Education:

PhD, 1999-2003, Earth Sciences Department, The University of Hong Kong

Thesis title: Tide-induced groundwater and air flows in coastal aquifer systems

MSc, 1988-1991, Mathematics Department, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Thesis title: Theoretical foundations of numerical methods for the SP well-logging

BSc, 1984-1988, Mathematics Department, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Thesis title: Finite element method for the SP well-logging

Current Position:
China Professor, School of Environmental Science and Engineering at Southern University of Science and Technology of China (SUSTech), Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China.

Working Experience:

· Chair Professor, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China. (July, 2021-)

· Professor, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China. (July, 2015-July, 2021)

· Professor, School of Water Resources and Environmental Science, China University of Geosciences-Beijing, Beijing 100083, P.R. China. (Dec., 2009-June, 2020)

· Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Temple University, 1947 N. 12th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA. (Jun, 2006-Sep, 2009)

· Professor, Department of Mathematics, Anshan Normal University (1999-2009， part-time during 1999-2003 and 2006-2009)

· Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Anshan Normal University (1998-1999)

· Associate Professor, Institute of Salt Lakes, Chinese Academy of Sciences (1994-1998)

· Assistant Professor, Institute of Salt Lakes, Chinese Academy of Sciences (1991-1994)

Local and international cooperation and academic visiting:

· Visiting scholar, Earth Sciences Department, The University of Hong Kong (July, 2005-Sep., 2005)

· Visiting scholar, Environmental Engineering Division, School of Engineering, The University of Queensland, Australia (July, 2004-Nov., 2004)

· Professor (Part-time), School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences (Jan. 2004 – Dec. 2009)

· Visiting scholar, Institute of Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (1999)

· Visiting scholar, The Federal Armed Forces University in Munich, Munich, Germany (1996-1997)

Awards:
· 2014: The Second Prize of Excellent Academic Paper in Hubei Province, awarded by Hubei Science and Technology Association, Hubei Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security, Hubei Provincial Science and Technology Department. Award time: October 2014. Xia, Y. Q. (student), and HL Li （Corresponding author） (2012), A combined field and modeling study of groundwater flow in a tidal marsh, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 16(3), 741-759.

· 2014: Award of Excellent Reviewer in the year of 2013 for the journal Advances in Water Resources

· 2010: NSFC (National Natural Science Foundation of China) Outstanding Young Scientist Grant (No. 41025009)

· 2008: Chutian Professorship (part-time) at China University of Geosciences (the highest ranking in professorship in Hubei province of mainland China).

· 2005: Second Award for Natural Science in Liaoning Province, PR China.

· 2004: Part-time Special Professor Offer by China University of Geosciences.

· 2004: Part-time Doctoral Supervisor Offer by China University of Geosciences.

· 2002: Chair Professor Offer by Anshan Normal University.

· 2002: One of the Ten Outstanding Young People of the City of Anshan.

· 1999: Full-time studentship for PhD candidate at The University of Hong Kong.

· 1996: One-year Scholarship for academic visit to Germany from the Ministry of Education, PR China.

· 1994: Associate Professor Offer, Outstanding Young Scientist Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

· 1988: Excellent Shanghai University Graduate Award, Shanghai City Higher Education Bureau.

Selected Membership of Professional Societies/Professional Service:
1. Associate Editor of Hydrogeology Journal, Official Journal of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH). (From Jan. 2012)

2. Member of Editorial Board of Science China Earth Science. (From Jan. 2013 to 2017)

3. Member of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

4. Member of European Geophysical Union (EGU)

5. Member of Editorial Board of Journal of Biomathematics (An English-Chinese journal)

6. Member of International Association of Hydrologists (IAH)

7. Member of American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE)

8. Reviewer for: Water Resources Research; Advances in Water Resources; Ground Water; Hydrogeology Journal; Environmental Fluid Mechanics; Hydrological Processes; ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering; Water Resources Management, Limnology & Oceanography.

