Professor Xiao Hua Wang
Professor Xiao (Hua) Wanggraduated from Ocean University of China, and holds a PhD in Physical Oceanography from James Cook University in Australia. He is a Co-leader of the, University of New South Wales, Australia, and an Associate Editor forEstuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science(IF= 3.229 Q1) and Limnology and Oceanography: Methods (2.634 Q1), respectively.He was the Director of International Student Recruitment and Exchange (2018-2020), UNSW Canberra, and the Founding Director of the Sino-Australian Research Centre for Coastal Management (SARCCM, 2010-2020), UNSW. He has over 30 years experience in both undergraduate teaching and postgraduate supervision. His research concerns observing (including satellite remote sensing) and modelling of coastal oceans, sediment transport dynamics, and understanding of coastal management issues impacted by anthropogenic drivers and climate change. He has over 180 publications including eminent international peer-reviewed journal papers, book chapters and four books. His publication rate is 15 journal papers per year over the last five years (2019-2023), 90% of which belong to 1st quartile SJR Journals. His SciVal indexed research outputs in this period are ranked the highest among top international peers in the field. Google Scholar gives his career H-index as 37. GS consistently ranks him in top 15 researchers in ‘coastal oceanography’, ‘sediment dynamics’ and ‘coastal management’. His work has been funded by a variety sources including the Australia Research Council and the EU Framework. He has been awarded a total of 11 competitive grants in the last five years (2017-2021) with a total cash income of $1.82M (including co-lead Chief Investigator for an industry grant of $1.25M).
Prof. Wang is the Coordinator for China Scholarship Council (CSC) Scholarship program at UNSW Canberra. He initiated and subsequently managed the MOU for academic exchange and research collaboration between UNSW and OUC since 2008. This agreement has resulted in more than 50OUC HDRs enrolled at UNSW and numerous academics visits between two institutions.
Prof. Wang has been involved in several international collaborative projects with both European and US scientists. He was a Visiting Scientist at Princeton University USA in 1995; a Visiting Scientist in the Institute of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences-CNR, Italy in 1999; a Visiting Professor at the University of Bologna Italy in 2001; and a guest investigator in Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in 2005. From 1999-2004, he has spent approximately one month per year in Bolonga, Italy to conduct his study of the Adriatic Sea. Since 2005, he has spent one month per year in China to study the sediment dynamics in the Yellow and East China Seas.
Current and Graduated Postgraduate Students
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Name of Student |
Thesis Title |
Degree |
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| Do-Seong Byun | The effects of tidally-driven sediment resuspension on the ecosystem dynamics in the Southwest coast of Korea (UNSW@ADFA) | PhD | 2004 |
| Lulu Qiao | The shear front and sediment transport in the Yellow River estuary (Ocean University of China, China) | PhD | 2008 |
| Vihang Bhatt | The effect of the fluid-mud layer on ocean dynamics in coastal seas (UNSW@ADFA) | PhD | 2010 |
| Donghui Jiang | An operational sea state and circulation forecast system for Jervis Bay, NSW | PhD | 2012 |
| Fan Zhang | Management of Australia Defence Force activities in Australian Marine Protected Areas, by analysing the Environmental Management Systems of Jervis Bay and Shoalwater Bay training areas | PhD | 2012 |
| Wen Wu | To compare the legislative frameworks, management characteristics and impact of the ecosystems of the marine protected areas in Australia and in China | PhD | 2012 |
| Qun Liang | Estimating benefits of IMOS in managing Marine Protected Areas | MSc | 2010 |
| Dehai Song | A Skewness-based Analysis and Numerical Simulations on Tidal Asymmetries, Dynamics, and Suspended Sediment Transport | PhD | 2013 |
| Li Li | Modelling the Sediment Dynamics in Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory | PhD | 2013 |
| Zhibing Li | Modelling sediment transport in Port of Abbot Point and its adjacent Great Barrie Reef waters | PhD | 2017 |
| Shengnan Chen | Comparative Research on Legal and Regulatory Frameworks Related to Integrated Coastal Zone Management in Australia and China | PhD | 2015 |
| Guan Dong Gao | Land reclamation and its impact on hydrodynamics and sediment transport in Jiaozhou Bay, Qingdao | PhD | 2017 |
| Fatemeh Ziaeyan Bahri | Correlation between East Australian Current and Sea Level Rise along the east coast of Australia | PhD | 2018 |
| Amanda Xiao | Modelling hydrodynamics and sediment transport in Sydney Harbour | PhD | 2018 |
| Haifeng Zhang | Investigating sea surface temperature diurnal variation over the Tropical Warm Pool using MTSAT-1R | PhD | 2017 |
| Zhixin Cheng | Hydrodynamic Study of Sediment Transport Patterns in Estuary and Coastal Area --- Case Study on Yalu River Estuary | MPhil | 2016 |
| Wenyun Guo | Numerical study of sediment dynamics in Shanghai Port | ECNU Joint Training PhD | 2017 |
| Maozeng Jiang | Legal and Governance Frameworks for Scientific Research Risk Management in Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Areas | PhD | 2018 |
| Fanglou Liao | Coastally trapped wave observations and modelling in Jervis Bay and its adjacent shelf | PhD | 2019 |
