The research group, led by Prof Shunqi Pan, consists of the following members:
PhD Students
- Jia Men (PhD – CSC), 10/2024 – date
- Qing Lin (PhD – CSC), 09/2019 – date
- Sam Rowley (PhD – WISE CDT), 09/2018 – date
- Richard Rees (PhD – WISE CDT), 09/2016 – 05/2026 (Completed)
- Baoming Guo (PhD – CSC), 04/2021 – 04/2026 (Completed)
- Ceri Howells (PhD – WISE CDT), 09/2018 – 09/2024
- Nefeli Makrygianni (PhD – WISE CDT), 09/2017 – 01/2021 (Completed)
- Benjamin Beylard (PhD – WISE CDT), 09/2016 – 03/2021 (Completed)
- Oladele Desmond Omoare (PhD), 01/2016 – 09/2020
- Stephen Clee (PhD – WISE CDT), 09/2015 – 01/2021 (Completed)
- David Glover (PhD – WISE CDT), 09/2014 – 01/2018
- Hayder Hatif Kareem (PhD), 06/2014 – 04/2018 (Completed)
- Fernando Alvarez Martinez (PhD), 10/2012 – 12/2016 (Completed)
Visiting Research Students
- Kejian Zhang (CSC supported), 04/2026 – date
- Tian Zhou (CSC supported), 09/2025 – date
- Wenzhe Zhou (CSC supported), 03/2025 – 03/2026
- Min Zhao (CSC supported), 03/2024 – 03/2026
- Weiping Xu (CSC supported), 11/2024 – 11/2025
- Zhuoliang Zhou (CSC supported), 11/2023 – 11/2024
- He Xu (CSC supported), 06/2023 – 06/2024
- Zhenjin Tao (CSC supported), 11/2022 – 09/2024
- Min Gan (CSC supported), 09/2019 – 08/2021
- Hongyu Ji (CSC supported), 09/2018 – 12/2019
- Meirong Zhou (CSC supported), 09/2018 – 09/2019
- Qing Chen (CSC supported), 10/2017 – 09/2019
- Jiangxia Li (CSC supported), 10/2015 – 04/2017
- Chao Jiang (CSC supported), 06/2014 – 09/2016
Academic Visitors
- Jingui Liu (Guangdong Ocean University) 11/2025 – date
- Dongdong Yang (Tianjin University) 09/2025 – 04/2026
- Xin Zhao (Tianjin University), 07/2025 – 04/2026
- Fei Gao (Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, China Geological Survey), 02/2025 – 02/0226
- Haiqing Zhu (Wuhan Institute of Technology) 09/2025 – 12/2025
- Linshuang Liu (Yangtze River Waterway Planning and Design Institute) 07/2025 – 12/2025
- Aiqing Feng (National Climate Centre, CMA), 10/2024 – 09/2025
- Dingfeng Yu (Institute of Oceanographic Instrumentation, Shandong Academy of Sciences), 08/2019 – 08/2020
- Geng Qu (Yangtze River Research Institute, China), 10/2017 – 10/2018
- Fang Liu (Tianjin University, China), 02/2017 – 02/2018
- Jingqiao Mao (Hohai University, China), 06/2016 – 06/2017
- Sooyoul Kim (Tottori University, Japan), 09/2014 – 12/2015
Postdoctoral Researchers
- Hossein Amini (TfW Project) 07/2026 – date
- Nicolas Hanousek (TfW Pilot Study) 07/2023 – 02/2024
- Hossain Chizari (SCW Project) 04/2021 – 04//2022