LI Yi
INTRODUCTION TO Yi Li
Yi Li, Ph.D., Professor of Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering, Hydrology and Water Resources
College of Water Resources and Architectural Engineering
Northwest A&F University, P.R.China.
23# Weihui Rd, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100
0086-29-87092901(office)
0086-13335393767 (Cell-phone)
liyi@nwafu.edu.cn
EDUCATION
B. S. 1996, Shihezi University, China, Major: Agricultural hydraulic engineering.
M. S. 1999, Shihezi University, China, Major: Agricultural soil & water engineering.
Ph.D. 2002, Xian University of Technology, China. Major: Hydrology and Water Resources.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2002, July–2005, March: Post-doctor, in Natural Geology in Institute of Geography Science and Natural Resources Research, Beijing, China;
2005, March–2012, December: Associate professor, supervisor of Master students, at the College of Water resources and Architectural Engineering of Northwest A & F University;
2008, March-2009, March: visiting scholar at Iowa State University, USA;
2013, January–Present: Professor and supervisor of Ph. D students at Northwest A & F University;
2015, Aug –2016, August: Visiting professor at Global institute of Water security, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
(1) Drought severity evolutions and drought risk analysis impacted by climate change;
(2) Impacts of drought on crop growth and yields based on crop modeling and multi-scalar drought indices;
(3) Water and salt movement in hydrophobic soils;
(4) Salinity control and improvement;
(5) Simulation of soil water, soil heat and crop growth under mulching conditions;
(6) The extreme precipitation, temperature and drought events.
HONORS AND AWARDS（≤10项）
[1] The project I have taken part in entitled “soil mass transfer theory and method research in the arid regions” was awarded “Shaanxi province scientific and technological progress second prize” in 2007;
[2] Entitled as “Young Pace-Setter in Shaanxi province, China” in 2007;
[3] The project I have taken part in entitled “Loess area water and nutrient transfer in agricultural ecosystem and its environmental effects” was honored as “Shaanxi province scientific and technological progress second prize” in 2009;
[4] Awarded "Top ten outstanding youths" in Yangling in 2009;
[5] Awarded advanced individual of scientific research in Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University in 2011;
[6] Awarded outstanding communist party member in 2011;
[7] First Prize of Shaanxi Province Senior University Science and Technology Awards. Research and Application of Crop model in Arid Area covered Farmland. February, 2021, Yi Li ranked as 5/11;
[8] Excellent supervisor for the second National Excellent Postgraduate dissertation of Water Conservancy Major, students name and awarded years are Xiaofang Wang (Master) in 2020, Keyu Xiang (Master) and Ning Yao (Ph.D) in 2021;
[9] Excellent supervisor for the undergraduate and master students, students name and awarded years are kangkang Wei (undergraduate) in 2020, Jiacheng Chen (undergraduate), Miaolei Hou (undergraduate) (2021); Xiaofang Wang (Master) in 2019, Keyu Xiang (Master) in2020 and Qian Ma (master) in 2021;
[10] Excellent reviewers for Water Science Advances in 2020 and Agriculture Research in Arid Zone in 2018.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
[1] Research Fund for International Young Scientists in International (Regional) Cooperation and Exchange Projects, (No. 41850410496), “Understanding dynamic soil water repellency and its effect on ecosystem services at multiple scales”, 2019/Jan-2020/Dec, principal investigator of China side;
[2] National Key Research and Development Program of the 13th Five-year Plan, (No. 2017YFC0403303), “Key technologies and products for field water saving, emission reduction and salt control”, 2017/Jul-2020/Dec. in progress, main participants;
[3] The National Natural Science Foundation (No. 51579213): “Simulation of soil water movement considering the levels of soil water repellency”, 2016/Jan-2019/Dec, principal investigator;
