General

Donghong Xiong Male PhD, Professor,   PhD Supervisor , Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMHE) 

Director of Yuanmou Research Station for Gully Erosion and Soil Collapse in Dry-hot Valley Region, IMHE

Executive Deputy Director of Sino-Nepal Joint Research Center for Geography, IMHE

Executive Deputy Director of  Mountain Sustainable Development Branch, Kathmandu Center for Research & Education, CAS

E-mail: dhxiong@imde.ac.cn

Address: No. 9 Section 4, Renmin South Road, Chengdu 610041, China

Postal code:610064


Research Areas

Soil Erosion Process, Mechanism and Effects, especially on Gully Erosion

Revegetation Technology in Eco-fragile Regions in Southwest China

Land Use and River Runoff, Sediment Change

Critical Surface Processes in Context of Climate Change and Human Activities in Transboundary Region between China and Nepal

Education

Feb, 2010 -Jan, 2011, Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Soil Management, Ghent University, Ghent Belgium. Main research fields are soil physics and soil erosion.

Mar, 2008: Ph.D., Graduate University of CAS, Beijing China; Majored in Physical Geography.

July, 1997: B.AG., Dept. of Soil Science, Southwest Agriculture University, Chongqing China; Majored in soil science. 


Experience

   
Work Experience

Jan. 2012- : Professor, Inst. of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS), Chengdu China; Main research fields are soil erosion and soil degradation, vegetation restoration , mountain  geography et. al.

Jan. 2009-Dec. 2011: Associate professor, Inst. of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS), Chengdu China; Main research fields are soil erosion and soil degradation, vegetation restoration et. al.

Jan. 2004-Nov. 2008: Assistant professor, Inst. of Mountain Hazards and Environment, CAS, Chengdu China; Main research fields are soil degradation, vegetation restoration et. al.

July1997-Nov. 2003: Research assistant, Inst. of Mountain Hazards and Environment, CAS, Chengdu China; Main research fields are soil classification, soil degradation, soil moisture et. al. 


Social Positions and Honours

​Committee Member of the Mountain Branch of the National Geographic Society. 

Executive Member of the council of Youth Union for Science & Technology in Sichuang Province

Backup Talents for Academic and Technical Leaders of Sichuan Province


Publications

   
Papers

(1)Effects of vegetation buffer strips on concentrated flow hydraulics and gully bed erosion based on in situ scouring experiments,Land Degradation & Development, 2018, Corresponding Author

(2) Impacts of headcut height on flow energy,sediment yield and surface landform during bank gully erosion processes in the Yuanmou Dry-hot Valley region, southwest China,ESPL, 2018, Corresponding Author

(3)Effects of vegetation coverage and seasonal change on soil microbial biomass and community structure in the dry-hot valley region, Jounal of Mountain Science, 2018

(4) Effect of grass basal diameter on hydraulic properties and sediment yield processes in gully beds in the dry-hot valley region of Southwest China, Catena, 2017, Corresponding Author
(5) Effects of initial step height on the headcut erosion of bank gullies: a case study using a 3D photo-reconstruction method in the dry-hot valley region of Southwest China, Physical Geography, 2016, Corresponding Author
(6) Hydraulic properties of concentrated flow of a bank gully in the dry-hot valley region of southwest China, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 2015, Corresponding Author
(7) Impact of grass belt position on the hydraulic properties of runoff in gully beds in the Yuanmou Dry-hot valley region of Southwest China, Physical Geography, 2015, Corresponding Author
(8) Influence of bare soil and cultivated land use types upstream of a bank gully on soil erosion rates and energy consumption for different gully erosion zones in the dry-hot valley region, Southwest China, Natural Hazards, 2015, Corresponding Author
(9) Simulated headward erosion of bank gullies in the Dry-hot Valley Region of southwest China, Geomorphology, 2014, Corresponding Author
(10) The distribution of and factors influencing the vegetation in a gully in the Dry-hot Valley of southwest China, Catena, 2014, Corresponding Author
(12) Critical topographic threshold of gully erosion in Yuanmou Dry-hot Valley in Southwestern China, Physical Geography, 2013, Corresponding Author
(13) Simulation of Morphological Development of Soil Cracks in Yuanmou Dry-hot Valley Region, Southwest China, Chinese Geographical Science, 2010, First Author
(14) Surface Morphology of Soil Crack in Yuanmou Dry-hot Valley Region, Southwest China, Journal of Mountain Science, 2009, First Author
(15) Slope Lithologic Property, Soil Moisture Condition and Revegetation in Dry-hot Valley of Jinsha River, Chinese Geographical Science, 2005, First Author
(16) Rainfall infiltration on hilly slopes under various lithology and its effect on tree growth in the dry-hot valley, Science in China Ser. E, 2003


Projects

[1]“973” plan project:  Imbalance mechanism of soil-water interaction and risk assessment of natural hazards in Hengduan mountains area . Project Leader,  2015—2019a.

[2] National natural science foundation: Synergistic mechanism between Hydrodynamic and Gravitational Action during Gully Head Retreating in the Dry-Hot Valley Region. Project Leader,  2015—2018a.

[3] Key project of " west light " of CAS:Key technology research of eco- management in dry-hot valley of Jinsha River. Project Leader,  2013—2016a.

[4] Technical assistance programs for developing countries of Ministry of science and technology : China - Nepal national geographic joint research center,Execute Project Leader ,2013-2016a.

[5] National natural science foundation : Soil-water mechanisms of cracks developed  and  its  Influence mechanism to soil erosin on gully bank in dry-hot valley . Project Leader,  2010—2012a.


Students

已指导学生

杨丹  硕士研究生  070501-自然地理学  

郑学用  硕士研究生  085229-环境工程  

郭敏  硕士研究生  070501-自然地理学  

张宝军  博士研究生  090301-土壤学  

杨丹  博士研究生  090301-土壤学  

校亮  硕士研究生  090301-土壤学  

现指导学生

张素  博士研究生  090301-土壤学  

吴汉  博士研究生  090301-土壤学  

袁勇  博士研究生  090301-土壤学  

Honors & Distinctions

   
Honors
one second prize of provincial science and technology progressand one third prize.