2024.06-Present, Assistant Researcher, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University

2021.07-2024.05, Postdoc, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University

Cryospheric eco-hydrological processes and modelling

Eco-hydrological responses to global change

[1] PI: National Natural Science Foundation of China (Young Scientists Fund), 2023-2025

Study on the co-evolution of frozen ground and eco-hydrological processes and their streamflow effects in the Three-River Source Region

[2] PI: China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Project, 2022-2024

Study on the eco-hydrological response to frozen ground degradation in the Three-River Source Region under climate change

[3] PI: Postdoctoral Innovation Talents Support Program of China, 2021-2024

Permafrost, ecosystem and hydrological changes and their impacts on resources and environment across the Tibetan Plateau

Lecturer for “Water cycle and climate change in cold regions”, Dragon Advanced Training Course in Cryosphere Remote Sensing, hosted by European Space Agency (ESA) and the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (MOST), Xining, China, Nov 2023.

Invited Talks:

2025, 10th Youth Geoscience Forum. Hefei, China.

2024, International Association of Chinese Youth in Water Sciences (CYWater) 12th Fall Meeting. Xi’an, China.

2023, Forum on the development of Xizang. Beijing, China.

2023, 1st River Source Regions Protection Forum. Naqu, China.

2022, China-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, CAFOE, jointly hosted by Chinese Academy of Engineering and US National Academy of Engineering.

2021, International Association of Chinese Youth in Water Sciences (CYWater) 9th Fall Meeting. Nanjing, China.

Journal Review:

Advances in Climate Change Research, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Catena, Climate Dynamics, Cold Regions Science and Technology, Earth’s Future, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Ecohydrology, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Geophysical Research Letters, Geo-spatial Information Science, GIScience & Remote Sensing, International Journal of Climatology, Journal of Climate, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, Journal of Hydrology, Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, Land Degradation & Development, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing of Environment, Science Bulletin, Sustainable Cities and Society, Water Resources Research

2024 Wiley China Excellent Author Program Award

2023 Excellent Postdoctoral Researcher of Tsinghua University (10 awardees per year)

2023 Outstanding Reviewers for Water Resources Research

2022 Outstanding Young Scholars at the Frontiers of Engineering in China, Chinese Academy of Engineering

2021 Outstanding Graduate Award of Beijing

2021 Excellent Doctoral Degree Dissertation of Tsinghua University

2020 Jiang Nanxiang Scholarship, Tsinghua University

2020 National Scholarship for Ph.D. candidates, Ministry of Education, China

2019 Scholarship for Ph.D. student (visiting Lawrence Berkeley National Lab), China Scholarship Council

2018 National Scholarship for Ph.D. candidates, Ministry of Education, China

2016 Outstanding Graduate Award for Bachelor degree candidates (top 10%), Tsinghua University

2015 Scholarship for undergraduate student (visiting University of Melbourne), China Scholarship Council

Books/Book Chapters:

[1] Wang, T., Yang, D. (2026). Future change of permafrost across the Tibetan Plateau and its environmental implications. In S. Elias, R. Kelly (Ed.), Comprehensive Cryospheric Science and Environmental Change (First Edition), (pp. 113-124). Elsevier.

Peer-Reviewed journal papers:

[1] Li, L., Wang, T.*, Li, G., Cheng, H., Zhang, S., Yang, D. (2026). Hydro-meteorological factors and human activities contribute comparably to weekly water quality dynamics in the Yangtze River Basin. Journal of Hydrology, 668, 135025.

[2] Umer, M., Wang, T.*, Yang, D., Liao, Z., Aletoum, E., Tang, L., Li, P. (2026). Long-term hydrological dynamics and water balance in the Upper Indus Basin: Insights from a process-based model. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 64, 103259.

[3] Zhao, Y., Yao, Y., Jin, H., Wang, T., Wu, X., Meng, X., Zheng, C., Yang, D. (2026). Prevailing thermal models underestimate permafrost thermal state in the Tibetan Plateau: Implications for cryosphere adaptation. Advances in Climate Change Research, in press.

[4] Li, L., Wang, T.*, Yang, J., Yang, H., Tang, L., Yang, D. (2025). Revealing the long-term catchment-scale carbon budget dynamics on the permafrost-dominated eastern Tibetan Plateau. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 39(11), e2025GB008743.

**This research was reported by Nature Water as Research Highlights. (https://www.nature.com/articles/s44221-025-00566-w)

[5] Fang, P., Wang, T.*, Yang, D., Yang, J., Tang, L. (2025). Permafrost degradation and concomitant hydrological changes dominated by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(10), e2024GL113679.

