Ning Huang

1997-2002: Ph.D. in Solid Mechanics, Department of Mechanics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Supervisor: Prof. Xiaojing Zheng

1987-1990: M.E. in Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics, Department of Aero-engine, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China

Supervisor: Prof. Weiwen Li

1980-1984: B.S. in Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Northwestern Normal University, Lanzhou, China

Supervisor: Prof. Jingyao Lai

1990.09-present: Teaching Assistant (1990.09), Lecturer (1993.12), Associate Professor (2000.12), Professor (2003.12), Doctoral supervisor (2005.12), Department of Mechanics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

2004.03-2005.08 Post doctor, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China

2005.09-2006.08 Visiting scholar, Adjunct Researcher, Wind Erosion and Water Conservation Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, United States

2007.12-2008.03 Senior visiting scholar, Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst, Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

2012.02-2012.03 Senior visiting scholar, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan

2006.10-2016.10 Deputy director, Key Laboratory of Mechanics on Disaster and Environment in Western China, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

2016.11-present  Director, Key Laboratory of Mechanics on Disaster and Environment in Western China, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

2017.12-present  Dean, College of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Wind-Blown Sand (snow) Two-phase Flow

Land-Surface Processes

Fluid Dynamics

Environmental Modelling

1.   Visiting professor, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

2.   Visiting Researcher, Wind Erosion and Water Conservation Research Unit of United States, Washington, United States

3.   Visiting Researcher, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute，Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China

4.   Visiting Researcher, Gansu national field scientific observation Minqin desert grassland ecosystem research station, Wuwei, China

1.   Executive Board of International Society for Aeolian Research

2.   Deputy-director of Chinese Association of Environmental Mechanics

3.   Director of the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

4.   Director of Chinese Aerodynamics Research Society

5.   Director of the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of Gansu Province

6.   Guest Editor for AEOLIAN RESEARCH

7.   Editorial Board Member of the Journal SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

8.   Editorial Board Member of the Journal DISASTER ADVANCES

9.   Academic board Member of the State Key Laboratory of Desertification and Aeolian Sand Disaster Combating

10. Academic board Member of Gansu national field scientific observation Minqin desert grassland ecosystem research station

11. Member of International Association for Computational Mechanics

12. Member of American Geophysical Union

13. Member of The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc

2000: Award for Young skeleton Teacher of Universities of the Ministry of Education of China

2002: Academic Research Achievement Fellowship for Graduate Students of Lanzhou University

2003: The Western Light Training Project for Latent Scholars of the Chinese Academy of Science

2004  National Outstanding in Teaching (Mechanics) Award

2005: New Century Outstanding Talent Award of the Ministry of Education of China

2007: Teaching Achievement Award of Lanzhou University

2008: Teaching Achievement Award of Gansu Province

2013: Award for Excellent course of Gansu Province

2018: Natural Science Award (first class) of the Ministry of Education of China

1998-2000  The Mechanism of Electrification in Wind-blown Sand and It’s Effects, Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province, PI

1999-2001  The Environmental Conditions, Formation Mechanism and Prevention Methods of Sand (dust) Storms in Hexi Corridor, Environmental Science and Technology Project of Gansu Province, PI

2000-2003 The Electrification Phenomenon in Wind-blown Sands and Sand (Dust) Storms and its Effects, Starting Fund of Experimental Station of Desert, Cold and Arid Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PI

2000-2005 Desertification Process in North China and Strategies for Prevention, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, Co-I

2002-2004 National Natural Science Foundation of China for Outstanding Young Researcher Award, Co-I

2003-2006 Interactions between Wind, Sand Particles and Land Surface and the Control of the Initiation of Sand (Dust) Particles, Lanzhou University Outstanding Scholar Award, PI

2004-2006 The Initiating Mechanism of Sand (Dust) Storm and the Effects of Electrification in Wind-blown Sand, Chinese Academy of Sciences for Young Scholars, PI

2006-2008 The Research on the Entrainment Process of Sand (Dust) and the Initiation Mechanism of Sand (Dust) Storm, National Natural Science Foundation of China, PI

2006-2008 New Century Outstanding Talent of the Ministry of Education of China Award, Co-I

2006-2008 Some Key Mechanical Problems in Wind-Sand Movement, the State Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China, Co-I

2006-2006 Key Programs for Hiring Foreign Teachers, Ministry of Education of China, PI

2007-2009 Simulation of Wind-Blown Sand Movement under Complex Topography and Random Wind Field, Ministry of Education of China, PI

2007-2007 Key Programs for Hiring Foreign Teachers, Ministry of Education of China, PI

2008-2010 Research on Random System of Sand Saltation under Field Environments, National Natural Science Foundation of China, PI

2009-2011 Particle Emission and Deposition Over Complex Terrain for Soil Fixation, National Natural Science Foundation of China, PI

2009-2014 The Key Physical Processes of Oasisation and Desertification and Their Numerical Simulations, National Key Basic Research Program, PI

2010-2012 Research on Blowing Snow and Its Hazard Control, National Natural Science Foundation of China, PI

