Dr Xiaoyan Wei

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Group
Marine Physics and Ocean Climate
Site
Liverpool
Email
xwei at noc.ac.uk

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

Estuarine & Coastal Researcher

 

Other roles:

EPSRC peer review college member

UK Blue Carbon Forum member

 

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.