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Dr. Wenyan Zhang

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This web page has not been updated since the former colleague left MARUM.

 

Research Topics

  • Morphogenesis and morphodynamics of medium- to large-scale sedimentary systems
  • Sedimentation processes from coastal, mid-shelf to deep-sea environments
  • Impacts of Holocene climate change on coastal and continental shelf morphology
  • Multi-scale modeling of physcial and bio-physical processes in coastal ocean and continental margins
  • Land-sea interactions and sediment exchange
  • Modeling of aeolian and sub-aqueous sediment transport
  • Use of Cellunar Automata and Lattice Boltzmann Method in Geosciences
  • Oceanic gravity-driven density fronts and consequent sedimentation
  • Barotropic & baroclinic tides and their impacts on bottom sediment transport
A Coupled Grid System for Resolving Multi-scale Processes

Nested grid systems used in modeling of multi-scale processes

Curriculum vitae

Since Apr 2013Post-Doc in the group 'Marine Sedimentation Systems' at MARUM, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Dec 2010 - Mar 2013Post-Doc in the group 'Computational Science' at the Institute of Physics, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
Sep 2010 - Nov 2010Short post-doc stay at the Institue of Marine and Coastal Sciences, University of Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland
2008 - 2010PhD student in the group 'Computational Science' at the Institute of Physics, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
Sep 2007 - Nov 2007Short research stay at Marine Geology Department, Baltic Sea Research Institute, Warnemünde (IOW), Germany
2006 - 2008PhD student, Department of Fluid Mechanics, School of Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
2004 - 2006Joint Master - PhD study, Department of Fluid Mechanics, School of Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, China
2000 - 2004Bachelor student, Department of Mathematics, Sun Yat-sen University, China
1997 - 2000Affiliated high school of South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China

Research Projects

2013-2015MARUM SD2 - Climatic control on large-scale sedimentary structures
2010-2013COPAF - Coastline changes of the southern Baltic Sea - past and future projection (Polish Ministry of Science and Higher education)
2010-2012Baltic - Network (University of Greifswald)
2007-2010SINCOS II - Sinking Coast: Geosphere, Ecosphere, and Anthroposphere of the Holocene Southern Baltic Sea (DFG Research Unit)
Simulated current magnitude during a downwelling wind event

Journal Publications

Book Chapters/Encyclopedia Entries

  • Zhang, W., 2015. Bottom-boundary Layer. In: Harff, J., Meschede, M., Petersen, S. and Thiede,J. (Eds), Encyclopedia of Marine Geosciences. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6644-0_134-1
  • Zhang, W., 2015. Barrier Spits. In: Kennish, M.J. (Eds), Encyclopedia of Estuaries. Springer. DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-8801-4_126
  • Zhang, W., 2015. Spit. In: Kennish, M.J. (Eds), Encyclopedia of Estuaries. Springer. DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-8801-4
  • Zhang, W., 2015. Sediment Budgets. In: Kennish, M.J. (Eds), Encyclopedia of Estuaries. Springer. DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-8801-4
  • Zhang, W., 2015. Barrier Island. In: Kennish, M.J. (Eds), Encyclopedia of Estuaries. Springer. DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-8801-4
  • Zhang, W., 2015. Sediment Dynamics. In: Harff, J., Meschede, M., Petersen, S. and Thiede,J. (Eds), Encyclopedia of Marine Geosciences. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6644-0_175-1
  • Zhang, W., 2015. Sediment Transport Models. In: Harff, J., Meschede, M., Petersen, S. and Thiede,J. (Eds), Encyclopedia of Marine Geosciences. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6644-0_176-1
  • Harff J., Meyer, M., Zhang, W., Barthel, A. and Naumann, M., 2014, Holocene sediment dynamics at the southern Baltic Sea. Berichte der RGK 92, 41-76.
  • Harff, J., Flemming,N., Groh,A., Hünicke,B., Lericolais,G., Meschede,M., Rosentau,A., Sakellariou,D., Uscinowicz,S., Zhang, W., and Zorita,E., in press. Chapter 3 – Sea level and climate. In: Flemming, N., Harff, J. and Moura, D. (Eds). Quaternary Palaeo-environments on the European continental shelf: survival and destruction of prehistoric remains. Wiley-Blackwell book contribution.
  • Zhang, W., Schneider, R., Harff, J., Accepted. Modeling of medium-term (decadal) coastal dune morphogenesis - historical hindcast and future scenarios of the Swina Gate barrier coast (southern Baltic Sea). In: Harff, J., Furmanczyk, K. and von Storch, H. (Eds.). Coastline changes of the Baltic Sea from South to East -past and future projection. Springer book contribution.
  • Deng, J., Harff, J., Zhang, W., Schneider, R.,Dudzinska-Nowak, J., Giza, A., Terefenko, P. and Furmanczyk, K., submitted. The Dynamic Equilibrium Shore Model for the reconstruction and future projection of coastal morphodynamics. In: Harff, J., Furmanczyk, K. and von Storch, H. (Eds.). Coastline changes of the Baltic Sea from South to East -past and future projection. Springer book contribution.

