About

Jiarui “Gary” LEI is an MIT-trained Ph.D. with experience in environmental fluid mechanics. He has been studying the interaction between water and various types of aquatic vegetation. Specifically, he focuses on understanding how hydrodynamics may affect the plants’ survival, growth, and ability to curb erosion. Dr. Lei also extends his research into seagrass/mangrove ecosystems, where he studies how carbon sequestration is connected to the local hydrodynamics. Before joining NUS, he was a postdoc associate at MIT and a visiting lecturer at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He received his Ph.D. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from MIT in 2019, B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in 2014, and another B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2014.

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Scientist/Researcher/Academic

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Universities and Academia

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He has been studying the interaction between water and various types of aquatic vegetation. Specifically, he focuses on understanding how hydrodynamics may affect the plants’ survival, growth, and ability to curb erosion. Dr. Lei also extends his research into seagrass/mangrove ecosystems, where he studies how carbon sequestration is connected to the local hydrodynamics.

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