Overview
Background
Dr. Yongping Wei is Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow, School of Earth and Environmental Science, the University of Queensland. Before joining the University of Queensland in 2016, she was research fellow, senior research fellow and principal research fellow at the Department of Infrastructure Engineering, the University of Melbourne during 2008-2015. She had 11 years’ working experiences as an Irrigation Engineer then Water Manager in China in her early career. Dr Wei was awarded her PhD of Natural Resources Management at the University of Melbourne in 2007, and she also obtained Bachelor of Engineering and Master of Natural Resources Economics.
Availability
- Professor Yongping Wei is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Doctoral Diploma, University of Melbourne
Research interests
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global environmental change, sustainable water and land management, and interaction between human system and environmental systems
Dr. Wei is leading the catchment governance system science laboratory covering three innovative disciplines of catchment governance system science, which includes catchment governance mechanics, catchment system connectivity and catchment social-hydrology. She supervises three Post-Docs and ten PhD students.
Research impacts
Dr. Yongping Wei is a professor at the School of the Environment, the University of Queensland (since 2020). Before joining the University of Queensland in 2016, she was a research fellow, senior research fellow, and principal research fellow at the Department of Infrastructure Engineering, the University of Melbourne. Dr Wei was awarded her PhD in Natural Resources Management at the University of Melbourne in 2007.
Dr Wei is a founder of socio-hydrology. Her research contributes to revealing interactive processes between humans and nature by developing quantitative sociology and integrating it into natural cycles to improve the suitability, preciseness, and predictability of environmental decision-making. Her research areas cover water and land resources, agriculture, terrestrial vegetation ecosystem and global environmental change.
Dr Wei’s research has been recognized by the ARC with the awards of a Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2010-2013) and a Future Fellowship (2015-2019), and four ARC research projects cross DP, LP, and SRI programs as the first CI. In addition, she is appointed to the ARC College of Experts (2022-2024).
Dr Wei has been awarded over 40 grants of $10 million as the sole CI, first CI and/or project coordinator, including the establishment and development of the Australia and China Joint Research Centre on River Basin Management, an initiative jointly funded by Australian and Chinese governments.
Dr Wei has published one book, four book chapters, and about 200 journal papers over fifteen years since she was granted her PhD degree. Major journals where she has published her work include Nature Sustainability, Science Advance, Global Environmental Change, Water Resources Research, Hydrology and Earth Science Sciences, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment; Water Resources Management, AMBIO, Environmental Science and Policy, and Ecosystem Services.
Works
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2016
Journal Article
Decomposition methods for analyzing changes of industrial water use
Shang, Yizi, Lu, Shibao, Shang, Ling, Li, Xiaofei, Wei, Yongping, Lei, Xiaohui, Wang, Chao and Wang, Hao (2016). Decomposition methods for analyzing changes of industrial water use. Journal of Hydrology, 543 (B), 808-817. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.10.053
2016
Journal Article
China's energy-water nexus: assessing water conservation synergies of the total coal consumption cap strategy until 2050
Shang, Yizi, Hei, Pengfei, Lu, Shibao, Shang, Ling, Li, Xiaofei, Wei, Yongping, Jia, Dongdong, Jiang, Dong, Ye, Yuntao, Gong, Jiaguo, Lei, Xiaohui, Hao, Mengmeng, Qiu, Yaqin, Liu, Jiahong and Wang, Hao (2016). China's energy-water nexus: assessing water conservation synergies of the total coal consumption cap strategy until 2050. Applied Energy, 210, 643-660. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.11.008
2016
Journal Article
Downstream ecosystem responses to middle reach regulation of river discharge in the Heihe River Basin, China
Zhao, Yan, Wei, Yongping, Li, Shoubo and Wu, Bingfang (2016). Downstream ecosystem responses to middle reach regulation of river discharge in the Heihe River Basin, China. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 20 (11), 4469-4481. doi: 10.5194/hess-20-4469-2016
2016
Journal Article
Monitoring and modeling terrestrial ecosystems’ response to climate change 2016
Jiang, Dong, Liu, Gang and Wei, Yongping (2016). Monitoring and modeling terrestrial ecosystems’ response to climate change 2016. Advances in Meteorology, 2016 (5984595) 5984595, 165-182. doi: 10.1155/2016/5984595
2016
Journal Article
Effects of saline water irrigation and fertilization regimes on soil microbial metabolic activity
Chen, Li -Juan, Feng, Qi, Wei, Yong-Ping, Li, Chang-Sheng, Zhao, Yan, Li, Hui-Ya and Zhang, Bao-Gui (2016). Effects of saline water irrigation and fertilization regimes on soil microbial metabolic activity. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 17 (2), 1-8. doi: 10.1007/s11368-016-1551-x
