Qingping Zou

Qingping Zou is a Professor of Coastal Dynamics at Heriot-Watt University, affiliated with The Lyell Centre for Earth and Marine Science and Technology and the Institute for Infrastructure and Environment within the Global Research Institutes. She holds a PhD from Scripps Institution of Oceanography (USA) and a B.S. from Nanjing University (China). Her research focuses on physical oceanography, coastal engineering, environmental fluid mechanics, and marine renewable energy, with emphasis on coastal resilience, sediment transport, and marine pollutants. She supervises PhD students and is actively involved in interdisciplinary projects aligning with UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Education:

• Ph.D., Physical Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, USA
• B.S., Electric Engineering/Physics, Nanjing University, China

Research Interests:

• Coastal flooding and climate adaptation
• Fluid-structure interactions and scour processes
• Nature-based solutions for coastal protection
• Transport of marine plastics and pollutants
• Wave-current-tide interactions
• Marine renewable energy systems

Advising & Grants: Accepts CSC and self-funded PhD students in coastal dynamics, marine engineering, and environmental fluid mechanics. Prior roles include tenure at University of Plymouth (UK) and University of Maine (USA).

Labs/Teams: Active at The Lyell Centre and collaborates internationally on coastal resilience and marine technology projects.