[6] Fang, P., Wang, T.*, Yang, D.*, Tang, L., Yang, Y. (2025). Substantial increases in compound climate extremes and associated socio-economic exposure across China under future climate change. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 8, 17. (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

[7] Guo, S., Yao, Y., Ji, Q., Jin, H., Wang, T., Lancia, M., Meng, X., Zheng, C., Yang, D. (2025). Groundwater depletion intensified by irrigation and afforestation in the Yellow River Basin: A spatiotemporal analysis using GRACE and well monitoring data with implications for sustainable management. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 59, 102324.

[8] Su, Y., Li, L., Zhou, G., Fu, L., Tian, D., Wang, L., Wang, T., Hu, J., Huan, Y., Liang, T. (2025). Causalities and priorities for SDG targets in the human-earth system. Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 212, 108016.

[9] Cheng, H., Wang, T.*, Yang, D. (2024). Quantifying the regulation capacity of the Three Gorges Reservoir on extreme hydrological events and its impact on flow regime in a changing climate. Water Resources Research, 60(6), e2023WR036329.

[10] Zhao, B., Wang, T.*, Yang, D., Yang, S., Yang, C., Santisirisomboon, J. (2024). Derivation of flood elasticity under climate and forest change for a tropical monsoon basin of Thailand. Journal of Hydrology, 637, 131420.

[11] Yan, Z., Wang, T.*, Ma, T., Yang, D. (2024). Water-carbon-sediment synergies and trade-offs: Multi-faceted impacts of large-scale ecological restoration in the Middle Yellow River Basin. Journal of Hydrology, 634, 131099.

[12] Han, J., Liu, Z., Woods, R., McVicar T.R., Yang, D., Wang, T., Hou, Y., Guo, Y., Li, C., Yang, Y. (2024). Streamflow seasonality in a snow-dwindling world. Nature, 629, 1075-1081. (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

[13] Yang, H., Wang, T., Yang, D., Yan, Z., Wu, J., Lei, H. (2024). Runoff and sediment effect of the soil-water conservation measures in a typical river basin of the Loess Plateau. Catena, 243, 108218.

[14] Liu, Z., Yang, H., Li, C., Wang, T. (2024). Estimating the sensitivity of the Priestley-Taylor coefficient to air temperature and humidity. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 28(18), 4349-4360.

[15] Wang, T., Yang, D., Yang, Y., Zheng, G., Jin, H., Li, X., Yao, T., Cheng, G. (2023). Pervasive permafrost thaw exacerbates future risk of water shortage across the Tibetan Plateau. Earth’s Future, 11(10), e2022EF003463.

[16] Yang, J., Wang, T.*, Yang, D. (2023). Divergent responses of permafrost degradation to precipitation increases at different seasons on the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau based on modeling approach. Environmental Research Letters, 18(9), 094038.

[17] Wang, T., Yang, D., Yang, Y., Zheng, G., Jin, H., Li, X., Yao, T., Cheng, G. (2023). Unsustainable water supply from thawing permafrost on the Tibetan Plateau in a changing climate. Science Bulletin, 68(11), 1105-1108.

[18] Wang, T., Yang, D. (2023). Variation characteristics of vegetation phenology during 2001-2020 on the frozen ground zone of the Three-River Source Region. Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology, 45(2), 711-723. (in Chinese with English abstract)

[19] Li, X., Wang, T.*, Zhou, Z., Su, J., Yang, D.* (2023). Seasonal characteristics and spatio-temporal variations of the extreme precipitation-air temperature relationship across China. Environmental Research Letters, 18(5), 054022.

[20] Liu, Z., Wang, T., Li, C., Yang, W., Yang, H. (2023). A physically-based potential evapotranspiration model for global water availability projections. Journal of Hydrology, 622(B), 129767.

[21] Liu, Z., Wang, T., Yang, H. (2023). Overestimated global dryland expansion with substantial increases in vegetation productivity under climate warming. Environmental Research Letters, 18(5), 054024.

[22] Yang, S., Zhao, B., Yang, D., Wang, T., Yang, Y., Ma, T., Santisirisomboon, J. (2023). Future changes in water resources, floods and droughts under the joint impact of climate and land-use changes in the Chao Phraya basin, Thailand. Journal of Hydrology, 620(A), 129454.

[23] Ma, T., Wang, T., Yang, D., Yang, S. (2023). Impacts of vegetation restoration on water resources and carbon sequestration in the mountainous area of Haihe River basin, China. Science of the Total Environment, 869, 161724.

