CV: Xihui Gu Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL INFORMATION Name: Xihui Gu Nationality: (PRC) Date of Birth: Feb. 14, 1990 Family Status: Married Degree: Ph.D. Tel: (086) 18271909623 Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Address: No.388, Lumo Road, Hongshan District, , China

EDUCATION & WORK EXPERIENCE  Associate Professor (10/2017 ~ ): Department of Atmospheric Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China  Research Assistant (11/2018 ~ 05/2019): Department of Geography, Baptist University, Hong Kong, China  Research Assistant (02/2017 ~ 08/2017): Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China  Research Assistant (06/2015 ~ 09/2015): Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China  Doctor of physiography (08/2012 ~ 06/2017): Physical Geography, Department of Water Resources and Environment, Sun Yat-sen University, , China  Bachelor of Engineering (08/2008 ~ 06/2012): Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering, School of Water Conservancy & Environment, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

RESEARCH INTEREST  Hydrology and meteorology extreme events  Tropical cyclones  Climate change impact assessment (non-stationary frequency analysis and land-atmospheric interaction)  Hydrological modeling

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES  Member of China Society of Natural Resources  Member of European Geosciences Union  External reviewer of the Journal of Hydrology; Science of Total Environment; Global and Planetary Change, Hydrological Processes, et al.

PUBLICATIONS [1] Xihui Gu, Zhang Qiang, Vijay P. Singh, Song Changqing, Sun Peng, Li Jianfeng, 2019. Potential contributions of climate change and urbanization to precipitation trends across China at national, regional and local scales. International Journal of Climatology, https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.5997. [2] Xihui Gu, Jianfeng Li, Yongqin David Chen, Dongdong Kong, Jianyu Liu, 2019. Consistency and discrepancy of global surface soil moisture changes from multiple model‐based data sets against satellite observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD029304 [3] Xihui Gu, Zhang Qiang, Li Jianfeng, Vijay P. Singh, Liu Jianyu, Sun Peng, Cheng Changxiu, 2019. Attribution of global soil moisture drying to human activities: A quantitative viewpoint. Geophysical Research Letters, 46. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL080768 [4] Zhang Qiang, Xihui Gu*, Vijay P. Singh, Shi Peijun, Sun Peng, 2018. More frequent flooding? Changes in flood frequency in the Pearl River basin, China, since 1951 and over the past 1000 years. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 22, 2637-2653. [5] Zhang Qiang, Xihui Gu*, Li Jianfeng, Shi Peijun, Vijay P. Singh, 2018. The Impact of Tropical Cyclones on Extreme Precipitation over Coastal and Inland Areas of China and Its Association to ENSO. Journal of Climate, 31, 1865-1880. [6] Zhang Qiang, Li Jianfeng, Xihui Gu*, Shi Peijun, 2018. Is the Pearl River basin, China, drying or wetting? Seasonal variations, causes and implications. Global and Planetary Change, 166, 48-61. [7] Zhang Qiang, Lai Yangchen, Xihui Gu, Shi Peijun, Vijay P. Singh, 2018. Tropical Cyclonic Rainfall in China: Changing Properties, Seasonality, and Causes. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 123, 4476-4489. [8] Jianyu Liu, Yongqiang Zhang, Yuting Yang, Xihui Gu, Mingzhong Xiao, 2018. Investigating relationships between Australian flooding and large-scale climate indices and possible mechanism. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 123, 8708-8723. [9] Yongqin David Chen, Jianfeng Li, Qiang Zhang, Xihui Gu, 2018. Projected changes in seasonal temperature extremes across China from 2017 to 2100 based on statistical downscaling. Global and Planetary Change, 166, 30-40. [10] Peng Sun, Zhang Qiang, Xihui Gu, Shi Peijun, Vijay P. Singh, Song Changqiang, Zhang Xiuyu, 2018. Nonstationarities and At-site Probabilistic Forecasts of Seasonal Precipitation in the East River Basin, China. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 9, 100-115. [11] Liu Jianyu, Qiang Zhang, Vijay P. Singh, Song Changqing, Zhang Yongqiang, Peng Sun, Xihui Gu, 2018. Hydrological effects of climate variability and vegetation dynamics on annual fluvial water balance in global large river basins. