Ph.D. 2011 Fluid Mechanics, Zhejiang University, China
Supervisor: Profs. Drs. Jilan Su and Daji Huang
MSc. 2003 Physical Oceanography. The Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, China
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jilan Su
BSc. 2000 Oceanography, Ocean University of China (Qingdao)

2019/01-present: Senior Scientist, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, China
2019/01-present: Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Oceanography, Adjunct Professor
2018/04/02-18: Visiting Scientist to the Institute of Coastal Research, Helmholtz Center Geesthacht, Germany, working with Prof. Emil Stanev
2015/12-2018/12: Senior Scientist, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, China
2016/08-2016/10: Visiting Scientist to Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability, University of Hamburg, Germany, working with Dr. Thomas Pohlmann
2013/12-2014/12: Visiting research scholar to the University of Maine (Orono), USA, working with Profs. Huijie Xue and Fei Chai
2013/02-2013/07: Senior visiting scholar to the University of Plymouth, UK, working with Prof. G. Shapiro, sponsored by Zhejiang Government
2009/07-2015/12: Associate Research Scientist, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, China
2007/05-2007/08: Visiting Scientist, Division of Theoretical Oceanography, Institute of Oceanography, Hamburg University, working with Dr. Thomas Pohlmann
2006/01-2009/06: Assistant Research Scientist, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, China
2005/11-2006/04: Visiting Scientist, Division of Theoretical Oceanography, Institute of Oceanography, Hamburg University, working with Dr. Thomas Pohlmann, sponsored by DLR Germany
2003/09-2005/12: Research Assistant, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, China
2002/04-2002/09: Visiting Student, Theoretical Oceanography, Institute of Oceanography, Hamburg University, working with Dr. Thomas Pohlmann, sponsored by DLR Germany

Coastal and shelf dynamic processes
Physical-biological coupling
Phytoplankton blooms
Hypoxia
Shelf-deep sea exchange
Ocean numerical modelling
Observing system design

“Joint Advanced Marine and Ecological Studies (JAMES) in the Bay of Bengal and the eastern equatorial Indian Ocean”, sponsored by Ministry of Natural Resources, China (2019.01-2021.12, ¥46,000,000)
“Mechanism and Modelling Studies of Sediment Oxygen Consumption in Hypoxia off the Changjiang Estuary”, sponsored by Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41876026, 2019.01-2022.12, ¥620,000).
“High-resolution ecosystem simulation and forecast for the Yellow and East China Seas”, sponsored by National Key Research & Development Plan of China (Grant No. 2016YFC1401603, 2016.09~2020.12, ¥1,800,000).
“How are physical-biological processes coupled during spring phytoplankton blooms in the central Southern Yellow Sea”, sponsored by Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41576007, 2016.01-2019.12, ¥800,000).
“Cross-shelf exchange processes, drivers and impacts on coastal water hypoxia”, supported by Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China for Distinguished Young Scholars (Grant No. LR16D060001, 2016.01-2019.12, ¥300,000).
“Study on physical processes affecting the temporal and spatial variability of the hypoxia in the shelf bottom water of the East China Sea”, sponsored by Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41276031, 2013.01-2016.12, ¥720,000).
“Impact of advection and mixing processes on the hypoxia on the shelf of the East China Sea”, sponsored by Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. LY12D06005, 2012.01-2013.12, ¥100,000).
“Study on the dense water on the shelf of the East China Seas”, sponsored by Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40706018, 2008.01-2010.12, ¥200,000).

1. Xuan J, He Y, Zhou F*, Tang C, Zheng X, Liu H, Yu L and Chen J, 2019. Aquaculture-induced boundary circulation and its impact on coastal frontal circulation. Environment Research Communication, doi:10.1088/2515-7620/ab22cd.
2. Zhou F, Chai F, Huang D, Xue H, Chen J, Xiu P, Xuan J, Li J, Zeng D, Ni X and Wang K, 2017. Investigation of hypoxia off the Changjiang Estuary using a coupled model of ROMS-CoSiNE. Progress in Oceanography, 159, 237-254, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2017.10.008.
3. Zhou F, Huang D, Xue H, Xuan J, Yan T, Ni X, Zeng D and Li J, 2017. Circulations associated with cold pools in the Bohai Sea on the Chinese continental shelf. Continental Shelf Research, 137, 23-58, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2017.02.005.
4. Zhou F, Xue H J, Huang D J, Xuan J L, Ni X B, Xiu P and Hao Q, 2015. Cross-shelf exchange in the shelf of the East China Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 120 (3), 1545–1572, doi:10.1002/2014JC010567.
5. Zhou F, Shapiro G and Wobus F, 2014. Cross-shelf exchange in the northwestern Black Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119(4), 2143-2164, doi:10.1002/2013JC009484.
6. Zhou, F., Xuan, J.L., Huang, D.J., Liu, C.G., Sun, J., 2013. The timing and the magnitude of spring phytoplankton blooms and their relationship with physical forcing in the central Yellow Sea in 2009. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 97, 4-15, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.05.001.
7. 周锋, 黄大吉, 倪晓波, 宣基亮, 张经, 竺可欣, 2010. 影响长江口毗邻海域低氧区多种时间尺度变化的水文因素. 生态学报. 30 (17), 4728-4740.
8. Zhou, F., D. Huang, and J. Su, 2009. Numerical simulation of the dual-core structure of the Bohai Sea cold bottom water in summer, Chinese Science Bulletin, 54 (23), 4520-4528, doi:10.1007/s11434-009-0019-4. {周锋, 黄大吉, 苏纪兰, 2009. 夏季渤海温跃层下的双中心冷水结构的数值模拟. 科学通报. 54(11): 1591-1599.}
9. Zhou, F., J. L. Xuan, X. B. Ni, and D. J. Huang, 2009. A preliminary study on variations of the Changjiang Diluted Water between August 1999 and 2006, Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 28(6):1-11. {周锋, 宣基亮, 倪晓波, 黄大吉, 2009. 1999年与2006年间夏季长江冲淡水变化动力因素的初步分析, 海洋学报. 31（4）: 1-12}