Biography

Professor Peng Zhan graduated from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). His primary research interests include oceanic (sub)mesoscale processes and their responses and impacts on climate and ecosystems, data assimilation and adjoint modeling, and physics-informed neural networks. He has led or played a key role in nine national and international collaborative projects. His research findings have been published in internationally renowned journals such as Geophysical Research Letters (GRL), Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR), Limnology and Oceanography Letters (L&OL), Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T), and Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS).

Educational Background

2018 PhD KAUST, Earth Science and Engineering 

2013 MS KAUST, Earth Science and Engineering 

2012 MS Ocean University of China, Physical Oceanography 

2010 BS Ocean University of China, Marine Science

Work Experience

2021 – Assistant Professor, SUSTECH 

2018-2021 Research Scientist, KAUST-Scripps joint program

Projects

1.  深圳市基础研究（面上项目），大湾区海洋亚中尺度过程及其生态效应，2025.1-2027.12，30万，在研，项目负责人

2.  中国-沙特阿拉伯国际合作项目，Sea Level Rise and Extremes in the Red Sea and Arabian Gulf，2023.10-2025.9，$50k，在研，项目负责人

3.  国家自然科学基金面上项目，典型边缘海亚中尺度过程的动力机制、能量级串与输运：以红海为例，2023.1-2026.12，54万，在研，项目负责人

4.  国家重点研发计划“海洋环境安全保障与岛礁可持续发展”重点专项(青年科学家项目)，抗生素及其抗性基因环境行为及生态效应评估技术，2022.12-2025.11，48/200万元，在研，任务负责人

5.  KAUST Competitive Research Grants，Detecting, tracking, and forecasting of hazardous spills in the Red Sea，2019.4-2022.3，$200K，结题，项目核心成员

6.  Saudi ARAMCO，Developing pre-operational ocean-atmosphere-wave forecasting systems for the Red Sea and Arabian Gulf，2018.11-2023.9，$2.4m，结题，项目核心成员

7.  KAUST Competitive Research Grants，Control of the Red Sea circulation and stratification by strait hydraulics and internal waves on multiple time scales，2018.4-2021.3，$500K，结题，项目核心成员 

8.  Saudi Public Investment Fund，Environmental impact assessment of the Red Sea and NEOM projects，2017.7-2019.6，$700K，结题，项目核心成员

9.  KAUST Strategic Initiative Program，Virtual Red Sea Initiative，2017.5-2020.4，$750k，结题，项目核心成员

Publications

1. Song Y., Y. Lin, Q. Quan, T. Zu, Z. Cai, P. Zhan, Z. Liu, (2024). ENSO-Modulated Variability in Winter Shelf Circulation of the Northern South China Sea.  J. Geophys. Res. Oceans.

2. Krokos, G., I. V. P. Cerovečki, Papadopoulos, P. Zhan, M. C. Hendershott, & I. Hoteit (2024). Seasonal variability of red sea mixed layer depth: The influence of atmospheric buoyancy and momentum forcing. Front. Mar. Sci, 11, 1342137.

3. Chu, F., X. Yu, G. Krokos, I. Hoteit, K. Asfahani, & P. Zhan* (2024). Submesoscale Processes in the Northern Red Sea: Insights From Underwater Glider Observations. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans. 

4. Guo, D., P. Zhan, J. Ma, P. Vasou, G. Krokos, H. Alghamdi, & I. Hoteit (2024). Seasonal Variation and Fundamental Characteristics of Baroclinic Tides in the Arabian Gulf. Front. Mar. Sci, 11, 1475593.

5. Sanikommu, S., N. Raboudi, M. El Gharamti, P. Zhan, B. Hadri, & I. Hoteit (2024). Insights from very‐large‐ensemble data assimilation experiments with a high‐resolution general circulation model of the Red Sea. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc.

6. Liao, F., K. Yang, Y. Wang, I. Hoteit, & P. Zhan* (2024). Future change in the Vietnam upwelling under a high‐emission scenario. Geophys. Res. Lett., 51(11), e2024GL108305.

7. Zeng, K., E. A. Gokul, H. Gu, I. Hoteit, Y. Huang, and P. Zhan* (2024). Spatiotemporal Expansion of Algal Blooms in Coastal China Seas. Environ. Sci. Technol. 

