Ph.D.

Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Tel: +86-10-62772302, 

Fax: +86-10-62796971,  

E-mail: ghni@tsinghua.edu.cn

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, JAPAN, 1994

Doctor of Engineering, Hydrology and Water Resources

DEPARTMENT OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING, TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY, CHINA, 1988

Master, Hydraulic Engineering

DEPARTMENT OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING, TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY, CHINA, 1985

Bachelor, Hydraulic Engineering

DEPARTMENT OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING, TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY, CHINA, 2002

Associate Professor, Professor (2002/12 – present)

NIPPON KOEI CO. LTD., JAPAN, 1997

Engineer, Senior Engineer (1997/09 – 2002/12)

CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ECO-TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANTS CO. LTD., JAPAN, 1994

Researcher (1994/10–1997/08)

DEPARTMENT OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING, TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY, CHINA, 1988

Research Associate (1988/07–1991/09)

Principle and Application of Hydrology

Subsurface Hydrology

Security of International Rivers

Oceanic Hydrometeorology

Hydrometeorology

Urban Hydrometeorology

Distributed Hydrological Modeling

Basin Water Resources Management

Transboundary Waters

Integration of high-resolution regional land-ecology-hydrology model, The National Key Research and Development Program of China （2018YFA0606，2018-2023）

The Impacts on Regional Water Vapor Transport of Intensive Human Exploitations, National Natural Science Foundation of China (51679119, 2017-2020)

Runoff Change and its Adaptive Management in the Major Rivers in Southwestern China, National Natural Science Foundation of China (member of expert committee, 2016-2023)

Real-Time Flood Forecasting and Efficient Use for Sound Water Cycle in Densely Populated Urban Area, Ministry of Science and Technology, China (2013DFG72270, 2012-2016)

Simulation and prediction of the hydrological response to changing environment, National Natural Science Foundation of China (51190092, 2012-2016).

Technology and demonstration of ecological regulation and remediation for cascade hydropower development, Ministry of Science and Technology, China (2011BAC09B07-3, 2011-2015). 

International Waters Cooperation: Catalytic Support to Advanced, Interdisciplinary Capacity Development and Partnerships, Department for International Development China (2012-2015).

Real time integrated regulation of local water resources with that from the South to North Water Diversion Project, Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission, China (2010–2011).

Council member of CSNR (China Society of Natural Resources) (2009 – present)

Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering, Vice Chairman of the Agricultural water and Soil Engineering Committee (2014 – 2018)

Committee member of Urban Water Resources, Chinese Hydraulic Engineering Society (2005 – present)

Board member of APHW (The Asia Pacific Association of Hydrology and Water Resources) (2005 – present)

First Award of Science and Technology, Yunnan Province, 2019

Second Award of the Dayu Water Resources Science and Technology Award, 2018

First Award of Natural Science, Ministry of Education, 2016

First Award of Teaching, Tsinghua University, 2015

First Award of Science and Technology, Beijing Hydraulic Engineering Society, 2013

Second Award of the Dayu Water Resources Science and Technology Award in 2007 and 2008.

1. Cao, X., Lyu, H., Ni, G., Tian, F., Ma, Y., & Grimmond, C. S. B. Spatial scale effect of surface routing and its parameter upscaling for urban flood simulation using a grid‐based model. Water Resources Research, 2020, 56, e2019WR025468.  

2. Ma, Y., Ni, G., Chandra, C. V., Tian, F., and Chen, H. Statistical characteristics of raindrop size distribution during rainy seasons in the Beijing urban area and implications for radar rainfall estimation, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 2019, 23, 4153-4170, 10.5194/hess-23-4153-2019.

3. Xing, Y., Ni, G., Yang, L., Yang, Y., Xing, P., & Sun, T. Modeling the Impacts of Urbanization and Open Water Surface on Heavy Convective Rainfall: A Case Study over the Emerging Xiong'an City, China. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2019, 124. 

4. Huang, B., Ni, G.-H., Grimmond, C.S.B. Impacts of Urban Expansion on Relatively Smaller Surrounding Cities during Heat Waves. Atmosphere, 2019, 10, 364. 

