Yan Li

On-going research areas:

Fluid dynamics

• ocean surface gravity waves;
• wave-current interaction;
• wave-bathymetry interaction;
• wave statistics;
• wave-turbulence interaction;

Oceanography

• Ocean wave modeling;
• Ocean circulation;
• wave-driven flows;

Offshore engineering

• Sea loads;
• Met-ocean;
• Offshore wind (hydrodynamics); 

Honors (selected):

• Prize to outstanding young researchers (Ph.D. level) from the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China  ;
• The 2018 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award ;

Projects (finished)

• "Water wave modulation and wave forces with sheared currents" funded by the Research Council of Norway. Click here for the project description and updates.
• Experimental study on the evolution of a narrow-banded wavepacket propagating over a step (UK & China Center for Offshore Renewable Energy Flexible Funding / UK EPSRC- NERC) 

Projects

2024-2029. ERC-STG-2024: OceanCoupling, funded by European Research Council, Role: PI. (Start date: October 1, 2024, EU page).  

2023-2023. POS-ERC (Project number 342480, 464k NOK): "A bridge to ocean coupling" funded by Reserach Council of Norway. Role: PI. 

2019-2022. FRINATEK Mobility Grant (project number 287389, 3.3 Million NOK): "Water wave modulation and wave forces with sheared currents" funded by Reserach Council of Norway. Role: PI. Click here for the project description and updates.