Research Interests:

• Numerical and analytical modeling of subsurface multi-component, multiphase flows
• Environmental and ecological implications of coastal groundwater flow and associated chemical transport
• Aquifer parameter estimations
• Hydrological processes at the ocean-land interface
• Eco-hydrology, biomathematics
• Computational fluid dynamics

Published Works:
A: Scholarly books, monographs and chapters:

1) Li, Ta-tsien, Y.J. Tan, Y.J. Pen & H.L. Li. Mathematical methods for the SP well-logging, Applied and Industrial Mathematics: Venice-1 (edited by R. Spigler), Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1991, Dordrecht, 343-349.

2) Li, Hailong, 2007. Numerical model and prediction for groundwater solute transport. p233-265, Chapter 10 of “Groundwater contamination”, Text book for university graduates, Edited by Y.X. Wang, Higher education Press, Beijing, P. R. China (in Chinese). 李海龙，2007，“污染物运移数值模拟与预测”, p233-265，《地下水污染与防治》第十章，王焰新主编, 高等教育出版社，北京，2007。研究生教学用书，教育部学位管理与研究生教育司推荐。

3) Li, Hailong; Xia, Yuqiang; Geng, Xiaolong, 2013, Hydrogeology and Hydrochemistry Along Two Transects in Mangrove Tidal Marshes at Dongzhaigang National Nature Reserve, Hainan, China. In: Groundwater in the Coastal Zones of Asia-Pacific, Series: Coastal Research Library, Vol. 7. Wetzelhuetter, Christoph (Ed.). pp 11-25. 382 p. 182 illus., 137 illus. in color. Springer. Dordrecht, Heidelberg, New York, London.

B. Journal publications in recent 5 years:

Corresponding author is marked with “*” after the surname.

International, externally refereed journals:

[1] Xiao, K., Li, H.*, Shananan, M., Zhang, X., Wang, X., Zhang, Y., . . . Liu, H. (2019). Coastal water quality assessment and groundwater transport in a subtropical mangrove swamp in Daya Bay, China. Science of The Total Environment, 646, 1419-1432.

[2] X Luo, X., Kuang, X., Jiao, J. J., Liang, S., Mao, R., Zhang, X., and Li, H. (2018).Evaluation of lacustrine groundwater discharge, hydrologic partitioning, and nutrient budgets in a proglacial lake in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau: using 222Rn and stable isotopes, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 5579-5598, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-5579-2018, 2018.

[3] Guo, H., Zhao, W., Li, H., Xiu, W., & Shen, J. (2018). High radionuclides in groundwater of an inland basin from Northwest China: Origin and fate. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. Doi: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.8b00108.

[4] Ke-Yu Zhao, Xiao-Wei Jiang, Xu-Sheng Wang, Li Wan, Jun-Zhi Wang, Heng Wang, Hailong Li (2018). An analytical study on nested flow systems in a Tothian basin with a periodically changing water table. Journal of Hydrology, 556:813-823, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.09.051.

[5] Li, G., Li, H.*, Wang, X., Qu, W., Zhang, Y. (2018). Groundwater–surface water exchange associated metals at two intertidal transects, Dan’ao Estuary, Daya Bay, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. doi: 10.1007/s11356-018-2982-2.

[6] Li, G., Li, H.*, Wang, X., Qu, W., Zhang, Y., Xiao, K., . . . Zheng, C. (2018). Groundwater-surface water exchanges and associated nutrient fluxes in Dan’ao Estuary, Daya Bay, China. Continental Shelf Research, 166, 83-91.

[7] Kai Xiao, Hailong Li*, Dehai Song, Yanyu Chen, Alicia M. Wilson, Meghan Shananan, . . . Huang, Y. (2018). Field Measurements for Investigating the Dynamics of the Tidal Prism during a Spring-Neap Tidal Cycle in Jiaozhou Bay, China. Journal of Coastal Research. doi: 10.2112/jcoastres-d-17-00121.1.

[8] Xiao, K., J. Wu, H. Li*, Y. Hong, A. M. Wilson, J. J. Jiao, and M. Shananan (2018), Nitrogen fate in a subtropical mangrove swamp: Potential association with seawater-groundwater exchange, Sci. Total Environ., 635, 586-597.

