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Room 308, 3/F, Mong Man Wai Building

Dr. HU Yan 胡燕

Postdoctoral Fellow
 
Education:
  • 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
 
Academic Employments:
  • 2021.11 – Present: Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
 
Research Fields and Current Research Interests:
  • Rock glacier geomorphology and dynamics
  • Permafrost changes on the Tibetan Plateau
  • SAR Interferometry
  • Deep learning applications in cryospheric sciences
 
Representative Publications:
  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
 
Honours and Awards:
  • 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
 
Professional Activities:
Current
  • 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
 
Teaching:
Past
  • 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
 
Selected Recent Publications:
  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.
 
Research Grants:
  • 2022 – Present: Deep-learning-based mapping of rock glaciers on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (Co-I, CUHK Direct Grant)