Boen Zhang
At the Hydroclimate Extremes Lab, we are interested in how floods, extreme rainfall, and compound events, including concurrent droughts and heatwaves as well as abrupt shifts between dry and wet conditions, are changing in a warming climate. We use climate data, hydrological models, machine learning, and statistical approaches to better understand these events, improve their prediction, and assess their future risks.
Our research covers several connected topics. We study the changing patterns and drivers of hydroclimate extremes, especially floods, drought-related compound events, extreme precipitation, and dry–wet abrupt alternation. We also develop data-driven and process-based methods for flood prediction and projection, from river basins to the global scale. Another important part of our work is to combine climate simulations, complex river-network data, and probabilistic risk models to understand how future water-related hazards may evolve and affect society.
We are happy to hear from students, Research Assistants, and Postdocs who would like to work on hydroclimate research, hydrological modelling, climate change, machine learning, GIS, remote sensing, or environmental data science. Please feel free to send me an email with your CV and a short description of your research interests.
News
- 2026-03-02: I am delighted to join the School of Geography and Planning at Sun Yat-sen University as an Assistant Professor.