5. Guangtao Fu, Guangheng Ni, Chi Zhang. Recent Advances in Adaptive Catchment Management and Reservoir Operation, Water, 2019, 11(3), 427.

6. Lyu, H., G. Ni, X. Cao, Y. Ma, and F. Tian. Effect of Temporal Resolution of Rainfall on Simulation of Urban Flood Processes, Water, 2018, 10(7), 880, doi: 10.3390/w10070880.

7. Yang, Y., T. Zhao, G. H. Ni, and T. Sun. Atmospheric rivers over the Bay of Bengal lead to northern Indian extreme rainfall. Int. J. Climatol, 2017, DOI:10.1002/joc.5229.

8. Zhou, X., G. H. Ni, C. Shen, and T. Sun, Remapping annual precipitation in mountainous areas based on vegetation patterns: a case study in the Nu River basin, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 2017, 21(2), 999-1015, DOI: 10.5194/hess-21-999-2017.

9. Zhu, X., G. Ni, Z. Cong, T. Sun, and D. Li, Impacts of surface heterogeneity on dry planetary boundary layers in an urban-rural setting, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres., 2016,121(20), 12164-12179. DOI: 10.1002/2016jd024982.

10. Shen, C., L. H. Dong, Y. C. Wang, G. H. Ni, and S. X. Feng (2015), Effect of reservoir's initial impoundment andclimatic conditions on the dissolved oxygen in downstream reaches: A case study on Xiangjiaba and Xiluodu reservoirs, Fresenius Environ. Bull., 24(8A), 2575-2586.

11. Zhao, T., J. Zhao, H. Hu, and G. Ni, Source of atmospheric moisture and precipitation over China’s major river basins, Frontiers of Earth Science, 2016, 10(1), 159-170. DOI: 10.1007/s11707-015-0497-4.

12. Yang, Wen-Yu., Zhe Li, Ting Sun, and Guang-Heng Ni, Better knowledge with more gauges? Investigation of the spatiotemporal characteristics of precipitation variations over the Greater Beijing Region, International Journal of Climatology, 2015. DOI: 10.1002/joc.4579.

13. Nie, Wan-Shu, Ting Sun, Guang-Heng Ni, Spatiotemporal Characteristics of Anthropogenic Heat in an Urban Environment: A Case Study of Tsinghua Campus, Build and Environ 2014,82:675-86.

14. Zhang, D.W., Guangheng Ni, Zhentao Cong, Tie Chen, Tong Zhang, Statistical interpretation of the daily variation of urban water consumption in Beijing, China. Hydrological Sciences Journal – Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques, 2013. 59(1), 181-192.

15. Hou, A. Z., Guangheng Ni, Hanbo Yang, Zhidong Lei, Numerical Analysis on the Contribution of Urbanization to Wind Stilling: An Example over the Greater Beijing Metropolitan Area. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 2013. 52(5), 1105-1115.

16. Sun, T., Elie Bou-Zeid, Zhi-Hua Wang, Eileen Zerba, Guang-Heng Ni, Hydrometeorological determinants of green roof performance via a vertically-resolved model for heat and water transport. Building and Environment, 2013. 60, 211-224.

17. Sun, T., Z.H. Wang and G.H. Ni, Revisiting the hysteresis effect in surface energy budgets. Geophysical Research Letters, 2013. 40(9), 1741-1747.

18. Ni G, Liu Z, Lei Z, Yang D, Wang L., Continuous Simulation of Water and Soil Erosion in a Small Watershed of the Loess Plateau with a Distributed Model. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, 2008. 13(5):392-399.

19. JIA Yangwen, G. Ni, Junichi Yoshitani and Yoshihisa Kawahara, Coupling Simulation of Water and Energy Budgets and Analysis of Urban Development Impact. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, 2002. Vol.7(4),pp.302-311.

20. Jia Yangwen, Guangheng Ni, Yoshihisa Kawahara and Tadashi Suetsugi, Development of WEP Model And Its Application To An Urban Watershed, Hydrol. Process, 2001.Vol. 15, pp.