Professional Services

Selected national/international conferences organized:

Primary Chair: Session “Progress in research on the world’s major river deltas” at AGU 2017 Fall Meeting, December 11-15, 2017, New Orleans, USA.
Primary Chair: Session “Progress in biogeochemical research of the world’s large rivers” at AGU 2017 Fall Meeting, December 11-15, 2017, New Orleans, USA.
Primary Chair: Session “Moving the Mississippi River Delta toward Long-Term Sustainability: Opportunities and Limitations” at the 2016 AGU/ALSO Ocean Sciences Meeting, February 21-26, 2016, New Orleans, USA.
Chair: “ICCE/IAHS 2014 Symposium – Sediment Dynamics from Summit to the Sea,” December 11 – 14, 2014, New Orleans, USA.
Co-chair, the US-China Wetland Forum that was held during November 10 - 14, 2014 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Vice-Chair, Organizing Committee: “International Forum on Processes and Services of Wetland Ecosystems,” July 28 – August 3, 2013, Changchun, China
Steering committee member: “The 5th International Symposium on Water Resources and Sustainable Development (CIREDD 2013),” February 23 -24, 2013, Algiers, Algeria
Steering committee member: “The 4th International Symposium on Water Resources and Sustainable Development (CIREDD'4),” February 2011, Algiers, Algeria
Co-Chair (with Prof. Vijay P. Singh): “The International Conference on Challenges in Coastal Hydrology and Water Quality,” May 2006, Baton Rouge, USA.

Editor-in-Chief (section hydrology), Water, 2017 – present
Associate Editor, Water, 2012 – present
Associate Editor, Journal of Solis and Sediments, 2017 - present
Editorial Board, Soil and Water Research, 2019 - present
Editorial Board, Wetland Science (Chinese), 2014 - present
Associate Editor, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 2010 - 2012
Associate Editor, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 2006-2008