General Profile:

Hailong Li received his B.S. and M.S. in Applied Mathematics from Fudan University, and his Ph.D. in Hydrogeology from the University of Hong Kong. He is currently a Chair Professor and Ph.D. supervisor at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). His research focuses on multi-component fluids and multiphase flow in coastal aquifers and its ecological and environmental impacts. Prof. Li was awarded the “Chutian Scholar” by Hubei Province in 2008, the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars in 2010, the State Council Special Government Allowance for Outstanding Contributions in Natural Science Education in 2015, and the Dayu Water Science and Technology Award (3/12) in 2022. He has published over 230 academic papers, including more than 170 SCI papers in leading international journals such as Science, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Nature Geoscience, Science China Earth Sciences, Geophysical Research Letters, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Water Resources Research, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Journal of Hydrology, Advances in Water Resources, and Water Resources. His work has been cited over 7,000 times, with an H-index of 49 (Google Scholar). He has been listed as an Elsevier Highly Cited Chinese Researcher (2020, 2022, 2023) and among the World's Top 2% most-cited Scientists in 2024. He holds 13 granted national patents in China.

Prof. Li currently serves on the editorial boards of Advances in Water Resources and Water Science and Engineering. He was formerly Associate Editor of Hydrogeology Journal (IAH, 2012-2015), and editorial board member of Journal of Salt Lake Research (2015-2022), Science China Earth Sciences (10th Editorial Board, 2013-2017), Journal of Biomathematics (2005-2008), and Science Bulletin (English Edition, Groundwater Special Issue, 2013). He has frequently been invited to deliver plenary presentations at major international conferences in his field. Prof. Li has led six projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), including Distinguished Young Scholars, Key Program, and General Program grants, as well as projects under the Ministry of Science and Technology’s National Basic Research Program (973 Program) and Key R&D Program. He is currently leading one NSFC Key Program Project and one National Key R&D project.

Representative Contributions:

1. Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) and its ecological effects in Chinese coastal bays

Prof. Li developed a novel method using radium and radon isotopes and salinity to estimate submarine fresh groundwater discharge. He was among the first internationally to highlight the critical role of recirculating seawater as a source term in mass balance models of radium and radon isotopes. Applied these methods to quantify SGD fluxes in Bohai Bay, Laizhou Bay, Jiaozhou Bay, Daya Bay, and the entire Chinese continental coastline, and assessed their impacts on nutrient budgets, primary productivity, and ecological conditions. He also evaluated heavy metal pollution in Bohai Sea sediments and its effects on benthic microbial communities. Results were published in Science China: Earth Sciences, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Water Research, Journal of Geophysical Research: Ocean, Journal of Hydrology, and Environmental Pollution, with the author serving as corresponding author.

2. Mechanisms of long-term oil retention in polluted beaches

By integrating hydrogeology, groundwater hydrodynamics, and biogeochemistry, he revealed the mechanism of long-term retention of oil spills in gravel and sandy beaches after contamination. Findings were published as a first-author article in Nature Geoscience (featured on the back cover, reported by Nature News and the UK's New Scientist magazine), with over 200 citations. Related results were also published in Water Resources Research and Journal of Geophysical Research: Ocean, recognized as “Featured Article”, and reported in the American Geophysical Union (AGU) journal EOS under “Journal Highlights”.

3. Groundwater-nutrient dynamics in intertidal wetlands

Combining field observations and numerical simulations to quantify groundwater flow, salinity transport, and nutrient fluxes in diverse Chinese intertidal wetlands (including mangroves, salt marshes, sandy beaches, mudflats, and estuarine tidal flats). His work provided the first quantitative assessment of nutrient fluxes and ecological impacts across Laizhou Bay, Jiaozhou Bay, Daya Bay, and Dongzhai Harbor (Hainan). These studies were published in Geophysical Research Letters, Water Resources Research, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Advances in Water Resources, Journal of Hydrology, and Hydrogeology Journal, with the author serving as corresponding author. The related papers have won the Second Prize for Outstanding Academic Papers in Natural Sciences in Hubei Province.

