Assistant Professor Yuzhu Pearl Li
Prof. Yuzhu Pearl Li leads the NUS Computational Coastal Laboratory. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the National University of Singapore. Her research focuses on coastal protection and climate resilience.
She is a Humboldt Scholar and a former Marie Curie Fellow. In 2023/2024, she was appointed as a Council Member of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES), where she also serves as Chair of the Technical Committee on Climate Change. Prof. Li is an Associate Editor of Coastal Engineering and the Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy, and serves on the Editorial Boards of Applied Ocean Research and the OpenFOAM Journal.
Her research has been published in leading journals in the field, including the Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, and Coastal Engineering. She is also a developer of CFD models for solving coastal and ocean engineering problems.
Ph.D. Candidates
Fredrik MYKLEBUST
Fredrik MYKLEBUST
Fredrik MYKLEBUST
Fredrik received his Master degree from the Technical University of Denmark, and Bachelor degree from the University of Aberdeen (first-class honour). He joined the NUS-CCL lab in August 2022.
His research interests include computational fluid dynamics (CFD), Artificial Intelligence(AI), and data-driven turbulence modeling.
MENG Daizong
Fredrik MYKLEBUST
Fredrik MYKLEBUST
Meng Daizong graduated from Tongji University with a major in Environmental Science. He joined the NUS-CCL lab in August 2022. He is now a research engineer and a PhD student at NUS-CCL. His research topic is on microplastics transport in the tropical coastal waters.
ZHOU Yudi
Fredrik MYKLEBUST
Carlos Perez MORENO
Zhou Yudi received his Master degree in Coastal Engineering from Hohai University. He joined the NUS-CCL lab in January 2024. His research interests include wave-structure interactions, coastal protection, and marine renewable energy.
Carlos Perez MORENO
Carlos Perez MORENO
Carlos Perez MORENO
Carlos graduated with a MSc in Aerospace Engineering from Delft University of Technology, and with a MSc in Wind Energy Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark. He joined the NUS-CCL lab in August 2024 as a President's Graduate Fellowship Scholar. His research interests include turbulence modelling, wave-current-sediment int
Carlos graduated with a MSc in Aerospace Engineering from Delft University of Technology, and with a MSc in Wind Energy Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark. He joined the NUS-CCL lab in August 2024 as a President's Graduate Fellowship Scholar. His research interests include turbulence modelling, wave-current-sediment interaction, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and coastal protection.
ZHANG Luoning
Carlos Perez MORENO
Rune Dirk WILLEN
Luoning received her master’s degree in Hydraulic Engineering from Tianjin University. She joined the NUS-CCL lab in August 2024. Her research interests include wave-current-sediment interaction, computational fluid dynamics, and coastal protection, with a particular focus on turbulence within mangrove trees.
Rune Dirk WILLEN
Carlos Perez MORENO
Rune Dirk WILLEN
In August 2024 Rune graduated from Technical University of Denmark with a MSc in Civil Engineering. He joined the NUS-CCL lab in January 2025. His research interests include Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), coastal protection, and sediment transport.
DING Kanglixi
DING Kanglixi
DING Kanglixi
Ding Kanglixi received his Master and Bachelor degree from South China University of Technology. He joined the NUS-CCL lab in August 2025. His research interests include the nonlinear wave-wave interaction, wave-current interaction and turbulence process in wave breaking.
Postdoc Research Follows
Dr. HU Zhengyu
Dr. YUE Liangyi
Dr. YUE Liangyi
Dr. Hu Zhengyu received his PhD degree from NUS and Master degree from Zhejiang Univerisity with first-class honour. He joined the NUS-CCL lab in August 2021, and received his PhD degree in January 2025. His research interests lie in the area of wave-structure-seabed interactions. Much of his work has been on improving the understanding, design, and performance of coastal structures in waves.
Dr. YUE Liangyi
Dr. YUE Liangyi
Dr. YUE Liangyi
Dr. Liangyi YUE received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Delaware. His research interests lie in the multiscale fluid dynamical processes in environment through numerical simulations. Much of his work has been on improving the understanding of the coastal/ocean bottom boundary layer, ocean modeling, and surface wave-current interaction
Dr. YUAN Zelong
Dr. YUE Liangyi
Dr. YUAN Zelong
Dr. Zelong YUAN received his Ph.D. degree from the Southern University of Science and Technology as an excellent graduate. His research interests are turbulence closure modeling and accurate turbulence predictions based on data-driven and data assimilation techniques.
