Liang Zhao Professor/Vice Dean

Department of Marine Science

Phone: 022-60601213

Location: Rm609, Building No.9

E-mail：zhaoliang@tust.edu.cn

Research Interests

Engaged in shallow sea dynamics and marine ecosystem dynamics research, the main research direction of the shallow seabed boundary layer dynamics processes fine observation, offshore low-trophic ecosystems and catastrophic ecological processes change rules and mechanism, ocean dynamics and ecological modeling research.

Academic Advising

Now accepting postdoc, doctoral candidates and Masters in Marine Science

Education（in reverse chronological order）

Ph.D. in Environmental Science, Ocean University of China, 2002

Bachelor of Science in Marine Science, Ocean University of Qingdao, 1997

Positions & Employment（in reverse chronological order）

2013-present Collage of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Professor

2016-2016 Ehime University, Visting Scholar

2004-2013 College of Physical and Environmental Oceanography, Ocean University of China, Associate Professor/ Professor

2008-2009 Ehime University, Visiting Associate Professor

2002-2004 Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Postdoc

Teaching

For Undergraduates: Preliminary Computational Mathematics

For Graduates: Numerical Modeling of Marine Environmental Dynamics

Research Projects（in reverse chronological order）

1）National Key Research and Development Program of China, Techniques for predicting and forecasting jellyfish occurrence and migration, Principal Investigator

2）Tianjin Natural Science Foundation, Research on the occurrence mechanism and prediction technology of the low-oxygen zone in the central Bohai Sea, Principal Investigator

3）National Natural Science Foundation of China, Modeling of seasonal and interannual variations and mechanisms of dimethyl sulfur sea-air fluxes in the Yellow and East China Seas, Principal Investigator

4）Tianjin Universities Academic Leaders Training Program, Principal Investigator

5）National Key Research and Development Program of China, Numerical modeling and forecasting of high-resolution ecosystems in the Bohai and Yellow Sea, Principal Investigator

6）National Key Research and Development Program of China, Sea-air fluxes and trends of biogenic reactive gases in the eastern shelf waters of China, Principal Investigator

7）National Natural Science Foundation of China, Modeling and analysis of the response of low trophic level ecosystems to natural environmental changes in the Yellow and East China Seas, Principal Investigator

8）Ministry of Education New Century Outstanding Talents Support Program, Response of low trophic level ecosystems in the Yellow and East China Seas to changes in the natural environment, Principal Investigator

Key Publications：（in reverse chronological order）

1）Yang W.*, H. Wei, L. Zhao*. Near- and super-inertial internal wave responses and the associated energy transfer after the passage of tropical cyclone Fitow at a midlatitude shelf slope. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2024

2）Li T. C., J. L. Feng, L. Zhao*, D. R. Wang, R. F. Fan. Geographical distribution of coral reefs and their responses to environmental factors in the South China Sea, Ecological Indicators, 2024, 158: 111485

3） Feng J., D. Li, Y. Li, L. Zhao*. Analysis of compound floods from storm surge and extreme precipitation in China, Journal of Hydrology, 2023, 130402

4）Shen J. W., L. Zhao*, H. Wei. Marine dimethyl sulfide emissions in the Yellow and East China seas: scenario variation during the 1980s−2090s and its drivers, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 2023, 128(15): e2023JD038737

5）Feng J. L., D. L. Li, L. Zhao*. Changes in storm surges based on a bias-adjusted reconstruction dataset from 1900 to 2010. Journal of Hydrology, 2023, 617: 128759

6）Wang S., L. Zhao*, Y. H. Wang, H. Y. Zhang. Distribution characteristics of green tide and its impact on environment in the Yellow Sea. Marine Environmental Research, 2022, 181: 105756

7）Yang W.*, H. Wei, L. Zhao*. Energy transfer from PSI-generated M1 subharmonic waves to high-frequency internal waves. Geophysical Research Letters, 2022, 49, e2021GL095618

8）Shen J., L. Zhao*, H. Zhang, H. Wei, X. Guo. Controlling factors of annual cycle of dimethylsulfide in the Yellow and East China Seas. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2021, 169, 112517

9）Song G. S., L. Zhao, F. Chai, F. F. Liu, M. Li, H. Xie*. Summertime oxygen depletion and acidification in Bohai Sea, China. Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020

10）Yang W., H. Wei, L. Zhao*. Parametric subharmonic instability of the semidiurnal internal tides at the East China Sea shelf slope. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2020, 50(4): 907-920

11）Feng J., D. Li, T. Wang, Q. liu, L. Deng, L. Zhao*. Acceleration of Extreme Sea Level Rise along the Chinese Coast. Earth and Space Science, 2019, 6(10): 1942-1956

12）Zhang J., X. Guo* and L. Zhao. Tracing external sources of nutrients in the East China Sea and evaluating their contributions to primary production. Progress in Oceanography, 2019, 176, 102122

13）Wang Y., X. Guo*, L. Zhao. Simulating the responses of a low-trophic ecosystem in the East China Sea to decadal changes in nutrient load from the Changjiang (Yangtze) River, Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2018, 36(1): 48-61

14）Yang W, H. Wei and L. Zhao*. Observations of tidal straining within two different ocean environments in the East China Sea: stratification and near-bottom turbulence, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 2017, 122, 8876-8893

15）Zhang H. Y., L. Zhao*, Y. Sun*, J. N. Wang and H. Wei. Contribution of sediment oxygen demand to hypoxia development off the Changjiang Estuary, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2017, 192: 149-157

16）Zhao L.*, Y. J. Xu and Y. Yuan. The estimation of a critical shear stress based on a bottom tripod observation in the southwest off Jeju Island, the East China Sea, Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2016, 35(11):105-112

17）Fan R., H. Wei and L. Zhao*. Linking suspended particulate material characteristics to the plankton distribution in summer in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea, Journal of Coastal Research, 2016, 32(4): 829-839

Honors & Awards（in reverse chronological order）

Outstanding Teacher of Tianjin University of Science and Technology, 2024

Bronze Award of the 2nd National Postdoctoral Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, 2023

Outstanding Chinese Communist Party Member in Tianjin Education System, 2021

Academic Service

Member of council, 9th China Ocean Society

Member of council, 3rd China Ocean Development Research Society

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Tianjin University of Science and Technology