about us

In a.c.t. hydro lab, we develop novel numerical modeling methods to better assess the resilience of water-related sectors under climate change, with a special interest in cold regions. We collaborate with social scientists, experts from water-related sectors such as power and ecosystems, as well as local communities to enhance the salience, tangibility, and usability of our data and model products.

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news

2026-01-05 Coverage: our AGU Advances paper was highlighted by AGU EOS and UB, and Dr. Cheng & coauthor were interviewed on KMUD. [more]

2025-12-17 Yifan and REU student Nathaniel presented at the AGU Fall Meeting 2025 in New Orleans. [more]

2025-12-04 New paper in AGU Advances: "Toward Co‑Designed Earth System Models" by Yifan Cheng et al. [more]

2025-08-11 We are thrilled to have Junhao joining us as the first graduate student! [more]

2025-05-29 We are thrilled to have Douglas and Nathaniel joining us as REU summer interns! [more]

2025-02-18 Grant awarded by NSF CHIRRP Program to study the heavy snow load in the urban area [more]

2025-01-16 New paper Coupled high‐resolution land‐atmosphere modeling for hydroclimate and terrestrial hydrology in Alaska and the Yukon River basin (1990–2021) published in JGR-Atmospheres [more]

2024-12-09 Yifan presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2024 in DC. [more]

2024-08-20 Grant awarded by NSF DISES Program to study how climate change and human activities affect fishery and hydrology in Colorado and Wyoming [more]

2024-08-15 Hello world! A.C.T hydro lab is officially established at the University at Buffalo. [more]

current team member

Yifan Cheng

Principal Investigator

Junhao Wang

Graduate Student

Harrison Van Lone

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Dominic Tubiolo

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Mika

Lab Security Lead

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