Dr Yu Mo

BSc, Environmental Science (Sun Yat-Sen University); MSc, Environmental Science and Engineering (Nanyang Technological University); PhD, Environmental Science and Technology (University of Maryland, College Park)

Before joining the College, I was a Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow at Trinity College Dublin (2022-2024) and a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at Oxford (2020-2022). I hold a PhD in Environmental Science and Technology from the University of Maryland, College Park, an MSc in Environmental Science and Engineering from Nanyang Technological University, and a BSc in Environmental Science from Sun Yat-Sen University.

I teach the climatology components of geography courses.

I am interested in the role of coastal ecosystems as nature-based solutions for climate risk adaptation and mitigation. My current research focuses on their use in storm protection, particularly in quantifying how the ecosystems' own resilience influences their functionality. I am also passionate about advancing Earth and data science methodologies to enhance our understanding of coastal ecosystem dynamics on regional and global scales.

Y. Mo, M. Simard, J. W. Hall. Tropical cyclone risk to global mangrove ecosystems: potential future regional shifts. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (2023) 21(6): 269–274. doi:10.1002/fee.2650. 

Y. Mo, M. S. Kearney, R. E. Turner. The resilience of coastal marshes to hurricanes: the potential impact of excess nutrient. Environmental International (2020) 138: 105409. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2019.105409.