4. Tide-induced air flow in coastal soils

Using two-phase water-gas flow models, he revealed the unique engineering and ecological effects of tide-driven gas flow in coastal soils. His research explained the cause of large, circular, mound-like uplift with several meters in radius that occurred on the runway of Hong Kong International Airport during the 1999 rainy season. This work was published in Geophysical Research Letters and highlighted in the AGU(American Geophysical Union)'s “Journal Highlights.” From the perspective of root respiration, his study also provided a quantitative explanation of a mechanism previously reported in Science, namely that intertidal wetland plants tend to grow best near tidal channels. The related findings were published in Water Resources Research.

5. Sea wave energy propagation in coastal aquifers

Established a mechanistic framework for sea wave energy transmission in coastal aquifers, accounting for tidal loading, semi-permeable seabed layers, elastic storage, and aquifer interference. This explained cases where near-shore groundwater levels fluctuate in phase with tides, and the framework was successfully applied in Yantai (China), Adelaide and Garden Island (Australia), and Hawaii (USA). Findings were published as the first author in Water Resources Research, Advances in Water Resources, and Journal of Hydrology. One paper won the Second Prize for Natural Science Academic Achievements in Liaoning Province in 2005.

Current Position：

Chair Professor, School of Environmental Science and Engineering at Southern University of Science and Technology of China (SUSTech), Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China.

Professional Experience:

Chair Professor, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China. (Aug 2021 - Present)

Professor, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, P.R. China. (Jun 2020 - Jul 2021)

Professor, School of Water Resources and Environmental Science, China University of Geosciences-Beijing, Beijing 100083, P.R. China. (Dec 2009-May 2020)

Professor, Anshan Normal University, Anshan(Aug 1999 – Nov 2009)

Associate Professor, Anshan Normal University (Jul 1998 – Aug 1999)

Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Salt Lakes, Chinese Academy of Sciences(Oct 1994 – Jul 1998)
Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Salt Lakes, Chinese Academy of Sciences(Jul 1991 – Sep 1994)

Visiting and Part-Time Academic Appointments:
Postdoctoral Fellow, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA (Jun 2006 – Mar 2009; sponsored by host institution)
Visiting Scholar, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (Jul 2005 – Sep 2005; sponsored by host institution)
Visiting Scholar, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia (May 2004 – Nov 2004; sponsored by host institution)
Part-Time Ph.D. Advisor, China University of Geosciences–Wuhan, Wuhan, P.R. China (Jan 2004 – Sep 2011)
Visiting Professor & Chutian Scholar, China University of Geosciences–Wuhan, Wuhan, P.R. China (Jan 2004 – Apr 2011)
Visiting Scholar, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (Sep 2003 – Dec 2003; sponsored by host institution)
Visiting Scholar, Institute of Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China (Apr 1999 – Jun 1999)
Visiting Scholar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany (Oct 1996 – Oct 1997)

Education:

PhD in Hydrogeology, Earth Sciences Department, The University of Hong Kong (Oct 1999 – Feb 2003)

Thesis title: Tide-induced groundwater and air flows in coastal aquifer systems

MSc in Applied Mathematics, Mathematics Department, Fudan University (Sep 1988 – Jul 1991)

Thesis title: Theoretical foundations of numerical methods for the SP well-logging

BSc in Applied Mathematics, Mathematics Department, Fudan University (Sep 1984 – Jul 1988)

Thesis title: Finite element method for the SP well-logging

Academic part-time positions and services:

1.Member of Editorial Board of Advances in Water Resources, a top journal in the field of water resources, water environments and hydrology.  (Jan 2021-Present)

2. Member of Editorial Board, Water Science and Engineering, 4th Editorial Board (Jan 2018– Present)

3. Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Salt Lake Research (Jan 2015– Dec 2022)

4. Associate Editor of Hydrogeology Journal, Official Journal of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH).  (Jan 2012– Dec 2015)

5. Member of Editorial Board of Science China Earth Science. (Jan 2013 – Dec 2017)

6. Member of Editorial Board of Journal of Biomathematics (An English-Chinese journal, 2005– 2008)

7. Member, Isotope Subcommittee of the China National Committee for the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) (Oct 2020 – Present)

8. Member of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

9. Member of European Geophysical Union (EGU)

10. Member of the International Association of Hydrologists (IAH)

11. Member of American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE)

12. Reviewer for: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta; Geophysical Research Letters; Water Resources Research; Advances in Water Resources; Science of The Total Environment; Journal of Hydrology; Ground Water; Hydrogeology Journal; Environmental Fluid Mechanics; Hydrological Processes; ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering; Water Resources Management, Limnology & Oceanography, Acta Oceanologica Sinica.

