Curriculum Vitae

YIPING HOU

1177 Research Road, Kelowna, British Columbia, V1V 1V7, Canada
yipinghou329@gmail.com
yiping.hou@ubc.ca

EDUCATION

University of British Columbia (Okanagan)
Ph.D. in Earth and Environmental Sciences
Supervisor: Xiaohua (Adam) Wei

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC)
M.Sc. in Surveying and Mapping
Supervisor: Mingfang Zhang

Sichuan Agricultural University (SICAU)
B.Sc. of Agricultural Structure, Environment and Energy Engineering

RESEARCH INTERESTS

I have a broad research interest in forest eco-hydrology and watershed management, with a focus on interactions between terrestrial and aquatic processes under forest disturbance or vegetation change and climate variability. Taking an ecosystem perspective is the central research philosophy for me to study various watershed ecosystem processes and sustainability.

  • Forest hydrology
  • Watershed assessment and management
  • Riparian hydrological processes

RELEVANT SKILLS AND INTERESTS

Programming and Software: R, ArcGIS, ENVI, SAS, SPSS, STATISTICA
Languages: Chinese, English

AWARDS

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC)

  • Distinguished Dissertation Awards of UESTC                       2019
  • Outstanding Graduate Awards of UESTC                               2019
  • Individual Scholarship: Zhongkeyutu Scholarship               2019
  • Individual Scholarship: Suzhougongyeyuan Scholarship    2019
  • The First-grade National Scholarship                           2016, 2018
  • The Second-grade National Scholarship                                  2017
  • Outstanding Graduate Student of UESTC                    2017, 2018

Sichuan Agricultural University (SICAU)

  • Outstanding Graduate Awards of Sichuan Province             2016
  • Distinguished Dissertation Awards                                           2016
  • National Scholarship for Encouragement                     2014, 2015
  • Outstanding Individual of Student Union                                2015
  • Advanced Individual of Social Practices                         2013-2015
  • Outstanding Undergraduate Student                              2014-2015
  • Individual Scholarship: Xinshijue Scholarship                       2013
  • Merit Student                                                                                  2013

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

  • IURC/Tri-University Partnership Research Fund – 2018/2019 Disaster PR3 (Prevention, Response, Recovery, Resilience) Collaborative Grant, “Determining forests disturbance thresholds for managing cumulative hydrological impacts in the BC interior” (2019/02 – 2020/04), Participant
  • National Science Foundation of China (General Program), “Quantifying non-stationary hydrological response to forest restoration in a subalpine watershed in Southwest China” (2018/01-2021/12), Participant
  • National Program on Key Research and Development Project of China, “Restoration of degraded subalpine forest ecosystem in Southwest China”, Project 6 “Evaluating the ecological benefit of restoration practices in subalpine degraded forest in Southwest China” (2017/06-2020/12), Participant
  • Open Funds of Key Laboratory for Groundwater and Ecology in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas, CGS, “The effect of vegetation change on streamflow in a semi-arid watershed” (KLGEAS201801), Participant
  • National Natural Foundation of China (Young Scientist Program), “The cumulative effects of forest changes on flow regimes in a large watershed-an analysis based on riverine ecosystem protection theory” (2015/01-2017/12), Participant
  • Training Program for Research Interest (Student Program of SICAU), “Researches on the energy-saving and heat preservation system of exterior wall” (2014/09-2016/06), PI

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Hou, Y., Zhang, M., Liu, S., Sun, P., Yin, L., Yang, T., Li, Y., Li, Q., & Wei, X. (2018). The hydrological impact of extreme weather-induced forest disturbances in a tropical experimental watershed in South China. Forests, 9 (12), 734. doi: 10.3390/f9120734

Hou, Y., Zhang, M., Meng, Z., Liu, S., Sun, P., & Yang, T. (2018). Assessing the impact of forest change and climate variability on dry season runoff by an improved single watershed approach: a comparative study in two large watersheds, China. Forests, 9 (1), 46. doi:10.3390/f9010046

Zhang, M., Liu, N., Harper, R., Li, Q., Liu, K., Wei, X., Ning, D., Hou, Y., & Liu, S. (2017). A global review on hydrological responses to forest change across multiple spatial scales: Importance of scale, climate, forest type and hydrological regime. Journal of Hydrology, 546, 44-59. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.12.040

Meng, Z., Zhang, M., Hou, Y., & Yu, L. (2018). Developing a software to evaluate hydrological effect of forest change. In Proceedings of the 2017 2nd International Conference on Electrical, Control and Automation Engineering, 140, 322-326. doi:10.2991/ecae-17.2018.70

Zhao, R., Zhang, M., & Hou, Y. (2018). Impact of Vegetation Change and Climate Variability on Runoff in the Jingchuan Watershed in the Loess Plateau of China. In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Environment and Geoscience – Volume 1: IWEG, ISBN 978-989-758-342-1, pages 529-532. doi: 10.5220/0007433005290532

Ning, D., Zhang, M., Ren, S., Hou, Y., Yu, L., & Meng, Z. (2017). Predicting hydrological response to forest changes by simple statistical models the selection of the best indicator of forest changes with a hydrological perspective. In Proceedings of IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 52 (1), 012059. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/52/1/012059

CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTIONS

Hou, Y., Zhang, M. Relative contributions of vegetation change and climate variability in large watersheds vary along climatic zones in China. EGU General Assembly 2019. April 2019, Vienna, Austria. Poster presentation.

Hou, Y., Zhang, M., Meng, Z., Shi, J., Wang, H., Ding, H., Chen, C. Assessing the impact of reforestation and climate variability on annual mean flow: A comparative study in two large watersheds of the Poyang Lake Basin, China. 4th International Congress on Planted Forests. October 2018, Beijing, China. Oral presentation.

Hou, Y., Zhang, M., Meng, Z., Shi, J., Wang, H., Ding, H., Chen, C. Impact vegetation regrowth on seasonal streamflow in a large semi-arid watertshed. The 1st Conference of Ecohydrology of China. October 2018. Chengdu, China. Oral presentation.

Hou, Y., Zhang, M., Meng, Z., Shi, J., Wang, H., Ding, H., Chen, C. The effect of vegetation regrowth on annual runoff in the Hailiutu watershed, the upper reach of the Wuding River Basin. International Symposium of Ecohydrology and Water Security: Opportunities & Challenges from Developing Countries. October 2018, Xi’an, China. Oral presentation.

Hou, Y., Zhang, M., Shi, J., Meng, Z. Cumulative effects of forest change on flow regimes in the headwaters of Poyang Lake Basin. The 2nd international conference of SilkGIS. May 2018, Chengdu, China. Oral presentation.

Hou, Y., Zhang, M., Meng, Z., Yu, L., Shi, J., Ding, H., Wang, H., Chen, C. Impact of forest change and climate variability on dry season runoff. The 17th Conference of Ecology of China. May 2018. Oral presentation.

Hou, Y., Meng, Z., Zhang, M., Yu, L., Shi, J., Ding, H., Chen, C., Wang, H. Quantifying the impact of forest disturbances and climate variability on runoff in an experimental tropical watershed in China. International Scientific Symposium on Water Resource Management and Comprehensive Reclamation of River Basin. November 2017, Nanjing, China. Oral presentation.

Hou, Y., Zhang, M., Yu, L., Ren, S., Ning, D, Meng, Z. The hydrological response to climate variability and hurricane -induced forest change in a coastal experimental watershed. International Conference of Ecology. August 2017, Beijing, China. Poster presentation.