| Bo Dong | Analysis of the drivers and impacts of governments’ biofuel research investment policy: a comparison between Australia and China | PhD | 2017 |
| Saiful Marbun | Impacts of marine and fisheries industrialisation and the Blue Economy Policy in Indonesia on the local communities and the environment in Indonesia | MPhil | 2015 |
| Yuanchi Xiao | Using eReefs data to analyze sediment transport dynamics in the Burdekin River Estuary in the GBR region | MPhil | 2018 |
| Gang Yang | Research on the Sediment Transport Patterns in the Area of Wei Fang Harbor using the Satellite Remote Sensing Method | MPhil | 2018 |
| Zhixin Cheng | Modelling sediment dynamics in Darwin Harbour under the Australian monsoon | PhD | 2020 |
| Yuan Yuan | Dynamics response to human interventions in a small embayment: thermohaline circulation, waves and sea ice formation | PhD | 2020 |
| Senyang Xie | Land reclamation and its impact on hydrodynamics and substance transport in the Jiulong Estuary-Xiamen Bay, China | PhD | 2021 |
| Md Wasif E Elahi | Estuarine circulation and sediment transportduringcyclone inducedstorm surge in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta | PhD | 2021 |
| Yuwei Hu | Studies of Australian Coastal Extreme Events Based on Satellite Sea Surface Temperature (SST) and Sea Surface Height (SSH) Datasets | PhD | 2023 |
| Anna Maggiorano | Study of the effects of the Indo-Australian monsoon on the Australian North-Western shelf dynamics | PhD | 2021 |
| Gang Yang | Study of the effects of storms on the sediment dynamics and erosion in estuaries and coastal seas | PhD | 2022 |
| Wan Liu | Climate change impacts and management of algal blooms in coastal rivers | MPhil | 2020 |
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Wenjun Zhu |
Determining and understanding the impact of sea level change on estuarine physics under the influence of climate change in South-east Australia |
PhD |
2024 |
| Sanzida Murshed | Understanding interconnected processes for the assessment of contemporary vulnerability- A reconnaissance study in the coastal region of Bangladesh | PhD | On-going |
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Shaoyu Li |
Water depth retrieval using satellite remote sensed data supported by airborne LiDAR |
MPhil |
2023 |
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Nguyen Thi Thuy Dung |
Evaluation of potential wave energy in the South China Sea |
MSc |
On-going |
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Nazeat Ameen Iqra |
Impacts of sediment dynamic of coastal embayment due to human activities |
PhD |
On-going |
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SARCCM Research Themes
Program Leader:
,,,,,, Mr Chris Lane,,,,,,
Objectives:
- To develop and apply hydrodynamics and sediment transport models in estuaries, ports, and turbid coastal environments;
- To explore the structure, function, dynamics and interactions of marine ecosystems and their relationships with common environmental stressors within estuarine and coastal waters;
- To develop regional coastal ocean observing and forecasting system.
Program Leader:
,,,,,,, Dr Shengnan Chen,,
Objectives:
- Fostering excellence in comparative research on natural resource management in China, Australia and with other international partners.
- Sharing of research knowledge and development of new insights and capacity to contribute to marine and coastal natural resource management.
Program Leader:
,, Dr Zhi Huang, Dr Chunhui Zhou, Dr Qianguo Xing,,
Objectives:
In this task, we will examine and assess to which extent the routine measurements from spaceborne sensors are combined and used together with model-based forecasting systems. The outcome shall form the basis of a series of recommendations concerning bridging the gap of Chinese/Australian capacity for utilizing spaceborne measurements in the framework of an operational ocean forecasting system.
Description:
- Collect the data from current satellites and the information of future satellites which will be launched in the near future for coastal ocean observation (SST, wind, waves, sea ice, ocean colour and surface current).
- Investigate multi-temporal data processing techniques for retrieving the ocean environmental parameters as a time series to match the goals of ocean applications in the China Seas and Australia waters. Develop cloud removal techniques to generate frequent optical images.
- Investigate data fusion approach to integrate big data including multi/hyperspectral, SAR, and LiDAR from both optical and microwave sensors.
- Collect remote sensed and field data for ground truthing and validation.
Building Resilience of Coastal Communities project
Program Leaders:Prof Xiao Hua Wang (Science), A/Prof Minako Sakai (Social science) and A/Prof Jianfeng Xue (Engineering)
This project aims to build a network/consortium of Australian-international academics and stakeholders to exchange knowledge and ideas to build coastal resilience in the Indo-Pacific. In this project, we conduct inter-disciplinary research such as community disaster relief and resilience building against coastal hazards and climate change (sea level rise, land subsidence, coastal erosion, flooding etc.).The green energy transition to reduce CO2 emissions necessitates the mining of critical minerals and causes environmental destruction and risks livelihood losses in the downstream community. This project runs in partnership with HASS, Science, Business and Engineering at UNSW Canberra.