2016
Journal Article
Progress on socio-hydrology
Lu, Zhixiang, Wei, Yongping, Feng, Qi, Xiao, Honglang and Cheng, Guodong (2016). Progress on socio-hydrology. Shuikexue Jinzhan/Advances in Water Science, 27 (5), 772-783. doi: 10.14042/j.cnki.32.1309.2016.05.015
2016
Other Outputs
Downstream ecosystem responses to middle reach regulation of river discharge in the Heihe River Basin, China
Zhao, Y., Wei, Y. P., Li, S. B. and Wu, B. F. (2016). Downstream ecosystem responses to middle reach regulation of river discharge in the Heihe River Basin, China. doi: 10.5194/hess-2016-268
2015
Journal Article
Ecosystem services in changing land use
Fu, Bojie, Zhang, Liwei, Xu, Zhihong, Zhao, Yan, Wei, Yongping and Skinner, Dominic (2015). Ecosystem services in changing land use. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 15 (4), 833-843. doi: 10.1007/s11368-015-1082-x
Supervision
Availability
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- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Governing social-ecological systems in the Okavango Delta
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Shuanglei Wu
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Doctor Philosophy
Impact of Changing Flood Characteristics on River Morphology
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Ron Johnstone
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating the interconnections between community values, well-being as a function of liveability, and water management
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Scott Lieske
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Doctor Philosophy
Unfolding Stakeholder Engagement in Water Governance in the Murray-Darling Basin
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Brian Head
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Doctor Philosophy
Redirecting water technology to improve human-environmental relationships
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Shuanglei Wu, Dr Yan Zhao
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Doctor Philosophy
The development pattern of global water technology systems and their implications on water practices
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Shuanglei Wu, Dr Yan Zhao
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Doctor Philosophy
Developing resilient urban transportation network for socio-economic growth and environmental sustainablity
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the evolution of catchment water balance in the Murray-Darling Basin
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Brian Head
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Doctor Philosophy
Unfolding Stakeholder Engagement in Water Governance in the Murray-Darling Basin
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Brian Head
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the evolutionary dynamics of social memory on Queensland floods during 2011-2022 for adaptive flood management
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Shuanglei Wu
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Doctor Philosophy
Impact of Changing Flood Characteristics on River Morphology
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Ron Johnstone
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Doctor Philosophy
Developing an integrated water-sensitive urban design for fulfilling multiple benefits
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Scott Lieske
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Doctor Philosophy
Physical-chemical drivers of phytoplankton community dynamics in Moreton Bay Estuary: Implications for water quality management
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Ron Johnstone, Dr Annie Lau
Completed supervision
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding Riparian Vegetation Dynamics and its Implications on River Regulation in the Goulburn Catchment, Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Yan Zhao
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2022
Master Philosophy
Understanding the institutional incoordination on water and the resulting socio-ecological outcomes in the Maipo River basin
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Yan Zhao
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding change in streamflow patterns for riverine ecosystem management
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr David Pullar
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the impacts of technology development on human-natural system: Agricultural and water technology in China from 8000 BCE to 1911 AD
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Brian Head, Dr Yan Zhao
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the impacts of flood/drought disasters and their management on catchment socio-ecological system
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Daniel Harris
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the relationship between regional longevity and the geographical environment in Guangxi, China
Principal Advisor
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Physical-chemical drivers of phytoplankton community dynamics in Moreton Bay Estuary: Implications for water quality management
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Ron Johnstone, Dr Annie Lau
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