Awards and Honors:

1. 2022 Dayu Water Conservancy Science and Technology Award Second Prize (ranked third)

2. Selected as Elsevier's 2020, 2022, 2023 Highly Cited Chinese Scholars, World's Top 2% Scientists 2024

3. Best Reviewer of the Year 2018, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, a major international academic journal in the field

4. Special Government Allowance from the State Council of the People's Republic of China (in recognition of outstanding contributions to the cause of natural science education in China), No. 2014182088, Award Date: January 29, 2015

5. Best Reviewer of the Year 2013 and 2014, Advances in Water Resources, a major international academic journal in the field.

6.The following paper was awarded the Second Prize for Outstanding Academic Papers in Natural Science by the Hubei Association for Science and Technology, the Hubei Department of Human Resources and Social Security, and the Hubei Department of Science and Technology in October 2014:

Xia, Y. Q. (student), and HL Li (corresponding author) (2012), A combined field and modeling study of groundwater flow in a tidal marsh, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 16(3), 741-759.

7. Recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2010

8. Appointed as a Hubei Province Chutian Scholar in 2008.

9. Awarded Second Prize in the Academic Paper Category by the Liaoning Natural Science Academic Achievement Award Review Committee(Aug. 30, 2005)

Award title: “Li Hailong, Analytical Study of Subsurface Water Flow Caused by Tidal Forces in Coastal Aquifer Systems.”

10. Recognized as one of the Top Ten Outstanding Youths of Anshan City in 2002.

11. Awarded the title of Outstanding Young Scientist by the Lanzhou Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

12. Honored as an Outstanding Undergraduate Graduate by the Shanghai Municipal Government.

Research Interests:

1.Submarine groundwater discharge and its ecological and environmental effects

2.Numerical simulation and application of multi-component, multiphase flow in coastal zones

3. Migration, transformation patterns, and mechanisms of nutrients and pollutants in bays

4. Groundwater-surface water interactions and their ecological and environmental effects

Teaching (Courses and Supervised Students):

Delivered courses including Groundwater Hydrodynamics, Theory and Modeling of Groundwater Solute Transport, Professional English for Hydrogeology, Fortran Programming Language, Numerical Modeling of Groundwater, Numerical Solutions of Differential Equations, Computational Methods, Ordinary Differential Equations, Advanced Mathematics, Environmental Isotope Methods, Isotope Hydrogeology, Fundamentals of Numerical Modeling Methods, and Advanced Groundwater Hydrology.

Has supervised over 100 doctoral and master's degree graduates and five postdoctoral researchers.

Publications (Past Five Years):

SCI Papers

1) Manhua Luo, Kai Xiao*, Zheng Wang, Yurui Li, Hailong Li, Feng Pan*, 2025. Impacts of summer heat and drought upon the mobilization and liberation of heavy metals in sediment pore water of estuarine wetlands. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 496, 139193.

2) Peng Zhang, Yinghui Wang, Biwei Yang, Zongxiao Zhang, Xuejing Wang, Hailong Li, Chen He, Chuanlun Zhang, Yan Zheng*, Junjian Wang*, 2025. Marine Recalcitrant Dissolved Organic Matter Gained by Processing at Sandy Subterranean Estuaries. Environmental Science & Technology, 59 (7), 3569-3581.

3) Manhua Luo, Hailong Li*, Gang Li, Wei Wang, Shengchao Yu, Qian Ma, Yan Zheng, 2025. The influences of evaporation and aquitard on groundwater dynamics and solute transport in a tidal flat with a slope break. Water Resources Research, 61, e2024WR038231.

4) Xiaolong Geng*, Holly A. Michael, James W. Heiss, Michel C. Boufadel, Hailong Li, Yan Zhang, 2025. Groundwater flow and salinity dynamics in swash Zones: Combined effects of Evaporation, Waves, and geologic heterogeneity. Journal of Hydrology, 646, 132322.

