Dr Yurui Fan
Senior Lecturer in Flood and Coastal Engineering
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
- College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences
Summary
- Led/participated in research projects supported by industrial, governmental, and international organizations (e.g. Royal Society, Academy of Medical Sciences, British Council, Mitacs, NSERC, CFI)
- Produced high-quality peer-reviewed papers published on npj Natural Hazards, Scientific Data, Water Resources Research, Earth's Future, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Journal of Hydrology, Advances in Water Resources
- Areas of research interests include water and environmental systems analysis, hydroclimatic extremes, hydroinformatics, machine learning and deep learning, climate change impacts.
Qualifications
Ph.D, 2015 University of Regina, Canada
MEng, 2008, North China Electric Power University, China
BSc, 2006, Shandong University, China
Responsibility
Director, TNE with NCUT
Newest selected publications
Fan, Y., Huang, K., Huang, G., Li, Y. and Wang, F. (Accepted) 'An uncertainty partition approach for inferring interactive hydrologic risks'. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 24 (9). pp. 4601 - 4624.
Yu, L., Li, Z., Huang, K., Li, F., Lu, Z., Fan, Y., et al. (2026) 'Integrating LLM-based agents with uncertainty-aware optimization for water-energy-carbon nexus management in irrigation districts'. Water Research, 308 (Part A (1 January 2027)). pp. 1 - 16. ISSN: 0043-1354 Open Access Link
Yang, A., Li, W., Gao, P., Fan, Y. and Wang, X. (2026) 'Development of PXB-BVC Framework for Multivariate Flood-Risk Assessment Under Climate Change'. Remote Sensing, 18 (14). pp. 1 - 22.Open Access Link
Wang, F., Guo, J., Fan, Y., Huang, G., Li, Y., Shen, Z., et al. (2026) 'Inequities in the impacts of compound precipitation extremes on global transportation infrastructures in the late 21st century'. npj Natural Hazards, 3. pp. 1 - 14.Open Access Link
Niu, B., Li, Y., Qi, X., Song, M., Zhang, G., Fan, Y., et al. (2026) 'Non-stationary framework of quantifying heat-driven drought propagation mechanisms in the Yellow River Basin of China'. Journal of Hydrology, 677. pp. 1 - 28. ISSN: 0022-1694 Open Access Link