Currently, I am an Earth system modeler.
đź“– Educations
- 2023.07 - (now), PhD candidate in Environmental Science, School of Natural Sciences, The University of Manchester (UoM).
- Supervised by Dr. Zhonghua Zheng, Prof. David Topping, and Prof. David Schultz.
- 2020.09 - 2023.03, Master of Engineering, College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University (ZJU).
- Supervised by Prof. Zhu Wang.
- 2015.09 - 2020.06, Bachelor of Architecture, College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University (ZJU).
- 2019.01 - 2019.05, Undergraduate exchange student, Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore (NUS).
📢 Talks
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2024.06 Oral Improving Urban Climate Adaptation Modelling in the Community Earth System Model (CESM) Through Transient Urban Surface Albedo Representation at 29th Annual CESM Workshop.
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2024.06 Poster Representing Local Climate Zones (LCZs) for the Community Earth System Model (CESM) at Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) 21st Annual Meeting.
🎖 Honors & Awards
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2024.06 Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) 21st Annual Meeting, Best Student Poster Award.
- 2021.12, 2019.12, 2018.12, 2017.12, 2016.12 China National Scholarship.
- 2023.03, 2020.06 Outstanding Graduates in Zhejiang Province, China.
- 2019.12 Chu Kochen Scholarship at Zhejiang University.
đź’» Skills
- Multi-scale Earth system modeling:
- High performance computing (platforms): Archer2, UoM’s HPC, JASMIN.
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Geography, Urban planning & Architecture design: Google Earth Engine, Rhino, SketchUp, ArcGIS, Autodesk suite (AutoCAD, Revit).
- Visualization & Media: Adobe suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere, Audition).
đź“ť Publications
As the first/corresponding author
Research interest 1: Urban Climate
- Sun, Y., Fang, B., Oleson, K. W., Zhao, L., Topping, D. O., Schultz, D. M., & Zheng, Z. (2024). Improving urban climate adaptation modeling in the community earth system model (CESM) through transient urban surface albedo representation. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 16(12), 2024MS004380.
Research interest 2: Urban Planning & Architecture Design
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Sun, Y., Wu, Y., Yu, H., & Li, Y. (2024a). County-level urban forms and their correlation with local governance in Jiande, China: Evidence from historical records. Journal of Asia Architecture and Building Engineering.
- Sun, Y., Wu, Y., Yu, H., & Li, Y. (2024b). Spatiotemporal evolution of urban landscapes in Chinese historic water towns (1918-2021). Landscape Research, 49(4), 568–583.
- Zheng, Y., Sun, Y., Wang, Z., & Liang, F. (2022). Developing green–building design strategies in the Yangtze River Delta, China through a coupling relationship between geomorphology and climate. Land, 12(1), 6.
As the co-author
- Xia, B., Wu, K., Guo, P., Sun, Y., Wu, J., Xu, J., & Wang, S. (2022). Multidisciplinary innovation adaptability of campus spatial organization: From a network perspective.