2010-2015 Study on Integrated Algorithm for Temperature Change Algorithm in Northern Hemisphere, Special Foundation for State Major Basic Research Program of China, PI

2012-2015 Wind Tunnel Experiments and Field Observations on Dust Release under Different Underlying Surfaces, National Natural Science Foundation of China, PI

2013-2016 Wind-Sand Movement Monitoring and the Integrated Optimization and Demonstration of Sand Control Technology in minqin, Gansu, Sub topic of National Science and Technology Infrastructure Program, Co-I

2013-2016 The Dynamics of Extreme Events caused by Climate Change, NSFC Projects of International Cooperation and Exchanges, PI

2014-2017 Protection Mechanism and Optimization of Sand Fixation Measures based on Wind-Sand Two-Phase Flow, National Natural Science Foundation of China, PI

2014-2017 A Snow Distribution Study Based On Snow-drifting Dynamics Process Oriented To The Upper Area Of Heihe River Hydrological Model, the State Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China, PI

2016-2020 Physical and Biological Mechanism of Land Desertification formation in Semiarid Desert Area in North China, Sub  topic  of  The  National  Key  Research  and Development  Program of China, PI

2018-2021 Experimental and Numerical Simulation Study on the Characteristics of Wind-Sediment Transport on Gobi Surface, National Natural Science Foundation of China, PI

1.   Guang Li, Zhengshi Wang, Ning Huang. 2018, A snow distribution model based on snowfall and snow drifting simulations in mountain area, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, doi: 10.1029/2018JD028434.

2.   Bin Xu, Jie Zhang, Ning Huang, Kang Gong, Yusheng Liu, 2018, Characteristics of Turbulent Aeolian Sand Movement over Straw Checkerboard Barriers and Formation Mechanisms of their Internal Erosion Form, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, doi: 10.1029/2017JD027786. 

3.   N Huang, G L Shi. 2017, The significance of vertical moisture diffusion on drifting snow sublimation near snow surface. The Cryosphere, 11(6):3011-3021.

4.   H Jiang, C H Dun, D Tong, N Huang (Corresponding author). 2017, Sand transportation and reverse patterns over leeward face of sand dune. Geomorphology, 283:41-47.

5.   X Yin, N Huang (Corresponding author), Z S Wang. 2017, A numerical investigation into sand grain/slope bed collision. Powder Technology, 314:28–38.

6.   Z S Wang, N Huang (Corresponding author). 2017, Numerical simulation of the falling snow deposition over complex terrain. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 122(2):980–1000.

7.   Wei He, Ning Huang (Corresponding author), Hongchao Dun, Wenbo Wang. 2017, CFD evaluation of erosion rate around a bridge near a sand dune, Journal of Physics, 822 (2017) 012044, doi:10.1088/1742-6596/822/1/012044

8.   W H Sun, N Huang (Corresponding author), W He. 2017, Turbulence burst over four micro topographies in the wind tunnel. Catena, 148:138-144.

9.   W H Sun, N Huang (Corresponding author). 2017, Influence of slope gradient on the behavior of saltating sand particles in a wind tunnel. Catena, 148:145-152.

10.  K J Zhan, S Z Liu, Z H Yang, E Fang, L Zhou, N Huang (Corresponding author). 2017, Effects of sand-fixing and windbreak forests on wind flow: a synthesis of results from field experiments and numerical simulations. Journal of Arid Land, 9(1):1-12. 

11. N Huang, Z S Wang. 2016, The formation of snow streamers in the turbulent atmosphere boundary layer. Aeolian Research, 23:1-10.

12. N Huang, X Q Dai, and J Zhang. 2016, The impacts of moisture transport on drifting snow sublimation in the saltation layer. Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics, 52(12):1-18.

13. J Zhang, Z J Teng, N Huang (Corresponding author), L Guo, and Y P Shao. 2016, Surface renewal as a significant mechanism for dust emission. Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics, 16(1-24):1-22.

14. N Huang, J Zhang. 2015, Wind-tunnel experiment on dust atmosphere-surface exchange: emission and dry deposition. Procedia IUTAM, 17:129-135.

15. Z L Guo, N Huang, Z B Dong, R Scott Van Pelt, T M Zobeck. 2014, Wind erosion Induced soil degradation in northern China: status, measures and perspective. Sustainability, 6(12):8951-8966.

16. H Jiang, N Huang (Corresponding author), Y J Zhu. 2014, Analysis of wind-blown sand movement over transverse dunes. Scientific Reports, 4:7114.

17. C Wang, N Huang (Corresponding author), J Guo, B Yang. 2014, Reconstruction of the Northern Hemisphere temperature from 1500 to 1949 by optimal regional averaging method. Chinese Science Bulletin, 59(34):4873-4880.

18. X Q Dai, N Huang (Corresponding author). 2014, Numerical simulation of drifting snow sublimation in the saltation layer. Scientific Reports, 4(4):6611.

19. Z Wang, S Ren, N Huang (Corresponding author). 2014, Saltation of non-spherical sand particles. Plos one, 9(8): e105208.

20. W L Hu, N Huang, X Zhang. 2014, Impact of saturation on mass transfer rate between mobile and immobile waters in solute transport within aggregated soils. Journal of Hydrology, 519:3557–3565.