5) Wei Wang, Laitong Cui, Xiaolong Geng, Manhua Luo, Shengchao Yu, Zhenyan Wang, Qianqian Wang, Hailong Li*, 2025. Numerical simulations of tidal beach seawater-groundwater circulations using dimensionless method, Journal of Hydrology, 646, 132372.

6) Zhenyan Wang, Clare E. Robinson, Xiaolong Geng, Kai Xiao, Yan Zhang, Xuejing Wang, Wenli Hu, Manhua Luo, Hailong Li*, 2025. Field and numerical investigation of groundwater flow and dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) dynamics in a sandy nearshore aquifer, Journal of Hydrology, 646,132330.

7) Xuejing Wang, Peng Xu, Meiqing Lu, Xiang Li*, Manhua Luo, Shengchao Yu, Chuanlun Zhang, Hailong Li, Chunmiao Zheng, 2024. Metagenomics Evidence of a Novel Thermoplasmata-like Archaeon Decomposing Heterodisulfide in Nonacidic Estuary-Ocean Sediment. ACS ES&T Water, 4 (12), 5800-5810.

8) Xiaolong Geng*, Holly A. Michael, James W. Heiss, Michel C. Boufadel, Hailong Li, Xuejing Wang, 2024. Influence of evaporation and high-frequency seawater inundation on salinity dynamics in swash zones. Water Resources Research, 60, e2024WR037427.

9) Ruiyi Yang, Jiping Jiang*, Tianrui Pang, Zhonghua Yang, Feng Han, Hailong Li, Hongjie Wang*, Yi Zheng, 2024. Crucial time of emergency monitoring for reliable numerical pollution source identification. Water Research, 265, 122303.

10) Kai Xiao*, Yuchen Wu, Feng Pan*, Yingrong Huang, Hebo Peng, Meiqing Lu, Yan Zhang, Hailong Li, Yan Zheng, Chunmiao Zheng, Yan Liu*, Nengwang Chen, Leilei Xiao, Guangxuan Han, Yasong Li, Pei Xin, Ruili Li, Bochao Xu, Faming Wang, Joseph J. Tamborski, Alicia M. Wilson, Daniel M. Alongi & Isaac R. Santos, 2024. Widespread crab burrows enhance greenhouse gas emissions from coastal blue carbon ecosystems. Communications Earth & Environment, 5, 437.

11) Luo, M., Wang, T., Geng, X., Yu, S., & Li,H.*, 2024. Quantifying seepage-face evaporation and its effects on groundwater flow and solute transport in small-slope tidal flat. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL109173.

12) Stephanie J. Wilson*, Amy Moody, ... , Hailong Li, et al., 2024. Global subterranean estuaries modify groundwater nutrient loading to the ocean. Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 9(4), 317-497.

13) Meng Yao, Shengchao Yu*, Hailong Li*, 2024. Loading effect of phreatic level variations induced by river tide on groundwater head fluctuations in tidal river aquifer systems, Journal of Hydrology, 636, 131077.

14) Xingxing Kuang, Junguo Liu*, Bridget R. Scanlon, Jiu Jimmy Jiao, Scott Jasechko, Michele Lancia, Boris K. Biskaborn, Yoshihide Wada, Hailong Li, Zhenzhong Zeng, Zhilin Guo, Yingying Yao, Tom Gleeson, Jean-Philippe Nicot, Xin Luo, Yiguang Zou, Chunmiao Zheng*, 2024. The changing nature of groundwater in the global water cycle. Science, 383, eadf0630.

15) Li, Z.Y., Xiao, K.*, Li, Y.S., Li, H.L., Pan, F., Zheng, Y., Zheng, C.M., Liu, Y.*, 2024. Surface water-groundwater interactions drive the spatial variability of dissolved heavy metals and interfacial fluxes in mangrove intertidal zones. Journal of Hydrology, 632, 130884.

16) Wang, W, QQ Wang*, ZX Liu ZY Wang, HL Li*, 2024. Carbon export from submarine groundwater discharge in a semi-enclosed bay: Impact for the buffering capacity against coastal ocean acidification. Water Research, 260, 121920.

