Dr. Zhicheng Yang
Kontakt
Institut für Biologie und Umweltwissenschaften (IBU) (» Postanschrift)
Dr. Zhicheng Yang
coastal marshes, remote sensing; marsh evolution; wetlands
Lebenslauf
Employment
| 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). |
Education
| Oct, 2018-April, 2022 | PhD., Department of Geosciences, University of Padova (Italy), with a thesis entitled “Analysis of the eco-morphodynamic evolution of the Venice Lagoon through remote sensing and ancillary field surveys”, (Supervisor: Prof. Andrea D’Alpaos) |
| Sep, 2015-June, 2018 | MS, Physical Geography, State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University (China), with a thesis entitled “Effects of two kinds of plant shapes on surface shear stress distribution”, (Supervisor: Prof. Liqiang Kang). |
| Sep, 2011-June, 2015 | BS, Geography science, Huihua College of Hebei Normal University (China), with a thesis entitled “The spatial variation pattern of soil organic carbon over mountains in North China Plain – a case study across Fenglong Mountain, Hebei”, (Supervisor: Prof. Chunping Chang). |
Lehrveranstaltungen
Wintersemester 2026 / 2027
Publikationen
Yang, Z.*, Alexander, M., Zhang, N., Zheng, Z., D’Alpaos, A., Marani, M., Murray, B., Silvestri, S. (2026): Satellite-based assessment reveals patterns of coastal marsh carbon sequestration along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts. In: Earth’s Future, 14, e2026EF008763. https://doi.org/10.1029/2026EF008763
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.
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
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
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
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