21. Z S Wang, N Huang (Corresponding author). 2014, Numerical simulation of snowfall process in the real terrain, Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Aeolian Research (ICAR VIII), 2014/6/21-2014/6/25, Lanzhou, China.

22. G li, R K Wang, N Huang (Corresponding author). 2014, Simulation of wind-blowing snow and its impact on snow redistribution, Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Aeolian Research (ICAR VIII), 2014/6/21-2014/6/25, Lanzhou, China.

23. W H Sun, N Huang (Corresponding author). 2014, Experimental investigation on turbulence burst over different sand surface in the wind tunnel, Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Aeolian Research (ICAR VIII), 2014/6/21-2014/6/25, Lanzhou, China.

24. K J Zhan, N Huang (Corresponding author). 2014, The characteristics of wind flow and sand movement over nitraria nebkhas and their influence on the development of nebkhas at the edge of Minqin Oasis, Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Aeolian Research (ICAR VIII), 2014/6/21-2014/6/25, Lanzhou, China.

25. N Huang (Corresponding author), X P Xia, D Tong. 2013, Numerical simulation of wind sand movement in straw checkerboard barriers. The European Physical Journal E, 36(9):1-7.

26. D Tong, N Huang (Corresponding author). 2012, Numerical simulation of saltating particles in atmospheric boundary layer over flat bed and sand ripples. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 117:16-205.

27. X Lv, N Huang (Corresponding author), D Tong. 2012, Wind tunnel experiments on natural snow drift. Sci China Tech Sci, 55:927-938.

28. N Huang, J Sang, K Han. 2011, A numerical simulation of the effects of snow particle shapes on blowing snow development. Journal of Geophysical research, 116: D22206.

29. S Ren, N Huang. 2010, A numerical model of the evolution of sand saltation with consideration of two feedback mechanisms. The European Physical Journal E, 33(3):351-358.

30. N Huang, C Wang, X Pan. 2010, Simulation of aeolian sand saltation with rotational motion. Journal of Geophysical research, 115: D22211.

31. F Shi, N Huang (Corresponding author). 2010, Computational simulations of blown sand fluxes over the surfaces of complex microtopography. Environmental modeling and Software, 25(3):362-367.

32. X M Wang, N Huang, Z B Dong, C X Zhang. 2009, Mineral and trace element analysis in dust fall collected in the Hexi Corridor and its significance as an indicator of environmental changes. Environmental Earth Sciences, 60(1):1-10.

33. J Zhang, N Huang (Corresponding author). 2008, Simulation of snow drift and the effects of snow particles on wind. Modelling and simulation in engineering, 1687-5596.

34. N Huang, G Yue, X Zheng. 2008, Numerical simulations of a dust devil and the electric field in it. Journal of Geophysical research, 113(D20):203.

35. N Huang, F Shi, R. Scott Van Pel. 2008, The effects of slope and slope position on local and upstream fluid threshold friction velocities. Earth Surface Process and Landform, 33(12):1814-1823.

36. N Huang, R Shan, X Zheng, 2008, Effects of the mid-air collision on sand saltation. Science in China Series G, 51(9):1416-1438.

37. N Huang, X. J. Zheng. 2008, A numerical simulation of dust devil and electric field in it, In: Proceedings of the 12th Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics. Daejeon, Korea, August.

38. F Shi, N Huang. 2008, Some investigations into near surface wind and saltation intensity in minqin area, In: Proceedings of the 12th Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics. Daejeon, Korea, August.

39. N Huang, Y L Zhang, and R D’Adamo. 2007, A model of the trajectories and mid-air collision probabilities of sand particles in a steady-state. Journal of Geophysical research, 112(D8):206.

40. N Huang, X J Zheng, Y H Zhou. 2006, Simulation of wind-blown sand movement and probability density function of lift off velocities of sand particles. Journal of Geophysical research, 111(D20):006-559.

41. N Huang, X J Zheng, Y H Zhou. 2006, A multi-objective optimization method for probability density function of lift-off speed of wind-blown sand movement. Advances in Engineering Software, 37(1):32-40.

42. X J Zheng, N Huang (Corresponding author), Y H Zhou. 2006, The effect of electrostatic force on the evolution of sand saltation cloud. The European Physical Journal E, 19(2):129-138.

43. Z B Dong, N Huang, X P Liu. 2005, Simulation of the probability of midair interparticle collisions in an aeolian saltating cloud. Journal of Geophysical research, 110(D24):113.

44. X J Zheng, N Huang (Corresponding author), Y H Zhou. 2003, Laboratory measurement of electrification of wind-blown sands and simulation of its effect on sand saltation movement. Journal of Geophysical research, 108(D10):4322.

45. N Huang, X J Zheng. 2003, Theoretical simulation of developing process of wind-blown sand movement. Key Engineering Materials, 243-244:589-594.

46. J J Qu, N Huang. 2001, The role and significance of the Gobi Desert pavement in controlling sand movement on the cliff top near the Dunhuang Magao Grottoes. Journal of Arid Environments, 48(3):57-371.