UC Davis College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences Department of Land, Air and Water Resouces

Yuzhou Luo in AGIS

Yuzhou Luo

Environmental Scientist
Department of Pesticide Regulation
California Environmental Protection Agency
yluo@cdpr.ca.gov

Associate Hydrologist in the A.E.S.
Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources
University of California, Davis
yzluo@ucdavis.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., Environmental Engineering (2006), University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
    • Dissertation: Multimedia environmental modeling of chemical dynamics at watershed scale
  • M.S., Natural Resources in Air, Water, and Soil (2002), University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
    • Thesis: Atmospheric nitrogen deposition in Connecticut, USA
  • B.Eng., Environmental Engineering (2000), Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
    • Thesis: Component-based GIS technology and its application

Research Interests

  • Impact of climate change on water resources, environmental quality, and crop production
  • Hydrologic modeling and mass transport modeling
  • Geostatistical simulation and probabilistic analyses
  • Integrated risk assessments for human health and ecosystem at watershed scales

Professional Experiences

  • 10/2009-present, Environmental Scientist, Department of Pesticide Regulation, California Environmental Protection Agency
  • 10/2009-present, Associate Hydrologist in the A.E.S., Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, University of California, Davis
  • 01/2007-10/2009, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, University of California, Davis
  • 09/2006-12/2006, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Biological System Engineering, Washington State University
  • 09/2002-08/2006, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Connecticut
  • 09/2000-08/2002, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Natural Resources Management and Engineering, University of Connecticut

Teaching Experiences

  • 2007 and 2009, Associate Instructor, Environmental Analysis with GIS (HYD182), University of California, Davis
  • 2003-2006, Associate Instructor, Meteorology (NRME241), University of Connecticut
  • 2000-2001, Teaching Assistant, Engineering Hydrology (CE267), University of Connecticut

Affiliations and Services

  • Memberships: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); American Chemistry Society (ACS); American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • Committees: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP); California Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Science Program Technical Advisory Panel (TAP)
  • Peer Reviewer for more than 20 scientific journals