[9] Zhang, Y., H. Li*, X. Wang, C. Wang, K. Xiao, and W. Qu (2018), Submarine groundwater discharge and chemical behavior of tracers in Laizhou Bay, China, J. Environ. Radioact., 189, 182-190 .

[10] Wang, X., Li, H. *, Zheng, C., Yang, J., Zhang, M., Xiao, K., Yan Zhang, Y., Zhang, X.(2018), Submarine groundwater discharge as an important nutrient source influencing nutrient structure in coastal water of Daya Bay, China. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2018, 225: 52-65.

[11] Kai Xiao, Hailong Li*, Alicia M. Wilson, Yuqiang Xia, Li Wan, Chunmiao Zheng , Qian Ma, Chaoyue Wang, Xusheng Wang, Xiaowei Jiang (2017), Tidal groundwater flow and its ecological effects in a brackish marsh at the mouth of a large sub-tropical river, Journal of Hydrology, 555, 198–212.

[12]Zhang, Y., H. Li*, K. Xiao, X. Wang, X. Lu, M. Zhang, A. An, W. Qu, L. Wan, C. Zheng, X. Wang, and X. Jiang (2017), Improving estimation of submarine groundwater discharge using radium and radon tracers: Application in Jiaozhou Bay, China, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 122 (10): 8263-8277.

[13] Qu, W., H. Li*, H. Huang, C. Zheng, C. Wang, X. Wang, and Y. Zhang (2017) Seawater-groundwater exchange and nutrients carried by submarine groundwater discharge in different types of wetlands at Jiaozhou Bay, China, Journal of Hydrology, 555: 185-197.

[14] Wang, X., H. Li*, J. Yang, C. Zheng, Y. Zhang, A. An, M. Zhang, and K. Xiao (2017), Nutrient inputs through submarine groundwater discharge in an embayment: A radon investigation in Daya Bay, China, Journal of Hydrology, 551, 784-792.

[15] Wang JunZhi, Jiang XiaoWei, Zhang ZhiYuan, Wan Li, Wang XuSheng, Li Hailong. (2017). An analytical study on three‐dimensional versus two‐dimensional water table‐induced flow patterns in a Tóthian basin. Hydrological Processes, 31(22), 4006-4018, doi: 10.1002/hyp.11317.

[16] Wang XuSheng, Wan Li, Jiang XiaoWei, Li Hailong, Zhou Yangxiao, Wang Junzhi, Ji Xiaohui (2017). Identifying three-dimensional nested groundwater flow systems in a Tóthian basin. Advances in Water Resources, 108, 139-156, doi: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.07.016.

[17]Guo Huaming, Zhang Di, Ni Ping, Cao Yongsheng, Li Fulan, Jia Yongfeng, Li Hailong, Wan Li, Wang Guangcai (2017).On the scalability of hydrogeochemical factors controlling arsenic mobility in three major inland basins of P.R. China. Applied Geochemistry, 77(C), 15-23, doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2016.05.006.

[18] Long Xi, Hailong Li*, Yuqiang Xia, Wenjing Qu. 2016. Comparison of heavy metal concentrations in groundwater in a mangrove wetland and a bald beach in Dongzhaigang National Nature Reserve (DNNR), China. Environmental Earth Sciences 75(9): 1-12.

[19] Hou, L. J.; Li, H. L.*; Zheng, C. M.; Ma, Q.; Wang, C. Y.; Wang, X. J., and Qu, W. J., 2016. Seawater groundwater exchange in a silty tidal flat in the south coast of Laizhou Bay, China. In: Harff, J. and Zhang, H. (eds.), Environmental Processes and the Natural and Anthropogenic Forcing in the Bohai Sea, Eastern Asia. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue, No. 74, pp. 136-148. Coconut Creek - (Florida), ISSN 0749 0208.

[20] Wang, X., H. Li*, X. Luo, J. Jiao, W. Qu, and C. Wang, (2016), Using Ra-224 to estimate eddy diffusivity and submarine groundwater discharge in Laizhou Bay, China, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 308(2), 403-411, doi:10.1007/s10967-015-4495-5.

