Completed (see Publications for the outputs):

• Turbulent mixing in the upper northern South China Sea, NSFC Young Scientists Fund, CNY220k, 2011.01–2013.12, PI

• Upwelling in the Taiwan Shoal: The effects of tidal processes, NSFC General Fund, CNY420k, 2011.01–2013.12, Co-PI (PI: Dr Yuwu Jiang, XMU)

• A study of ocean turbulence based on shear instability theory, FRFCU/President Grant, CNY1.0m, 2010.10–2014.12, PI

• Key processes and mechanisms of Western Pacific Warm Pool variations, 973 sub-project, CNY800k (of 5.2m), 2012.01–2016.08, Co-PI (PI: Prof. Qi Wang, OUC)

• An investigation of the submesoscale dynamics of the upper mixed layer, NSFC General Fund, CNY920k, 2015.01–2018.12, PI (Key Collaborator: Dr Zhenhua Lin, IOCAS/HIT-Weihai)

• Ocean Mixing, NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund, CNY1.5m, 2017.01–2019.12, PI

• An investigation of meso- to small-scale processes in the western Pacific Ocean: Scale interactions and energy cascades, NSFC Major Program, CNY2.53m, 2019.01–2022.12, PI (Collaborators: Dr Hongyang Lin, Dr Zhiwu Chen, Dr Qiang Deng, Prof. Robin Robertson, Dr Xiaolin Bai)

• Marine nitrogen cycle and global change, NSFC Innovative Research Group Program, CNY10.5m, 2018.01–2023.12, Co-PI (PI: Prof. Shuh-Ji Kao, XMU)

Ongoing:

• Revealing multi-scale variabilities of the Arctic Ocean through high-resolution remote sensing and numerical simulations, National Key R&D Program of China, CNY400k, 2023.12-2025.11, PI (Foreign PI: Dr Chunxue Yang, CNR-ISMAR, Italy)