroclimatology, and Hydroinformatics: including climate change impact on hydrology and water resources, statistical downscaling, weather generators, artificial intelligence and machine learning, rainfall forecast based on radar image, non-stationary frequency analysis of flood and drought, etc. |
| Jun 2018 to Nov 2018 | Computing Engineer , Hydroinformatics Institute Ltd, Singapore. Research field：Short-term rainfall forecast based on radar image. |
| Aug 2014 to Jun 2018 | Research Assistant , National University of Singapore，Singapore. Research filed：Climate change impact on hydrology and water resources；statistical downscaling；weather generators；rainfall models, etc. |
| Sep 2011 to Jan 2014 | Master student , Tianjin University，Tianjin，China. Research field：non-stationary flood frequency analysis；distributed hydrologic modelling；impact of Land cover and land use change on flood characteristics. |
Research Interests
Statistical Downscaling of large-scale climate models
Hydrometeorological modeling based on weather generators
Impact of climate change and human activities on hydrologic cycle
Application of machine learning techniques in hydrology and water resources
Early-warning techniques for flood and drought
Reviewer for journals
| Water Resources Research | Science Bulletin |
| Journal of Hydrology | Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies |
| Journal of Flood Risk Management | Journal of Geophysical Research：Atmosphere |
| Weather and Forecasting | International Journal of Climatology |
| Theoretical and Applied Climatology | Climate Research |
| Nature Hazards | Hydrological Sciences Journal |
| Hydrology Research | Advances in Climate Change Research |
| Water Science Engineering |
Honors and Awards
Third prize in Jiangsu micro-lecture teaching ability contest, 2019
Jiangsu’s mass entrepreneurship and innovation program, 2019
Full scholarship from Ministry of Education of Singapore, 2014-2018
National Scholarship, 2013
Professional Memberships
American Geophysical Union (member)
IAHR (member)
Teaching Experience
| Spring 2019-2010 | Engineering Hydrology, Hohai University |
| Spring 2019-2020 | Engineering Hydrology and Hydraulics, Hohai University |
Grants
| 2020-2022 | National Natural Science Foundation of China“Assessment of climate change impact on regional water resources based on nonstationary multi-dimensional downscaling methods”(PI), ¥270,000. |
| 2020-2021 | Innovative and Entrepreneurial Program of Jiangsu Province,“Rainfall-Runoff Modelling based on Genetic Programming”(PI), ¥150,000。 |
| 2021-2022 | Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities “High-resolution stochastic rainfall simulation across spatiotemporal scales”(PI), $120,000. |
| 2020-2021 | Nanjing Science and Technology Innovation Project for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars,“New-generation hydrological modelling based on machine learning techniques”(PI), ¥50,000 |
| 2019-2020 | Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities，“Multi-site statistical downscaling method and its application in runoff response under climate change” (PI), ¥50,000 |
Publications-SCI
[1] Li, Xin, Ke Zhang*, Pengrui Gu, Haotian Feng, Yifan Yin, Wang Chen, Bochang, Cheng. Changes in precipitation extremes in the Yangtze River Basin during 1960–2019 and the association with global warming, ENSO, and local effects. Science of the Total Environment,760(3):144244, 2021.
[2] Ke Zhang*, Gebdang B Ruben, Xin Li, Zhijia Li, Zhongbo Yu, Jun Xia, Zengchuan Dong. A comprehensive assessment framework for quantifying climatic and anthropogenic contributions to streamflow changes: A case study in a typical semi-arid North China basin. Environmental Modelling & Software,128(6):104704, 2020.
[3] Li, Xin and Vladan Babovic*. A new scheme for multivariate, multisite weather generator with inter-variable, inter-site dependence and inter-annual variability based on empirical copula approach. Climate Dynamics,52(3-4):2247-2267, 2019.
[4] Li, Xin and Vladan Babovic*. Multi-site multivariate downscaling of global climate model outputs: an integrated framework combining quantile mapping, stochastic weather generator and empirical copula approaches, Climate Dynamics, 52(9-10):5775-5799, 2019.
[5] Li, Xin∗, Ke Zhang∗, and Vladan Babovic. Projections of Future Climate Change in Singapore based on a Multi-Site Multivariate Downscaling Approach, Water, 11(11):2300, 2019.
[6] Li, Xin∗, Ali Meshgi, and Vladan Babovic. Spatio-temporal variation of wet and dry spell characteristics of tropical precipitation in singapore and its association with enso. International Journal of Climatology, 36(15):4831–4846, 2016.
[7] Li, Xin, Xuan Wang*, and Vladan Babovic*. Analysis of variability and trends of precipitation extremes in singapore during 1980–2013. International Journal of Climatology, 38(1):125–141, 2018.
[8] Xuan Wang, Vladan Babovic, and Li, Xin∗. Application of spatial-temporal error correction in updating hydrodynamic model. Journal of Hydro-environment Research (Corresponding author), 16:45–57, 2017.
[9] Hang Zeng*, Ping Feng, and Li, Xin. Reservoir flood routing considering the non-stationarity of flood series in north china. Water resources management, 28(12):4273–4287, 2014.
Contact Information
E-Mail: [email protected]
QQ: 191427614
Office : Liuguangwen Guan, Room 211,Liuguangwen Guan, Room 211Physical Address: Room 211, Liuguangwen Guan, 1 Xikang Rd, Nanjing, China, 210098