Yanda Ou

Position: Assistant Professor of Research, Oceanography & Coastal Sciences
Email: you3@lsu.edu
Phone: 225-418-8000
Office: 2173 ECE Building
Lab: 2132 Coupled Ocean Modeling Lab 

 

Degrees

PhD, Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, LSU

 

 

 

Research Interests

Process-based coupled modeling across the Land–Estuary–Ocean continuum; Water quality modeling; AI/ML applications in coastal systems; Coastal hazard prediction

 

Selected Publications

Ou, Y., Xue, Z. G., Mukhopadhyay, S., Rajasekaran, M., & Wichman, D. (2025). Forecasting coastal hypoxia using a blend of mechanistic and artificial intelligence models. Scientific Reports, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-17053-7

Ou, Y., Xue, Z. G., & Hu, X. (2025). A numerical assessment of ocean alkalinity enhancement efficiency on a river-dominated continental shelf—a case study in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Environmental Research Letters , 20(2). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adaa8b

Ou, Y., & Xue, Z. G. (2024). Hydrodynamic and biochemical impacts on the development of hypoxia in the Louisiana-Texas shelf - Part 1: roles of nutrient limitation and plankton community. Biogeosciences, 21(10), 2385–2424. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-2385-2024

Ou, Y., Li, B., & Xue, Z. G. (2022). Hydrodynamic and biochemical impacts on the development of hypoxia in the Louisiana-Texas shelf - Part 2: statistical modeling and hypoxia prediction. Biogeosciences, 19(15), 3575–3593. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-3575-2022

Ou, Y., Xue, Z. G., Li, C., Xu, K., White, J. R., Bentley, S. J., & Zang, Z. (2020). A numerical investigation of salinity variations in the Barataria Estuary, Louisiana in connection with the Mississippi River and restoration activities. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.107021