Yuanyi Li

Master Advisor

Offshore, River, Lake Hydrodynamic Environment; Environmental Fluid Dynamics; Hydrodynamics; Sediment Dynamics; Tidal Energy Technology

2008.09-2012.06 Department of Mechanics, Tianjin University Undergraduate

2012.09-2017.06 Department of Mechanics, Tianjin University PhD Student

2015.10-2016.10 Montclair State University Visiting Student supporting by CSC

2017.07-2019.07 Department of hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University Post Doctor

2019.08-2020.10 Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science Faculty

2020.11-2022.09 Department of Marine Science and Technology, Tianjin University Assistant Professor

2022.09 to now Department of Marine Science and Technology, Tianjin University Associate Professor

(1) General Program of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation: "Trends in Coastal Primary Productivity under Climate Change and Its Dynamic Factors". Director.

(2) Youth Science Fund Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China: "Hydro-Thermal Characteristics of Main and Tributary Streams in Large Reservoirs and Their Effects on Material Transport and Deposition". Director

(3) National Key Research and Development Program: "Study on Environmental Carrying Capacity of Major Pollutants in the Liaodong Bay". Task Director.

(4) "Scheme for Improving and Meeting Water Quality Standards in Hulun Lake". Director.

(5) National Key Research and Development Program: "Addressing the Transformation of Estuarine Deltas". Key Participant.

(6) Project of Tianjin Binhai New Area Environmental Protection Bureau: "Investigation of Pollutants Entering the Coastal Waters of Tianjin Binhai New Area and Research on Control Measures for Major Pollutants". Key Participant.

(7) Key Project of Tianjin Natural Science Foundation: "Interannual Variation Characteristics of Chlorophyll Distribution in the Bohai Sea and Its Hydrodynamic Transport Mechanism". Key Participant.

(8) Science and Technology Plan Project of Tianjin Water Affairs Bureau: "Study on the Tidal Regime in the Coastal Areas of Tianjin". Key Participant

(9) “Sediment Dynamics Numerical Simulation Project for Key Marine Areas in Zhoushan Archipelago”. Director.

(10) “Tidal Energy Numerical Simulation Project for Surrounding Seas of Zhejiang Province”. Director

(11) “Tidal Energy Resource Assessment Project for the Waterway in Guishan Hangmen, Zhoushan”. Director

Part of works：

[1] Yanbin Tong, Kun Lei, Li Wang, Yuanyi Li*, Wenlu Lan*, Yuming Cheng, Zeng’an Deng, Jingsheng Zhai, Zhe Huang, 2024. Spatial-temporal characteristics and the importance of environmental factors in relation to algal blooms in coastal seas. Science of the Total Environment, 975: 177686.

[2] Yuanyi Li, Jian Sun*, Huan Feng, Xinlu Wang, Lidi Shi, Binliang Lin, 2024. A comparative study on aquatic environment of two mega reservoirs in the mainstream of Yangtze River. Journal of Hydrology, 644: 132095.

[3] Liu, L., Li, Y., Yuan, D.*, Li, X., Mao, Y., Zhao, F., 2024. Variations in water exchange in the sub-areas of a bay following large-scale land reclamation. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 208: 116968.

[4] Gai, B., Boehrer, B., Sun, J.*, Li, Y., Lin, B., Shatwell, T., 2024. Vertical water age and water renewal in a large riverine reservoir. Journal of Hydrology, 631: 130701.

[5] Wu, M., Sun, J.*, Shi, L., Guo, J., Morovati, K., Lin, B., Li, Y., 2024. Vertical water renewal and dissolved oxygen depletion in a semi-enclosed Sea. Journal of Hydrology, 637:131369.

[6] Wang, X., Sun, J.*, Lin, B., Shi, L., Zuo, X., Li, Y., 2024. Investigation on phytoplankton dynamics and its environmental correlates in the Xiangjiaba channel-type reservoir. Journal of Hydrology, 641: 131745.

[7] Gai, B., Sun, J., Lin, B., Li, Y., Mi, C., Shatwell, T., 2023. Vertical mixing and horizontal transport unravel phytoplankton blooms in a large riverine reservoir. Journal of Hydrology, 627.

[8] Nie, J., Mirza, S., Viteritto, M., Li, Y., Witherell, B. B., Deng, Y., Yoo, S., Feng, H.*, 2023. Estimation of nutrient (N and P) fluxes into Newark Bay, USA. Marine Pollutution Bulletin, 190: 114832.

[9] Tong, Y., Li, Y., Deng, Z., Yu, T., 2023. Habitat equivalency analysis for oil spill damage assessment in the Bohai Sea, China. Ecological Indicators, 152.