[21]Wang, X., H. Li, Y. Zhang, C. Wang, W. Qu, and Q. Ma (2016), Evaluation of submarine groundwater discharge into the northern Bohai Bay, China using Ra-226, Water Science and Technology-Water Supply, 16(2), 362-368, doi:10.2166/ws.2015.149.

[22]Zhang, Y., H. Li, X. Wang, C. Zheng, C. Wang, K. Xiao, L. Wan, X. Wang, X. Jiang, and H. Guo (2016), Estimation of submarine groundwater discharge and associated nutrient fluxes in eastern Laizhou Bay, China using Rn-222, Journal of Hydrology, 533, 103-113, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.11.027.

[23] Wang JunZhi, Jiang XiaoWei, Wan Li, Wörman Anders, Wang Heng, Wang XuSheng, Li Hailong (2015). An analytical study on artesian flow conditions in unconfined‐aquifer drainage basins. Water Resources Research, 51(10), 8658-8667, doi: 10.1002/2015WR017104.

[24] An Ran, Jiang XiaoWei, Wang JunZhi, Wan Li, Wang XuSheng, Li Hailong (2015). A theoretical analysis of basin-scale groundwater temperature distribution. Hydrogeology Journal, 23(2), 397-404, doi: 10.1007/s10040-014-1197-y.

[25] Xuejing Wang, Hailong Li*, Jiu Jimmy Jiao, D. A. Barry, Ling Li, Xin Luo, Chaoyue Wang, Li Wan, Xusheng Wang, Xiaowei Jiang, Qian Ma & Wenjing Qu. 2015.  Submarine fresh groundwater discharge into Laizhou Bay comparable to the Yellow River flux. Sci. Rep. 5, 8814; DOI:10.1038/srep08814.

[26] Qian Ma, Hailong Li*, Xuejing Wang, Chaoyue Wang, Li Wan, Xusheng Wang, and Xiaowei Jiang, 2015, Estimation of seawater–groundwater exchange rate: case study in a tidal flat with a large-scale seepage face (Laizhou Bay, China), Hydrogeology Journal, 23: 265–275, DOI 10.1007/s10040-014-1196-z.

[27] Qiaona Guo and Hailong Li*, 2015, Terrestrial-originated submarine groundwater discharge through deep multilayered aquifer systems beneath the seafloor, Hydrological Processes, 29(2), 295-309, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10163.

Regional, externally refereed journals:

[28] Luo Manhua, Li Hailong, Wang Xuejing, Li Gang. 2018. Check and correct the system error of water pressure and salinity of LTC water level meter. Hydrogeology &Engineering Geology, Vol. 45 (4): 15-20.罗满华，李海龙，王学静，李刚. 2018. LTC水位仪水压和盐度系统误差的检验和校正. 水文地质工程地质. Vol. 45 (4):15-20.

[29] Li Hailong, Wang Xuejing. 2015, Review and progress in the study of submarine  groundwater discharge. Advances in Earth Science,Vol. 30 (6): 636-646.李海龙，王学静. 2015. 海底地下水排泄研究回顾与进展. 地球科学进展. Vol. 30 (6): 636-646.

[30] Li Shaohong, Li Hailong. 2015. A new method for the derivation of Boussinesq equation. Hydrogeology &Engineering Geology, Vol. 42 (4): 8-11.李绍竑，李海龙. 2015. 推导Boussinesq方程的一种新方法. 水文地质工程地质. Vol. 42 (4): 8-11.

Conference papers:

[31] Gang Li, Hailong Li, Chunmiao Zheng, Kai Xiao, Manhua Luo and Meng Zhang. A comparative study of two transects at Dan’ao River’s estuary in Daya Bay, China. Proceedings of the 24th Salt Water Intrusion Meeting and the 4th Asia-Pacific Coastal Aquifer Management Meeting. July 4-8, 2016, 47-51pp, Cairns, Australia.

