Title of Speeach: Multiscale effects and drivers of landscape heterogeneity for water-related ecosystem services in urban agglomerations

Biography: Dr. Xiaohong Chen is a Distinguished Professor and a Yat-sen Eminent Scholar at Sun Yat-sen University, China. He is designated the Director of the Scientific Committee for School of Civil Engineering at Sun Yat-sen University and the Director of  Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center of Water Security Regulation and Control for Southern China. He is the Co-president  of the International Commission of Water Quality in the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (ICWQ-IAHS). He serves as a science and technology advisor for several local governments in Guangdong Province of China. He has fulfilled about 300 programs with funds over US$ 30 million, among which there are 2 National Key R&D Programs of China and 4 Key Programs of National Natural Science Foundation of China, including:

(1)  National Key R&D Program of China “Multi-objective Regulation of Water Resources in the Pearl River Basin”. (2) National Key R&D Program of China “Key technologies for derivative composite disaster assessment and emergency adapting in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area”. (3) Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China “Coordinating regulation of water resources system with game and mutual feds among runoff – supply – hydropower – ecoenvironment under changing environment in the Lancangjiang river, upper Mekong”, and (4) Key Program of Guangdong Province “Comprehensive planning of water resources for Guangdong Province”.

He has published 12 books and more than 700 journal papers with citations of over 15000 times. He obtained over 40 invention patents and 12 awards including 4 first prize of science and technology progress at provincial or ministry level.