[24] Yang, J., Wang, T., Yang, D., Yang, Y. (2023). Insights into runoff changes in the source region of Yellow River under frozen ground degradation. Journal of Hydrology, 617(A), 128892.

[25] Zhao, B., Wang, T., Yang, D., Yang, S., Lu, W., Santisirisomboon, J. (2023). The impacts of climatic and land surface characteristics on the storm-flood relationship in a tropical monsoon basin of Thailand. Journal of Hydrology, 616, 128809.

[26] Liu, Z., Yang, H., Wang, T., Yang, D. (2023). Estimating the annual runoff frequency distribution based on climatic conditions and catchment characteristics: A case study across China. International Soil and Water Conservation Research, 11(3), 470-481.

[27] Wang, T., Shi, R., Yang, D., Yang, S., Fang, B. (2022). Future changes in annual runoff and hydroclimatic extremes in the upper Yangtze River Basin. Journal of Hydrology, 615(A), 128738.

[28] Wang, T., Yang, D., Zheng, G., Shi, R. (2022). Possible negative effects of earlier thaw onset and longer thaw duration on vegetation greenness over the Tibetan Plateau, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 326, 109192.

[29] Yang, W., Yang, H., Li, C., Wang, T., Liu, Z., Hu, Q., Yang, D. (2022). Long-term reconstruction of satellite-based precipitation, soil moisture, and snow water equivalent in China. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 26, 6427-6441.

[30] Liu, Z., Wang, T., Han, J., Yang, W., Yang, H. (2022). Decreases in mean annual streamflow and interannual streamflow variability across snow-affected catchments under a warming climate. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(3), e2021GL097442.

[31] Shi, R., Wang, T., Yang, D., Yang, Y. (2022). Streamflow decline threatens water security in the upper Yangtze River. Journal of Hydrology, 606, 127448.

[32] Li, Y., Wang, T., Yang, D., Tang, L., Yang, K., Liu, Z. (2021). Linkage between anomalies of pre-summer thawing of frozen soil over the Tibetan Plateau and summer precipitation in East Asia. Environmental Research Letters, 16(11), 114030.

[33] Wang, T., Yang, D., Yang, Y., Piao, S., Li, X., Cheng, G., Fu, B. (2020). Permafrost thawing puts the frozen carbon at risk over the Tibetan Plateau. Science Advances, 6(19), eaaz3513. (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

[34] Liu, Z., Yang, H., Wang, T. (2020). A simple framework for estimating the annual runoff frequency distribution under a non-stationarity condition. Journal of Hydrology, 592, 125550.

[35] Zheng, G., Yang, Y., Yang, D., Dafflon, B., Yi, Y., Zhang, S., Chen, D., Gao, B., Wang, T., Shi, R., Wu, Q. (2020). Remote sensing spatiotemporal patterns of frozen soil and the environmental controls over the Tibetan Plateau during 2002–2016. Remote Sensing of Environment, 247, 111927.

[36] Wang, T., Yang, D., Fang, B., Yang, W., Qin, Y., Wang, Y. (2019). Data-driven mapping of the spatial distribution and potential changes of frozen ground over the Tibetan Plateau. Science of the Total Environment, 649, 515-525.

[37] Wang, T., Yang, H., Yang, D., Qin, Y., Wang, Y. (2018). Quantifying the streamflow response to frozen ground degradation in the source region of the Yellow River within the Budyko framework. Journal of Hydrology, 558, 301-313.

[38] Wang, T., Yang, D., Qin, Y., Wang, Y., Chen, Y., Gao, B., Yang, H. (2018). Historical and future changes of frozen ground in the upper Yellow River Basin. Global and Planetary Change, 162, 199-211.

[39] Wang, Y., Yang, H., Gao, B., Wang, T., Qin, Y., Yang, D. (2018). Frozen ground degradation may reduce future runoff in the headwaters of an inland river on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Hydrology, 564, 1153-1164.

[40] Qin, Y., Chen, J., Yang, D., Wang, T. (2018). Estimating seasonally frozen ground depth from historical climate data and site measurements using a Bayesian model. Water Resources Research, 54(7), 4361-4375.

[41] Zheng, G., Yang, H., Lei, H., Yang, D., Wang, T., Qin, Y. (2018). Development of a physically based soil albedo parameterization for the Tibetan Plateau. Vadose Zone Journal, 17(1), doi:10.2136/vzj2017.05.0102.

[42] Qin, Y., Yang, D., Gao, B., Wang, T., Chen, J., Chen, Y., Wang, Y., Zheng, G. (2017). Impacts of climate warming on the frozen ground and eco-hydrology in the Yellow River source region, China. Science of the Total Environment, 605, 830-841.