Education

• Ph.D in Geotechnical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China (2019)
• Bachelor in Civil Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (2014)

Work experience

• 2019/10 – present: Assistant Professor, University of Macau, Macao SAR, China
• 2019/04 – 2019/09: Post-doc fellow, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China

Teaching

• Fall semester CIVL1003 Statics (Undergraduate course)
• Spring semester CIVL7018 Landslide Risk Assessment and Mitigation (Postgraduate course)

Fundings

• Principal Investigator: Automatic exploration by unmanned aerial vehicle system for debris flow channel detection, Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT), Macao SAR, 0029/2023/RIB2, 2024-01-16 to 2027-01-15, Ongoing.
• Principal Investigator: Fundamental mechanisms and processes of rainstorm-induced mountainous hazard chain and multi-hazard risk assessment, Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT), Macao SAR, 0083/2020/A2, 2021-06-08 to 2024-06-07, Completed.
• Principal Investigator: Integrated two-phase mass flow and erosion model for rain-induced hazard chains, National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Program, China, 42007245, 2021-01-01 to 2023-12-31, Completed.

Publications

Journal

2024

Debris flow

• (SLAM for channel) Wang TF, Lu FC, Qin JT, Huang TS, Kong H, Shen P*, 2024. AscDAMs: advanced SLAM-based channel detection and mapping system. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 24(9), 3075-3094. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-3075-2024
• (Impact mechanisms) Jiang JQ, Shen P*, 2024. Mechanisms of structural damage under earth mass flow impact: Insights into torsion-triggered collapse. Structures 63, 106380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2024.106380
• (Runout modelling) Zhang S, Fang Z, Dai C, Wang SR, Peng JY, Zhou YL, Shen P*, 2024. Debris flow runout behaviors considering the influences of densely populated buildings. Journal of Mountain Science 21 (8), 2696-2712. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-023-8390-1

Geological stratum for Geo-disasters

• (Stratum modelling) Yan W, Guan Z, Zhou WH, Shen P*, 2024. A flexible and efficient model coupling multi-type data for 2D/3D stratigraphic modeling. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment 83 (5), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-024-03677-y

Flooding

• (Novel rain gauge) Qin JT, Huang TS, Wang TF, Li HY, Yu Y, Wang ZL, Shen P*, Cheng TH, 2024. A capillary structured droplet-based triboelectric nanogenerator for high-accuracy rainfall monitoring. IEEE Sensors Journal 24(7), 11342 - 11353. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2024.3360987
• (Modelling) Qin JT, Gao L, Lin KR, P Shen*, 2024. A novel and efficient method for real-time simulating spatial and temporal evolution of coastal urban pluvial flood without drainage network. Environmental Modelling & Software 172, 105888. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2023.105888

Urban Sustainability under disaster

• (Climate change effects) Zhang XL, Huang TS, Wang WP, Shen P*, 2024. Change of global land extreme temperature in the future. Global and Planetary Change 242, 104583. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2024.104583

Others

• Li ZF, Zhang ZT*, Tai P, Shen P, Li JH, 2024. Investigation of morphological effects on crushing characteristics of calcareous sand particle by 3D image analysis with spherical harmonics. Powder Technology 433, 119204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2023.119204
• Wang HL, He LX, Jin Y, Zhou CQ, Shen P, Yu X, 2024. Assessing the informativeness of a coupled surface–subsurface watershed model for understanding debris flow: a hydrological perspective. Hydrological Sciences Journal 69, 1172-1185. https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2024.2362303

2023

Geological stratum for Geo-disasters

• (Stratum modelling) Yan W, Shen P*, Zhou WH, Ma GW, 2023. A rigorous random field-based framework for 3D stratigraphic uncertainty modelling. Engineering Geology 323, 107235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2023.107235
• (Stratum modelling) Yan W, Zhou WH, Shen P*, 2023. An uncertainty-driven Peak-integration (UP) strategy for 3D borehole layout planning. Computers and Geotechnics 156, 105280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2023.105280
• (Machine learning) Yan W, Yan Y, Shen P*, Zhou WH, 2023. A hybrid physical data informed DNN in axial displacement prediction of immersed tunnel joint. Georisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards 17(1), 169-180. https://doi.org/10.1080/17499518.2023.2169941

Debris flow

• (Runout modelling) Wang TF, Huang TS, Shen P*, Peng DL, Zhang LM, 2023.The mechanisms of high mobility of a glacial debris flow using the Pudasaini-Mergili multi-phase modeling. Engineering Geology 322, 107186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2023.107186