[32] Kai Xiao, Hailong Li, Chunmiao Zheng, Yanman Li and Manhua Luo. A preliminary study on influence of seawater-groundwater exchange on nutrient dynamics in a tidal mangrove swamp in Daya bay, China. Proceedings of the 24th Salt Water Intrusion Meeting and the 4th Asia-Pacific Coastal Aquifer Management Meeting. July 4-8, 2016, 56pp, Cairns, Australia.

[33] Wuejing Qu, Hailong Li, Chunmiao Zheng, Chaoyue Wang and Xuejing Wang. Flow and nutrients exchange between seawater and groundwater in different types of wetlands at Jiaozhou Bay, China. Proceedings of the 24th Salt Water Intrusion Meeting and the 4th Asia-Pacific Coastal Aquifer Management Meeting. July 4-8, 2016, 157-160pp, Cairns, Australia.

[34] Xuejing Wang, Hailong Li, Chunmiao Zheng. Seasonal distribution of radium isotopes and submarine groundwater discharge in Laizhou Bay, China. Proceedings of the 24th Salt Water Intrusion Meeting and the 4th Asia-Pacific Coastal Aquifer Management Meeting. July 4-8, 2016, 52-55pp, Cairns, Australia.

[35] Hailong Li, Kai Xiao, Chunmiao Zheng. Submarine fresh groundwater discharges estimated by different methods in the Jiaozhou Bay, China. Proceedings of the 24th Salt Water Intrusion Meeting and the 4th Asia-Pacific Coastal Aquifer Management Meeting. July 4-8, 2016, 162pp, Cairns, Australia.

[36] Yan Zhang, Hailong Li, Xuejing Wang and Chunmiao Zheng. A preliminary study of submarine groundwater discharge and associated nutrients into Jiaozhou Bay, China using 222Rn. Proceedings of 9th IAHS Conference on Groundwater Quality. July 24-28, 2016, Shenzhen, China.

[37] Manhua Luo, Hailong Li and Chunmiao Zheng. Seawater-groundwater exchange rates and major nutrient concentrations along a typical intertidal transect in the south coast of Jiaozhou Bay, China. Proceedings of 9th IAHS Conference on Groundwater Quality. July 24-28, 2016, Shenzhen, China.

[38] Meng Zhang, Hailong Li, Chunmiao Zheng, Kai Xiao and Yan Zhang. Estimation of Submarine Groundwater Discharge and nutrient flux using radium isotopes in Daya Bay, China. Proceedings of 9th IAHS Conference on Groundwater Quality. July 24-28, 2016, Shenzhen, China.

[39] Xiaoting Lu, Hailong Li and Chunmiao Zheng. Estimates of submarine groundwater discharge and associated nutrient fluxes to Jiaozhou Bay using short -lived radium isotopes. Proceedings of 9th IAHS Conference on Groundwater Quality. July 24-28, 2016, Shenzhen, China.

[40] An An, Hailong Li, Chunmiao Zheng and Yan Zhang. Continuous radon measurements for rapid assessment of groundwater discharge into Daya Bay. Proceedings of 9th IAHS Conference on Groundwater Quality. July 24-28, 2016, Shenzhen, China.

[41] Xuejing Wang, Hailong Li*, Fresh-saltwater interface in a multi-layered coastal aquifer system, Proceedings of the MODFLOW and More 2015: Modeling a Complex World, (The Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA), pp 536-539, 2015/06/01-06/03.

[42] Qian Ma, Hailong Li* (2015), Numerical simulation of density-dependent groundwater flow on a tidal flat. MODFLOW and More 2015: Modeling a Complex World, (The Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA), pp 523-526. 2015/06/01-06/03.

59)Liu, C. Hailong Li*, Y.Q. Xia, Y. Tian and X.L. Geng, 2010, Analytical study of temperature variations in a confined aquifer system in response to seasonal temperature fluctuations in the recharge area, Geotechnical Investigation & Surveying, 38(1)：42-46. (in Chinese and English) 刘超(学生)，李海龙*，夏玉强，田野，耿小龙，2010，补给区温度季节性周期波动对承压含水层温度影响的解析研究。工程勘察。38（1）：42-46.