17) Zhang, Y., Guo, Y., Wang, J., Maher, D.T., Geng, X., Wang, Q., Xiao, K., Ding, H., Li, H., Zheng, C., Wang, Z., Wang, X.*, 2024. Dissolved carbon dynamics and exchange in a high permeability beach aquifer. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 368, 64-75.

18) Luo, M., Ge, M., Wang, X.*, Wang, W., Li, G., Xiao, K., Liu, Z., Yao, M., Li, H.*, 2024. Optimizing groundwater radium end-members in submarine groundwater discharge estimation by incorporating groundwater flow information. Journal of Hydrology, 630, 130786.

19) Zhang, X., Li, H.*, Wang, X., Kuang, X., Zhang, Y., Xiao, K., Xu, C., 2024. A comprehensive analysis of submarine groundwater discharge and nutrient fluxes in the Bohai Sea, China. Water Research, 253, 121320.

20) Wang, L., Lei, X., Zhou, Y., Mao, X. Z., Han, J. C., Li, B., ... & Li, H. (2023). Unforeseen nitrate accumulation under nutrient mitigation measures in the east Pearl River Estuary: Phenomenon, drivers and implications. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 50, 101554.

21) Lu, M., Luo, X., Jiao, J. J., Li, H., Kuang, X., Wang, X., ... & Zheng, C. (2023). Uncovering the processes of microbial community assembly in the near-surface sediments of a climate-sensitive glacier-fed lake. Journal of Environmental Management, 345, 118714.

22) Ye, H., Xiao, K., Zhang, L., Pan, F., Li, H., Hou, E., ... & Zheng, C. (2023). Extreme rainstorms change organic matter compositions and regulate greenhouse gas production in mangrove sediments. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 357, 108694.

23) Yu, S., Jiao, J. J., Luo, X., Li, H., Wang, X., Wang, Q., ... & Zuo, J. (2023). Vertical leaching of paleo-saltwater in a coastal aquifer–aquitard system of the Pearl River Delta. Journal of Hydrology, 626, 130168.

24) Yin, M., Xiao, K., Xin, P., Li, H., Zheng, C., Smith, E., & Wilson, A. M. (2023). Randomly Distributed Crab Burrows Enhance Groundwater Flow and Salt Transport in Creek‐Marsh Systems. Water Resources Research, 59(11), e2023WR035612.

25) Zhang, Q., Wang, Y., Zhang, X., Mo, X., Zhang, P., Li, H., ... & Wang, J. (2023). Dissolved Organic Matter Characteristics and Composition of Saline Lakes in the Badain Jaran Desert, China. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 7(11), 2239-2251.

26) Jiang, C., Liu, D., Jiang, C., Wang, Q., Sadat-Noori, M., & Li, H. (2023). Tracing groundwater discharge into a coal mining subsidence lake in eastern China: Observations from water stable (δD and δ18O) and radon (222Rn) isotopes. Applied Geochemistry, 156, 105757.

27) Li, G., Zhao, K., Dong, H., Li, H., Zhang, Z., Ma, B., ... & Zhou, Y. (2023). Leakage and evapotranspiration act as two major water losses for the largest lake on North China Plain during water diversion period. Environmental Earth Sciences, 82(12), 301.

28) Li, G., Xiao, K., Wang, Q., Zhang, Y., Li, H., & Li, H. (2023). The regulating role of meteorology in the wetland-air CO2 fluxes at the largest shallow grass-type lake on the north China plain. Water, 15(1), 139.

29) Mao, R., Luo, X., Jiao, J. J., & Li, H. (2023). Molecular diffusion and pore-scale mechanical dispersion controls on time-variant travel time distribution in hillslope aquifers. Journal of Hydrology, 616, 128798.

30) Yao, M., Yu, S., & Li, H. (2023). Application of Newton iteration to the numerical solution of variabledensity groundwater flow in saturated-unsaturated coastal zones. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1127036.

31) Manhua Luo, Yan Zhang*, Kai Xiao, Xuejing Wang, Xiaolang Zhang, Gang Li, Hailong Li*. Effect of submarine groundwater discharge on nutrient distribution and eutrophication in Liaodong Bay, China, Water Research, 2023, 120732. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.120732.

