Brief CV

• Associate Professor, Xiamen University（2019.04-）
• Postdoc, Xiamen University（2016-2019）
• Visiting scholar, National Taiwan University（2018）
• Ph.D., Georg-August University of Göttingen（2012-2016）
• Master, Nanjing University（2010-2012）
• Bachelor, Guilin University of Technology（2005-2010）

Research Interests

• Ecological/environmental modelling
• Landscape ecology
• Urban ecological resilience
• Urban Land-Water Systems

Selected Publications

• Li, Y., Yin, B.C., Li, Y. F. 2019. Early warning signal of landscape connectivity and resilience in natural climate solutions. Land Degradation & Development. 30:73-83.
• Li, Y. F., Lin, J.Y., Timothy N., Li, Y.* 2019. Developing a resilience assessment framework for Urban Land–Water System. Land Degradation & Development. 30:1107-1120.
• Li, Y., Li, Y. F., Kappas, M., Pavao-Zuckerman M. 2018. Identifying the key catastrophic variables of urban social-environmental resilience and early warning signal. Environment International. 113:184-190.
• Li, Y., Li, Y. F., Kappas, M. 2018. Exploring the coastal urban resilience and transformation of coupled human-environment systems. Journal of Cleaner Production.195: 1505-1511.
• Li, Y., Qiu, J. H., Li, Z., Li, Y. F. 2018. Assessment of blue carbon storage loss in coastal wetlands under rapid reclamation. Sustainability. 10, 2818.
• Li, Y.*, Degener, J., Li, Y. F., Gaudreau, M., Kappas, M. 2016. Adaptive capacity based water quality resilience transformation and policy implications in rapidly urbanizing landscapes. Science of the Total Environment. 569-570:168-178.
• Li, Y., Li, Y. F., Qureshi, S., Kappas, M., Hubacek, K. 2015. On the relationship between landscape ecological patterns and water quality across gradient zones of rapid urbanization in coastal China. Ecological Modelling. 318:100-108.
• Wang, Q. L., Li, Y., Li, Y. F. 2018. Integrated analysis of coastal land-water-biodiversity nexus, Xiamen ICM implications. Ocean and Coastal Management, Online.
• Li, Y. F., Li, Y., Wu, W. 2016. Threshold and resilience management of coupled urbanization and water environmental system in the rapidly changing coastal region. Environmental Pollution. 208:87-95.

Teaching Experience

• Landscape Ecology-Undergraduate

Research Funding

• National Natural Science Foundation of China. Configuring landscape connectivity and resilient corridor based on Panarchy theory in rapid coastal urbanizing area. 2018-2020, No.41701205. PI
• China Postdoctoral Science Foundation. Modelling the key catastrophic variables of water system and its application in managing water quality competition in urban watershed. 2018-2019, No.2018T110646. PI
• China Postdoctoral Science Foundation. Configuring the spatial-temporal resilience transformation of water quality in the coastal area and land-ocean interface China. 2017-2019(First Grade), No. 2017M610394.PI

Awards and Honors

• 2019, NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Awards
• 2016-2019, Postdoctoral International Exchange Program
• 2012-2015, Doctoral Scholarship