Dr. Dongfang Liang

Biography

Dongfang Liang graduated in hydraulic engineering from Tsinghua University, China, obtaining his BEng in 1998 and PhD in 2003. His PhD project focused on measuring shallow water flows employing advanced techniques such as Particle Image Velocimetry and Planar Laser Induced Fluorescence. He has worked as a research associate at the University of Western Australia and Cardiff University, where he expanded his research to include numerical modeling of local scour phenomena and flash floods in urban environments. Prof. Liang is currently the director of studies at Churchill College, Cambridge, and has held several prestigious positions during his career, including being a Matsumae International Research Fellow at Kyoto University in 2012 and a Humboldt Research Fellow at TU Berlin from 2013 to 2015. His research interests encompass flood risk management, interactions among water, soil, and structures, and hydro-environmental studies, highlighting the critical importance of water for life and public health. He actively develops innovative computational models for research and is an advocate for the application of advanced technologies, such as drone monitoring for flood and landslide assessment. Prof. Liang also teaches water engineering courses at the university, leading modules in hydraulic engineering and engineering surveying.

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