Prof./Dr. YujunYi
Dr. Yujun Yi is a professor in the School of Environment, Beijing Normal University. Her research interest iseco-hydraulics, aquatic habitat simulation, hydraulic modeling, and riverrestoration.
She has led more than30 national projects including: Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation, The National Key Research and Development Program, The National KeyTechnology R&D Program, Nonprofit Environment Protection Specific Project etc.
She published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal papers, 3 books and 2 book chapters, 1 teaching materials, 6 patents, and 2 computer software copyright. The published papers are cited more than 1000 times (Web ofScience), and one first author article has been listed as ESI top 10% HighlyCited Paper. She organized 3 international conferences.
Academic Education
September 2003 –July 2008 (Ph.D. degree)
Tsinghua University(THU), Beijing, P. R. China
September 1999 –July 2003 (Bachelor degree)
SichuanUniversity (SCU), Chengdu, P. R. China
Work Experience
2017/08-present Beijing Normal University, Beijing,China Professor
2011/08 to 2017/07 Beijing Normal University, Beijing,China Associate Professor
2014/07-08 University of California at Los Angeles,USA Visiting Scholar
2013/01-2014/03 Stuttgart University, Germany Humboldt Scholar
2008/08 to 2011/07 BeijingNormal University, Beijing, China Lecture
2005/05-07 Delft University, Netherlands Visiting Scholar
Professional Societies
Associate Editor: International Journal of Sediment Research& Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering
Member of editorialboard: Journalof Ecohydraulics & Journal of Lake Sciences
General Secretary of CNC-IAHS Eco-hydrologycommittee
IOC Executive Board member of IAHR China Chapter; EcosystemRestoration committee of Beijing;
Selection Committee of the InternationalClimate Protection Fellowship Programme, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation,Germany
Reviewer Expert ofNational Natural Science Foundation of China;
Member of InternationalAssociation for Hydro-EnvironmentEngineering and Research (IAHR); InternationalSociety for Ecological Modeling(ISEM);
Senior member of Society of EnvironmentalScience;
Awards
National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, “Ecohydraulics”, No.52025092, 2021-2025
Beijing Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars, “Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development in environment capacity enhancement and a comprehensive regulation in ecological space optimization”, No.JQ19034, 2020-2022.
The China Navigation Science and Technology Award, China. “Key techniques of navigation safety warning for inland navigation based on hydrodynamic model”, 2019.
The Nature Science Prize of Higher Education of China (Second Class), Ministry of Education, China “The Enrichment and Transmission Mechenism and Accumulation Risk of Typical Environmental Pollution in River Eco-system”, 2017.
National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars，“Environmental and Ecological Effects of Daming Rivers”, No. 51722901, 2017-2020.
The Yangtze Young Scholars, “Hydraulics and River Dynamics”, 2016.
Humboldt Scholarship, Germany, 2012;
Conference Organization Chair/Committee:
The Inaugural International Symposium on WaterModelling, iSymWater2019, July 8-11, 2019, Beijing, China
International Symposium on Water System Operations,ISWSO2018. Committee Member and Chair of session “Reservoir Sediment Regulation and ecological operation”. 17th October, Beijing, China
35th IAHR WORLD CONGRESS, The Wise Find Pleasure inWater.Sep.8-13, Chengdu,China,2013
Blueprint for Sustainable, Ecologically-based,Watershed Management in China: A Workshop on Lessons Learned Globally, August1-4, 2011, Beijing, China
Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics: RCEM2011,September 6-8, 2011, Beijing, China
Keynote/Invited Speech
“Aquaticspecies habitat simulation method and modelling”.International Workshop of Water Disaster Mitigation and Water EnvironmentRegulation. April 24-27,2019, Chengdu, China
“Aquatichabitat simulation”. Expert Consultation regarding Challenges ofGroundwater Pollution and Management Strategies in China and Academic Committeeof Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Science Ministry of Education,2017.12.11, Beijing, China
“Aquatichabitat suitability model”. Construction, Soil and Water Forum of the YangtzeRiver Scholars Series Forum. 2018.11.16-18. Beijing
“Ecologicalhydrological process and simulation of shallow macrophysic lakes”.2017.10.19-21，Xi An, China Water Conservancy 2017 Academic AnnualConference
“Ecologicalhydrological process and ecological regulation of shallow macrophysic lakes”, The 10thnGeography and Lakes Young Scholars Forum, 2018.01.12. Nanjing, China
Selected Publications
Long Chen, SaiLiang, Maodian Liu, Yujun Yi, ZhifuMi, Yanxu Zhang, Yumeng Li, Jianchuan Qi, Jing Meng, Xi Tang, Haoran Zhang,Yindong Tong, Wei Zhang, Xuejun Wang, Jiong Shu, and Zhifeng Yang. 2019.Trans-provincial health impacts of atmospheric mercury emissions in China, Nature Communications.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09080-6
YujunYi*, Yang Zhou, Jie Song, ShanghongZhang, YanpengCai, Wei Yang, ZhifengYang. 2018.The effects of cascade damconstruction and operation on riparian vegetation. Advances in Water Resources,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2018.09.015.
