Taihua Wang, Tsinghua University
Education
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Aug 2016 - Jun 2021
PhD in Hydrology and Water Resources, advisor: Prof. Dawen Yang
Dissertation: Hydrological and carbon response to frozen ground change over the Tibetan Plateau
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA Oct 2019 - Jul 2020
Visiting PhD student, work on application of machine learning methods on frozen ground prediction
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Aug 2012 - Jul 2016
Bachelor of Engineering in Hydraulic and Hydropower Engineering
Professional Experience
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Jul 2021 - present
Assistant Research Scientist (Postdoctoral Researcher), financially supported by the Postdoctoral Innovation Talents Support Program of China and the Shuimu Tsinghua Scholar Program
Research Interests
Permafrost hydrology, cold region eco-hydrology, cold region water resources management, cryospheric-hydrological modelling, environmental changes on the Tibetan Plateau
Selected publications
Wang, T., Yang, D., Yang, Y., et al. (2020). Permafrost thawing puts the frozen carbon at risk over the Tibetan Plateau. Science Advances, 6(19), eaaz3513. (ESI Highly Cited Paper)
Wang, T., Yang, D., Fang, B., et al. (2019). Data-driven mapping of the spatial distribution and potential changes of frozen ground over the Tibetan Plateau. Science of the Total Environment, 649, 515-525.
Wang, T., Yang, H., Yang, D., et al. (2018). Quantifying the streamflow response to frozen ground degradation in the source region of the Yellow River within the Budyko framework. Journal of Hydrology, 558, 301-313.
Wang, T., Yang, D., Qin, Y., et al. (2018). Historical and future changes of frozen ground in the upper Yellow River Basin. Global and Planetary Change, 162, 199-211.
Liu, Z., Wang, T., Han, J., et al. (2022). Decreases in mean annual streamflow and interannual streamflow variability across snow-affected catchments under a warming climate. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(3), e2021GL097442.
Li, Y., Wang, T., Yang, D., et al. (2021). Linkage between anomalies of pre-summer thawing of frozen soil over the Tibetan Plateau and summer precipitation in East Asia. Environmental Research Letters, 16(11), 114030.
Websites
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=w2zzb-kAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Taihua_Wang
wangtaihua@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn; cliff.taihua@gmail.com
