Wei Wu, Ph.D.

 

 

Department of Coastal Sciences

The University of Southern Mississippi

Ocean Springs, MS 39564

E-mail: wei.wu@usm.edu

Tel: (228) 818-8855

Fax: (228) 818-8848

 

Professional preparation

n            B.S. Environmental Science. Wuhan University, China 1996

n            M.S. Ecology. South China Sea Institute of Oceanography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China 1999

n            M.S. Computer Science. Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, US 2004

n            Ph.D. Systems Ecology, State University of New York – College of Environmental Science & Forestry, Syracuse, NY US 2005.

 

Appointments

n            Assistant Professor of Landscape Ecology, the University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, MS 2007-present;

n            Research Scientist Post-doc, Duke University, Durham, NC 2006-2007;

n            Research Associate Post-doc, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 2005-2006.

 

Research

My research has recently focused on applying statistical and process models, integrated with GIS and remotely sensed data, to study hydrological and biogeochemical cycles in terrestrial ecosystems. In addition I use these models to link upstream activities to the water quality downstream under various scenarios of air pollutions, natural disturbances, climate change and land use / land cover change. I am also interested in studying salt marsh migration due to accelerated sea level rise.

 

Teaching

n            Introduction to GIS

n            Geographic Modeling

 

Activities

n            Committee: Member, Scientific and Statistical Committee of Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council.

n            A member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ecological Society of America, Sino-Ecologists Association Overseas, American Geophysical Union, American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, and US International Association of Landscape Ecology. 

n            Reviewer for Journal of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences.

 

Papers

n            Wu, Wei, C.A.S. Hall, and F. Scatena, 2007. Modeling the impact of recent land cover changes on the stream flows in North-Eastern Puerto Rico. Hydrological Processes, 21: 2944-2956. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6515.

n            Wu, Wei, C.A.S. Hall, F.N. Scatena, and L. Quackenbush, 2006.  Spatial modeling of evapotranspiration in the Luquillo Experimental Forest of Puerto Rico using remote sensed data. Journal of Hydrology, 328: 733-752.

n            Wu, Wei, C.A.S. Hall, and L. Zhang, 2006. Predicting the spatial and temporal probability of orographic cloud cover in the Luquillo Experimental Forest in Puerto Rico using generalized linear (mixed) models. Ecological Modelling, 192 (3-4): 473-498.

n            Hallock Jr., J. L., P.J. Tharakan, C.A.S. Hall, M. Jefferson, and Wei Wu, 2004. Forecasting the availability and diversity of global oil supply. Energy 29(11): 1673-1696.

n            Wang, H., C.A.S. Hall, F.N. Scatena, N. Fetcher, and Wei Wu, 2003. Modeling the spatial and temporal variability in climate and primary productivity across the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico. Forest Ecology and Management. 179: 69-94.

n            K.A. Brown, S. Spector, and Wei Wu. Multiscale analysis to species introductions: combining landscape and demographic models to improve management decisions about non-native species. Journal of Applied Ecology, in press.

 

Papers submitted

n            Wu, Wei, and C.T. Driscoll. Application of PnET-BGC – an integrated biogeochemical model – to assess the surface water ANC recovery at Adirondacks under three multi-pollutant proposals. Submitted to “Journal of Hydrology”.

n            Wu, Wei, J. Clark, and J. Vose. Response of streamflow to climate changes at Coweeta Basin within the southern Appalachian Mountains using Bayesian inferences. Submitted “Journal of Hydrology”, under review.

n            Wu, Wei, J. Clark. Applying Bayesian inference to quantify the uncertainties of a parsimonious conceptual hydrological model. Submitted to “Journal of Hydrology”.

   

Grants

n            PI. “Will climate change cause wetland loss on the Mississippi Gulf Coast more than upland land use / land cover change within the next century”, Alabama-Mississippi Sea Grant Program Development– Department of Commerce $10,000.

 

Most recent presentations

n            “The impact of accelerated sea-level rise on the area and ecosystem services of tidal marshes”, oral presentation at “Mississippi-Alabama Bays and Bayous Symposium”, Biloxi, Mississippi, October 28, 2008.

n          “Water and biogeochemical modeling at forested ecosystems”, invited talk at the University of Nanjing Forestry, Nanjing, China, June 15, 2008.

n           “Fresh water – linkage between upland forest and coastal environment”, invited talk at ecosystem modeling workshop of Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, Tampa, FL, May 6, 2008.

n          “Adapting Local Spatial Modeling to Predict Spatial Patterns of Orographic Cloud Cover at the Luquillo Experimental Forest in Puerto Rico”, poster presentation at US- International Association for Landscape Ecology (IALE) 2008 Symposium - Landscape Patterns and Ecosystem Processes, Madison, Wisconsin, April 6-10, 2008.

n          “How to build large-scale spatial models to integrate hydrology, nutrients and human disturbance: three applications”, invited talk at University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, February 20, 2008.