1. Fei Xing, Ph.D.
feixing.nju@gmail.edu 720-393-9758 (C) The Water Institute of the Gulf, Baton Rouge, LA
SUMMARY
Nine years’ experience in coastal hydrodynamics and sedimentology specialized in numerical
modeling of extreme events, coastal morphology, and restoration
Proficient in adding subroutines to complicated hydrodynamic and hydrologic models
Extensive modeling experience in using DELFT3D, SWAN, XBEACH, MIKE, SMS, Fortran,
Matlab, and Unix Shell
Skilled in image analysis with ArcGIS, Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Coastal Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA 07/2010–05/2015
Advisors: Professors James P.M. Syvitski and Albert J. Kettner
M.S., Coastal Sciences, Nanjing University, China 09/2007–05/2010
Exchange Student, NOAA, Ann Arbor, MI 06/2008–08/2008
B.S., Geography, Shandong Normal University 09/2007–05/2007
EXPERIENCE
Post-Doctoral Fellow The Water Institute of the Gulf, Baton Rouge, LA 05/2015–Present
Be the key modeler in an Office of Naval Research (ONR) project, setting up multiple numerical
models (Delft3D and an Integrated Compartment Model) to study sediment dynamics of the
Lower Song Hau Channel, Vietnam.
Build the hydrodynamic and morphologic model of a flow-morphology-water quality-vegetation
Delft3D model system for the Mississippi River Delta in a basin-wide model development project
from Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA).
Quantified the impacts of extreme events (cold fronts, hurricane) on the West Bay (Barataria Bay,
Louisiana) by setting up a long-term (12 years) morphology simulation, coupled with waves.
Research Assistant, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 2010 – 2015
Cooperated with various universities and laboratories (LSU, The Water Institute of the Gulf, TU,
UI, UM) on a NSF proposal, Frontier in Earth System Dynamics (FESD), generating two
scientific papers.
Set up a coupled Delft3d Flow, Wave, Morphology, and Vegetation model for the Louisiana coast.
Mimicked floodwater inundation and morphological changes of the Wax Lake Delta (a new lobe
of the Mississippi River Delta) during hurricanes applying multi grain sizes: sand, silt, and mud.
Quantified the impacts of extreme events (cold fronts, hurricane) on fluvial delta channel division.
Added a root routine to Delft3D model structure to evaluate the impact of roots on wetlands
morphology during extreme events (hurricanes, winter storms).
Reconstructed water and sediment flux for the Ebro Basin in Spain for the last 4000 years with a
hydrologic model HydroTrend, leading to one scientific paper (collaborated with WHOL).
Taught Oceanography (GEOL4060) as a teaching assistant and helped more than 20 students in
their laboratory practices.
Research Assistant, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China 09/2007–05/2010
Designed and implemented field observations to collect water and sediment samples and measure
flow velocity to analyze the seasonal patterns of hydrodynamics and suspended sediment
distribution at the coast of Southern Yellow Sea.
Constructed unstructured grids for the study area with SMS software.
Identified the hydrodynamic field and sedimentation-erosion patterns at certain salinities and
temperatures in summer and winter by coupling flow, waves and morphology components.
Hydrologic Modeler, NOAA, Ann Arbor, MI 06/2008 – 08/2008
2. Modified and added a water quality module to Distributed Large Basin Runoff Model to explore
the transportation of pollutants in the Great Lakes and generated one professional paper.
CERTIFICATES AND AWARDS
Hydrodynamic, sediment transport and bed dynamics modeling with Delft3D, Deltares, 2012
Hydrodynamics modeling with MIKE21 and MIKE3, DHI, Shanghai, 2008
Excellent graduate honor awarded by Shandong Providence, Jinan, 2007
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Xing F., Syvitski J.P.M., Kettner A.J., Meselhe E.A., Atkinson J.H., Khadka A., 2016.
Morphodynamic Response of a River-Dominated Deltaic System to Hurricane Events. Elementa
Special Issue (Submitted).
Xing F., Meselhe E., Allison M., Weathers D., 2016. Analysis and numerical modeling of the
flow and sand dynamics in the lower Song Hau channel, Vietnam. Continental Shelf Research,
Special Issue (Submitted).
Shi B.W., Wang Y.P., Wang L.H., Li P., Gao J.H., Xing F., 2016. Great difference in critical
erosion threshold between surface and subsurface sediments: A field investigation on an
intertidal mudflat, Jiangsu, China (Under Review).
Gao J.H., Jia J.J., Kettner A.J., Xing F., Wang Y.P., Li J., Bai F.L., Zou X.Q., Gao, S., 2015.
Reservoir-induced changes to fluvial fluxes and their downstream impacts on sedimentary
processes: The Changjiang (Yangtze) River, China. Quaternary International (in Press).
Gao J.H., Jia J.J., Kettner, A.J., Xing F., Wang, Y.P., Xu, X.N., Yang, Y., Zou, X.Q., Gao, S., Qi,
S.H., Liao F.Q., 2014. Changes in water and sediment exchange between the Changjiang River
and Poyang Lake under natural and anthropogenic conditions, China. Science of Total
Environment, 481: 542~553.
Ashton A.D., Hutton E.W.H., Kettner A.J., Xing F., Kallumadikal J., Neinhuis J., Giosan, L.,
2013. Progress in coupling models of coastline and fluvial dynamics. Computer &Geosciences,
53: 21~29.
Xing F., Kettner A.J., Ashton A.D., Giosan L., Ibanez C., Kaplan J.O., 2013. Fluvial response to
climate variations and anthropogenic perturbations for the Ebro River, Spain in the last 4000
years. Science of the total Environment, 473~474: 20~31.
Demarchi C., Xing F., Thomas C.E., He C.S., Wang Y.P., 2012. Application of a Distributed
Large Basin Runoff Model to Lake Erie: Model Calibration and Analysis of Parameter Spatial
Variation. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 16(3): 193~202.
Xing F., Wang Y.P., Wang H.V., 2011. Tidal hydrodynamics and fine-grained sediment transport
over the radial sand ridge, Southern Yellow Sea. Marine Geology, 291-294: 192~210.
Xing F., Wang Y.P., Gao J.H., Zou X.Q., 2010. Seasonal Distribution Patterns of Suspended
Sediment Concentration along Jiangsu Coastal Sea. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and
Limnology,41(3): 459~468. (in Chinese with an English abstract).
