Room E1. 11:30-11:50. Thursday, 4 December 2025.
Oral presentation: "BRAIN: Building a national, hourly, kilometre-scale kilometre-scale precipitation analysis product for Australia".
Hosted a group from 中国科学院西北生态环境资源研究院 (Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, NIEER) and conducted a field trip to several sites in Australia.
Sites visited: Rubicon Water, Goulburn-Murray Water, Goulburn-Broken Catchment Authority, Yarrawonga Weir, and Hume Dam. We stayed at Shepparton and Albury - very beautiful cities!
NIEER delegation: Prof. Xufeng Wang, A/Prof. Chao Mu, Dr. Peiyuan Chen, Xiaoying Liu, Yixuan Wang, Jiangzhe Han, and Fa Du.
UoM participants: Prof. QJ Wang, Dr. Yuhang Zhang, and Tianyan Zhang.
A new persoonal academic website built with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
High-Resolution Precipitation Analysis for Operational Hydrological Applications in Australia publised in WIREs Water.
Relocated from Beijing to Melbourne to start my first career position as Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. New journey, new adventure!
Successfully passed my PhD defense!
Committee members: Profs. Hongjun Bao, Xingyao Pan, Dingzhi Peng, Jinjun You, Yongyong Zhang, and Yang Peng.
Completed a 12-day scientific expedition to the southeast of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Rivers studied: Min River, Yalong River, Jinsha River, Nu River, Lancang River, Yarlung Zangbo River.
Team members: Prof. Ye, Prof. Gong, Yunfei, Yinuo, Qiaoqiao, Zhenwei, Wenjuan, Huiying, Jiaqi, Xiaoying, Hao, Yiying, etc.
The Western Sichuan Plateau offers spectacular scenery with its mighty rivers and diverse landscapes. An incredible journey!
Published my first paper in Water Resources Research. The paper titled "QRF4P‐NRT: Probabilistic Post‐Processing of Near‐Real‐Time Satellite Precipitation Estimates Using Quantile Regression Forests" presents novel approaches for probabilistic post-processing.
Special thanks to my supervisor and co-authors!
Completed my PhD thesis proposal defense and midterm examination!
Committee members: Profs. Qiang Zhang, Tao Zhou, Hongjun Bao, Fei Qiao, and Jinjun You.
Published my first paper in Geophysical Research Letters. The paper titled "New Insights Into Error Decomposition for Precipitation Products" introduces a novel four-component error decomposition framework.
Special thanks to my supervisor and co-authors!
Completed a 13-day scientific expedition to the southwest of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Locations: Namucuo Lake, Yamdrok Yumtso Lake, Mt. Chomolungma, Yarlung Zangbo River.
Altitude: 5000m+ at the southwest border of China (Ali region).
Team members: Prof. Ye, Prof. Di, Yahai, Huiqing, Yunfei, Yinuo, Mei, Zhenwei, Xingtian, Xueyan, etc.
High altitude sickness encountered. An unforgettable journey!
Completed an 8-day scientific expedition to the Sanjiangyuan Region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, studying the headwaters of the Yellow River, Yangtze River, and Lancang River.
Team members: Prof. Ye, Prof. Di, Yahai, Huiqing, Dongxian, Jiaojiao, Haiyan, Xingtian, Ning, Xiaoxiao, etc.
My first time visiting the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. A fresh and inspiring journey!