Dr. HU Yan 胡燕

• Ph.D., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2021
• M.Sc., Geology, Peking University, 2017
• B.Sc., Geology, Peking University, 2014

• 2021.11 – Present: Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

• Rock glacier geomorphology and dynamics
• Permafrost changes on the Tibetan Plateau
• SAR Interferometry
• Deep learning applications in cryospheric sciences

1. Hu, Y., Liu, L., Wang, X., Zhao, L., Wu, T., Cai, J., Zhu, X., and Hao, J. (2021). Quantification of permafrost creep provides kinematic evidence for classifying a puzzling periglacial landform. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 46(2), 465- 477. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5039
2. Hu, Y., Harrison, S., Liu, L., and Wood, J. L. (2021). Modelling rock glacier velocity and ice content, Khumbu and Lhotse Valleys, Nepal. The Cryosphere Discuss., 2021, 1-34. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-110

• 2019–2020: CUHK Global Scholarship Programme for Research Excellence
• 2017–2018, 2018–2019, 2019–2020: Hong Kong PhD Fellowship
• 2019: Best Poster Award at Dragon 4 Symposium
• 2018: Best Poster Award at Dragon 4 Mid-Term Results Symposium

• Membership at International Permafrost Association (IPA) Action Group on “Rock Glacier Inventories and Kinematics”
• Journal reviewer for Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, The Cryosphere

• Fall 2019: Teaching Assistant, Applied Geophysics
• Spring 2018: Teaching Assistant, Solid Earth Dynamics
• Fall 2017: Teaching Assistant, Exploring the Earth System
• Fall 2017: Teaching Assistant, Petrology

1. Bolch, T., Yao, T., Bhattacharya, A., Hu, Y., King, O., Liu, L., Pronk, J. B., Rastner, P. & Zhang, G. (2022). Earth observation to investigate occurrence, characteristics and changes of glaciers, glacial lakes and rock glaciers in the Poiqu River Basin (Central Himalaya). Remote Sensing, 14(8), 1927. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14081927
2. Hu, Y., Liu, L., Wang, X., Zhao, L., Wu, T., Cai, J., Zhu, X., and Hao, J. (2021). Quantification of permafrost creep provides kinematic evidence for classifying a puzzling periglacial landform. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 46(2), 465- 477. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5039
3. Hu, Y., Harrison, S., Liu, L., and Wood, J. L. (2021). Modelling rock glacier velocity and ice content, Khumbu and Lhotse Valleys, Nepal. The Cryosphere Discuss., 2021, 1-34. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-110
4. Wang, X., Liu, L., Hu, Y., Wu, T., Zhao, L., Liu, Q., Zhang, R., Zhang, B., and Liu, G. (2021). Multi-decadal geomorphic changes of a low-angle valley glacier in the East Kunlun Mountains: remote sensing observations and detachment hazard assessment. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 21(9), 2791-2810. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2791-2021
5. Xu, Q., Ji, J., Zhong, D., Hu, Y., Deino, A., Chen, J., Tu, J., Liu, H., Wang, F., and Sun, D. (2020). Post-glacial entrenchment and knickpoint migration of the Yarlung Tsangpo Gorge, southeastern Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2020.104337
6. Delaloye, R., Barboux, C., Bodin, X., Brenning, A., Hartl, L., Hu, Y., Ikeda, A., Kaufmann, V., Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A., Lambiel, C., Liu, L., Marcer, M., Rick, B., Scotti, R., Takadema, H., Liaudat, D. T., Vivero, S., and Winterberger, M. (2018). Rock glacier inventories and kinematics: a new IPA Action Group 5th European Conference on Permafrost, Chamonix, France.

• 2022 – Present: Deep-learning-based mapping of rock glaciers on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (Co-I, CUHK Direct Grant)