Dr. LIU Shuo
Dr. LIN Xiangfeng
Dr. YUAN Zelong
Dr. LIU Shuo earned his Ph.D. in Fluid Mechanics from Arts et Métiers ParisTech. His research focuses on the onset and evolution of surface wave breaking, and its interaction with oil slicks and coastal vegetation. He is currently studying three-dimensional wave breaking, with an emphasis on breaking regimes, energy dissipation and air entrainment.
Dr. TANG Zihao
Dr. LIN Xiangfeng
Dr. LIN Xiangfeng
Dr. TANG Zihao received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, in 2024. His doctoral research focused on developing scour countermeasures for offshore wind turbine monopile foundations, with the aim of enhancing the safety and stability of
Dr. TANG Zihao received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, in 2024. His doctoral research focused on developing scour countermeasures for offshore wind turbine monopile foundations, with the aim of enhancing the safety and stability of offshore wind energy structures. He is currently working on numerical modeling of wave-current interactions, ship wakes, and cross-shore sediment transport.
Dr. LIN Xiangfeng
Dr. LIN Xiangfeng
Dr. LIN Xiangfeng
Dr. Lin Xiangfeng obtained his Ph.D. from Hohai University, China, in 2022, followed by two years of postdoctoral research at the same institution. His research interests lie in ocean engineering and marine renewable energy. He is currently working on sediment transport around tidal stream turbines and their performance evaluation with hydro-elasticity considered
Dr. REN Yaru
Dr. DUAN Yanchong
Dr. DUAN Yanchong
Dr. Yaru Ren received her Ph.D. from Sichuan University, China, in 2024. She conducted part of her doctoral research at the Technical University of Munich as a visiting Ph.D. student. Her research primarily focuses on Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), fluid-structure interaction (FSI), and liquid sloshing. She is currently engaged
Dr. Yaru Ren received her Ph.D. from Sichuan University, China, in 2024. She conducted part of her doctoral research at the Technical University of Munich as a visiting Ph.D. student. Her research primarily focuses on Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), fluid-structure interaction (FSI), and liquid sloshing. She is currently engaged in studies on wave-current interaction and wave-vegetation interaction, aiming to advance the understanding of complex free-surface flows.
Dr. DUAN Yanchong
Dr. DUAN Yanchong
Dr. DUAN Yanchong
Dr. DUAN Yanchong obtained his PhD with distinction from Tsinghua University, where he continued as a postdoctoral researcher before joining the NUS-CCL Lab. His research expertise encompasses advanced flow and sediment measurement techniques, such as particle image/tracking velocimetry (PIV/PTV), as well as computational simulations. H
Dr. DUAN Yanchong obtained his PhD with distinction from Tsinghua University, where he continued as a postdoctoral researcher before joining the NUS-CCL Lab. His research expertise encompasses advanced flow and sediment measurement techniques, such as particle image/tracking velocimetry (PIV/PTV), as well as computational simulations. He is particularly interested in multi-scale turbulent flow structures and their intricate interactions with sediment transport in free surface flows.
Dr. SHI Yang
Dr. DUAN Yanchong
Dr. SHI Yang
Dr. Yang SHI received his Ph.D. degree in Coastal Engineering from Tianjin University, and conducted postdoctoral research in the Department of Hydraulic Engineering at Tsinghua University. His research interests include coastal dynamics, flow-structure interactions, sediment transport and morphodynamics, atmospheric dynamics and cloud microphysics, and air-water resources.
Former Postdocs/PhD/Masters
Dr. CHEN Weilin
Dr. YANG Zhengtong
Dr. CHEN Weilin
Former postdoc research fellow (2022-2025), now a Full Professor at Tianjin University and a recipient of the National Natural Science Foundation Excellent Young Scientists Fund Program (Overseas).
Dr. ZHU Guixun
Dr. YANG Zhengtong
Dr. CHEN Weilin
Former postdoc research fellow (2024-2025), currently an Assistant Professor at Dalian University of Technology.
Dr. YANG Zhengtong
Dr. YANG Zhengtong
Dr. YANG Zhengtong
Former postdoc research fellow (2023-2024), now postdoc researcher at University of California, Santa Cruz.
Dr. Satish Samayam
Dr. Satish Samayam
Dr. YANG Zhengtong
Former postdoc research fellow (2022-2024), focusing on uncertainty quantification of coastal extremes and turbulence modelling of wave current interaction, now in Australia.
Pei Qi YEO
Dr. Satish Samayam
Pei Qi YEO
Former Master student, researching on eco-engineering coastal structures, now working at DHI Singapore.