Faculty

Wanhong Yang PhD, University of Illinois, 2000 Associate Professor Office: Hutt 352 Tel:519-824-4120 ext. 53090 wayang@uoguelph.ca

Specialization

Resource Management, GIS and Spatial Analysis.

Research Interests and Areas of Expertise

My research interests fall within the broad areas of environmental and resource management and GIS applications. More specifically, I am interested in conducting research in: 1) integrating economic, environmental and GIS modeling in solving resource use conflicts; 2) cost-benefit analysis in environmental and resource management; 3) comparison of different environmental management and policies.

Current Research Projects

I am currently conducting research on cost effectiveness of agricultural conservation programs with funding from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Ducks Unlimited Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Ontario Innovation Trust, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, and Canadian Water Network.

Selected Recent Publications

Liu, Y.B., Yang, W. and Wang, X. 2008. Development of a SWAT Extension Module to Simulate Riparian Wetland Hydrologic Processes at a Watershed Scale. Hydrological Processes 22(16): 2901 - 2915.

Wang, X., Yang, W. and Melesse, A.M. 2008. Using Hydrologic Equivalent Wetland Concept within SWAT to Estimate Streamflow in Watersheds with Numerous Wetlands. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers 51(1): 55-72.

Dumedah, G., Schuurman, N. and Yang, W. 2008. Minimizing Effects of Scale Distortion for Spatially Grouped Census Data Using Rough Sets. Journal of Geographical System. 10(1): 47-69. 

Yang, W., Rousseau, A.N. and Boxall, P. 2007. An Integrated Economic-Hydrologic Modeling Framework for the Watershed Evaluation of Beneficial Management Practices. Journal of Soil ad Water Conservation 62(6): 423 – 432.

Liu, Y.B., Yang, W. and Wang, X. 2007. GIS-based Integration of SWAT and REMM for Estimating Water Quality Benefits of Riparian Buffers in Agricultural Watersheds. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers 50(5): 1549 – 63.

Liu, Y.B. and Yang, W. 2007.  An interface of Drainage Division for Modeling Wetlands and Riparian Buffers in Agricultural Watersheds. Journal of Spatial Hydrology 7(1): 66 –80.

Wang, X., Melesse, A.M., Kelsch, S.W., and Yang, W. 2006. Discussion on “Adapting Existing Models to Examine Effects of Agricultural Conservation Programs on Stream Habitat Quality”. Journal of American Water Resources Association 42(6): 1711 –  1713.

Post Doctoral ASsociates Supervised

Ou, Chunping,  Ph.D., Post-doctoral Fellow, October 2007 - current.
Project: Assessment of CREP and CRP in Selected States in the U.S.

Liu, Yongbo, Ph.D., Post-doctoral Fellow, July 2005 – June 2008.
Project: Integrated Economic-Hydrologic Modeling for Watershed Evaluation of BMPs.

Yang, Jing, Ph.D., Post-doctoral Fellow, January 2007 – June 2008.
Project: Integrated Economic-Hydrologic Modeling for Watershed Evaluation of BMPs.

Wu, Kangsheng, Ph.D., Post-doctoral Fellow, July 2006 – June 2007.
Project: Integrated Economic-Hydrologic Modeling for Watershed Evaluation of BMPs.

Singh, Amanjot, Ph.D., Post-doctoral Fellow, April, 2004 – August, 2005.
Project: Cost-Effective Targeting of Wetland Conservation in Agricultural Watersheds.

Meyer-Aurich, Andreas, Ph.D., Post-doctoral Fellow, April, 2004 – March, 2005.
Project: Cost-Effective Targeting of Wetland Conservation in Agricultural Watersheds.

Graduate Students Supervised (since 2005)

Program	Student	Year	Title
Active
Masters	Elgie, Steve		Modelling riparian buffer filtration capacities in agricultural regions using a fully distributed model.
Masters	Fedec, Tony		Quantifying the Water Quality Impacts of Agricultural Beneficial Management Programs in Southern Manitoba using GIS based Hydrological Modelling software.
Masters	Simmons, Jane		Quantifying effluent credits for use in non-point source water quality trading programs.
Doctoral	Oginskyy, Anatoliy		Integrated Environmental-Economic Watershed Modelling of BMPs and Agri-Environmental Policies.
Completed
Masters	Cunningham, Jared	2011	Evaluating the water quality effects of land use change in a small agricultural watershed.
Masters	Chen, Jie	2011	Examing the runoff processes in a small agricultural watershed using a fully distributed model.
Masters	Bonnycastle, Adam	2006	Environmental and economic implications of land management changes in agricultural watersheds.
Masters	Liu, Wenbao	2005	Cost-effective targeting of land retirement to achieve water quality and habitat benefits.
Masters	Sheng, Chaodong	2005	Spatial targeting of conservation tillage to improve carbon sequestration and water quality benefits in agriculture watersheds.