River–Lake Health Assessment & Ecological Restoration
Building reservoir-bank ecological transition zones and river habitats grounded in restoration and slope stability, forming a distinctive eco-channel framework.
This direction studies soil bioengineering, ecological slopes, constructed wetlands and the hyporheic zone, builds reservoir-bank ecological transition zones and river habitats grounded in ecological restoration and slope stability, and gradually establishes a distinctive eco-channel framework. Key tasks include ecological bank protection and restoration, river-habitat recovery and construction, constructed-wetland building, hyporheic-zone restoration and a river-restoration theoretical system.
Faculty in this area
Liu Ying
Joint China–Austria Ph.D. · Postdoc · Professor · Doctoral Supervisor
Li Yi
Associate Professor · Master's Supervisor · Hubei Chu-Tian Scholar
Li Linlin
Master's Supervisor · Member, Sediment Committee of the China Hydraulic Engineering Society
Feng Jinghong
Lecturer · Ph.D. in Hydraulic Engineering
Oluwafemi Adewole ADEYEYE
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research projects in this area
Effects of ecological drop structures on hyporheic denitrification and parameter optimization
Ecosystem succession and restoration of the water-level-fluctuation zone in large reservoirs
Suitable plants and slope-stabilization mechanisms in riparian soil bioengineering
Seepage characteristics of grouted porous aquifers for compressed-air energy storage
Bed-armoring dynamics in the Middle Yangtze and its effect on downstream suspended-sediment recovery
Selected publications in this area
- 2025
Ying Liu*, Ziyan Lu, Genghua Wu, Defu Liu, Henglin Xiao, Hong Yang, Heyun Wang, Jinhong Feng (2025). “Nitrogen and phosphorus release from a dominant plant in the water level fluctuation zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir.” AQUATIC SCIENCES , 87: 78. linkDOI
- 2025
Luo J, Liu Y*, Liu D, et al. (2025). “Influence of the in-stream structures and parameters variation on transient storage.” ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING , 202: 107242. linkDOI
- 2025
Li Y, Xue P, Li Y, Liu Y, Wang J, Yin W* (2025). “Modeling underground performance of compressed air energy storage in a practical flat aquifer: insights on the permeability effects.” ENERGY , 322: 135592. linkDOI
- 2025
Li Y, Guo C, Wang J, Chen R, Liu Y (2025). “Coupled wellbore-aquifer numerical analysis of underground performance of compressed air energy storage in heterogeneous aquifers.” JOURNAL OF ENERGY STORAGE , 114: 115794. linkDOI
- 2025
Li Linlin, Xia Junqiang, Zhou Meirong, et al. (2025). “Modeling of sediment exchange process and channel evolution in the downstream reach below the Three Gorges Dam.” CATENA , 251: 108815. linkDOI
- 2025
Li Linlin, Xiao Tao, Liu Defu, et al. (2025). “Three-dimensional hyporheic exchange driven by local riverbed scouring below the in-stream structure.” PHYSICS OF FLUIDS , 37: 022143. linkDOI
- 2024
Song X, Liu Y*, Lin D, et al. (2024). “Influence of point bars on nitrogen transport and reaction in riparian zones.” JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY , 637: 131388. linkDOI
- 2024
Li Y, Wang H, Wang J, Hu L, Wu X, Yang Y, Gai P, Liu Y, Li Y* (2024). “The underground performance analysis of compressed air energy storage in aquifers through field testing.” APPLIED ENERGY , 366: 123329. linkDOI
- 2024
Li Linlin, Xia Junqiang, Zhou Meirong, et al. (2024). “Numerical modeling of graded sediment transport with limited bed material supply in the Middle Yangtze River.” JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY , 645: 132153. linkDOI
- 2022
Jinghong Feng, Defu Liu, Ying Liu*, Yi Li, Han Li, Lihui Chen, Jingwen Xiao, Jixin Liu, Jiawei Dong (2022). “Hyporheic exchange due to in-stream geomorphic structures.” JOURNAL OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY , 37(1): 221-241. linkDOI
