Yi-Jun Xu

Professor

Hydrology

Room 220 RNR Bldg
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

phone:  (225) 578-4168
email:  yjxu@lsu.edu

Adjunct Faculty in
Department of Environmental Sciences

Watershed Hydrology Lab website

EDUCATION

• B.S. in Forestry (Soil Chemistry), Beijing Forestry University, China, 1982
• M.S. in Soils and Silviculture, University of Göttingen, Germany, 1987
• Ph.D. in Soils and Hydrology, University of Göttingen, Germany, 1991

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Hydrologic and biogeochemical processes and modeling
• Riverine nutrient and sediment transport
• Impacts of land use and global climate change on hydrologic and biogeochemical cycles
• GIS/RS applications in water resource

COURSES DEVELOPED and TAUGHT

• RNR 4061 – Independent Study on
  1. Stream & River Hydrology,
  2. Coastal Geomorphology, and
  3. Riverine Sediment Transport
• RNR 4151 – Hydrology of Natural Landscapes
• RNR 4900 / ENVS 4900 – Watershed Hydrology
• RNR 7003 – Graduate Seminar – Watershed Science and Water Resources
• RNR 7029 – Special Topics on Global Change and Biogeochemical Cycles
• RNR 7061 / ENVS 7061 – Water Quality Management and Policy
• RNR 7151 / ENVS 7151 – Watershed Hydrology and Floodplain Analysis