哲学博士（美国佐治亚大学）

理学硕士（中山大学）

理学学士（中山大学）

陈永勤博士现任香港中文大学（深圳）思廷书院院长及人文社科学院教授、理工学院客座教授，曾任香港中文大学地理与资源管理学系主任。八十年代中他毕业于中山大学，后赴美留学取得佐治亚大学博士学位。他的研究成果已经发表在130多篇学术期刊文章（包括Nature Climate Change和PNAS等国际顶级刊物）以及六本有关专著。他曾获得国家教育部和中国自然资源学会的研究奖项，近年来每年都入选斯坦福大学发布的全球前2%顶尖科学家榜单及Research.com顶尖科学家榜单。除了教学、科研和行政管理工作，陈教授多年来还在若干学术专业团体和政府顾问委员会担任职务，包括环球中国环境专家协会会长、中国环境资源与生态保育学会副理事长、深圳市城市规划委员会非公务委员、香港环护教育基金会主席和香港天文台策略顾问委员会委员等。

研究概况及近十年的代表性文章：

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

入选斯坦福大学全球前2%顶尖科学家榜单

入选Research.com顶尖地球科学家榜单（中国排名#232；世界排名 #4471）：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)