Postdoctoral Research Associate
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Biography

Yicheng Huang is a postdoctoral research associate with expertise in ocean modeling and hydrodynamics. His work focuses on numerical modeling of scalar transport in coastal environments and exploring the dynamic interactions among waves, tides, ocean currents, and atmospheric processes. At Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, he is engaged in developing models for microplastic fate and transport, investigating plastic-associated toxic chemical leaching and enhancing coupled modeling techniques for renewable energy resource assessment.

Research Interest

  • Coupled modeling
  • Wave-current interaction, air-sea interaction, air-wave interaction
  • Renewable energy resource assessment
  • Microplastics fate and transport

Disciplines and Skills

  • Fortran
  • Hydrodynamics
  • MATLAB
  • Physical oceanography

Education

  • BS in applied physics, Tongji University, 2016
  • PhD in physical oceanography, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 2022
     

Publications

2025

  • Brand, M.W., Huang, Y., Yang, Z. and Wang, T., 2025. Tidal stream energy resource characterization for powering the blue economy application for southeastern Alaska. Renewable Energy, p.122617.

2024

  • Huang, Y., Yang, Z., Wang, T., Sun, N., Duan, Z., Wigmosta, M. and Maurer, B., 2024. Quantifying the influence of size, shape, and density of microplastics on their transport modes: A modeling approach. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 203, p.116461.