Ph.D. (University of Georgia, USA)

M.S. (Sun Yat-sen University, China)

B.S. (Sun Yat-sen University, China)

Dr. Yongqin David Chen is currently the Master of Muse College, a professor of the School of Humanities and Social Science and an Adjunct Professor of the School of Science and Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and a former Chairman of the Department of Geography and Resource Management at CUHK. He graduated from Zhongshan University with B.S. and M.S. in the mid-1980s and later obtained his Ph.D. from The University of Georgia in the USA. He has published over 130 research papers in international and Chinese journals (including Nature Climate Change, PNAS and other top journals), as well as six book volumes. He has received research awards from the Ministry of Education of China and Chinese Society of Natural Resources, and has been featured in recent years in the World’s Top 2% Scientists’ List released by Stanford University and the Best Earth Science Scientists by Research.com. He has been active in serving in various capacities in many universities, professional societies and government advisory committees at local, national, and international levels, including President of the Professional Association for China’s Environment, Vice President of China Environment, Resources and Ecological Conservation Society, Non-Civil Servant member of the Urban Planning Board of Shenzhen, Chairman of Hong Kong Conservation E3 Foundation Ltd., member of the Strategic Advisory Committee, Hong Kong Observatory, etc.

Research Profile and Representative Publications in the Past Ten Years:

Google Scholar profile (H-index: 49; Citations: 7600+): https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=pV-1oi0AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Scopus profile (H-index: 43; Citations: 5600+): https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56010514800

Listed in the World’s Top 2% of the Most Cited Scientists compiled by Stanford University

Listed in the Best Earth Science Scientists (#232 in China and #4471 in the world) by Research.com (https://research.com/u/yongqin-david-chen)

1. Liu, C., and Y.D. Chen, 2024. Impacts of vegetation dynamics on hydrological simulations under drought conditions in a humid river basin in Southern China. Ecohydrology, (http://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2630)
2. Ma, J. and Y.D. Chen, 2023. Essential but challenging climate change education in the Global South. Nature Climate Change, 13, 1151-1153 (doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01839-6)
3. Lai, Y.C., J.F. Li, Y.D. Chen, F.K.S. Chan, and S.Z. Huang, 2023. Compound floods in Hong Kong: Hazards, triggers, and socio-economic consequences. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 46: 101321 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2023.101321)
4. Jiang, L., Y.D. Chen, J.F. Li, and C.C. Liu, 2022. Amplification of soil moisture deficit and high temperature in a drought‑heatwave co‑occurrence in southwestern China. Natural Hazards, 111: 641-660 (doi.org/10.1007/s11069-021-05071-3)
5. Lai, Y.C., J.F. Li, X.H. Gu, Y.D. Chen, D.D. Kong, T.Y. Gan, M.F. Liu, Q.Q. Li, and G.F. Li, 2020. Greater flood risks in response to slowdown of tropical cyclones over the coast of China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(26): 14751–14755.
6. Lin, L., Y.D. Chen, D. Hua, Y. Liu, and M.Y. Yan, 2019. Provincial virtual energy-water use and its flows within China: A multiregional input-output approach. Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 151, 104486 (doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2019.104486)
7. Liu, H., Y.D. Chen, T. Liu, and L. Lin, 2019. The River Chief System and river pollution control in China: A case study of Foshan. Water, 11, 1606; doi:10.3390/w11081606.
8. Guo, M., Y. Xu and Y.D. Chen, 2019. Environmental enforcement and compliance in Pennsylvania's Marcellus shale gas development. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 144: 24-31 (doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2019.01.006)
9. Chen, Y.D., J.F. LI, Q. Zhang, and X.H. Gu, 2018. Projected changes in seasonal temperature extremes across China from 2017 to 2100 based on statistical downscaling. Global and Planetary Change, 166: 30-40 (doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.04.002)
10. Li, J.F., Y.D. Chen, T.Y. Gan and N.C. Lau, 2018. Elevated increases in human-perceived temperature under climate warming. Nature Climate Change, 8: 43-47 (doi: 10.1038/s41558-017-0036-2).
11. Lin, L. and Y.D. Chen, 2018. Evaluation of future water use for electricity generation under different energy development scenarios in China. Sustainability, 10(1), 30; doi: 10.3390/ su10010030.
12. Guo, M., Y. Xu and Y.D. Chen, 2017. Catching environmental noncompliance in shale gas development in China and the United States. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 121: 73-81.
13. Li, X., Y.D. Chen, and W. Zhou, 2017. Response of winter moisture circulation to the India Burma Trough and its modulation by the South Asian waveguide. Journal of Climate, 30(4): 1197–1210 (DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0111.1)
14. Chen, Y.D., J.F. Li and Q. Zhang, 2016. Changes in site-scale temperature extremes over China during 2071-2100 in CMIP5 simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 121: 2732-2749, doi: 10.1002/2015JD/024287.
15. Li, J.F., Y.D. Chen, L. Zhang, Q. Zhang and F.H.S. Chiew, 2016. Future changes in floods and water availability across China: Linkage with changing climate and uncertainties. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 17(4): 1295-1314 (doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-0074.1)
16. Li, X., W. Zhou, and Y.D. Chen, 2015. Assessment of regional drought trend and risk over China: A drought climate division perspective. Journal of Climate, 28(18): 7025–7037 (DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00403.1)