EDUCATION
2015 Ph.D., University of Regina, Canada
2010 M.S., University of Regina, Canada
2008 B.S. (Hons), Monash University, Australia
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2023 - present Associate Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
2017 - 2023 Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
2016 - 2017 Research Assistant Professor, Atmospheric Science Group, Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University,
USA
2016 - 2017 Affiliate Faculty, Climate Science Center, College of Arts & Sciences, Texas Tech University, USA
2016 NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University, Canada
2015 - 2016 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Communities,
University of Regina, Canada
2008 - 2015 Research Assistant, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Regina, Canada
2012, 2014 Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Regina, Canada
2009 - 2010 Climate Modeling Intern, Atmospheric Science and Technology Directorate, Environment Canada
EDITORIAL BOARDS
08/2023 - present Associate Editor, Water Resources Research (AGU)
01/2018 - present Associate Editor, Journal of Hydrology
02/2019 - present Associate Editor, Journal of Hydrology X
12/2021 - present Editorial Board Member, Environmental Research Communications
01/2023 - present Editorial Board Member, Water
03/2020 - 06/2021 Lead Guest Editor, Journal of Hydrology, Special Issue: Hydroclimatic Extremes and Impacts in a
Changing Environment: Observations, Mechanisms, and Projections
01/2020 - 12/2021 Lead Guest Editor, Water, Special Issue: Hydro-Meteorological Hazards under Climate Change
AWARDS AND HONORS
2023 Tianhe Star Award
2019 Publons Global Peer Review Award
2016 NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
2015 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad, China Scholarship Council,
Chinese Ministry of Education
2013 - 2014 Dean’s Scholarship, University of Regina
2012 - 2014 Saskatchewan Innovation and Opportunity Scholarship, Government of Saskatchewan
2014 The Miklos F. Barabas, P. Eng. Scholarship, University of Regina
2014 John Spencer Middleton and Jack Spencer Gordon Middleton Scholarship, University of Regina
2012 - 2013 Verna Martin Memorial Scholarship in Doctoral Studies, University of Regina
2013 Edgar A. Wahn Scholarship, University of Regina
2013 Shen Kuo Travel Bursary, Shen Kuo Research Exchange Program
2009 - 2013 Graduate Research Award (2010, 2013), Graduate Scholarship (2009, 2011, 2013), International Graduate
Student Scholarship (2009), University of Regina
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
ASCE-EWRI Groundwater Management Technical Committee
European Geosciences Union
American Geophysical Union
American Meteorological Society
International Association of Hydrological Sciences
SCIENTIFIC MANUSCRIPT REVIEWS
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Climatic Change
Communications Earth & Environment
Earth's Future
Earth-Science Reviews
Earth System Science Data
Geophysical Research Letters
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Journal of Hydrology
Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Journal of Hydrometeorology
Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
The Lancet Planetary Health
Water Resources Research
INVITED TALKS
2023 Spatiotemporal Characteristics and Driving Mechanisms of the Emerging Risk of Hydrological Extremes in a Warming
Climate, The 2023 Supercomputing Application Conference in China, December 06, The National Supercomputing
Center in Guangzhou, China
2023 Understanding and Addressing the Emerging Risk of Hydrological Extremes in a Warming Climate, School of
Environment, November 23, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
2023 Detection and Attribution of Emerging Weather and Climate Extremes for Supporting Climate Adaptation and
Resilience, State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, May 31, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
2023 Detection and Attribution of Emerging Weather and Climate Extremes for Supporting Climate Adaptation and
Resilience, Division of Environment and Sustainability, March 31, The Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology, Hong Kong
2023 Detection and Attribution of Emerging Weather and Climate Extremes for Supporting Climate Adaptation and
Resilience, Institute for Climate and Carbon Neutrality (ICCN), March 29, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2021 Improving Projections of Hydrological Extremes at Convection-Permitting Scales, China-UK Bilateral Workshop on
Coastal Zone Disaster Early Warning and Mitigation Under Extreme Weather, October 28, Online
2021 Future Changes in Hydrological Extremes in a Changing Climate, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua
University, June 16, Online
2020 High-Resolution Projections of Future Changes of Hydrological Extremes in A Changing Climate, The 7th International
Hydrology, Ocean and Atmosphere Conference (HOAC), July 25, Online
2020 Projecting Future Changes of Hydroclimatic Characteristics Through High-Resolution Climate Simulations, The 4th
International Conference on Environmental and Energy Engineering (IC3E 2020), March 13, Online
2019 Probabilistic Projection of the Dynamic Evolution of Hydrological Extremes in A Changing Climate, Earth System
Science, Faculty of Science, September 20, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2019 Probabilistic Projections of Future Changes in Multivariate Drought Characteristics through High-Resolution
Convection-Permitting Climate Modeling, International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research -
Hong Kong Chapter (IAHR-HK), August 31, Hong Kong
2019 Convection-Permitting Projections of Future Changes in Hydroclimatic Characteristics, 9th International Conference on
Environment and Industrial Innovation, April 26, Bangkok, Thailand
2017 Development of Computational Methodologies for Modelling Earth and Environmental Systems, Climate Science
Center, College of Arts and Science, January 24, Texas Tech University, USA
2016 Uncertainty Quantification in Earth and Environmental Systems Modeling, School of Physical and Mathematical
Sciences, March 22, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2016 Quantification and Reduction of Uncertainties in Hydrologic Predictions, Atmospheric Science Group, Department of
Geosciences, May 18, Texas Tech University, USA
2016 Water Resources Systems Analysis Under Uncertainty, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, March 17,
Western University, Canada
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2019 Probabilistic Projections of Multivariate Drought Characteristics Through Convection-Permitting Climate Simulations,
AGU Fall Meeting, December 11, San Francisco, California, USA
2019 Probabilistic Projections of Future Changes in Hydroclimatic Characteristics, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
(AOGS) 16th Annual Meeting, July 29, Singapore
2017 Towards Robust Quantification and Reduction of Uncertainty in Hydrologic Predictions, International Symposium on
Geoenvironmental Informatics, December 13, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
2015 Interactive Optimization Methods for Environmental Management and Planning Under Multiple Uncertainties, CSCE
Annual Conference, May 27, Regina, Canada
2014 An Uncertainty Quantification Framework for Hydrologic Prediction Under Climate Change, AGU Fall Meeting,
December 19, San Francisco, California, USA
2013 Risk-Based Factorial Probabilistic Inference for Optimization of Flood Control Systems with Correlated Uncertainties,
International Symposium on Watershed Management and Flood Control, August 3, Banff, Alberta, Canada
2013 Development of a Clusterwise-Linear-Regression-Based Forecasting System for Characterizing DNAPL
Dissolution Behaviors in Porous Media, May 14, Shen Kuo Research Presentation Program, Beijing, China
2008 Comparison of Ant Colony Optimization Algorithms with Different Pheromone Updating Strategies, July 16,
Gippsland Campus, Monash University, Australia