32) Licong Zhang, Yuehua Guo, Kai Xiao, Feng Pan, Hailong Li, Zhenyang Li, Hualin Xu. Extreme rainstorm reshuffles the spatial distribution of heavy metals and pollution risk in sediments along the mangrove tidal flat, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023, 194, 115277, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115277.

33) Wang, Q., Cai, P., Jiang, S., Wang, X., Li, G., Liu, Z., Wang, F., Li, H*. (2023). Using 224Ra/228Th disequilibrium to quantify carbon transformation and export from intertidal sandy and muddy sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 355, 222-234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.06.024.

34) Xue, Y., Zhang, Y.*, Zhang, M., Wang, X., Xiao, K., Luo, M., & Li, H*. (2023). Submarine groundwater discharge and associated metal elements into an urbanized bay. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 192, 115092. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115092.

35) Wang, Z., Wang, Q., Guo, Y., Yu, S., Xiao, K., Zhang, Y., et al. (2023). Seawater–groundwater interaction governs trace metal zonation in a coastal sandy aquifer. Water Resources Research, 59, e2022WR032828. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR032828 

36) Liu, Z., Ge, M., Wang, Q.*, Wang, X., Xiao, K., Li, G., & Li, H. (2023). Spatial distribution and export of nutrients and metal elements in the subterranean estuary of Daya Bay. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 42(8), 77-86. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-023-2212-8

37) Wang, T., Zhang, K., Li, H., Zheng, Y.,Luo, M., Zeng, Z., et al. (2023). Multiple seepage-faces in tidal flat with very gentle slopes. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL104189. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL104189

38) Geng, X., Boufadel, M. C., Li, H.,Na Nagara, V., & Lee, K. (2023). Impacts of evaporation-induced groundwater upwelling on mixing dynamics in shallow wetlands. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL104642. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL104642.

39) Xiao, K., Zhang, P., Santos, I.R., Wang, J.J., Li, Z.Y., Wang, X.J., Wang, Y.H., Lu, M.Q., Zhang, L.C., Li, H.L.*, 2023. Tidal pumping controls dissolved organic matter properties and outwelling from mangrove groundwater to coastal water. Water Resources Research, 59, e2022. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR033913.

40) Xiao, K., Zhang, L.C., Zhang, P., Wang, F.F., Wang, J.J., Chen, N.W., Li, Z.Y., Pan, F., Lu, Z.Y., Li, H.L.*, 2023. Tidal exchange of dissolved metal(loid)s and organic matters across the sediment-water interface in a salt marsh-mangrove ecotone. Journal of Hydrology, 129665. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129665.

41) Xiao, K., Pan, F.*, Li, Y.R., Li, Z.Y., Li, H.L., Guo, Z.R., Wang, X.H., Zheng, C.M., 2023. Coastal aquaculture regulates phosphorus cycling in estuarine wetlands: mobilization, kinetic resupply and source-sink process. Water Research, 234, 119832. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.119832.

42) Pan, F., Xiao, K.*, Cai, Y., Li, H.L., Guo, Z.R.*, Wang, XH., Zheng, Y., Zheng, C.M., Bostick, B.C., Michael, H.A., 2023. Integrated effects of bioturbation, warming and sea-level rise on mobility of sulfide and metalloids in mangrove wetlands. Water Research, 233, 119788. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.119788.

43) Wang Q.Q., Tang G., Jiang S., Wang X.J.*, Xiao K., Yu S.C., Cai P.H., Kuang X.X., Li H.L.*, 2023. Tracing terrestrial groundwater discharge and porewater exchange derived dissolved carbon export in a tropical estuary using multiple isotopes. Journal of Hydrology, 129648. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129648.

44) Yu, S., Jiao, J.J., Luo, X., Li, H., Wang, X., Zhang, X., Yao, M., Zuo, J., Liang, W. and Lu, M., 2023. Evolutionary history of the groundwater system in the Pearl River Delta (China) during the Holocene. Geology, 51(5), pp.481-485.

45) Yu, S., Wang, C., Li, H.*, Zhang, X., Wang, X. and Qu, W., 2022. Field and numerical investigations of wave effects on groundwater flow and salt transport in a sandy beach. Water Resources Research, e2022WR032077. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR032077.

