Summary
Chunyu Dong is a Professor of hydrology and climatology at Sun Yat-sen University with 11 years of research experience bridging ecohydrology, remote sensing, and climate impacts on water cycles and terrestrial ecosystems. He earned a PhD from Heidelberg University and completed a postdoc at UCLA where he investigated drought effects on vegetation, urban–natural disparities, and infrastructure risk in southern California. Dong’s work combines process-based ecohydrological modeling with satellite remote sensing to quantify drought dynamics and human–environment interactions across scales. Based in Guangzhou, he leads research on drought, water resources, and climate change while mentoring the next generation of scientists. An early adopter of open science practices, he links field, model, and remote-sensing data streams to inform actionable water management under climate uncertainty.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Hydrology and Climatology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Hydrology and Climatology at Heidelberg University
Master's degree, Earth System Science, Master's degree, Earth System Science at Lanzhou University