Dr. Liang Emlyn Yang (杨亮, 字也明)

Dr. Yang is the Principal Investigator of the STORIES project and leads the independent research group of climate resilience at the Department of Geography, LMU Munich. Dr. Yang was educated in geography with focuses on land use planning and water system management in rural-urban systems, which formed the foundation of his research on long-term climate impacts and socio-ecosystem resilience. Household survey, stakeholder network analysis, agent-based model and geo-information systems are often applied in his studies. His research interests combine urbanization, climate risks and resilience building in developing Asia, particularly in Southeast Asia, South Asia and China. 
Dr. Yang holds a philosophy / ideology, that human societies have the capacity of resilience to live and develop better in a changing climate. And he investigates the “how”.

Dr. Yang founded and manages the Google Group Climate Resilience (over 1500 members globally) and the WeChat Group Climate Resilience (about 650 members of Chinese-speaking). A series of Chinese-speaking webinars on the theme of climate resilience has been organized since October 2021, which is currently on its 15th issue.

Dr. Yang is a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Harvard University (10.2023-09.2024) > https://chinaproject.harvard.edu/people/liang-emlyn-yan

Email: emlyn.yang [at] lmu.de
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Christine Heinzel M.Sc.

Christine Heinzel is a PhD student at the Department of Geography, LMU Munich. She completed her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Geography at the University of Bonn. During her studies, her work at institutions such as the Center for Development Research (ZEF) or the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), and during her time as a research associate at the United Nations University, Christine focused her scientific interest on climate change adaptation, resilience building strategies, and health geography. She has expertise in working with models, as well as conducting large-scale surveys and stakeholder workshops.

Email: christine.heinzel [at] geographie.uni-muenchen.de
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Wenhan Feng （冯文翰） M.Sc. RWTH

Wenhan Feng is a PhD student at the Department of Geography, LMU Munich. Wenhan focuses on modeling social flood resilience using ABM and SNA methods. His work involves the conceptualization of flood resilience and related quantitative modeling methodology. Prior to his PhD position at LMU, Wenhan completed his bachelor and master in China and Germany respectively, with a background in research on climate change adaptation and urban planning. He also has a complete training in architecture and urban design.

Email: wenhan.feng [at] geographie.uni-muenchen.de
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Siying Chen （陈思颖） M.Sc.

Siying Chen is a PhD student at the Department of Geography, LMU Munich. She completed her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at Beijing Normal University, China. She was educated in physical geography and researched on historical weather and climate extreme events and their interactions with human society. She was experienced in conducting qualitative and quantitative research using historical documents. Her research interests focus on changes in flood risk and resilience over a long period of the past.

Email: siy.chen [at] campus.lmu.de

Mei Ai （艾梅） M.A.

Mei Ai is a PhD student at the Department of Geography, LMU Munich.She studied historical geography at Shaanxi Normal University in China during her master's degree.In past studies, she has focused on the environmental and disaster history of Northwest China, utilizing historical documents to analyze historical flood events and their socio-culture implications.She specializes in the collection and processing of historical documents ,as well as has extensive experience in fieldwork in the western part of China.

Email: mei.ai [at] campus.lmu.de

Phuoc Thanh Ho M.Sc.

Phuoc Thanh Ho is a PhD student in the Department of Geography at LMU Munich. Mr. Ho completed both his Bachelor’s degree at HCMUT-VNU in Vietnam and his Master’s degree at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand in environment and natural resources management. He was honourably granted the "Research Grants – Doctoral Programs in Germany" scholarship from the DAAD organization, supporting his doctoral research at LMU. His research interests include flood adaptive resilience under climate change, social-eco-development, and related quantitative modeling methodologies.

Email: Thanh.Ho [at] lmu.de

Prof. Dr. Yiping Fang （方一平）

Prof. Fang works at the Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and is associated at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Prof. Fang is recognized within the field of human geography and ecological economics regarding the sustainable development of mountain areas. His research dedicates to balancing mountain ecosystem protection, disaster risk reduction and resilient development in context of climate change. He is an active scholar who has published over 200 research papers that cover the broad region of the Tibetan Plateau, the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, and some mountain areas in Nepal, Pakistan, India.
Prof. Fang leads a local team in Chengdu to support STORIES in field investigations, household surveys, data collection and analysis, cooperative research and results disseminations.

Email: ypfang [at] imde.ac.cn
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Prof. Dr. Junxu Chen （陈俊旭）

Prof. Chen serves as the Vice Dean of the School of Earth Sciences, Yunnan University. He teaches and researches in physical geography, hydrology, water resource management, land-water balance, water quality assessment, etc.. His research findings were published in various international peer reviewed journals such as Journal of Hydrology, Climatic Change, Water International, as well as in a few book volumes. Prof. Chen leads multiple research projects on water related topics at the Yuanjiang-Red River basin, Mekong basin in Southeast Asia, Karst regions in Southwest China, and several lakes with high elevations.
Prof. Chen leads a local team in Kunming to support STORIES in field investigations, household surveys, data collection and analysis, cooperative research and results disseminations.

Email: chenjunxu [at] ynu.edu.cn
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Yao Gao

Yao Gao is a master student in the Yunnan University, majoring in Physical Geography. He holds a bachelor's degree in Human Geography and Urban and Rural Planning from Yunnan University. During his bachelor's degree, he obtained knowledge and experience in social survey in human geography through the China Land and Resources Survey Competition and Human Geography Internship. In his master period, he studies the driving forces and risk-resilience relations in flash flood hazards.

Email: gaoyao [at] mail.ynu.edu.cn

Zongling Liang

Zongling Liang is a master student in Yunnan University. Her study and research interests involve planning of production-living-ecological spaces, ecosystem services, and urban flood resilience. During her undergraduate studies at the Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT), Ms. Zongling Liang participated in the 4th Location Service Creative Design Competition and proposed solutions to problems in cities, and also in the 2020 NUPT Innovation and Practice Training Program for Undergraduates. Her graduation thesis investigated the spatial- temporal differentiations and influencing factors of the urban and rural poor elderly.

Email: liangzongling.ynu [at] gmail.com