[10] Yuanyi Li, Xinghua Li, Guoxian Huang, Shuhang Wang*, Donghui Li. Sedimentary organic carbon and nutrient distributions in an endorheic lake in semiarid area of the Mongolian Plateau. Journal of Environmental Management, 2021, 296: 113184.

[11] Li, Y., Lin, B.*, Sun, J., Liu, Z. Thermal-hydrodynamic circulation and water flux in a tributary of the Three Gorges Reservoir. Journal of Hydrology, 2020. 585: 124319.

[12] Li, Y., Yuan, D.*, Lin, B., Teo, F. A Fully Coupled Depth-Integrated Hydrodynamic Model for Surface Water and Groundwater Flow. Journal of Hydrology, 2016, 542: 172-184.

[13] Li, Y., Feng, H., Vigouroux, G., Yuan, D.*, Zhang, G., Ma, D., Lei, K. Storm Surges in the Bohai Sea: The Role of Waves and Tides. Water. 2020, 12 (5): 1509.

[14] Li, Y., Feng, H., Zhang, H., Sun, J., Yuan, D.*, Guo, L., Nie, J., Du, J. Hydrodynamics and water circulation in the New York/New Jersey Harbor: A study from the perspective of water age. Journal of Marine Systems. 2019, 199: 103219.

[15] Shang, J., Sun, J., Tao, L., Li, Y.*, Nie, Z., Liu, H., Chen, R., Yuan, D. Combined effect of tides and wind on water exchange in a semi-enclosed shallow sea. Water. 2019, 11(9): 1762.

[16] Li, Y., Feng, H., Yuan, D.*, Nie, J., Mu, D. Mechanism Study of Transport and Distributions of Trace Metal in Bohai Bay, China. China Ocean Engineering. 2019, 33(1): 73-85.

[17] Du, J.*, Feng, H., Nie, J., Li, Y., Witherell, B. B. Characterization and Assessment of Spatiotemporal Variations in Nutrient Concentrations and Fluxes in an Urban Watershed: Passaic River Basin, New Jersey, USA. International Journal of Environment and Pollution. 2018, 63(3): 154-177.

[18] Yuming Cheng, Fengzhe Zhao, Yuanyi Li*, Shi Liu. Tidal energy resource assessment and application based on high-resolution numerical simulation, Marine Science Bulleetin, 2025. (in Chinese)

[19] Donghui Li, Lei Cao, Fengzhe Zhao, Kun Lei, Yuanyi Li*. Characteristics of Hydrodynamics and Pollutant Transport into the Sea in the Liaodong Bay. Advances in Marine Science, 2022. 40(3): 423-434. (in Chinese)

[20] Lei Tao, Jian Sun, Haiying Liu, Yuanyi Li*, Jiancheng Shang, Binliang Lin, Zhenhua Nie, Dekui Yuan. Study on water exchange in Bohai Bay under effects of tides and seasonal winds. Journal of Hydroelectric Engineering, 2019, 39(5): 99-107. (in Chinese)

[21] Xiu Chen, Shuangzhao, Li, Dekui Yuan*, Di Mu, Yuanyi Li. Distribution Characteristics of Sediment Heavy Metals in Bohai Bay and Its Effect Factors. Advance in Marine Science. 2017, 35(3): 382-390. (in Chinese)

[22] Xiaodi Ma, Guangyu Zhang, Dekui Yuan*, Yuanyi Li. Analysis of the Characteristics of Storm Surges in Tianjin Coastal Area. Advance in Marine Science. 2016, 34(4): 516-522. (in Chinese)

[23] Yuanyi Li, Weiguo Zhang, Binliang Lin, Jian Sun, Huan Feng*. 210Pb, 137Cs and 7Be as Tracers for Sediment Deposition in an Embayment of Three Gorges Reservoir, China. In Nataša Todorović and Jovana Nikolov (Ed.), Radionuclides: Properties, Behavior and Potential Health Effects (ISBN: 9781536173796). Nova Scientific Publishers, US: New York.

[24] Li, Y., Yuan, D. Tao, J. Moving Boundary Method Based on Refined Coupled Model for Surface Water and Groundwater Flow. Proceedings of the 36th IAHR World Congress. Delft, Netherlands. 2015.

[25] Xing, F., Sun, J., Li, Y., Yuan, D., Tao, J. Numerical Simulation of Water Exchange in Bohai Sea with Age and Half-life Time. Proceedings of the 35th IAHR World Congress. Chengdu, China. 2013.

[26] Yuanyi Li, Bo Liu, Dekui Yuan. Efficiency Analysis and Application of Water Exchange Calculation Model Based on Particle Random Walk. Proceedings of the 14th Northern Seven Provinces and Cities Mechanics Academic Symposium. Weihai China. 2012, 173-177. (in Chinese)

Youth Editorial Board Member of Journal of Hydroelectric Power Generation