Dr Lu Zhang.

Dr Lu Zhang: researching climate, vegetation and water interactions

Dr Lu Zhang is researching catchment scale water balance in relation to climate and vegetation change and developing models to predict the hydrological responses.

• 7 June 2010 | Updated 14 October 2011

• Current activities
• Background
• Academic qualifications
• Achievements
• Professional activities

Current activities

Dr Lu Zhang is the Stream Leader of Water in a Changing Climate, in the Water for a Healthy Country Flagship.

Background

Dr Lu Zhang has 19 years' research experience in catchment hydrology, soil-vegetation-atmosphere interactions, salt and water balance modelling and ecohydrology.

He has led major research projects for the Murray-Darling Basin Commission, Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Catchment Hydrology, Land & Water Australia, Australian Greenhouse Office and Water for a Healthy Country Flagship. 

Dr Zhang's research interests include catchment scale water balance modelling, impact of climate and vegetation change on hydrology, modelling soil-vegetation-atmosphere interactions, and ecohydrology.

Academic qualifications

Dr Zhang has been awarded a:

• Bachelor of Science from Xinjiang University, China, in 1983
• Master of Science from the Free University of Brussels, Belgium in 1988
• Doctor of Philosophy also from the Free University of Brussels in 1992.

Achievements

Dr Zhang is the author of 77 journal articles, 30 technical reports, 10 book chapters and 29 conference papers.

Dr Zhang has won several awards, including the:

• Overseas Assessor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
• 2008 CSIRO Chairman’s Medal (as a member of the Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields project team).

Professional activities

Dr Zhang is a member of the Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand.

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