Scholars

Assistant Professor

Positions:

Assistant Professor, Marine and Coastal Environmental Science

overview

I am a coastal physical oceanographer and numerical model developer. My research focuses on the transport and exchange of materials between coastal bays, shelf seas, and deep ocean using in situ measurements, remote sensing data, and idealized and realistic numerical models. I am especially interested in how coastal systems respond to and recover from extreme weather events such as hurricanes. Other previous research topics include: flooding during storm events, impact of sea-level rise and climate warming, cross-shelf exchange induced by meso-scale eddies, physical control on coastal hypoxia, transport of fish larvae and pollutants, sediment transport, etc.

education and training

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - (Falmouth, Massachusetts, United States), Postdoctoral Training 2021
Texas A&M University at Galveston - (Galveston, Texas, United States), Postdoctoral Training 2019
Ph.D. in Physical oceanography, College of William & Mary - (Williamsburg, Virginia, United States) 2017
M.S. in Oceanography, Nanjing University - (Nanjing, China) 2012
B.S. in Physical geography, Nanjing University - (Nanjing, China) 2010

selected publications

Academic Articles38

Du, J., Zhang, W. G., & Li, Y. Variability of Deep Water in Jordan Basin of the Gulf of Maine: Influence of Gulf Stream Warm Core Rings and the Nova Scotia Current. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Oceans. 126(5),
Shi, Y., Xu, X., Yang, G., Du, J., Lv, J., Zhang, S., ... Gao, J. HighResolution Records of MillennialScale East Asian Winter Monsoon in the Shelf Sea of Eastern China. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(7),
Cheng, G., Wang, Y. P., Voulgaris, G., Du, J., Sheng, J., Xiong, J., & Xing, F. Sediment exchange between channel and sand ridges in the southern Yellow Sea: The importance of tidal asymmetries. Continental Shelf Research. 205, 104169-104169.
Ye, F., Zhang, Y. J., Yu, H., Sun, W., Moghimi, S., Myers, E., ... Liu, Z. Simulating storm surge and compound flooding events with a creek-to-ocean model: Importance of baroclinic effects. Ocean Modelling. 145, 101526-101526.
Shi, Y., Gao, J. H., Sheng, H., Du, J., Jia, J. J., Wang, Y. P., ... Chen, Y. N. Cross-Front Sediment Transport Induced by Quick Oscillation of the Yellow Sea Warm Current: Evidence From the Sedimentary Record. Geophysical Research Letters. 46(1), 226-234.

Chapters1

Du, J., Shi, B., Li, J., & Wang, Y. P. MUDDY COAST OFF JIANGSU, CHINA: PHYSICAL, ECOLOGICAL, AND ANTHROPOGENIC PROCESSES. SEDIMENT DYNAMICS OF CHINESE MUDDY COASTS AND ESTUARIES: PHYSICS, BIOLOGY, AND THEIR INTERACTIONS. 25-49. Elsevier.