A soil-conservation scientist and sustainability researcher, Xiangzhou Xu is a full professor and Ph.D. supervisor at Dalian University of Technology (China), and he is also a high-level talent in Dalian. His expertise includes resource sustainability, soil and water conservation, utilization of unconventional water resources, and topography measurement. The Topography Meter developed by him opened a new way for further tracking and measuring the landslides. He is the principal investigator of one project funded by the State Basic Research Program of China, four by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and one by the Excellent Talent Programs in the Universities of Liaoning Province. He has also won three prizes of the Ministerial and Provincial-Level Science and Technology Awards as the first or third accomplisher. He is the first or corresponding author of over 60 journal articles, and first or second author of two monographs published by Springer. One of his papers has been cited by SCI for more than 210 times. Three United States patents and 20+ Chinese invention patents filed by him have been approved. He is an Associate Councilor of WASWAC (World Association of Soil and Water Conservation), and a standing committee member of the first Soil Erosion Division of China Soil and Water Conservation Society.

1. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

[1] Xu X, Zhu T, Zhang H, Gao L. 2020, Experimental Erosion: Theory and Practice of Soil Conservation Experiments, Science Press and Springer Nature, p1-247. (in English)

[2] Ran G, Zhao Y, Ren Z, Xu X*, Xia J, Li Z, Wang Q. 2024, Check dam construction mitigates the pressure from urbanization on grain production in adjacent cities: Evidence from Shaanxi Province, China. Environment, Development and Sustainability, published online. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-024-05556-8.

[3] Xu X*, Liu M, Gao H, Xiao P, Zhang Y. 2024, Rainwater Harvest with Desert-Sand Bricks: An Adaptive Water Resources Management Strategy for Climate Change, Water Resources Management, published online. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-024-03996-5.

[4] Liu M, Xu X*, Xiao P, Cao Y. 2024, Advocating integration of human responses in the flood resilience framework for inland cities of northern China, Water Policy, 26: 652-670.

[5] Li Y, Xu X*, Guo S. 2024, Coupled effects of heavy rainfall and falling water-level exhibit the most significant influences on reservoir bank failures. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 49:3177–3188. 

[6] Gao L, Xu X*, Zhao Y, Li Y, Tarolli P, Siyal AA, Xia J, Li Z. 2024, Assessing riverbank collapse with lateral displacement of shoreline for ecologically friendly erosion-resistant solutions, Environmental Earth Sciences, 83:279 (1-12).

[7] Gao L, Xu X*, Xia J. 2024, Deciphering the role of riverbank collapse in the braided reach of the Lower Yellow River: helpful or harmful?, Journal of Earth System Science, 133: 30 (1-13).

[8] Yulei Ma, Xiangzhou Xu, Qiao Yan, Yu Liu*. 2024, Gravity-detached material increases sediment supply but requires more time to transport based on laboratory experiment, Catena, 234: 107642 (1-10).

[9] Xu X-Z*, Liu Z-Y, Xiao P-Q, Guo W-Z, Zhang H-W, Zhao C, Yan Q. 2015, Gravity erosion on the steep loess slope: Behavior, trigger and sensitivity, Catena, 135: 231-239.

[10] Xu XZ*, Zhang HW, Zhang OY. 2004, Development of check-dam systems in gullies on the Loess Plateau, China. Environmental Science & Policy, 7(2): 79-86. (Times Cited: 200+)

2. RESEARCH PROJECTS

[1]    PI. Role of vegetation on gravity erosion in the Loess Mesa Ravine Region (2024.1-2027.12). A General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (52379060), appropriated.

[2]   PI. An air-water harvester (2021.10-2023.10), A General Program of the State Basic Research Program of China, accomplished.

[3]   Participant. Green Ecological Remediation Technology and Its Application for Regional Soil and Groundwater Pollution (2023.05-2027.04). National Key R & D Project (2022YFC3702301), appropriated.

[4]   PI. Landslides on the soil reservoir bank coupling various impacting factors (2019.1-2022.12). A General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51879032), accomplished.

[5]   Participant. Management of the river bed and bench land in the lower reaches of the Yellow River (2017.01-2020.12). National Key R & D Project (2016YFC0402504), accomplished.