8. Lin, Z, P. Zhan*, J. Li, J. Sasaki, Z. Qiu, C. Chen, S. Zou, X. Yang, & H. Gu (2024), Physical drivers of Noctiluca scintillans (Dinophyceae) blooms outbreak in the northern Taiwan Strait: A numerical study. Harmful Algae: 102586.

9. Liu, K, X. Chen, P. Zhan, L. Da, H. Wang, W. Guo, J. Liu, L. Chen, G. Gao, & D. Tian (2024), Observations of near-inertial internal wave amplification and enhanced mixing after surface reflection. Prog. Oceanogr. 220: 103177. 

10. Ma, J., D. Guo, P. Zhan*, & I. Hoteit (2024), Variability and Energy Budget of the Baroclinic Tides in the Arabian Sea. Front. Mar. Sci, 10, 1293814.

11. Sanikommu, S., S. Langodan, H. P. Dasari, P. Zhan, G. Krokos, Y. O. Abualnaja, K. Asfahani, & I. Hoteit (2023), Making the Case for High-Resolution Regional Ocean Reanalyses: An Example with the Red Sea. B.M.A.S., 104(7), E1241-E1264.

12. Hammoud, M. A. E. R., P. Zhan, O. Hakla, O. Knio, & I. Hoteit (2023). Semantic Segmentation of Mesoscale Eddies in the Arabian Sea: A Deep Learning Approach. Remote Sensing, 15(6), 1525.

13. Guo, D., F. Yao, P. Zhan, G. Krokos, & I. Hoteit (2022), Hindrance effect of tides on water exchanges between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, Front. Mar. Sci, 9, 2296-7745.

14. Zhan, P., G. Krokos, J. A. Gittings, D. E. Raitsos, D. Guo, N. Papagiannopoulos, & I. Hoteit (2022). Physical forcing of phytoplankton dynamics in the Al‐Wajh lagoon (Red Sea). Limnol. Oceanogr. Letters.

15. Liao, F., G. Gao, P. Zhan, & Y. Wang (2022). Seasonality and trend of the global upper-ocean vertical velocity over 1998–2017. Prog. Oceanogr., 204, 102804.

16. Zhan, P*., D. Guo, G. Krokos, J. Dong, R. Duran, I. Hoteit (2022), Submesoscale Processes in the Upper Red Sea, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 127, 1-17.

17. Wang, Y., D. E. Raitsos., G. Krokos, P. Zhan, & I. Hoteit (2022). A Lagrangian model-based physical connectivity atlas of the Red Sea coral reefs. , Front. Mar. Sci, 2192.

18. Zhan, P., G. Krokos, S. Langodan, D. Guo, H. Dasari, V.P. Papadopoulos, P.F. Lermusiaux, O.M. Knio, & I. Hoteit (2021). Coastal circulation and water transport properties of the Red Sea Project lagoon. Ocean Modelling, 161, p.101791.

19. Mittal, H. V. R., S. Langodan, P. Zhan, S. Li, O.M. Knio, & I. Hoteit (2021). Hazard assessment of oil spills along the main shipping lane in the Red Sea. Sci. Rep., 11(1), 1-14.

20. Toye, H., P. Zhan, F. Sana, S. Sanikommu, N. Raboudi, & I. Hoteit (2021). Adaptive ensemble optimal interpolation for efficient data assimilation in the red sea. J. Comput. Sci., 51, 101317.

21. Ma, J., D. Guo, P. Zhan & I. Hoteit (2021). Seasonal M2 Internal Tides in the Arabian Sea. Remote Sens., 13(14), p.2823.

22. Guo, D., P. Zhan & I. Hoteit (2021). Three‐Dimensional Simulation of Shoaling Internal Solitary Waves and Their Influence on Particle Transport in the Southern Red Sea. , J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 126(4), p.e2020JC016335.

23. Zhan, P., D. Guo, & I. Hoteit (2020). Eddy‐Induced Transport and Kinetic Energy Budget in the Arabian Sea. Geophys. Res. Lett., 47(23), p.e2020GL090490. 

24. Kheireddine, M., G. Dall'Olmo, M. Ouhssain, G. Krokos, H. Claustre, C. Schmechtig, A. Poteau, P. Zhan, I. Hoteit, and B. H. Jones (2020). Organic carbon export and loss rates in the Red Sea. Global Biogeochemical Cycles: e2020GB006650.

25. Hoteit, I. et al. (2020) Towards an End-to-End Analysis and Prediction System for Weather, Climate, and Marine Applications in the Red Sea, B.M.A.S.: 1-61.