46) Yu, S., Zhang, X., Li, H.*, Wang, X., Wang, C. and Kuang, X., 2022. Analytical study for wave-induced submarine groundwater discharge in subtidal zone. Journal of Hydrology, 612, 128219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128219.

47) Yu, J., Tian, Y., Wang, X., Wang, X., Lancia, M., Li, H., et al. 2022. A new simulation-optimization framework for estimation of submarine groundwater discharge based on hydrodynamic modeling and isotopic data. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL098893. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL098893

48) Zhang, Y., Wang, X., Xue, Y., Zou, C., Luo M., Li G., Li L., Cui L., Li H.*. 2022. Advances in the study of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) in China. Science China Earth Sciences, 65, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-021-9946-x

49) Zhang, Y., Zou, C., Wang, Z. A., Wang, X., Zeng, Z., Xiao, K.*, Guo, H., Jiang X., Li Z., Li H.*. 2022. Submarine groundwater discharge in the northern Bohai Sea, China: Implications for coastal carbon budgets and buffering capacity. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127, e2022JG006810. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JG006810

50) Xiao, K., Pan, F., Santos, I.R., Zheng, Y., Zheng, C.M., Chen, N.W., Lu, Z.Y., Wang, F.F., Li, Z.Y., Li, H.L.*, 2022. Crab bioturbation drives coupled iron-phosphate-sulfide cycling in mangrove and salt marsh soils. Geoderma, 424, 115990. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.115990.

51) Xiao, K., Tamborski, J., Wang, X.J., Feng, X.B., Wang, S.C., Wang, Q.Q., Lin, D.B., Li, H.L.*, 2022. A coupling methodology of the analytic hierarchy process and entropy weight theory for assessing coastal water quality. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-17247-2.

52) Pan, F., Xiao, K.*, Guo, Z.R., Li, H.L., 2022. Effects of fiddler crab bioturbation on the geochemical migration and bioavailability of heavy metals in coastal wetlands. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 437, 129380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129380.

53) Li, Z.Y., Pan, F., Xiao, K.*, Li, H., Zheng, C.M., Wang, X.J., Zhang, Y., Wang, Q.Q., Zhang, L.C. 2022. An integrated study of the spatiotemporal character, pollution assessment, and migration mechanism of heavy metals in the groundwater of a subtropical mangrove wetland. Journal of Hydrology, 612, 128251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128251.

54) Lu M, Wang X*, Li H, Jiao JJ, Luo X, Luo M, et al., 2022. Microbial community assembly and co-occurrence relationship in sediments of the river-dominated estuary and the adjacent shelf in the wet season. Environ Pollut. 308, 119572. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119572

55) Liu, Y., Ziegler, A. D., Wu, J., Liang, S., Wang, D., Xu, R., et al. (2022). Effectiveness of protected areas in preventing forest loss in a tropical mountain region. Ecological Indicators, 136, 108697.

56) Luo, M., Zhang, Y., Li, H., Hu, W., Xiao, K., Yu, S., et al. (2022). Pollution assessment and sources of dissolved heavy metals in coastal water of a highly urbanized coastal area: The role of groundwater discharge. Science of the Total Environment, 807, 151070. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151070.

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Textbooks, Monographs, and Reports

1. Li Hailong et al., 2019. Patterns of Nutrient Migration and Transformation in Bays and Their Environmental Effects. See Chapter 2 of Nutrients' Impact on Bay Ecological Environments: Processes and Mechanisms. Edited by Huang Xiaoping et al., Beijing: Science Press, 2019.

2. Li, Hailong; Xia, Yuqiang; Geng, Xiaolong, 2013, Hydrogeology and Hydrochemistry Along Two Transects in Mangrove Tidal Marshes at Dongzhaigang National Nature Reserve, Hainan, China. In: Groundwater in the Coastal Zones of Asia-Pacific, Series: Coastal Research Library, Vol. 7. Wetzelhuetter, Christoph (Ed.). pp 11-25. 382 p. 182 illus., 137 illus. in color. Springer. Dordrecht, Heidelberg, New York, London.

3. Li, Hailong, 2006. Numerical model and prediction for groundwater solute transport. Chapter 12 of “Groundwater contamination: prevention and remediation”, Text book for university graduates, Edited by Y.X. Wang, Higher education Press, P. R. China (in Chinese).