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

  1. Luo, Y., F. Spurlock, W. Jiang, B.C. Jorgenson, T.M. Young, J. Gan, S. Gill, K.S. Goh, 2013. Pesticide washoff from concrete surfaces: literature review and a new modeling approach, Water Research, 47(9): 3163-3172
  2. Luo, Y., D.L. Ficklin, X. Liu, M. Zhang, 2013. Assessment of climate change impacts on hydrology and water quality with a watershed modeling approach. Science of the Total Environment, 450-451(2013):72-82
  3. Wang, Z., Y. Luo, X. Zhu, R. Wang, W. Li, M. Zhang, 2013. Watershed modeling of surface water-groundwater interaction under projected climate change and water management in the Haihe River basin, China. British Journal of Environment and Climate Change, A Special Issue in Honor of Distinguished Professor Miguel A. Mariño: Modeling Approaches to Study Climate Change Impacts on Water and Environmental Systems, 3(3), 421-443
  4. Wang, Z., Y. Luo, M. Zhang, J. Xia, 2013. Quantitative evaluations of sustainable development and Eco-Environmental Carrying Capacity in water-deficient regions: A case study in the Haihe River Basin, China. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, in press
  5. Luo, Y., F. Spurlock, S. Gill, K.S. Goh, 2012. Modeling complexity in simulating pesticide fate in a rice paddy, Water Research, 46(19):6300-6308
  6. Luo, Y., D.L. Ficklin, M. Zhang, 2012. Approaches of soil data aggregation for hydrologic simulations. Journal of Hydrology, 464-465: 467-476
  7. Ficklin D.L., Y. Luo, M. Zhang, 2012. Climate change sensitivity assessment of streamflow and agricultural pollutant transport in California’s Central Valley using Latin hypercube sampling. Hydrological Processes, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9386
  8. Ficklin D.L., Y. Luo, and M. Zhang, 2012. Watershed modelling of hydrology and water quality in the Sacramento River watershed, California. Hydrological Processes, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9222
  9. Ficklin, D.L., Y. Luo, I.T. Stewart, E.P. Maurer, 2012. Development and application of a hydroclimatological stream temperature model within SWAT, Water Resource Research, 48, W01511
  10. Liu, X., D. Zhang, Y. Luo, C. Liu, 2012. Spatial and temporal changes in aridity index in northwest China: 1960 to 2010. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 109(1-2), DOI:10.1007/s00704-012-0734-7
  11. Liu, X., C. Liu, Y. Luo, M. Zhang, 2012. Dramatic decrease in streamflow from the headwater source in the central route of China's water diversion project: climatic variation or human influence? Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 117, D06113
  12. Liu, X., Y. Zhan, Y. Luo, M. Zhang, S. Geng, J. Xu, 2012. Almond organophosphate and pyrethroid use in the San Joaquin Valley and their associated environmental risk. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 12(7):1600-1078
  13. Luo, Y., W. M. Williams, D. F. Young, H. Watanabe, J. Boulange, A. M. Ritter, T. K. Phong, 2011. Modeling Approaches for Pesticide Exposure Assessment in Rice Paddies. In: (Eds.) K.S. Goh, B.L. Bret, T.L. Potter, J. Gan, Pesticide Mitigation Strategies for Surface Water Quality. American Chemical Society Symposium Series Volume 1075, 203-226.
  14. Luo, Y., F. Spurlock, X. Deng, S. Gill, and K.S. Goh, 2011. Use-exposure relationships of pesticides for aquatic risk assessment, PLoS ONE, 6(4): e18234
  15. Luo, Y. and M. Zhang, 2011. Environmental modeling and exposure assessment of sediment-associated pyrethroids in an agricultural watershed. PLoS ONE, 6(1): e15794.
  16. Liu, X., Y. Luo, D. Zhang, M. Zhang, C. Liu, 2011. Recent changes in pan-evaporation dynamics in China, Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L13404
  17. Wang, Z., Y. Luo, C. Liu, J. Xia, and M. Zhang, 2011. Spatial and temporal variations of precipitation in Haihe River Basin, China: Six Decades of Measurements. Hydrological Processes, 25: 2916-2923
  18. Wang, Z., X. Zhu, W. Li, Y. Luo, and M. Zhang, 2011. A coupled surface-water / groundwater model for Haihe River Basin (in Chinese). Progress in Geography, 30(11), 1345-1353
  19. Gatzke, S.E., D.E. Beaudette, D.L. Ficklin, Y. Luo, A.T. O’Geen, and M. Zhang, 2011. Aggregation strategies for SSURGO data: Effects on SWAT soil inputs and hydrologic outputs. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 75(5), 1908-1921
  20. Luo, Y. and M. Zhang, 2010. Spatially distributed pesticide exposure assessment in the Central Valley, California, USA. Environmental Pollution, 15(5):1629-1637
  21. Han, Z., Y. Luo, Z. Wang, M. Zhang, 2010. Impact of land use on input and export of nitrogen of watersheds, a case study in San Joaquin Valley, CA (in Chinese). Progress in Geography, 29(9): 1081-1086
  22. Ficklin, D.L., Y. Luo, E. Luedeling, S.E. Gatzke and M. Zhang, 2010. Sensitivity of agricultural runoff to rising levels of CO2 and climate change in the San Joaquin Valley watershed of California. Environmental Pollution, 158(1): 223-234
  23. Li, Y., S. Dong, C. Wang, X. Deng, Q. Gao, X. Li, Y. Luo, and X. Yang, 2010. Impact of irrigation and other inputs on farm productivity in the upper and middle parts of the Yellow River basin, China. Frontiers of Earth Science, 4(3): 345-356
  24. Luo, Y. and M. Zhang, 2009. Management-oriented sensitivity analysis for pesticide transport in watershed-scale water quality modeling. Environmental Pollution, 157(12): 3370-3378
  25. Luo, Y. and M. Zhang, 2009. Multimedia transport and risk assessment of organophosphate pesticides and a case study in the northern San Joaquin Valley of California. Chemosphere, 75(7):969-978
  26. Luo, Y. and M. Zhang, 2009. A geo-referenced modeling environment for ecosystem risk assessment: organophosphate pesticides in an agricultural dominated watershed. Journal of Environmental Quality, 38(2): 664-674
  27. Ficklin D.L., Y. Luo, and M. Zhang, 2009. Climate change sensitivity assessment of a highly agricultural watershed using SWAT. Journal of Hydrology, 374 (1-2): 16-29
  28. Luo, Y., X. Zhang, X. Liu, D. Ficklin, and M. Zhang, 2008. Dynamic modeling of organophosphate pesticide load in surface water in the northern San Joaquin Valley of California. Environmental Pollution, 156(3): 1171-1181
  29. Li, X., Y. Luo, Q. Gao, S. Dong, and X. Yang, 2008. Farm production growth in the upper and middle parts of the Yellow River Basin, China, during 1980-1999. Agricultural Sciences in China, 7(3): 344-355
  30. X. Zhang, X. Liu, Y. Luo, M. Zhang, 2008. Evaluation of water quality in an agricultural watershed as affected by almond pest management practices. Water Research, 42(14): 3685-3696
  31. Luo, Y., Q. Gao, and X. Yang, 2007. Dynamic modeling of chemical fate and transport in multimedia environment at watershed scale, Part II. Trichloroethylene test case. Journal of Environmental Management, 83(1):56-65
  32. Luo, Y., Q. Gao, and X. Yang, 2007. Dynamic modeling of chemical fate and transport in multimedia environment at watershed scale, Part I. Theoretical considerations and model implementation. Journal of Environmental Management, 83(1):44-55
  33. Luo, Y. and X. Yang, 2007. A multimedia environmental model of chemical distribution: fate, transport, and uncertainty analysis. Chemosphere, 66(8): 1396-1407.
  34. Deng X., Y. Luo, S. Dong, and X. Yang, 2005. Impact of resources and technology on farm production in Northwestern China. Agricultural System, 84(2): 155-169.
  35. Yang, X., X. Li, Y. Luo, S. Dong, X. Deng, and C. Wang, 2004. Farm production and resources sustainability in Northwest China. In (Ed.) W. Gao and D. Shaw, Remote Sensing and Modeling of Ecosystems for Sustainability, SPIE Publications.
  36. Luo, Y., X. Yang, R.J. Carley, and C. Perkins, 2003. Effects of geographical location and land use on atmospheric deposition of nitrogen in the State of Connecticut. Environmental Pollution, 124(3): 437-448.
  37. Luo, Y., X. Yang, R.J. Carley, and C. Perkins, 2002. Atmospheric deposition of nitrogen along the Connecticut coastline of Long Island Sound: a decade of measurements. Atmospheric Environment, 36(28): 4517-4528.
  38. Yu, G. and Y. Luo, 2000. Environmental pollution of semiconductor industry and cleaner production. Environmental Protection, 8: 36-37.

Updated: November 20, 2013