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Research Associate in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering's Water Research Centre (WRC)
Ze Jiang is a research associate from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UNSW, who specializes in the field of hydro-climatology. His research focuses on understanding the impact of climate change on the water cycle, specifically investigating the effects of global warming on hydroclimate extremes (e.g., floods and droughts)....view more
Research Associate in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering's Water Research Centre (WRC)
Ze Jiang is a research associate from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UNSW, who specializes in the field of hydro-climatology. His research focuses on understanding the impact of climate change on the water cycle, specifically investigating the effects of global warming on hydroclimate extremes (e.g., floods and droughts). Ze received his PhD in Water Resources Engineering in 2021 from UNSW, where he developed a novel method known as Wavelet System Prediction (WASP), capable of predicting hydroclimate extremes. Ze's academic journey started with a B.Eng in Environmental Engineering from Hohai University, Nanjing, China. He then pursued a Joint M.Sc in "EuroAquae - HydroInformatics and Water Management" under the partnership of five prestigious European universities. Before relocating to Australia, Ze worked at the Tropical Marine Science Institute of the National University of Singapore (NUS), where he contributed to hydrological and crop modeling for two years.
Research Highlights:
- Development of spectral transformation and its application in hydro-climatology
- An open-source tool for improved system modelling: Wavelet System Prediction (WASP)
- Development of a postprocessing method and software for correcting bias in Numerical Weather Predictions in the time-frequency domain
- Quantification of future changes in drought and agricultural production under global warming
- Development of index-based drought insurance for disaster risk transfer
My Grants
2024-26, ARC Early Career Industry Fellowships 2024 (~$300K AUD, CI). Title: A Decadal Roadmap for Water Security and Resource Management.
2023-24, Global Research and Innovation Partnerships (~$20K AUD, CI), UNSW GLOBAL DIVISION. Title: Index-based Insurance for Agriculture Risk Transfer under a Changing Climate.
2023, Helmholtz Visiting Researcher Grant (~$20K EUR, CI), Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. Title: A novel method to estimate flood extremes using spectrally transformed climate information.
See Australian Research Council Grants at https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grants#/20/1//Ze%20Jiang/.
My Qualifications
Ph.D. - Water Resources Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2021
M.Sc. - Hydro-Informatics and Water Management, Partnership of five European Universities, 2015
B.Eng. - Environmental Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, China, 2012
My Awards
2024, Australian Research Council Early Career Industry Fellowship (50 in all disciplines, Australia)
2023, UNSW Office of Global Affairs Global Research and Innovation Partnerships Award
2023, Helmholtz Information and Data Science Academy Helmholtz Visiting Researcher Grant
My Research Activities
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University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia |
Jan. 2023 – Present Jun. 2021 – Dec. 2022 |
Research Associate Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
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German Research Centre (GFZ-Potsdam), Potsdam, Germany |
May 2023 – Jul. 2023 |
Visiting Research Scientist |
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National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore |
Nov. 2015 – Feb. 2018 |
Research Engineer |
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My Research Supervision
Areas of supervision
I am looking for great students for research topics and projects related to:
- Hydro-climate extremes modelling and forecasting
- Postprocessing techniques for correcting bias in climate and weather prediction models
- Climate change impact on the water cycle (e.g. floods and droughts)
- Hydrology/Hydraulics and water quality numerical modelling
- HydroInformatics and water management
My Teaching
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ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3472-0829
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