·   2019.12–: Professor, Tongji University

·   2015.01-2016.01: Visiting Scholar, University of Southampton

·   2014.12-2019.12: Associate Professor, Tongji University

·   2009.07-2014.12: Assistant Professor, Tongji University

Teaching

·   《Introduction to Oceanography》

·   《Physical Oceanography》

Research Interests

·   Sedimentary dynamic processes in the deep sea

·   Interlinks among multiscale dynamic motions

·   Mesoscale eddies

·   Internal waves

·   Oceanic mixing processes

Publications

·  Yingli Li, Jingong Cai*, Xuejun Wang, Yunqing Hao, Qing Liu. Smectite-illitization difference of source rocks developed in saline and fresh water environments and its influence on hydrocarbon generation: A study from the Shahejie Formation, Dongying Depression, China. Marine and Petroleum Geology，2017 (80)：349-357.

·   Zhang, Y.*, Liu, Z., Zhao, Y., Colin, C., Zhang, X., Wang, M., Zhao, S., Kneller, B., Long-term in situ observations on typhoon-triggered turbidity currents in the deep sea, Geology, 2018, 46 (8): 675-678.

·   Zhang, Y.*, Xu, H., Qin, R., Xu, C., Fan, D., Characteristics of turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate and turbidity near the coast of East China Sea, Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2016, 34 (50): 1134-1142.

·   Zhang, Y.*, Liu, Z., Zhao, Y., Li, J., Liang, X., Effect of surface mesoscale eddies on deep-sea currents and mixing in the northeastern South China Sea, Deep-Sea Research II, 2015, 122: 6-14.

·   Zhang, Y., Liu, Z.*, Zhao, Y., Wang, W., Li, J., Xu, J., Mesoscale eddies transport deep-sea sediments. Scientific Reports, 2014, 4, 5937, doi:10.1038/srep05397.

·   Zhang, Y.*, and Tian, J. *, Enhanced turbulent mixing induced by strong wind on the South China Sea shelf, Ocean Dynamics, 2014, 64: 781-796.

·   Zhang, Y.*, Dan, D., Xu, H., Records of the tsunami induced by the 2010 Chilean earthquake from Xiaoqushan seafloor observatory in the East China Sea, Chinese Science Bulletin, 2011,56 (27): 2957-2965.

·   Zhang, Y., and Moum, J. N., Inertial-convective subrange estimates of thermal variance dissipation rate from moored temperature measurements. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 2010, 27, 1950-1959.

·   Zhang, Y., Tian, J., Xie, L., Estimation of eddy viscosity on the SCS shelf with adjoint assimilation method. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2009, 28(5): 9-16.

·  Zhang, Y., Liang, X., Tian, J., Yang, L., Estimates of global M2 internal tide energy fluxes using TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter data. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2009, 27(1): 140-145.

·   Blattmann, T.M.*, Zhang, Y.*, Zhao Y., Wen, K., Lin, S., Li, J., Wacker, L., Haghipour, N., Plötze, M., Liu, Z., Eglinton, T., Contrasting fates of petrogenic and biospheric carbon in the South China Sea. Geophysical Research Letters, 2018, 45, doi:10.1029/2018GL079222.

·   Wang, M., Zhang, Y*., Liu, Z., Zhao, Y., Li, J., Temporal and spatial evolution of a deep-reaching anticyclonic eddy in the South China Sea. Science China: Earth Sciences, 2019, doi: 10.1007/s11430-018-9318-6.

·   Zhao, J., Zhang, Y., Liu, Z., Zhao, Y., Wang, M., Seasonal variability of tides in the deep nothern South China Sea. Science China: Earth Sciences, 2019, doi: 10.1007/s11430-017-9315-7.

·  Liu, Z.*, Zhao, Y., Colin, C., Stattegger, K., Wiesner, M.G., Huh, C.-A., Zhang, Y., Li, X., Sompongchaiyakul, P., You, C.-F., Huang, C.-Y., Liu, J.T., Siringan, F.P., Le, K.P., Sathiamurthy, E., Hantoro, W.S., Liu, J., Tuo, S., Zhou, S., He, Z., Wang, Y., Bunsomboonsakul, S., Li, Y., Source-to-sink processes of fluvial sediments in the South China Sea. Earth-Science Reviews, 2016, 153: 238-273.

·   Zhao, Y.*, Liu, Z., Zhang, Y., Li, J., Wang, M., Wang, W., Xu, J., In situ observation of contour currents in the northern South China Sea: Applications for deepwater sediment transport. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2015, 430: 477-485.

·   Gao, L.*, Li, D., Ishizaka, J., Zhang, Y., Zong, H., Guo, L., Nutrient dynamics across the river-sea interface in the Changjiang (Yangtze River) estuary—East China Sea region, Limnology and Oceanography, 2015, 60: 2207-2221.

·   Sun, T., Xue, M.*, Le, K., Zhang, Y., Xu, H., Signatures of ocean storms on seismic records in South China Sea and East China Sea, Marine Geophysical Researches,2013, 34 (3-4): 431-448.

·   Fan, D.*, Cai, G., Shang, S., Wu, Y., Zhang, Y., Gao, L., Sedimentation processes and sedimentary characteristics of tidal bores along the north bank of the Qiantang Estuary, Chinese Science Bulletin, 2012, 57 (13): 1578-1589.

·   Gao, L.*, Li, D., Zhang, Y., Nutrients and particulate organic matter discharged by the Changjiang (Yangtze River): Seasonal variations and temporal trends, Journal of Geophysical Research, 2012, doi: 10.1029/2012JG001952.

·   Xie, L.*, Tian, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, Y., Yang, Q., An anticyclonic eddy in the intermediate layer of the Luzon Strait in Autumn 2005, Journal of Oceanography, 2011, 67 (1): 37-46.

·   Xu, H.*, Zhang, Y., Xu, C., Li, J., Liu, D., Qin, R., Luo, S., Fan, D., Coastal seafloor observatory at Xiaoqushan in the East China Sea, Chinese Science Bulletin, 2011, 56 (26): 2839-2845.

·   Gao, L.*, Fan, D., Zhang, Y., Li, D., Cai, J., Tracing the quarter-diurnal signatures of nutrients and dissolved organic matter to evaluate their nonconservative behaviors in coastal seawaters, Journal of Geophysical Research, 2011, doi: 10.1029/2010JG00162.