[6]   PI. Experimental erosology (2015.01-2018.12). Program for Excellent Talents in the Universities of Liaoning Province (LR2015015), accomplished.

[7]   PI. A field study on gravitational erosion of the loess slope (2012.1-2015.12). A General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51179021), accomplished.

[8]   PI. An experimental study on gravitational erosion of the loess slope (2011.1-2013.12). A General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51079016), accomplished..

3. SCIENTIFIC AWARDS

[1]    Xu X, Guo W, Zhang H, Gao L. 2020, Topography-observation device based on the mechanically micro-adjustable dual hosts, Gold Award in the 24th National Invention Exhibition (China): Award of Innovative and Pioneering work, China Invention Association.

[2]   Xu X, Zhang H, Yu G, et al. 2018, Gravity erosion and ecosystem management on the Loess Plateau of China, Second Prize of the 10th Science and Technology Award of Chinese Society of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Society of Soil and Water Conservation.

[3]   Xia J, Li T, Xu X, et al. 2021, Key technology for mechanism and regulation of the soil and water production and transport in the Yellow River Basin. First Prize of Dayu Hydraulic Science and Technology Award in 2021, Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of China.

[4]   Zhang O, Yang W, Xu X, Xia J, Xia J, Xu Q. 2010, Basin-system evolution and its environmental response, Second Prize of Hubei Natural Science Award in 2010, People's Government of Hubei Province.

[5]   Xu X, Zhang H, Wang G, Chen S. 2011, An experimental method to verify soil conservation by check dam on the Loess Plateau, China. First Prize of Liaoning Natural Science Publications, Review Committee of Liaoning Natural Science Publications.

[6]   Xu X. 2014, National Outstanding Supervisor of Professional Degree for Hydraulic Engineering (China), Supervising Committee Secretariat of National Professional Degree (China).

4. SELECTED PATENTS

[1] Xu X, Dong S, Zhao Y, Zhang H. Ecological revetment for regulating wandering rivers, United States Patent, Patent No.: US 11,952,734 B2, Date of Patent: Apr. 9, 2024

[2]    Xu X, Guo W, Zhang H, Gao L, ZhaoX. 2020, Topography-observation device based on the mechanically micro-adjustable dual hosts, United States Patent, Patent no.: US 10,801,838 B2, Date of Patent: Oct 13, 2020.

[3]   Xu X, Gao L, Zhao X, Yin J, Lu J. 2020, Topography-meter host based on integrative mainboards, United States Patent, Patent No.: US 10,795,052 B2, Date of Patent: Oct 6, 2020.

[4]    Xu X, Peng X, Zhao Y, Zhang H. 2021, Method to observe the hydrological elements of the river offshore based on Directional Photography, CN, 202010966440.8 [Invention Patent], 06/08/2021. (in Chinese) 

[5]    Xu X, Zhang C, Liu Y, Wang R, Song G. 2017, A 3D sampling device for the pollutants transporting in a river: CN, ZL201511024920.8 [Invention Patent], 12/19/2017. (in Chinese)

[6]    Xu X, Zhao R. 2015, Device and method for field experiments of the gravity erosion on the gully wall: CN, ZL201310422836.6 [Invention Patent], 07/15/2015. (in Chinese)

[7]    Xu X, Zhu X, Liu L, Ma L, Wang P. 2015, A rainwater collection device based on concrete sand-based porous bricks: CN, ZL201310237771.8 [Invention Patent], -07/15/2015. (in Chinese) 

[8]    Xu X, Guo W, Ma L, Yan Q. An observation method used in the field experiments of gravity erosion: CN, ZL201310422447.3 [Invention Patent], 01/28/2015. (in Chinese) 

[9]    Xu X, Xu F, Wang J, Liu Y, Wang S. 2012, A 3D observation device for the scouring terrain: CN, ZL201010502051.6 [Invention Patent], 07/04/2012. (in Chinese)

[10] Xu X, Xu F, Zhao C, Wang S, Zhang H. 2012, A measurement device to model the 3D landform: CN, ZL201010144655.8 [Invention Patent], 01/04/2012. (in Chinese)