4. Li, Hailong, Q.H. Zhao, M. C. Boufadel, 2006. “Nutrient injection strategy in oil spill-polluted beaches”.

5. Li, Hailong, 1995. Preliminary study of the ground brine dynamic regime in the initially-exploiting area of Chaerhan Salt Lake. Chapter 7 of the report “Study of the automatic observation system of the ground brine dynamic regime in the initially-exploiting area of Chaerhan Salt Lake”, national key project of science and technology during the “Eighth-five” plan (in Chinese).

6. Li Tatsien, Tan Yongji, Pen Yuejun, Li Hailong, 1991. Mathematical methods for the SP well-logging. In: Applied and Industrial Mathematics: Venice-1 (edited by R. Spigler), Kluwer Academic Publishers, 343-349. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1908-2_29.

Patents and Computer Software Copyright:

1.Luo Manhua; Li Hailong; Wang Dan; Wang Wei; Wang Zhenyan; Li Gang; Groundwater Sampling Instrument, Utility Model Patent.  China, July 15, 2025. Patent No.: ZL 2024 2 1588676.2.

2. Li Gang; Guo Haipeng; Li Haitao; Li Muzhi; Luo Manhua; Liu Yahui; Li Hailong; Loose Sediment Drilling Device and Drilling Method, Invention Patent. China, May 6, 2025. Patent No.: ZL 2024 1 0739744.9.

3. Li Gang; Li Hailong; Luo Manhua; Wang Zhenyan; Sampling Device, Invention Patent. China, March 22, 2023. Patent No.: ZL 2023 2 0641023.5.

4. Yao Meng; Li Hailong; Lu Meiqing; Yu Shengchao; Pore Water Biogeochemical Reaction Numerical Simulation Software V1.0. Computer Software Copyright: 2022SR1432234. October 28, 2022

5. Wang Xuejing; Li Gang; Li Hailong; Zhang Yan; Enrichment Device, Utility Model Patent, China, September 6, 2022. Patent No.: ZL202220353901.9.

6. Xiao Kai; Wang Sicheng; Li Hailong; Yao Meng; Coastal Water Quality Evaluation Software OFWQI (V1.0). Computer Software Copyright: 2022SR0851818. June 27, 2022.

7. Li Hailong; Yao Meng; Wang Chaoyue; Mao Rong; Zhang Kexin; Yu Shengchao; Zhang Xiaolang; Hu Wenli; Luo Manhua; Two-Dimensional Numerical Simulation Software for Groundwater MARUNV2.0. Computer Software Copyright: 2022SR0643924. May 25, 2022.

8. Yi Shaoting; Yi Shuping; Li Hailong; Liu Fuming; Li Shuiyun; Method for Removing Metal-Organic Chelates from Wastewater. China, February 28, 2019. CN109809554A.

9. Li Gang; Wang Xuejing; Li Hailong; Shi Xiaoshan; Luo Manhua; Xiao Kai; A Method and Experimental Device for In-Situ Determination of the Vertical Permeability Coefficient of Sediments. Invention Patent. China, August 28, 2018. Patent No.: ZL2016109444774.

10. Li Gang; Li Hailong; Zheng Chunmiao; A Mud Sampler. Invention Patent. China, June 5, 2018. Patent No.: ZL2017101990303.11. Li Gang; Li Hailong; Shi Xiaoshan; Luo Manhua; Yuan Ping; An Integrated Groundwater Sampling Device. Invention Patent. China, May 18, 2018. Patent No.: ZL2016108397935..

12. Li Gang; Li Hailong; Wang Chaoyue; Shi Xiaoshan; Sun Rui; Yuan Ping; A Pair-well Device and Well-pulling Collar for Quantitative Monitoring of Groundwater Flow. Invention Patent. China, May 1, 2018. Patent No.: ZL2016109863759

13. Li Gang; Li Hailong; Wang Chaoyue; Shi Xiaoshan; Sun Rui; Yuan Ping; A Pair-well Device and Well-pulling Collar for Quantitative Monitoring of Groundwater Flow, 2018-5-1, China, ZL2016109863759.