Yuchen Wang

PhD Student (School of Geographical & Earth Sciences)

y.wang.24@research.gla.ac.uk

Room 304, East Quad, School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8744-3634

Research title: Sediment transport of made ground along Scottish sites

Research Summary

My research focuses on anthropogenic mixed sand and gravel (MSG-A) beaches, an overlooked but increasingly widespread coastal environment. I developed one of the first integrated frameworks for understanding these human-influenced beaches by combining field-based sedimentology, UAV-derived geomorphological analysis, remote sensing, and machine-learning classification. I conducted detailed assessments of six MSG-A beaches in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, quantifying their physical characteristics and annual to storm-scale topographic evolution. At a broader scale, I am going to identify and classify MSG-A beaches across the UK, Ireland, and mainland Europe using Google Maps user-uploaded figures and spatial analysis to evaluate the environmental and socioeconomic factors shaping their distribution. My work expands traditional beach classification systems to formally recognise anthropogenic mixed beaches and provides foundational data and insights to support future coastal monitoring, hazard assessment, and management in rapidly urbanising coastal zones.

Supervisors

Grants

2025

  • British Society for Geomorphology (BSG) Postgraduate Conference Attendance Grant (£750)
  • SAGES 15th Call Small Grants Scheme (£300)

2024

  • Sir Alwyn Williams Postgraduate Scholarship (£800)
  • The Clough Fund of the Edinburgh Geological Society (EGS) (£500)
  • 1st ONSEA International Workshop Grant (€300)

2023

  • SAGES 12th Call Small Grants Scheme (£500)
  • BSG PGR Travel Grant (£300)
  • Conference support funding (£200)

2022

  • SAGES 10th Call Small Grants Scheme (£750)  

 

University of Glasgow - The China Scholarship Council (CSC) Co-operative Scholarship (2022-2026)

Conferences

2025

  • 15th - 19th December, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA - Oral Presentation (10mins)
  • 18th Novemver, MASTS Annual Science Meeting, Glasgow, UK - ePoster

2024

  • 6th November, MASTS Annual Science Meeting, Glasgow, UK - Poster
  • 11th - 12th October, 1st OnSea (EvolutiOn of SEAscapes) workshop, Montpellier, France - Oral Presentation (15mins)
  • 21st - 22nd May, Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society (SAGES) Annual Conference, Glasgow, UK - Poster

2023

  • 5th December, Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS) Annual Science Meeting, Glasgow, UK - e-Poster
  • 4th - 6th September, British Society for Geomorphology (BSG) Annual Conference, Edinburgh, UK - Poster

2022

  • 5th - 8th December, Windsor Workshop, Winsor, UK - Oral Presentation (5mins)

Teaching

2024/25

Semester 2: Tutor - GEOG L2 Physical/Environmental Labs

Semester 1: Tutor - GEOG L2 STATS/GIS Labs and Demonstrator - GIS A GEOG4111

 

2023/24

Full year: Tutor - GEOG L1 Labs

Semester 2: Demonstrator - GEOG L2 Physical/Environmental Labs

Semester 1: Demonstrator - GEOG L2 STATS/GIS Labs and MSc Introduction to GIS Labs

 

2022/23

Full year: Demonstrator - GEOG L1 Labs

Full year: Demonstrator - GEOG L2 Earth Science Workshops


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