WANG Yubao
INTRODUCTION TO Yubao Wang
Yubao Wang, Ph.D., Professor of Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering,
College of Water Resources and Architectural Engineering
Northwest A&F University, P.R.China.
23# Weihui Rd , Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100
0086-15339162832 (Cell-phone)
wangyb@nwsuaf.edu.cn
EDUCATION
2010 Ph.D. Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering, Northwest A&F University
2004 M.Sc. Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering, Northwest A&F University
1998 B.Sc. Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest Agricultural University
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
01/2017 – present Professor, Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering, Northwest A&F University
07/2013 – 08/2014 Visiting Scholar, Purdue University, USA
01/2011 – 12/2016 Associate Professor, Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering, Northwest A&F University
12/2009 – 03/2010 Visiting Scholar, Utah State University, USA
01/2004 – 12/2010 Engineer, Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering, Northwest A&F University
06/1998 – 12/2003 Assistant engineer, Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering, Northwest Agricultural
University
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Agricultural soil and water resources management (water footprint evaluation and virtual water management, water-energy-food nexus relationship, optimization of water-saving agricultural planting structure, optimal allocation of water resources, agricultural water rights and prices, etc.)
HONORS AND AWARDS
2019 The first Participant for the first prize of Agricultural Water Saving Technology. Crop structure optimization and water-saving planting mode based on sustainable utilization of water resources, NYJS2018-2019-Y02-01.
2019 The forth Participant in the first class Award of teaching achievements in water conservancy majors in universities. Aim at the international frontier, create a virtual water and water footprint course system, and create an innovative talent training model.
2021 The eighth Participant for the Award Shenlong Outstanding Innovation Team of China Agricultural Science and Technology. Northwest A&F University Innovation Team of Agricultural Green and Efficient Water Use in Arid Areas, 2021-TD22-1-R08.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
2019-2022 Open Optimization and Simulation of Irrigation Area Planting Structure Based on Water Footprint and Virtual Water, General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China, 41871207
2017-2020 High Efficiency Water Saving and Measurement Technology of Field Channel, National Key R&D Program Special, 2016YFC0400205
2016-2019 Evaluation of Drought in Northern Shaanxi, Innovation Project by coordinating Science and Technology of Shaanxi Province Special, 2016KTZDNY-01-01
2011-2015 Regional Crop Production Water Footprint and Virtual Water Flow, National Science and Technology Support Program Special, 2011BAD29B09
2009-2011 optimization and dynamic simulation of water-saving agricultural planting structure in the Heihe River Basin, Youth Fund for National Natural Science Foundation of China, 50809055
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Jieling Yin, Nan Wu, Bernie A. Engel, En Hua, Fuyao Zhang, Xin Li, YubaoWang*, 2022. Multi-dimensional evaluation of water footprint and implication for crop production: A case study in Hetao Irrigation District, China. Agricultural water management, 267(4). https:// doi.org//10.1016/j.agwat.2022.107630.
En Hua, Xinyu Wang, Bernie A. Engel, Haiyang Qian, Shikun Sun, Yubao Wang*, 2021. Water competition mechanism of food and energy industries in WEF Nexus: A case study in China. Agricultural water management, 254(8). https:// doi.org//10.1016/j.agwat.2021.106941.
Xian Liu, Yueyue Xu, Bernie A. Engel, Shikun Sun, Xining Zhao, Pute Wu, Yubao Wang*, 2021. The impact of urbanization and aging on food security in developing countries: The view from Northwest China. Journal of Cleaner Production, 292: 1-13. https:// doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126067.
Xiaoyu Tian, Bernie A. Engel, Haiyang Qian, En Hua, Shikun Sun, Yubao Wang*, 2021. Will reaching the maximum achievable yield potential meet future global food demand? Journal of Cleaner Production, 294: 1-12. https:// doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126285.
En Hua, Xinyu Wang, Bernard A. Engel, ShikunSun, YubaoWang*, 2020. The competitive relationship between food and energy production for water in China. Journal of Cleaner Production, 247, 1-11, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro. 2019.119103.
X. Liu, L.J. Shi, H.Y. Qian, S.K. Sun, P.T. Wu, X.N. Zhao, B.A. Engel, Y.B. Wang*, 2020. New problems of food security in Northwest China: a sustainability perspective. Land Degradation & Development, 31:975-989. https://doi.org/10.1002/ ldr.3498.
Xian Liu，Lijie Shi，Bernie A. Engel，ShikunSun，XiningZhao，Pute Wu，Yubao Wang*, 2020. New challenges of food security in Northwest China: Water footprint and virtual water perspective. Journal of Cleaner Production, 245, 1-14. https://doi.org/ 10.1016/ j.jclepro.2019.118939.
Haiyang Qian, Bernie A Engel, Xiaoyu Tian, Shikun Sun, Pute Wu, Yubao Wang*, 2020. Evaluating drivers and flow patterns of inter-provincial grain virtual water trade in China. Science of The Total Environment, 732, 139251. https:// doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139251.
Xiaoyun Wang, La Zhuo, Chong Li, Bernard A Engel, Shikun Sun, Yubao Wang*, 2020. Temporal and spatial evolution trends of drought in northern Shaanxi of China: 1960–2100. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, https:// doi.org/10.1007/s00704-019-03024-2.
