Yang Jianxun, Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Specially Appointed Researcher, and Doctoral Supervisor at the Academy of Environment and Health, Nanjing University. He has long been engaged in research on environmental risk management, climate change risk assessment and adaptation. He has received funding from the National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents, serves as Principal Investigator of the NSFC Young Scientist Fund, and has been selected as a Nanjing University Yuxiu Young Scholar and a recipient of the inaugural Future Earth Young Scientist Award. He has participated in major research projects including the NSFC Basic Science Center Program, NSFC Innovative Research Group, NSFC Key Program, and the Jiangsu Provincial Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality Special Program. He has published over 30 academic papers in journals such as PNAS Nexus, Environmental Science & Technology, Water Research, Global Environmental Change, and Risk Analysis. He has contributed to the translation of 1 book, contributed to the development of 2 standards, and holds 4 patents and software copyrights. He has received the Second Prize of Environmental Protection Science and Technology Award, the First Prize of the Management Science Award of the Chinese Academy of Management Science, and the Jiangsu Provincial Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award.
1) Hu, L.T.; Deng, S.D.; Ma, J.X.; Liang, K.H.; Shao, Y.C.; Liu, M.M.; Yang, J.X.; Fang, W.; Bi, J.; Ma, Z.W. Informing Risk Hotspots and Critical Mitigations for Rainstorms Using Machine Learning: Evidence from 268 Chinese Cities. Environmental Science & Technology, 2025, 59: 1619-1630.
2) Cai, J.C.; Yang, J.X.; Liu, M.M.; Fang, W.; Ma, Z.W.; Bi, J. Informing urban flood risk adaptation by integrating human mobility big data during heavy precipitation. Environmental Science & Technology, 2024, 58: 4617-4626.
3) Hou, L.Z.; Yang, J.X.; Liu, M.M.; Fang, W.; Ma, Z.W.; Bi, J. Water scarcity assessment of hydropower plants in China under climate change, sectoral competition, and energy expansion. Environmental Science & Technology, 2024, 58: 10536-10547.
4) Yang, J.X.; Li, J.L.; van Vliet, M.T.H.; Jones, E.R.; Huang, Z.W.; Liu, M.M.; Bi, J. Economic risks hidden in local water pollution and global markets: A retrospective analysis (1995–2010) and future perspectives on sustainable development goal 6. Water Research, 2024, 252: 121216.
5) Cai, J.C.; Wei, Y.D.; Yang, J.X.; Ji, C.Y.; Liu, M.M.; Fang, W.; Ma, Z.W.; Bi, J. A two-stage robust decision-making framework (2S-RDM) for flood risk adaptation under deep uncertainty. Fundamental Research, 2025, 5: 1771-1780.
6) Yang, J.X.; He, W.; Xia, Z.Q.; Wu, K.H.; Fang, W.; Ma, Z.W.; Liu, M.M.; Bi, J. Measuring climate change perception in China using mental images: A nationwide open-ended survey. Risk Analysis, 2024: 1-16.
7) Li, J.L.; Yang, J.X.; Liu, M.M.; Ma, Z.W.; Fang, W.; Bi, J. Quality matters: Pollution exacerbates water scarcity and sectoral output risks in China. Water Research, 2022, 224: 119059.
8) Yang, J.X.; Zhou, Q.; Liu, X.Y.; Liu, M.M.; Qu, S.; Bi, J. Biased perception misguided by affect: How does emotional experience lead to incorrect judgments about environmental quality? Global Environmental Change, 2018, 53: 104-113.
9) Yang, J.X.; Gounaridis, D.; Liu, M.M.; Bi, J.; Newell, J.P. Perceptions of climate change in China: Evidence from surveys of residents in six cities. Earth's Future, 2021, 9: e2021EF002144.
10) Yang, J.X.; Zhao, Z.; Fang, W.; Ma, Z.W.; Liu, M.M.; Bi, J. China’s progress in synergetic governance of climate change and multiple environmental issues. PNAS Nexus, 2024, 3: e351.
1. Bi Jun, Liu Miaomiao, Yang Jianxun, Huang Lei, Zhang Haibo. Science and Decisions: Advancing Risk Assessment (Translated). Beijing: China Environmental Science Press, 2021.
1. Energy Economy and Climate Policy Research, NSFC Basic Science Center Project (2025–2029) (Participant)
2. Environmental Risk Management, NSFC Innovative Research Group Project (2019–2024) (Participant)
3. Strategic Pathways and Major Engineering Technology Systems for the Construction of a Beautiful China Pilot Zone in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region, Sino-Japan Friendship Centre for Environmental Protection (Environmental Development Centre of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment) (2025–2028) (Participant)
4. Foundational Research on Multi-element Collaborative Governance of Carbon, Air, Solid Waste, and Ecology, Jiangsu Provincial Carbon Special Program (2022–2024) (Participant)
5. Methodology and Application of Socio-Economic Adaptability Assessment for Air Quality Standard Upgrading, Energy Foundation (2024–2025) (Participant)
6. NSFC Young Scientist Fund (Principal Investigator)
1. Member, Committee on Environmental Planning, Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences
2. Member, Committee on Ecological and Environmental Artificial Intelligence, Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences
3. Member, Committee on Climate Change and Health, Chinese Society of Environmental Mutagens
4. Inaugural Youth Editorial Board Member, Carbon Footprints
Second Prize of Environmental Protection Science and Technology Award, for "Key Technologies and Applications for Multi-level Nested Precise Environmental Risk Assessment, Prevention and Control" (2023)
1. First Prize of the Management Science Award, Chinese Academy of Management Science
2. Jiangsu Provincial Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award
3. National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents
4. Nanjing University Yuxiu Young Scholar
5. Inaugural Future Earth Young Scientist Award
Mailing Address: No. 1520 Taihu Avenue, Huqiu District, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
Postal Code: 215163
Affiliation: Nanjing University
Email: yangjx@nju.edu.cn
