PhD, Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan
MS, Resource and Ecology Management, University of Michigan
BS, Environmental Science, University of Science and Technology of China

Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University（2019/5-）
Associate Professor, Xiamen University (2015/4-2019/4)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford (2014/3 –2015/2)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Michigan (2013/2 –2015/3)

Postdoctoral, grduate student, undegraduate student and research assistant are extremely welcome to join our group.

Oceanic Oxygen, Eutrophication, Climate Change，Statistics and Geostatistics

2023 – 2026, PI，National Natural Science Foundation of China, Annual and decadal variabilities of the volumes of oceanic oxygen minimum zones and associated uncertainties based on multi-source monitoring data fusion

2018 – 2020, PI，National Natural Science Foundation of China, Driving mechanism of NO2 spatial distribution in Xia-Zhang-Quan urban agglomeration using data assimilation methods

2017 – 2020, Co-PI, National Key Research and Development Program of China, Occurrence mechanism of marine red tide and hypoxia and other ecological disasters and key technologies of early warning and emergency support systems in countries along the “Belt and Road”

2015 – 2017, PI, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Impact of climate change and human behavior to water quality of surface waters in China

(* corresponding author）
Han, Y., Y. Zhou*. (2022). Investigating biophysical control of marine phytoplankton dynamics via Bayesian mechanistic modeling. Ecological Modelling, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.110168

Zhou Y.*, H. Gong, F. Zhou (2022) Responses of horizontally expanding oceanic oxygen minimum zones to climate change based on observations, Geophysical Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL097724

Gong H., C. Li, Y. Zhou* (2021) Emerging global ocean deoxygenation across the 21st century, Geophysical Research Letters,48, e2021GL095370. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL095370, AGU news featured, https://news.agu.org/press-release/climate-change-has-likely-begun-to-suffocate-the-worlds-fisheries/

Wei W., Y. Fang, Y. Zhou* (2021) Synoptic and meteorological drivers of regional ozone pollution events in China, Environmental Research Communications, https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/abfe9c

龚红静，周韫韬*. 生物量和生物多样性如何响应气候变化下的海洋缺氧？[J]. 上海交通大学学报, 2021, 55(Sup.1): 76-78. http://xuebao.sjtu.edu.cn/CN/10.16183/j.cnki.jsjtu.2021.S1.010

Zhou Y.*, H. Gong, P. Fan, N. Li, L. Gu (2021) Monthly analyses of convection-related irregular flights and their linear projections for the future climate in China, Environmental Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abe1f4

Zhou Y.*, W. Yan, W. Wei, (2021) Effect of sea surface temperature and precipitation on annual frequency of harmful algal blooms in the East China Sea over the past decades, Environmental Pollution, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116224

Zhang N., Y. Zhou*, (2019) Climate-driven changes in CO2 emissions associated with residential heating and cooling demand by end-century in China. Environmental Research Letters. 14(8) https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab31de

Zhou, Y.*, N. Zhang, C. Li, Y. Liu, P. Huang (2018) Decreased Takeoff Performance of Aircraft Due to Climate Change. Climatic Change, 151 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-018-2335-7

D. D. Giudicea* , Y. Zhou*, E. Sinha and A. M. Michalak. (2018) Long-term phosphorus loading and springtime temperatures explain interannual variability of hypoxia in a large temperate lake. Environmental Science & Technology , 52 (4) https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b04730

Zhou, Y., A. M. Michalak, D. Beletsky, Y.R. Rao, R.P. Richards. (2015) Record-breaking hypoxic extent in Lake Erie during 2012 drought. Environmental Science & Technology, 49 (2) https://doi.org/10.1021/es503981n

Scavia D., ..., Y. Zhou, (2014) Assessing and addressing the re-eutrophication of Lake Erie: Central basin hypoxia. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 40(2) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2014.02.004

Zhou, Y.*, D. Scavia, A.M. Michalak. (2014) Nutrient Loading and Meteorological Conditions Explain Interannual Variability of Hypoxia in Chesapeake Bay. Limnology & Oceanography, 59 (2) https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2014.59.2.0373

Zhou, Y.*, D. Obenour, D. Scavia, T. Johengen, A. M. Michalak. (2013) Spatial and Temporal Trend of Lake Erie Hypoxia: 1987-2007. Environmental Science & Technology, 47 (2) https://doi.org/10.1021/es303401b

Obenour, D., A. M. Michalak, Y. Zhou, D. Scavia. (2012) Quantifying the Impacts of Stratification and Nutrient Loading on Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Environmental Science & Technology, 46 (10) https://doi.org/10.1021/es204481a

Zhou, Y., A.M. Michalak, (2009) Characterizing Attribute Distributions in Water Sediments by Geostatistical Downscaling. Environmental Science & Technology, 43 (24) https://doi.org/10.1021/es901431y