Chuxuan Li

Posdoctoral researcher at UCLA

Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Sciences at Northwestern University

I am a numerical modeler working at the intersection of hydrology, geomorphology, meteorology, climate science, and natural hazards.

About Me

Hello! My name is Chuxuan Li. Welcome to my personal website.

I received my Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Sciences from Northwestern University in June 2024. There, I worked with Dr. Daniel Horton to use numerical modeling to study hydro-climate extreme events in the U.S. west coast. I have a particular interest in extreme weather events and the triggered land surface hazards such as shallow landslides and post-wildfire debris flows.

I was born and raised in southern China. I received my Bachelor’s degree in Marine Sciences from Sun Yat-sen University, a top 10 university in China. From 2017 to 2020, I worked on the variability and predictability of atmospheric rivers (ARs) over the North Atlantic and received my Master's degree from the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill in 2020. To further my pursuits in research, I joined Dr. Daniel Horton’s Climate Change Research Group (CCRG) in July 2020 and started my Ph.D. journey.

In 2024, I graduated with my Ph.D. and joined Drs. Gilles Peltzer and Seulgi Moon's team at UCLA as a postdoc. At UCLA, I use InSAR and hydrologic modeling to study the tectonic changes in the Tibet region and the possible hydrological pathways contributing to that.

My full CV can be found here.