Bio:
I am a research scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research and School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan.
My research interests include water environment modeling, ecohydrology, and artificial intelligence, with particular focuses on hydrodynamic modeling, biophysical modeling, oil spill modeling, and machine learning. For details, please see the Publications.
My institutional website: CIGLR; SEAS.
Email: soyang@umich.edu; songyangscu@hotmail.com
Office location: NOAA, GLERL, Room 126; SEAS, Dana Building, Room 4040.
Appointment:
Research scientist, Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, 2022- Current
Assistant professor (with associate professor salary), National Inland Waterway Regulation Engineering Research Center, College of River and Ocean Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong University, 2021- 2022
Journal service:
Editorial board:
Member of advisory board, Heliyon (2023-)
Guest editor (Lead convener of a special topic), Water, MDPI (2025-)
Guest editor (Convener of a special topic), Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (2025-)
Guest editor (Lead convener of a special topic), Frontiers in Water (2024-)
Editorial member, Frontiers in Water (2023-)
Editorial member, Frontiers in Environmental Engineering (2023-)
Editorial member, Frontiers in Earth Science (2024-)
Reviewer:
I review more than 20 journal papers every year. I am a reviewer for:
Science of the Total Environment Journal of Cleaner Production
Journal of Environmental Management Environmental Pollution
Ecological Modelling iScience
Journal of Hydrology Journal of Contaminant Hydrology
Ecological Engineering Journal of Applied Water Engineering and Research
Total Environment Research Themes Heliyon
Frontiers in Water Frontiers in Environmental Engineering
Inland Waters International Journal of Environmental Research
Frontiers in Earth Science Hydrobiologia
Environmental Research Communications Environmental Research: Ecology
Human and Ecological Risk Assessment ISPRS journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing
Regional Studies in Marine Science Environmental science advance
Geoscience Data Journal Engineering Research Express
Environmental Research Results in Engineering
Frontiers in Environmental Science
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Awards:
Runner-up for the Research Excellence Award by CIGLR at the University of Michigan. The recipient is meant for supporting junior undergraduate researchers. 2025.
The Chongqing Talent Program: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Demonstration Team. 2021.
Outstanding graduates of Sichuan University. 2019.
Joint Ph.D. program sponsored by the China Scholarship Council. 2018.
National Merit Scholarship for the Ph.D. candidate. 2018.
1st National fellowship for the Ph.D. candidate. 2016.
Excellent graduate student at Sichuan University. 2016.
The 8th National Zhou Peiyuan Mechanics Competition Excellence Award. 2011.
Education:
Ph.D. in Hydraulics and River Dynamics, Sichuan University, 2020
Joint Ph.D. student, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, 2019
Joint Ph.D. student, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2018
B.S. in Hydraulic and Hydro-Power Engineering, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, 2013
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