Dr. Zhicheng Yang
Dr. Zhicheng Yang
Main focus of work
coastal marshes, remote sensing; sea level rise
Curriculum vitae
| July, 2026-Now | Alexander Von Humbolt Post-doc Research Fellow, Institute of Biology and Environmental Science, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg (Germany) (Host: Thorsten Balke) |
| July, 2024-June, 2026 | Post-doc Research Associate, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia (USA) (Mentor: Prof. Merryl Alber). |
| July, 2023-June, 2024 | Post-doc Research Associate, Nicolas School of Environment, Duke University (USA) (Mentor: Prof. Brad Murray, Prof. Marco Marani and Prof. Sonia Silvestri). Visiting Researcher, Center for Lagoon Hydrodynamics and Morphodynamics (C.I.Mo.La.), University of Padova (Italy). |
| July, 2022-Aug, 2023 | Post-doc Research Associate, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia (USA) (Mentor: Prof. Merryl Alber and Prof. Clark Alexander). |
| Feb, 2022-June, 2023 | Post-doc Research Fellow, Center for Lagoon Hydrodynamics and Morphodynamics (C.I.Mo.La.), University of Padova (Italy) (Mentor: Prof. Andrea D’Alpaos). |
Publications
1. Yang, Z.*, Blount, T., Lester, C., Blackford, N., D’Alpaos, A., Marani, M., Murray, B., Silvestri, S. (2025) Unmixing marsh vegetation species across multiple sensors and spatial scales. In: GIScience & Remote Sensing, 62(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2025.2481689.
2. Yang, Z.*, D’Alpaos, A., Marani, M., Blount, T., Alber, M., Murray, B., & Silvestri, S. (2025): Recovery from drought-induced dieback may lead to modified salt marsh vegetation composition. In: Limnology and Oceanography, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12795
3. Yang, Z.*, Alexander, C., Alber, M. (2024): The dynamics of marsh-channel slump blocks: an observational study using repeated drone imagery. In: Biogeosciences, 21(7), 1757-1772. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-1757-2024
4. Yang, Z., Tognin, D., Finotello, A., Belluco, E., Puppin, A., Silvestri, S., Marani, M., D’Alpaos, A.* (2023): Long‐Term Monitoring of Coupled Vegetation and Elevation Changes in Response to Sea Level Rise in a Microtidal Salt Marsh. In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 128(6), e2023JG007405. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JG007405
5. Yang, Z., Finotello, A., Goodwin, G., Gao, C., Mudd, S., Lague, D., Schwarz, C., Tian, B., Ghinassi, M., D’Alpaos, A.* (2022): Seaward expansion of salt marshes maintains morphological self-similarity of tidal channel networks. In: Journal of Hydrology, 615, 128733. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128733
6. Kang, L.*, Wang, X., Zou, X., Yang, Z. (2025). Effect of the gravel-vegetation combination on shear-stress partitioning and sand transport rate. In: Aeolian Research, 73(100973). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeolia.2025.100973.
7. Kang, L.*, Zhang, M., Li, C., Yang, Z. (2024): Effect of plant shapes on sand transport rate and aerodynamic particle entrainment rate from the perspective of plant drag. In: Catena, 237, 107818. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2024.107818