Education

2013.09-2016.06, Lanzhou University, Master of Science, Engineering Mechanics

2017.10-2023.05, University of Cologne, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Meteorology

PhD thesis: A Model for Continental-Scale Water Erosion and Sediment Transport and Its Application to the Yellow River Basin 

Final Grade: “magna cum laude”

Research Positions

2017.10-2018.03, Research Assistant, University of Cologne, Research Group of Prof. Dr. Yaping Shao, Atmospheric Modelling

2018.04-2022.11, Research Assistant, University of Cologne, Research Group of Prof. Dr. Yaping Shao, Atmospheric Modelling, Research Group of Dr. Eric JR Parteli, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Multiscale Simulation of Earth Surface Processes

2023.01-2024.06, Postdoc, University of Cologne, Research Group of Prof. Dr. Yaping Shao, CRC 1211 Earth - Evolution at the Dry Limit

2024.09-present, Postdoc, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)

Research Interest

• Develop a virtual ecohydrological laboratory for the Demnitz Mill Creek to simulate and analyze land use change scenarios.
• Quantify the spatial and temporal dynamics of ecohydrological fluxes, storage patterns, and water partitioning in response to varying land uses.
• Assess landscape resilience to climate variability, teleconnection signals (e.g., the winter NAO), and land management practices under a warming climate.

Memberships

• European Geosciences Union (EGU)

IGB Publications

• Jiang, C., Tetzlaff, D., Wu, S., Birkel, C., Laudon, H., & Soulsby, C. (2025). Assessing the drought resilience of different land management scenarios using a tracer-aided ecohydrological model with variable root uptake distributions. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-2533 (under discussion; Impact factor: 5.8/Q1)
• Jiang, C., Soulsby, C., Laudon, H., Wu, S., & Tetzlaff, D. (2025). Predicting summer droughts in Central Europe from winter NAO. (submitted).

Additional Publications

• Jiang, C., Parteli, E. J. R., & Shao, Y. (2025). A model for regional-scale water erosion and sediment transport and its application to the Yellow River Basin. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 17, e2024MS004593. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024MS004593
• Jiang, C., Parteli, E. J., Xia, Q., Yin, X., & Shao, Y. (2022). A regional hydrological model for arid and semi-arid river basins with consideration of irrigation. Environmental Modelling & Software, 157, 105531. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2022.105531
• Jiang, C., Parteli, E. J., Xia, Q., & Shao, Y. (2024). Evaluation of precipitation reanalysis products for regional hydrological modelling in the Yellow River Basin. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 155(4), 2605-2626. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-023-04758-w
• Yin, X., Jiang, C., Shao, Y., Huang, N., & Zhang, J. (2022). Large-eddy-simulation study on turbulent particle deposition and its dependence on atmospheric-boundary-layer stability. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22(7), 4509-4522. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-4509-2022
• Xia, Q., Fan, Y., Zhang, H., Jiang, C., Wang, Y., Hua, X., & Liu, D. (2023). A Review on the Development of Two-Way Coupled Atmospheric-Hydrological Models. Sustainability, 15(3), 2803. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15032803
• Yin, X., Huang, N., Jiang, C., Parteli, E. J., & Zhang, J. (2021). Splash function for the collision of sand-sized particles onto an inclined granular bed, based on discrete-element-simulations. Powder Technology, 378, 348-358.
• Jiao, X., Dong, Z., Kang, S., Li, Y., Jiang, C., & Rostami, M. (2021). New insights into heavy metal elements deposition in the snowpacks of mountain glaciers in the eastern Tibetan Plateau. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 207, 111228.