Bio

I am currently a PhD candidate at the Laboratory of Hydrology and Water Management-Ghent University. I obtained my bachelor degree in Hefei University of Technology and studied for master degree at Hohai University with a major in hydrology and water resources. For my bachelor thesis, I investigated the evaporation and energy distribution during maize growth stage in Southeastern China. During my masters period, I explored the effect of climate change on the contribution of groundwater to crop root zones. Next, I developed an improved spatio-temporal identification method of flash droughts and now I am working on flash droughts forecast with Global Land Evaporation Amsterdam Model (GLEAM). 

Contact

Address: Coupure links 653 - Room A2.010

               9000 Ghent, Belgium

E-mail: Qiqi.Gou@UGent.be

Trajectory

• 2021 – Present: PhD candidate – Laboratory of Hydrology and Water Management, Ghent University
• 2017 – Present: Master and PhD candidate – College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University
• 2013 – 2017: B.Eng. in Hydraulic Engineering - College of Civil Engineering, Hefei University of Technology

Ongoing projects

• ET-Sense: Prediction of evaporation

Selected publications

• Gou, Q., Zhu, Y., LÜ, H., Horton, R., Yu, X., Zhang, H., Wang, X., Su, J., Liu, E,, Ding, Z., Wang, Z., Yuan, F. Application of an improved spatio-temporal identification method of flash droughts, Journal of Hydrology, 1(604), 127224, 2022.
• Gou, Q., Zhu, Y., Horton, R., LÜ, H., Wang, Z., Su, J., Cui, C., Zhang, H., Wang, X., Zheng, J., Yuan, F. Effect of climate change on the contribution of groundwater to the root zone of winter wheat in the Huaibei Plain of China, Agricultural Water Management, 10(240), 106292, 2020.