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Dr Xiaoyan Wei

Job Title
Research Scientist
Site
Liverpool
Phone
54938

Biography

2024-present, Senior Coastal Research Scientist. Marine Physics and Ocean Climate, National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool, the United Kingdom

2017-2024, Coastal Researcher. Marine Physics and Ocean Climate, National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool, the United Kingdom

2013-2017, PhD Candidate. Applied Mathematics, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands

 

Research interests

Estuarine circulation, salt intrusion, sediment transport

Estuarine & coastal flooding, nature-based solutions

Ocean-shelf exchange

Arctic Ocean dynamics

 

Research skills

Analytical and semi-analytical modelling

Numerical modelling (e.g., Delft3D, FVCOM) 

Data analysis

Projects

Ongoing projects:

MiTSalt (2023–2025): Towards developing a robust and efficient salt intrusion model for the Pearl River Delta, China. Royal Society International Exchanges. Project Lead (£12K).

FlaHSDen (2022–2024): Impact of intertidal flats on estuarine hydrodynamics, salt dynamics, and denitrification. Open Fund, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Coastal Disaster and Protection, Hohai University, China. Project Lead (CN¥100K)

CHAMFER (2022–2027): UK Coastal Hazards, Multi-hazard Controls on Flooding and Erosion. Researcher.

CANARI (2022-2027): Climate change in the Arctic-North Atlantic Region and Impacts on the UK. Researcher.

CLASS (2023–2024): Climate Linked Atlantic Sector Science. Researcher.

Completed projects:

BLUE-coast (2017–2021): Improving our understanding of processes controlling the dynamics of our coastal systems. Researcher.

Roles Provided

Estuarine & Coastal Researcher

 

Other roles:

Organiser of the Virtual European Physical Oceanography and Shelf Sea Seminar Series (VEPOSSSS)

EPSRC peer review college member

UK Blue Carbon Forum member

 

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Publications

Publication year

2026

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2025

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Authors

Holt, Jason ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3298-8477; Katavouta, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1587-4996; Hopkins, Joanne; Amoudry, Laurent O.; Appendini, Christian M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6044-3351; Arneborg, Lars ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0248-8110; Arnold, Alex; Artioli, Yuri; Aucan, Jerome ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9883-0082; Berx, Barbara; Cagigal, Laura; De Dominicis, Michela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-7939; Denamiel, Cléa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5099-1143; Galli, Giovanni; Graham, Jennifer A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1950-5266; Jacobs, Zoe ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-0699; Jevrejeva, Svetlana ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9490-4665; Kamranzad, Bahareh ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8829-6007; Langlais, Clothilde ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6423-7678; Larsen, Morten Andreas Dahl; Lira-Loarca, Andrea ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2251-6684; Lyddon, Charlotte ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4254-3049; Mathis, Moritz; Melet, Angélique ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3888-8159; Méndez, Fernando; Muis, Sanne; Myers, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4514-2654; O’Donovan, Mairéad; Olbert, Agnieszka Indiana; Palmer, Matthew D.; Phillips, Lachlan; Polton, Jeff ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0131-5250; Buil, Mercedes Pozo; Robins, Peter; Ruju, Andrea; Schlaefer, Jodie A.; Senatore, Alfonso ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9716-3532; Siedlecki, Samantha; Tinker, Jonathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3160-7000; Verri, Giorgia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7561-618X; Vilibić, Ivica ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0753-5775; Wei, Xiaoyan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8407-6958; Pinardi, Nadia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4765-0775. 2025 Future climate projections in the global coastal ocean. Progress in Oceanography, 235, 103497. 1, pp. 10.1016/j.pocean.2025.103497

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2025

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Article

Authors

Zhang, Zhaohui; Wei, Xiaoyan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8407-6958; Zhang, Wei. 2024 Response of three-dimensional ideal estuarine salt intrusion to changes in river and tidal forcing. Journal of Hohai University (Natural Sciences), 52 (3). 96-102. 10.3876/j.issn.1000-1980.2024.03.013

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2024

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2024

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Solan, Martin; Spencer, Tom; Paterson, David M.; Unsworth, Christopher A.; Christie, Elizabeth K.; Blight, Andrew J.; Brown, Jenny ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3894-4651; Brooks, Helen; Lichtman, I. Dougal ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6646-2182; Wei, Xiaoyan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8407-6958; Li, Xiaorong; Thorne, Pete ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4261-0937; Leyland, Julian; Godbold, Jasmin A.; Thompson, Charlie; Williams, Megan E.; Plater, Andrew; Moller, Iris; Amoudry, Laurent O.. 2023 Biological–physical interactions are fundamental to understanding and managing coastal dynamics. Royal Society Open Science, 10 (7). 10.1098/rsos.230155

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2023

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2022

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2021

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2019

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2017

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2017

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Article

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Wei, Xiaoyan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8407-6958; Schramkowski, George P.; Schuttelaars, Henk M.. 2016 Salt dynamics in well-mixed estuaries: importance of advection by tides. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46 (5). 1457-1475. 10.1175/JPO-D-15-0045.1

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2016

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Article