26. Sanikommu, S., T. Habib, P. Zhan, S. Langodan, G. Krokos, O. Knoi., & I. Hoteit. (2020). Impact of Atmospheric and Model Physics Perturbations on a High-Resolution Ensemble Data Assimilation System of the Red Sea, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 125.8.

27. M. Doshi, C.S. Kulkarni, W. H. Ali, A. Gupta, P. FJ Lermusiaux, P. Zhan, I. Hoteit, and O. Knio. Flow maps and coherent sets for characterizing residence times and connectivity in Lagoons and coral reefs: The case of the Red Sea.In OCEANS 2019 MTS/IEEE SEATTLE, pp. 1-8. IEEE, 2019.

28. Zhan, P., G. Krokos, D. Guo, and I. Hoteit (2019), Three-Dimensional Signature of the Red Sea Eddies and Eddy-induced Transport, Geophys. Res. Letters. 46.4: 2167-2177.

29. Wang Y., D. E. Raitsos, G. Krokos, J. A. Gittings, P. Zhan, and I. Hoteit (2019), Physical connectivity simulations reveal dynamic linkages between coral reefs in the southern Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, Sci. Rep., 9(1), 1-11.

30. Zhan, P., G, Gapalakrishnan, A. C. Subramanian, D. Guo, & I. Hoteit (2018). Sensitivity studies of the Red Sea eddies using adjoint method, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 123, 1-17 

31. Guo, D., A. Kartadikaria, P. Zhan, J. Xie, M. Li, I. Hoteit (2018), Baroclinic tides simulation in the Red Sea: comparison to observations and basic characteristics, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 123.12: 9389-9404.

32. Toye. H., S., Krotas, P. Zhan, and I. Hoteit (2018), A fault-tolerant HPC scheduler extension for large and operational ensemble data assimilation: Application to the Red Sea. J. Comput. Sci., 27, 46-56.

33. Raitsos. E. D., R. J.W. Brewin, P. Zhan, D. Dreano, Y. Pradhan, N. Gerrit, I. Hoteit (2017), Sensing coral reef connectivity pathways from space, Sci. Rep., 7(1), 1-10.

34. Toye. H., P. Zhan, G, Gapalakrishnan, A. R. Kartadikaris, H. Huang, I. Hoteit (2017), Ensemble data assimilation in the Red Sea: sensitivity to ensemble selection and atmospheric forcing, Ocean Dynamics, 67 (7), 915-933

35. Guo, D., T. R. Akylas, P. Zhan, A. Kartadikaria, and I. Hoteit (2016), On the generation and evolution of internal solitary waves in the southern Red Sea, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 121

36. Zhan, P., A. C. Subramanian, F. Yao, A. R. Kartadikaria, D. Guo, and I. Hoteit (2016), The eddy kinetic energy budget in the Red Sea, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 121, 4732–4747 

37. Papadopoulos, V.P., Zhan, P., Sofianos, S.S., Raitsos, D.E., Qurban, M., Abualnaja, Y., Bower, A., Kontoyiannis, H., Pavlidou, A., Asharaf, T.M. and Zarokanellos, N., (2015). Factors governing the deep ventilation of the Red Sea. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 120(11), pp.7493-7505.

38. Zhan, P., et al. (2015) Far-Field Ocean Conditions and Concentrate Discharges Modeling Along the Saudi Coast of the Red Sea. In: Missimer T., Jones B., Maliva R. (eds) Intakes and Outfalls for Seawater Reverse-Osmosis Desalination Facilities. Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Cham 

39. Nanninga, G. B., P. Saenz-Agudelo, P. Zhan, I. Hoteit, and M. L. Berumen (2015). Not finding Nemo: limited reef-scale retention in a coral reef fish, Coral Reefs: 1-10

40. Zhan, P., A. C. Subramanian, F. Yao, and I. Hoteit (2014), Eddies in the Red Sea: A statistical and dynamical study, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 119, 3909–3925 

41. H., Thomas, A. Magdy, P. Zhan, G. Chen, G. Gopalakrishnan, I. Hoteit, C. D. Hansen, and M. Hadwiger (2014), Ovis: A framework for visual analysis of ocean forecast ensembles, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol.20, no.8, pp.1114-1126

42. Chen, X., P. Zhan*, J. Chen, & H. Qian (2011). Numerical study of current fields near the Yangtze Estuary and impact of Quick-EnKF assimilation. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 30(5), 33-44