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 22, 4047-4060. [12] Wenkui Bai, Xiling Gu, Shenlin Li, Yihan Tang, Yanhu He, Xihui Gu*, Xiaoyan Bai, 2018. The Performance of Multiple Model-Simulated Soil Moisture Datasets Relative to ECV Satellite Data in China. Water, 10, 1384. [13] Xihui Gu, Qiang Zhang, Vijay P. Singh, Yongjie Zheng, 2017. Changes in magnitude and frequency of heavy precipitation across China and its potential links to summer temperature. Journal of Hydrology, 547, 718-731. [14] Xihui Gu, Qiang Zhang, Vijay P Singh, Yongqin David Chen, Lin Liu, 2017. Non-stationarities in the occurrence rates of heavy precipitation across China and its relationship to climate teleconnection patterns. International Journal of Climatology, 37, 4186-4198. [15] Xihui Gu, Qiang Zhang, Vijay P. Singh, Lin Liu, 2017. Spatiotemporal patterns of annual and seasonal precipitation extreme distributions across China and potential impact of tropical cyclones. International Journal of Climatology, 37, 3949-3962. [16] Xihui Gu, Qiang Zhang, Vijay P. Singh, Lin Liu, 2017. Hydrological response to large-scale climate variability across the Pearl River basin, China: spatiotemporal patterns and sensitivity. Global and Planetary Change, 149, 1-13. [17] Xihui Gu, Qiang Zhang, Vijay P. Singh, Peijun Shi, 2017. Nonstationarity in timing of extreme precipitation across China and impact of tropical cyclones. Global and Planetary Change, 149, 153-165. [18] Xihui Gu, Qiang Zhang, Vijay P. Singh, Mingzhong Xiao, Jinqiang Cheng, 2017. Nonstationarity-based evaluation of flood risk in the Pearl River basin: changing patterns, causes and implications. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 62(2), 246-258. [19] Qiang Zhang, Xihui Gu*, Peijun Shi, Vijay P. Singh, 2017. Impact of tropical cyclones on flood risk in southeastern China: spatial patterns, causes and implications. Global and Planetary Change, 150, 81-93. [20] Qiang Zhang, Xihui Gu*, Peijun Shi, Vijay P. Singh, Ming Luo, 2017. Timing of floods in southeastern China: Seasonal properties and potential causes. Journal of Hydrology, 732-744. [21] Xihui Gu, Qiang Zhang, Vijay P. Singh, Xi Chen, Lin Liu, 2016. Nonstationarity in the occurrence rate of floods in the Tarim River basin, China, and related impacts of climate indices. Global and Planetary Change, 142, 1-13. [22] Xihui Gu, Qiang Zhang, Vijay P Singh, Chong-Yu Xu, Yongqin David Chen, 2016. Temporal clustering of floods and impacts of climate indices in the Tarim River basin, China. Global and Planetary Change, 147, 12-24. [23] Qiang Zhang, Xihui Gu, Vijay P. Singh, Peng Sun, Xiaohong Chen, Dongdong Kong, 2016. Magnitude, frequency and timing of floods in the Tarim River basin, China: changes, causes and implications. Global and Planetary Change, 139, 44-55. [24] Qiang Zhang, Xihui Gu, Vijay P. Singh, Lin Liu, Dongdong Kong, 2016. Flood-induced agricultural loss across China and impacts from climate indices. Global and Planetary Change, 139, 31-43. [25] Qiang Zhang, Xihui Gu, Vijay P. Singh, Dongdong Kong, Xiaohong Chen, 2015. Spatiotemporal behavior of floods and droughts and their impacts on agriculture in China. Global and Planetary Change, 131, 63-72. [26] Qiang Zhang, Xihui Gu, Vijay P. Singh, Chong-Yu Xu, Dongdong Kong, Mingzhong Xiao, Xiaohong Chen, 2015. Homogenization of precipitation and flow regimes across China: changing properties, causes and implications. Journal of Hydrology, 530, 462-475. [27] Qiang Zhang, Xihui Gu, Vijay P. Singh, Xiaohong Chen, 2015. Evaluation of ecological instream flow using multiple ecological indicators with consideration of hydrological alterations. Journal of Hydrology, 529, 711-722. [28] Qiang Zhang, Xihui Gu, Vijay P. Singh, Mingzhong Xiao, Xiaohong Chen, 2015. Evaluation of flood frequency under non-stationarity resulting from climate indices and reservoir indices in the East River basin, China. Journal of Hydrology, 527, 565-575. [29] Qiang Zhang, Xihui Gu, Vijay P. Singh, Mingzhong Xiao, Chong-Yu Xu, 2015. Flood frequency under the influence of trends in the Pearl River basin, China: changing patterns, causes and implications. Hydrological Processes, 29(6), 1406-1417. [30] Qiang Zhang, Xihui Gu, Vijay P. Singh, Mingzhong Xiao, 2014. Flood frequency analysis with consideration of hydrological alterations: Changing properties, causes and implications. Journal of Hydrology, 519, 803-813. [31] Qiang Zhang, Xihui Gu, Vijay P. Singh, Mingzhong Xiao, Chong-Yu Xu, 2014. Stationarity of annual flood peaks during 1951–2010 in the Pearl River basin, China. Journal of Hydrology, 519, 3263-3274. [32] Chong Huang, Qiang Zhang, Vijay P. Singh, Xihui Gu, Peijun Shi, 2017. Spatiotemporal variation of dryness/wetness across the Pearl River basin, China, and relation to climate indices. International Journal of Climatology, 37, 318-332. [33] Jianyu Liu, Qiang Zhang, Vijay P. Singh, Peijun Shi, Xihui Gu, 2017. Nonstationarity and clustering of flood characteristics and relations with the climate indices in the Poyang Lake basin, China. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 62, 1809-1824. [34] Qiang Zhang, Yue Wang, Vijay P. Singh, Xihui Gu, Dongdong Kong, 2016. Impacts of ENSO and ENSO Modoki+A regimes on seasonal precipitation variations and possible underlying causes in the Huai River basin, China. Journal of Hydrology, 533, 308-319. [35] Qiang Zhang, Jianyu Liu, Vijay P. Singh, Xihui Gu, Xiaohong Chen, 2016. Evaluation of impacts of climate change and human activities on streamflow in the Poyang Lake basin, China. Hydrological Processes, 30(14), 2562-2576.

