Tan Zi
Tan Zi, PhD
Environmental Scientist, Hydrologist
Clean Water Program
Bay RMP
Contaminants of Emerging Concern
Microplastics
Nutrients
Watershed Science & Management
5107467338
Tan Zi is a hydrologist and lead watershed and stormwater modeler at SFEI. He is working on modeling the source, transport, and fate of water contaminants, as well as water resources management, climate change impact analysis, resilience and green infrastructure research and investigations by integrating a range of hydrologic, hydrodynamic, and water quality models/tools. He has more than ten years experience in hydrologic and water quality model development and application. Prior to joining SFEI, he worked as a consultant of Tetra Tech focusing on watershed and stormwater modeling and tool development. Tan received his Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering from Duke, where he developed a soil erosion and sediment transport module for a distributed energy and hydrological model GEOtop. He received a B.S and M.S. in Meteorology from China Agricultural University and worked at the China Meteorological Administration, managing climate monitoring systems in China. His background spans water resources, green infrastructure, climate and meteorology, agriculture and ecology.
Related Projects, News, and Events
Next Generation Urban Greening (Project)
SFEI is working with partners across the Bay Area to design tools to help cities achieve biodiversity, stormwater, and climate benefits through multifunctional green infrastructure.
Healthy Watersheds Resilient Baylands (Project)
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RMP Update (Project)
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Trees, Hydrology, Urban-Greening, and Nature-Based Solutions (News)
Two key reports support nature-based solutions. Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) and enhancements to the urban tree canopy offer benefits to stormwater management, urban ecological improvements, and complementary urban greening activities.
On KGO TV, these projects were featured on July 1, 2021.
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Catalyzed by the extensive damages caused by the Winter 2016-2017 storms and the opportunity to align flood response with major habitat improvement, Preparing for the Storm is an innovative public-private partnership to improve watershed health and resilience in the Alameda Creek watershed.
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