BACKGROUND
My research encompasses watershed hydrology, nonpoint source pollution modeling, soil hydrology, water resources management, and comparative analysis of Sino-U.S. water resource policies. The main research questions I am trying to address are:
1.How does land use/cover change resulting from human- environmental interactions affect the watershed hydrologic processes and water cycles at multiple spatial scales and provide feedback to the land-atmosphere interactions?
2. How can spatial and digital technologies and hydrologic models be integrated to support sustainable water resources management and ecosystem services?
Received external research grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Science Foundation (NSF), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) , Michigan Departments of Environmental Quality and Natural Resources, Kalamazoo Foundation, and NSF of China.
RECENT GRANTS
PI, Impacts of land use/cover change on land surface water-energy processes in the agricultural-pastoral transitional zone, Northwest China”, NSF of China, 1/1/2016 – 12/31/2020.
PI, Observations and experiments on heterogeneity of soil hydraulic properties and its effects on hydrological processes in the Upper Reaches of the Heihe Watershed, Northwest China, NSF of China, 1/1/2012 – 12/31/2015.
PI, Spatially distributed modeling of water and pollutant transport in the Great Lakes watersheds, USGS State Water Resources Research Institute Program (2012MI203B), 03/01/2012-02/28/2013.
PI, Analysis of Point and Nonpoint Source Data for Spatially Distributed Water Quality Modeling in the Great Lakes Basin. NOAA’S Great Lakes Ecosystem Research, 9/1/2007-8/31/2008.