Alumni: (4 Ph.D. + 9 M.Sc.):

• Dr Xiaolin BAI (M.Sc.-Ph.D., 2012.09–2018.07, co-supervised with Profs. Jianyu Hu & Kevin Lamb, Univ. of Waterloo, Canada): Fission of shoaling nonlinear internal waves in the northeastern South China Sea (Summarized in: Bai et al., 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2021; now a faculty member of DyOG & Nanqiang Young Scholar/Associate Professor of Xiamen Univ., Xiamen, China)
• Dr Qiang LIAN (Ph.D., 2014.09–2020.06, co-supervised with Prof. Bill Smyth, Oregon State Univ., USA): Instability of turbulent stratified shear flows: theory, numerical computation, and application (Summarized in: Lian et al., 2020, 2022; now Assistant Professor of Shantou Univ., Shantou, China)
• Dr Chuanyin WANG (Ph.D., 2017.09–2022.06, co-supervised with Dr Hongyang Lin): Dynamical decomposition of multiscale oceanic motions (Summarized in: Wang, Liu & Lin, 2022, 2023a, 2023b; now Postdoc of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, China, with Dake Chen & Qinghua Yang)
• Dr Zhiyong CAO (Ph.D., 2016.09–2022.08): An observational investigation of the diurnal evolution of the upper mixed layer in the tropical open ocean (Summarized in: Cao et al., 2022, 2024, ...; now Postdoc of IOCAS, Qingdao, China, with Jianing Wang)

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• Qiang LIAN (M.Sc., 2011.09–2014.07): Assessments of turbulence closure schemes with oceanic turbulence measurements (Summarized in: Lian & Liu, 2015)
• Haoran ZHANG (M.Sc., 2013.09–2016.12): Isopycnal mixing in the global ocean (Now Researcher of SIO/MNR, Hangzhou, China)
• Wenjun ZHU (M.Sc., 2015.09–2019.07, co-supervise with Dr Hongyang Lin): An investigation of frontal processes in the Taiwan Strait during spring and winter (Now Ph.D. student of UNSW, Canberra, Australia, with Xiao Hua Wang)
• Jiang LONG (M.Sc., 2017.09–2020.06): An investigation of statistical characteristics of small-scale turbulence in the ocean (Now Engineer of TP-LINK, Shenzhen, China)
• Shan JIANG (M.Sc., 2017.09–2020.06): Energy of internal waves in the South China Sea (Now Engineer of TP-LINK, Shenzhen, China)
• Huaiwei YANG (M.Sc., 2018.09–2021.06, co-supervised with Dr Ye Yuan, NMEFC/MNR, China): Numerical simulation and escape strategy of the rip current in the Dadonghai beach in Sanya city (Now Researcher of NMEFC/MNR, Beijing, China)
• Jiajun MA (M.Sc., 2020.09–2023.06, co-superised with Dr Xiaolin Bai): An observational study of the dissipation of shoaling internal waves on the northeastern shelf of the South China Sea (Now Ph.D. student of LTO/SCSIO, with Chunzai Wang)
• Shasha CAO (M.Sc., 2020.09–2023.06): Eddy-topography interactions: Insights from idealized numerical simulations
• Chen HUANG (M.Sc., 2021.09–2024.12, co-supervised with Dr Qiang Deng): On the decomposition of mesoscale eddies and Rossby waves

Current Students: (12 Ph.D. + 6 M.Sc.):

• Yonghe TIAN (M.Sc.-Ph.D., 2016.09–2024.12, co-supervise with Dr Xiaolin Bai): Tidal energetics in the eddying ocean: A case study in the South China Sea
• Yanbing DU (Ph.D., 2019.09–, co-supervise with Drs Qiang Deng & Hongyang Lin): Near-inertial internal waves in the eddying ocean: An idealized modeling study
• Zhendong HU (M.Sc.-Ph.D., 2019.09–, co-supervise with Dr. Hongyang Lin): Submesoscale and small-scale turbulence in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre (Summarized in: Hu et al., 2023, ...)
• Zhao LIU (Ph.D., 2021.09–, co-supervise with Dr Yang Yang): TBD
• Yuxun LIU (Ph.D., 2021.09–): Wind damping of oceanic internal gravity waves
• Xue SUN (Ph.D., 2022.09–, co-supervise with Drs Hongyang Lin & Yang Yang): On the evolution of mesoscale eddies: 3D structure and energetics
• Yaru ZHAO (M.Sc.-Ph.D., 2021.09–, co-supervise with Dr Dong Wang): On the parameterization of Langmuir turbulence: A physics-informed machine learning approach
• Xinchen HUANG (M.Sc.-Ph.D., 2022.09–): TBD
• Yinuo WANG (Ph.D., 2023.09–): TBD
• Zhenbo LIU (Ph.D., 2024.09–, co-supervise with Dr. Qiang Deng): TBD
• Yingzhi XU (M.Sc.-Ph.D., 2022.09–, co-supervise with Dr. Hongang Lin): TBD
• Zhiming LIN (M.Sc.-Ph.D., 2024.09–): TBD

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  Meiling LIN (M.Sc., 2022.09–, co-supervise with Dr Xiaolin Bai): On internal lee wave generation from geostrophic and tidal currents
• Jialin CAO (M.Sc., 2022.09–, co-supervise with Drs Bicheng Chen & Lixin Qu/SJTU): Symmetric instability under periodic wind forcing
• Linchuan YE (M.Sc., 2023.09–, co-supervise with Dr Ye Yuan, NMEFC/MNR, China): TBD
• Shanghui CHEN (M.Sc., 2023.09–): TBD
• Fei JIANG (M.Sc., 2024.09–): TBD
• Jiaqi SONG (M.Sc., 2024.09–): TBD

Interested in doing a M.Sc./Ph.D. degree or postdoc work with me? Please reach out! We work on a variety of topics on fundamental dynamics of the ocean, emphasizing in particular that at scales around and below the deformation radius (i.e., the oceanic small, submeso- and meso- scales). Candidates with strong background in mathematics, physics or fluid mechanics are particularly welcomed. Scholarships and fellowships are available for qualified candidates.