Caihong Tang, Yujun Yi*, Zhifeng Yang, Shanghong Zhang, and Haifei Liu. 2018. Effects ofecological flow release patterns on water quality and ecological restoration ofBaiyangdian Lake. Journal of Cleaner Production, 174: 577-590.
Yu-jun Yi*, Yang Zhou, Yan-peng Cai, Wei Yang, Zhi-wei Li, Xu Zhao. 2018. The influence of climate change onan endangered riparian plant species: The root of riparian Homonoia. EcologicalIndicators, 92:40-50.
Yujun Yi*, Xi Cheng, Zhifeng Yang, Silke Wieprecht, ShanghongZhang, Yingjie Wu. 2017. Evaluating the ecological influence of hydraulicprojects: A review of aquatic habitat suitability models. Renewable andSustainable Energy Reviews, 68: 748–762.
Caihong Tang, Yujun Yi*,Zhifeng Yang, Xi Cheng. 2014. Water Pollution Risk Simulation and Prediction inthe Main Canal of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project. Journal ofHydrology, 519, 2111–2120.(Web ofScience cited 37 times)
YiYujun, Wang Zhaoyin, Yang Zhifeng. Impact of the Gezhouba and Three Gorges Dams on habitatsuitability of carps in the Yangtze River. Journal ofHydrology. 2010, 387: 283–291.( Web of Science cited 69 times)
YujunYi, Zhifeng Yang, Shanghong Zhang. Ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in sediment andfishes in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River basin. Environmental Pollution, 2011, 159(15): 2575-2585.(Web of Science cited446 times)
YiYujun, Wang Zhaoyin, Yang Zhifeng. Two-dimensional habitat modeling of Chinese sturgeon spawningsites. Ecological Modelling. 2010, 221(5):864-875.(Web of Science cited54 times)
YiYujun, Wang Zhaoyin, Yu Guoan. Sediment pollution and its effect on fish through food chainin the Yangtze River. International Journal ofSediment Research. 2008, 23(4):338-347. (Web of Science cited 109 times)
Yujun Yi, Xi Cheng, Silke Wieprecht, Caihong Tang. 2014. Comparison of habitat suitabilitymodels using different habitat suitability evaluation methods. EcologicalEngineering (2014), 71: 335-345. (Web of Science cited 15 times)
Yujun YI, Caihong Tang, Zhifeng Yang, Xi Cheng.Influence of Manwan Reservoir on fish habitat in the middle reach of theLancang River. Ecol. Eng., 2014, 69: 106-117. (Web of Science cited 27 times)
Yujun Yi, Shanghong Zhang.2012. Heavymetal (Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Pb, Zn) concentrations in seven fish species in relationto fish size and location along the Yangtze River. EnvironmentalScience and Pollution Research.19(9):3989-3996. (Web ofScience cited 46 times)
Yu-Jun Yi*, Jie Sun, Cai-Hong Tang, Shang-Hong Zhang.2016. Ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in sediment in the upper reachof the Yangtze River. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 23:11002-11013.(Web of Science cited13 times)
Tang CH, Yi YJ. 2016. Risk forecasting of pollution accidents based on anintegrated Bayesian Network and water quality model for the South to NorthWater Transfer Project. Ecological Engineering. 96: 109–116.(Web of Science cited 11 times)
Caihong Tang, Yujun Yi*,Zhifeng Yang, Jie Sun. 2016. Risk analysis of emergent water pollutionaccidents based on a Bayesian Network. Journal of Environmental Management, 165:199-205 (Web of Science cited 15 times)
Shang-hong Zhang, Yu Wu, Zhu Jing, Yu-jun Yi*. 2018. Navigable flowcondition simulation based on two-dimensional hydrodynamic parallel model. Journal of Hydrodynamics.
Yujun Yi*, Jie Sun, Yufeng Yang, Yang Zhou, Caihong Tang, Xuan Wang, ZhifengYang. 2018. Habitat suitability evaluation of a benthic macroinvertebratecommunity in a shallow lake. Ecological Indicators, 90: 451-459.
Yufeng Yang, Xiongdong Zhou, Yujun Yi*, Mengzhen Xu, Zhifeng Yang.2018. Influence of debris flows on macroinvertebrate diversity and assemblagestructure. Ecological Indicators. 85: 781-790.