About

Dr. Qian Yu is a senior engineer currently working at the China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR). She is an IAHR Council Member as the APD YPN Regional Representative, and the member of Committee on Education and Professional Development. She obtained her doctoral degree in hydraulic engineering from Tsinghua University in 2015. From October 2013, she worked at the Delft University of Technology as a visiting Ph.D. student for a whole year. She has published more than 40 peer-reviewed papers in journals and conferences, and co-authored one English chapter and one Chinese monograph. She also worked for the permanent secretariat of the International Conference on Flood Management (ICFM) during 2018-2020. In addition, she is conducting and has participated in more than 20 scientific projects and international cooperation projects, such as projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Sino-Finnish cooperation project, WB and ADB TA project.

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Research Institutes and Centers

Expertise Fields/Interests:

Flood risk management, flood impact assessment, flood resilience, sponge city, green infrastructure, nature-based solutions Environmental hydraulics, eutrophication, flood and environment

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