Zhi Li

Research Professor · Tongji University
1239 Siping Road · Shanghai, China 200092 zli90@tongji.edu.cn

This is the research website of Zhi Li. I develop high-performance numerical models to study environmental fluid mechanics, hydrology and multiphase flow in porous media. The core of my research is to combine innovative numerical algorithms, deep learning methods and advanced computing technologies, aiming at understanding complex hydrological processes and developing mature tools for solving practical large-scale engineering problems.

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Appointments

Research Professor

Tongji University, Shanghai, China

March 2022 – Present

Postdoctoral Scholar

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA

August 2019 – November 2021

Education

The University of Texas at Austin

PhD, Civil Engineering

August 2014 – May 2019

University of California Berkeley

MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering

August 2013 – May 2014

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

BSE, Mechanical Engineering

September 2009 – August 2013

University of Michigan Ann Arbor

BSE, Civil Engineering

August 2011 – May 2013

Research

Two main themes of my research are:

(1) Develop HPC-based numerical methods and models to achieve accurate, efficient and robust hydrologic simulations.

(2) Apply the developed model to solve scientific and engineering problems in surface and subsurface hydrology.

Overview of the integrated modelling framework
Coupling of subsurface flow and reactive transport processes

The following keywords are derived from publications first-authored by me or my graduate students.

Keyword cloud of first-authored publications

Publications

Z Li* marks papers where I am first/corresponding author; those entries open a panel with the abstract and a representative figure.


    Team

    Our group photo taken on Sept. 2025

    Group photo, September 2025