Prof. Dr. Qiuwen Chen

Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute

Director, Center of Eco-Environmental Research

My Profile

About

Prof. Q. Chen is the director of Center for Eco-Environmental Research, Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute since 2013. Prof. Chen received the first degree from Hohai University in 1996, and MSc from IHE Delft in 2000, and PhD jointly from Delft University of Technology and UNESCO-IHE 2004. In 2004, he joined Research Center for Eco-Environmental Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences as a 100 Talent Program candidate, where he set up the research lab for Environmental Hydroinformatics and Ecohydraulics. In 2013, he moved to Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute and set up a new department for ecohydraulics research. Dr. Chen is the pioneer who explored the integration of discrete paradigm for ecological module and continuous formulation for flow module to establish a novel angle in ecohydraulic modeling. Applications of the achievements in engineering practice of reservoir eco-operations have brought visible benefits to hydropower development and river ecosystem conservation, and to lake eutrophication adaptive management. Prof. Chen has published more than 160 papers in SCI journals, including Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, National Science Review, ES&T, Water Research, Journal of Hydrology, Ecohydrology, and 4 books as well as 3 book chapters. In 2017, Prof. Chen received the 20th Arthur Thomas Ippen Award from IAHR. He has also received one time the 2nd prize of national award, as well as 6 times the 1st prize of provincial or ministerial awards. Prof. Chen has also served as the associate editor of Ecological Informatics and Journal of Ecohydraulics.

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Research Institutes and Centers

Expertise Fields/Interests:

ecohydraulics

Major Achievements:

Technical Committees

Committee Name
Committee on Ecohydraulics
Committee on Fluvial Hydraulics
Committee on Climate Change Adaptation
Committee on Groundwater Hydraulics and Management
IAHR/IWA Joint Committee on Hydroinformatics
IAHR/IWA Joint Committee on Urban Drainage
Committee on Water Resources Management

IAHR Position

Committee Name	Position	Start Date	End Date
Committee on Global Water Security	Member	2024-01-01	Now
Working Group on Nature Based Solutions	Member	2022-06-30	Now
China Chapter	Member	2018-01-01	Now
JOE Editorial Board	Associate Editors	2017-01-01	Now

My Papers and Presentations

Title	Year
Forecast of Chlorophyll-a Concentration Based on Time Series Decomposition and Deep Learning over Eutrophic Lakes	2022
Hydrological Connectivity Promotes Coalescence of Bacterial Communities in a Floodplain	2022
Impact of Cascade Dams on Fish Habitats and Alleviation Measures in Upper Yangtze River	2022
Understanding the Transport Feature of Bloom-Forming Microcystis in a Large Shallow Lake: A Coupled Hydrodynamic and Agent-Based Approach	2022
Water Diversion Is Not to Blame for Phosphorus Enrichment in Taihu Lake	2022
Where Is the Carbon After Water Fluctuation in Riparian Zones? Changing from Carbon Source to Carbon Sink	2019
Modelling Spatial-Temporal Dynamics of Cyanobacteria Abundance in Lakes by Integrating Cellular Automata and Genetic Programming	2018
Spatial Associations of Two Riparian Species Following River Flooding	2018
Study on the Eco-Hydraulic Mechanism of Lake-River Migratory Fish Passing Through the Sluice	2018
The Suitable Hydrodynamic Conditions for Chinese Carps Spawning in Yichang Section of the MID-Yangtze River	2018
A Study on Critical Hydrodynamic Conditions for Inducing Spawning Behavior of Four Major Chinese Carps	2017
Experimental Study on the Impact of Hydraulic Characteristic on the Dissipation Process of Supersaturated Total Dissolved Gas	2017
Assimilation for a Numerical Eutrophication Model Using Ensemble Kalman Filter	2015
United, We Stand, Divided, We Fall: Ramet Aggregation Changes the Growth and Size Structure of Two Riparian Plants in Lijiang River Under Waterlogging Stress	2015
A Method for Assessing the Feasibility of Air-Bubble Screens to Reduce Morphological Gradients in Open-Channel Bends	2013
Acute Ecological Risk Assessment in Water Pollution Accidents	2013
Cumulative Effect on Fish Spawning Area Influenced by River Flow Regime Change	2013
Development and Application of an Eco-Hydrodynamic Model for Algal Community Dynamics in the Taihu Lake	2013
Distributed Numerical Hydrological and Hydrodynamic Modelling for Large River Catchment	2013
Distribution Characteristics and Pollution Assessments of Heavy Metals in Sediments from Zhangweinan Canal	2013
Effects of Biochar and Lime Application on Soluble Cd, Pb, as Release and Non-Point Loads of Rice Agroecosystem by in Situ Field Experiment, Central Hunan Province Mining Area	2013
Effects of Phytoplankton Spirogyra Arcta on Growth of Submerged Macrophyte Communities	2013
Modeling of Algae Dynamics in the Meiliang Bay of Taihu Lake and Local Sensitivity Analysis of Model Parameters	2013
Modeling Spatial Dynamics of Cyanobacteria in Lake Taihu by Data Mining Technique and Cellular Automata Approach	2013
Modeling Watershed-Scale Nitrogen Loading Reduction Efficiency of an Agricultural Conservation Management by Scenario Analysis	2013
Numerical Comparison of Three- and Two-Dimensional Model for Modeling Meandering Channel Flow	2013
Optimal Regulation of Secondary Water Supply Tanks Based on Hydraulics Modeling	2013
Pipe Failure Analysis for Water Distribution Network Based on Non-Homogeneous Poisson Process	2013
An Integrated Water Quality and Individual Based Model to Study the Impacts of Reservoir Operations on Downstream Fish Dynamics	2009
Application of Fuzzy Logic to Model Fish Habitat Changes in the Downstream of Lijiang River Due to Reservoir Operations	2009
Modeling of Ecosystem Groundwater Level Based on Recovery Ancient Channel of Tarim River	2009
Self Organisation Feature Maps for Eutrophication Analysis of Taihu Lake	2005
A robust fuzzy logic approach to modelling algae biomass	2004
A robust fuzzy logic approach to modelling algae biomass / Une approche robuste de logique floue pour modéliser la biomasse d'algues	2004
Application of Cellular Automata to Ecohydraulics Modelling	2001

My Videos

Title	Year
Q&A and Closing	2022
Qiuwen Chen - Deep Learning and Data Assimilation in Lake Algal Bloom Forecasting	2022

IAHR Awards

IAHR Awards	Date
Arthur Thomas Ippen Award	2017