Work on table

  • Zhang, W., Hanebuth, T.J.J. and Merkel, U., in prep. Morphogenesis and Holocene evolution of large-scale mid-shelf mud depocenters on a high-energy narrow shelf (NW Iberia) - the role of multi-scale processes inferred from modelling.
  • Zhang, W., and Wirtz, K., in prep. Linking community structure, biomass and bioturbation diffusivity of macrobenthos to vertical variation of organic carbon in marine sediments- a mechanistic modeling approach.

Conference proceeding papers

  • Zhang, W.and Hanebuth, T., 2014. Short-term sediment dynamics on a contourite body (off NW Iberia), Part II: The impact of hydrographic fronts as deduced from numerical modelling. 2nd Deep-Water Circulation Congress, 10-12 Sept. 2014, Ghent, Belgium
  • Harff, J., Zhang, W., Meyer, M. and Schneider, R., 2011. Coastline Change – from paleoenvironmental reconstruction to future scenarios: A Case study from the Baltic.- in: Wallendorf, L. A. (ed.): Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2011, Proceedings of the 2011 Solutions to Coastal Disasters conference, Amer. Soc. Civil Engineers, p. 164-175.
  • Zhang, W., Harff, J. and Schneider, R., 2011. Holocene morphogenesis of the Darss-Zingst peninsula: simulation of multi-scale processes and their interactions in the southern Baltic Sea. Proceedings of the 8 th Baltic Sea Science Congress, St. Petersburg, Russia.
  • Zhang, W., Harff, J., and Schneider, R. 2010. Holocene coastal morphogenesis at the southern Baltic Sea: interplay of climate forcing and the geological environment – a case study of the Darss-Zingst Peninsula. Proceedings of the 6th study conference on BALTEX，Wolin, Poland.
  • Zhang, W., Harff, J., and Wu, C.Y. 2009. A long-term morphodynamic model and its application to the southern Baltic coast. Proceedings of the international conference on climate change in the southern Baltic region, Szczecin, Poland.
  • Harff, J., Meyer, M., and Zhang, W., 2009. Modeling of a sandy spit of the Baltic Sea coast using Sedsim and PRD-LTMM. Proceedings of the Computational methods for the earth, energy and environmental sciences, IAMG 2009, Stanford University, USA.
  • Zhang, W. and Wu, C.Y. 2007. Characteristics of fine-grained sediment transport related to an estuarine turbidity maximum: a model study. Proceedings of the Joint Meeting PTG-DGG, Geo-Pomerania, Szczecin, Poland.

Cruises

15.09 2014- 30.09 2014GALIMOS: Hydrography-seabed interaction Mid-shelf mudbelt and Shelf edge terraces