Flooding

• (Review) Shen P, Wei SL, Shi HB, Gao L, Zhou WH*, 2023. Coastal flood risk and smart resilience evaluation under a changing climate. Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research 2, 0029. https://doi.org/10.34133/olar.0029
• (Machine learning) Zhang XL, Wang TF, Wang WP, Shen P*, Cai ZY, Cai HY, 2023. A multi-site tide level prediction model based on graph convolutional recurrent networks. Ocean Engineering 269, 113579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2022.113579
• (Flood risk) Li Y, Zhou WH, Shen P*, 2023. Flood risk assessment of loss of life for a coastal city under the compound effect of storm surge and rainfall. Urban climate 47, 101396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2022.101396

Others

• Li WB, Zhang BS, Yuan ZT, Shen P, Yu X, Wang ZL, Cheng TH, 2023. Enhancing Energy Storage and Utilization of Triboelectric Nanogenerator by a Synchronized Charge Accumulation Circuit. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 38 (8), 9294-9301. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2023.3280446

2022

Flooding

• (Flood risk) Li Y, Shen P*, Yan Y, Zhou WH, 2022. Flood risk assessment of artificial islands under compound rain-tide-wind effects during tropical cyclones. Journal of Hydrology 615, 128736. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128736
• (Flood risk) Li Y, Zhou WH, Shen P*, 2022. Pedestrian danger assessment under rainstorm-induced flood disaster for an artificial island. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 78, 103133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103133

Others

• Peng DL, Zhang LM, Jiang RC, Zhang S, Shen P, Lu WJ, He X, 2022. Initiation mechanisms and dynamics of a debris flow originated from debris-ice mixture slope failure in southeast Tibet, China. Engineering Geology 307, 106783. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2022.106783
• Peng DL, Xu Q, Zhang LM, Xing HL, Shen P, Zhao KY, Zhang XL, 2022. Tracking and modelling water percolation process in modern intensive farming loess terraces. Catena 210, 10593. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2021.105930

Before 2021

Debris flow and landslides

• Shen P, Zhang LM*, Wong HF, Peng DL, Zhou SY, Zhang S, Chen C, 2020. Debris flow enlargement from entrainment: A case study for comparison of three entrainment models. Engineering geology 270, 105581. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2020.105581
• Zhang S, Xu Q, Peng DL, Zhu ZX, Li WH, Wong HF, Shen P, 2020. Stability analysis of rock wedge slide subjected to groundwater dynamic evolution. Engineering geology 270, 105528. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2020.105528
• Shen P, Zhang LM*, Fan RL, Zhu H, Zhang S, 2020. Declining geohazard activity with vegetation recovery during first ten years after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Geomorphology 352, 106989. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.106989
• Luo HY, Shen P, Zhang LM*, 2019. How does a cluster of buildings affect landslide mobility: a case study of the Shenzhen landslide. Landslides 16, 2421-2431. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-019-01239-y
• Fan RL, Zhang LM*, Shen P, 2019. Evaluating volume of coseismic landslide clusters by flow direction-based partitioning. Engineering Geology 260, 105238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2019.105238
• Shen P, Zhang LM*, Chen HX, Fan RL, 2018. EDDA 2.0: integrated simulation of debris flow initiation and dynamics considering two initiation mechanisms. Geoscientific Model Development 11(7), 2841-2856. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-2841-2018
• Shen P, Zhang LM*, Chen HX, Gao L, 2017. Role of vegetation restoration in mitigating hillslope erosion and debris flows. Engineering Geology 216, 122-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2016.11.019
• Gao L, Zhang LM*, Chen HX, Shen P, 2016. Simulating debris flow mobility in urban settings. Engineering geology 214, 67-78. Engineering geology 214, 67-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2016.10.001
• Shen P, Zhang LM*, Zhu H., 2016. Rainfall infiltration in a landslide soil deposit: Importance of inverse particle segregation. Engineering geology 205, 116-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2015.09.008

Others

• Chen C, Zhang LM*, Shen P, 2020. Influence of mineral dissolution on the mechanical behaviour of a granular assembly under complex stress states. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences 136, 104546. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmms.2020.104546
• Yin R, Shen P, Lu ZY*, 2019. A green approach for the reduction of graphene oxide by the ultraviolet/sulfite process. Journal of colloid and interface science 550, 110-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2019.04.073

Reviewer

• Engineering Geology
• Computers and Geotechnics
• Computers and Geosciences
• International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
• npj Natural Hazards
• International Journal of Digital Earth
• Natural Hazards Review