Published Books Qiang Zhang, Xihui Gu, Peng Sun, Peijun Shi. Non-stationary runoff processes and its influences on hydro-ecology. Science Press: Beijing, 2018. (in Chinese)

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING  Xihui Gu. Tropical cyclonic rainfall in China: changing properties, seasonality, and causes. The 2018 Annual Meeting of Disaster risk science frontier BBS and postgraduate BBS, Beijing Norm University, Beijing, China, Oct. 13-14, 2018. (In Chinese)  Xihui Gu. The impact of tropical cyclones on extreme precipitation over coastal and inland areas of China and its association to ENSO. The society's 15th Annual Meeting of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS2018), Hawaii, America, Jun. 2-9, 2018.  Xihui Gu. Homogenization of flow regimes across China. Environmental geology branch of Chinese society of environmental sciences 2017 meeting, Beijing Norm University, Beijing, China, Dec. 22-23, 2017. (In Chinese)  Xihui Gu, Qiang Zhang, Yongqin David Chen. The responses of ecology to water conservancy projects. The 17th Cross-strait Symposium on Environment, Resource and Ecological Conservation, Hong Kong, China, Dec. 22-24, 2016.  Xihui Gu, Qiang Zhang. Nonstationarity in the occurrence rate of floods in the Tarim River basin, China. Annual academic meeting of China Society of natural resources, Kunming, Yunnan, China, Oct. 16-18, 2015. (In Chinese)  Xihui Gu, Qiang Zhang, Dongdong Kong, Mingzhong Xiao. Hydrological response to large-scale climate variability across the Pearl River basin, China: spatiotemporal patterns and sensitivity. The sixth Pearl River young and middle-aged academic report, Guiyang, Guizhou, China, Oct. 21-22, 2015. (In Chinese)  Xihui Gu. TPE & TiP Science & Technology Training on Third Pole environmental changes. Yunnan, China, Aug. 10-23, 2015. (In Chinese)  Xihui Gu, Qiang Zhang. Homogenization of precipitation and flow regimes across China: changing properties, causes and implications. The 12th China Water Forum, Fuzhou, Fujian, China, Oct 31st – Nov. 2nd, 2014. (In Chinese)

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT  Yungang Bai, Qiang Zhang, Jianghui Zhang, Dongdong Kong, Xihui Gu, Mingzhong Xiao, 2016. Drought prevention and warning operation system in Xinjiang, Computer software copyright from National Copyright Administration of the People's Republic of China, No. 2016SR010986.

RESEARCH PROJECTS  Project of the National Key R&D Program of China: Changes and physical mechanisms of extreme climate in East Asia monsoon areas since the Little Ice Age, 2018-2023. (Investigator)  Project of the Strategic Priority Research Program Grant of the Chinese Academy of Sciences: Climate change in the Antarctic and its influences on summer climate in East Asia. (Investigator)  Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China: Watershed water cycle and water resources evolution, 2015-2018. (Investigator)  Project of Anhui Natural Science Foundation of China: Temporal and spatial evolution pattern, formation mechanism and disaster risk of drought and flood in Huaihe River Basin, 2015-2017. (Investigator)  Project of Xinjiang scientific and technological project: Study on risk assessment and digital platform system of agricultural drought disaster in Xinjiang, 2013-2015. (Investigator)

AWARDS AND HONORS [1] Hundred people Talent Award nomination Award, Committee of 100 Leadership Scholarship Program, America, 2016. [2] National Scholarship for Ph.D. Student, China, 2016, 2015, 2014. [3] Outstanding Paper Award, the 17th Cross-strait Symposium on Environment, Resource and Ecological Conservation, 2016. [4] Excellent graduate students in Guangdong, Guangdong, China, 2015. [5] The Top Ten students in Sun Yat-sen University, Sun Yat-sen University, 2015. [6] Outstanding student for self-support study in Sun Yat-sen University, Sun Yat-sen University, 2015. [7] Candidate of Chinese college students annual figure selection, Ministry of education of the people's Republic of China, 2015. [8] Outstanding Paper Award, Annual academic meeting of China Society of natural resources, 2015. [9] Outstanding Paper Award, The sixth Pearl River young and middle-aged academic report, 2015. [10] The Top Ten Conference Papers Award for Young Scientist, The 12th China Water Forum, 2014. [11] National Scholarship for Master Student, China, 2013. [12] Scholarship for Ph.D. and Master Student, Sun Yat-sen University, 2012-2017.