Heshan Fan

Heshan Fan

Hydrodynamics and Data Assimilation

Visiting scientist

Phone: +49 (0)4152 87-2923

• Estuarine dynamics
• Impacts of extreme climate events
• Estuary and coastal water security
• Coupled hydrodynamical-biogeochemical model

March 2024 – Today	Visiting Ph.D. student, Institute of Coastal Systems Analysis and Modelling	Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Germany
September 2020 – Today	Ph.D. student in Physical Geography	East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
September 2017 – June 2020	M.Sc. in Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Engineering	Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
September 2013 – June 2017	B.Sc. in Engineering Management	Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China

Fan, H., Pein, J., Chen, W., Staneva, J., Cheng, H. (2025): Effects of heatwave events on dissolved oxygen in the Elbe Estuary, Water Research, 124125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.124125
Fan, H., Cheng, H., Chen, W., Liu, R., Zhou, F., Hu, X., & Zhang, X. (2024). Assessment and strategies for water supply security risks in the estuarine city Shanghai under normalized extreme climate conditions. Journal of Cleaner Production, 470, 143299
Fan, H., Yan, H., Teng, L., Liu, R., Li, Z., Cheng, H., & Zhang, E. (2023). The effects of extreme flood events on the turbidity maximum zone in the Yangtze (Changjiang) Estuary, China. Marine Geology, 456, 106993