Dr. Yan Zhong
Nature explorer, Mountain lover, Geoscientist, Hazard Assessment and Disaster Risk Reduction Expert @ University of Geneva
Passionate home chef with a love for Sichuan, Asian, and Western cuisines
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About me
About me
I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Climate Change Impacts and Risks in the Anthropocene (C-CIA) Group, University of Geneva, Switzerland. My projects focus on mountain hazard assessment and disaster risk reduction (DRR), particularly in countries of the Hindu Kush–Himalaya (HKH) region, where I have been working for the past six years. My research interests include climate change impacts, multi-hazard modeling and assessment, glacier dynamics, GLOFs, debris flows, rock-ice avalanches, and hydropower economics and risk management. I have extensive fieldwork experience, having visited dozens of glaciers and glacial lakes in the HKH and the Alps. I can even run and jump at 5,500 metres in the cold, arid northern Tibetan Plateau.
I hold a M.Sc. in Physical Geography from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and a Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from the University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Research Topics & Publications
Research Topics & Publications
Regional-scale hazard and risk analysis and modeling within the HKH, encompassing countries such as China, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Bhutan.
How do natural hazards impact human society? How does human society respond to natural hazards?
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