Yixuan Chang

Research Title

Vulnerability of coastal dune wetland habitats to climate change and anthropogenic intervention: Sheskinmore, Co. Donegal, Ireland

More about Yixuan 

Education

• 2022 – Present:   PhD in Geography, University College London
• 2020 – 2021: MSc Aquatic Conservation, Ecology and Restoration, University College London
• 2017 – 2020: BEng Engineering (Chemical),  University College London

Employment

• 2021 – 2022: Environmental Protection Officer, Ecology and Environment Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality, China

Teaching

I teach on the following modules: 

• Surface and Groundwater Hydrology (GEOG0026)
• Surface Water Modelling (GEOG0067)

Publications

Conferences papers

• Chang, Y. and Burningham, H., 2024. Gap filling of daily weather data using spatial interpolation techniques and neural network methods. In: Phillips, M.R.; Al-Naemi, S., and Duarte, C.M. (eds.), Coastlines under Global Change: Proceedings from the International Coastal Symposium (ICS) 2024 (Doha, Qatar). Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 113, pp. 461-465. Charlotte (North Carolina), ISSN 0749-0208.

Research Interests

Coastal sand dunes are curial habitats that rich in biodiversity and have important coastal defence functions. They are, however, relatively fragile environments and potentially vulnerable to a range of anthropogenic and climate change impacts.

This project intends to model the hydrology of coastal dune wetlands, understand the ecological-hydrological linkages and assess the implications of climate change on their operation and function in the future. The research involves field sampling and monitoring, geospatial analysis and hydrological modelling (Mike SHE).