[4] The National Natural Science Foundation of Joint funds in Xinjiang (No. U1203182), “The impact of climate change on hydrological drought in Manasi river basin”, 2013/Jan-2015/Dec, principal investigator;
[5] The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2452015182): “Effects of sand-gravel mulch on soil water movement and crop growth”, 2015/July-2015/Dec, principal investigator;
[6] “The Twelfth Five-year" plan project 863 (No. SS2013AA102904): “Crop habitat process simulation and dynamic optimization decision-making technology”, 2013/Jan-2017/Dec, project partner;
[7] The National Natural Science Foundation of Key funds (No. 91125010): “Effects of soil water heterogeneity on the mountainous area hydrological processes in Heihe river upstream”, 2012/Jan-2015/Nov, project partner;
[8] The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No.YQ2013006): “Farmland soil water and salt dynamic at different time scales response to climate change in northwest arid regions”, 2013/Jan - 2015/Dec, principal investigator;
[9] The Provincial Foundation of Shaanxi, China (No.2012-KW-24-01): “Climate change effects on the hydrological drought of Weihe river basin”, 2013/Jan-2014/Dec, principal investigator;
[10] The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. QN2009087): “New models for soil hydraulic properties of secondary salinized soils and its spatial variability”, 2013/Jan - 2015/Dec, principal investigator.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS（* denotes correspondence author）
[1] Xiaofang Wang, Yi Li*, Haoran Wang, Yanzi Wang, Asim Biswas, Henry Wai Chau, Jiaping Liang, Fucang Zhang, Yungang Bai, Shufang Wu, Junying Chen, Hongguang Liu, Guang Yang, Alim Pulatov. Targeted biochar application alters physical, chemical, hydrological and thermal properties of salt-affected soils under cotton-sugarbeet intercropping. Catena, 2022, 216:106414.
[2] Ji Yadong, Yi Li*, Asim Biswas, Shikun Sun, Alim Pulatov. Multivariate global agricultural drought frequency analysis using kernel density estimation. Ecological Engineering, 2022，177: 106550
[3] Qian Ma, Yi Li*, Hao Feng, Qiang Yu, Yufeng Zou, Fenggui Liu, Bakhtiyor Pulatov, Performance evaluation and correction of precipitation data using the 20-year IMERG and TMPA precipitation products in diverse subregions of China. Atmospheric Research，2021, 249:105304 (ESI top 1% of high citation)
[4] Na Li, Ning Yao*, Yi Li*, Junqing Chen, Deli Liu, Asim Biswas, Li Linchao, Tianxue Wang, Xinguo Chen. A meta-analysis of the possible impact of climate change on global cotton yield based on crop simulation approaches. Agricultural Systems, 2021, 193: 103221
[5] Ning Yao, Linchao Li, Puyu Feng, Hao Feng, De Li Liu, Yang Liu, Kongtao Jiang, Xiaotao Hu, Yi Li*. Projections of drought characteristics in China based on a standardized precipitation and evapotranspiration index and multiple GCMs . Science of the Total Environment. 2020,704：135245 (ESI top 1% of high citation)
[6] [5] Keyu Xiang, Yi Li*, Robert Horton, Hao Feng. Similarity and difference of potential evapotranspiration and reference crop evapotranspiration -a review. Agricultural Water Management, 2020, 232: 106043 (ESI top 1% of high citation)
[7] Xinguo Chen, Yi Li*, Henry Wai Chau, Huichao Zhao, Min Li, Tianjie Lei, Yufeng Zou. The spatiotemporal variations of soil water content and temperature affected by precipitation at the daily, monthly and annual timescales in China. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2020，140(1)：429-451
[8] Yi Li, Ning Yao*, Dexiu Tang, Henry Wai Chau, Hao Feng. Soil water repellency decreases summer maize growth. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2019, 266–267: 1–11
[9] Linchao Li, Ning Yao, Songbai Song, De Li Liu, Haixia Lin, Xinguo Chen, Yi Li*. Historical and future projected frequency of extreme precipitation indicators using the optimized cumulative distribution functions in China. Journal of Hydrology, 2019, 579, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.124170
[10] Ayantobo, Olusola. O., Yi Li*, Songbai Song, Tehseen Javed, Ning Yao. Probabilistic modelling of drought events in China via 2-dimensional joint copula. Journal of Hydrology, 2018, 559: 373-391
