Chenjie Professor

• Department: School of Water and Environment
• Gender: female
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• Career: Professor
• Degree: PhD
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• Graduate School: Chang an University
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• Email: jiechen17@chd.edu.cn
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  l  Ph.D., Hydrology and Water Resources (2017) 

  Chang’an University, Xi’an, China

  l  M.S., Hydrology and Water Resources (2014)

  Chang’an University, Xi’an, China

  l  B.S., Hydrology and Water Resources (2009)

  Chang’an University, Xi’an, China

  
  

I am Jie Chen, a Professor and a recipient of the national Yangtze River Yong Scholar award at Chang’an University, China, where I also serve as the Associate Director for Academic Affairs at the National Key Laboratory of Loess Science (Chang’an University). My research focuses on groundwater sustainability in arid regions, specifically investigating water sustainability in arid regions, surface water-groundwater interaction, and hydrogeochemistry & health risk through field-based investigation, monitoring, and numerical modeling.

Associate Editor, Journal of Water & Health (SCI)

Member, International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH)

Member, Shaanxi Society of Environmental Sciences

Member, Shaanxi Ecological Society

Reviewer for International and Domestic Academic Journals

Correspondence Review Expert, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Research Focus: Water Sustainability in Arid Regions | Surface Water-Groundwater Interaction | Hydrogeochemistry & Health Risk

【Undergraduate】

Hydrogeochemistry

Groundwater resources management

Industry-University-Research practice

【Graduate】

Biogeochemistry

• Projects (Principal Investigator & Key Participant)

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program), Mechanisms of Groundwater and Artificial Replenishment on DIC Transformation and Carbon Balance in Lakes of Arid Regions, 2023–2026, ¥570,000, Principal Investigator

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (Young Scientists Fund), Synergistic Mechanisms and Regulation of Groundwater and Artificial Replenishment on Water-Salt Evolution in Lakes of Arid Regions, 2021–2023, ¥240,000, Principal Investigator

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (Special Fund), Dynamic Changes of Water Conservation Function and Water Security Assurance in the Qinling Mountains, 2023–2025, ¥2,400,000, Key Member

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (Key Program), Hydrological Cycle Response and Disaster Effects of Major Projects in the Loess Plateau, 2020–2024, ¥3,050,000, Key Member

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (Major Program, Sub-project), Loess Geological Structure, Water Cycle Patterns, and Disaster-Causing Mechanical Behavior of Porous Media, 2018–2022, ¥3,800,000, Key Member

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program), Permeability Variation and Mechanisms of Remolded Loess, 2016–2019, ¥862,000, Key Member

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program), Groundwater Response to Changing Conditions and Rational Development and Utilization in the Yinchuan Plain, 2013–2016, ¥740,000, Key Member

• China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (General Program), Interactions between Lakes and Groundwater in Arid Regions, 2018–2021, ¥80,000, Principal Investigator

• Key Technologies and Application of Geothermal Energy Development in Plateau and Cold Regions: Geothermal Well Recharge Test and Tracer Test Scheme, 2025–2026, ¥642,000, Principal Investigator

• Construction of a Deep Karst Thermal Reservoir Model in Eastern Weinan, 2025, ¥100,000, Principal Investigator

• Hydrochemical Characteristics of Groundwater in the Guanzhong Basin under the Influence of Natural Environment and Human Activities, 2024, ¥199,000, Principal Investigator

• China Geological Survey (Xi’an Center), Multi-Objective Water Resources Management Model for the Yinchuan Basin, 2018, ¥150,000, Principal Investigator

• Department of Science and Technology of Shaanxi Province, Water Environment Changes and Impacts in Construction Sites and Drainage Control Technologies, 2013–2015, ¥1,350,000, Core Member

• Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, 2024–2025, ¥500,000, Principal Investigator

• Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, 2023–2025, ¥150,000, Principal Investigator

• Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, 2020–2021, ¥50,000, Principal Investigator

• Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, 2020–2021, ¥50,000, Principal Investigator

• Yang, Y., Chen, J.*, Xu, Z., et al. (2025). Quantifying natural and anthropogenic drivers controlling fluoride dynamics in groundwater. Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology.

• Xu, Z., Chen, J.*, Zhang, H., et al. (2025). Delayed contributions revealing runoff dynamics and spatial heterogeneity in the Chinese Loess Plateau. Journal of Hydrology. 

• Chen, J., Zhang, Y., Qian, H., Liu, Y., Yang, Y., Zhao, B. (2025). Spatiotemporal variation characteristics of water-energy-carbon system coupling coordination in nine provinces along the Yellow River. Journal of Earth Sciences and Environment, 47(3): 414-426. DOI: 10.19814/j.jese.2025.02023 (in Chinese)

• Chen, J., Qian, H., Li, P., Ma, R., Xu, Z., Yang, Y. (2025). Research progress on the impact of groundwater on dissolved inorganic carbon cycling in lake waters in arid regions. Hydrogeology & Engineering Geology, 52(5): 10-23. DOI: 10.16030/j.cnki.issn.1000-3665.202503035 (in Chinese)

• Zou, Z., Zhao, B., Chen, J.*, Qian, H., Gao, Y., Li, C. (2024). Assessment of water resources carrying capacity and spatiotemporal variation characteristics in nine provinces along the Yellow River. Journal of Earth Sciences and Environment, 46(3): 351-363. DOI: 10.19814/j.jese.2023.12048  (in Chinese)

• Chen, J.*, Wang, J., Gao, Y., Qian, H. (2023). Hydrochemistry and water quality for lakes supplied by water replenishment in arid regions of China. In: Li, P., Elumalai, V. (Eds.), Recent Advances in Environmental Sustainability (pp. 95-112). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

• Li, M., Qian, H., Lubczynski, M., Xu, P., Su, Z., Zeng, Y., Chen, J., Hou, K., Zhang, Q. (2023). Hydrogeochemical characterization and CO₂ consumption in the Maqu catchment of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau by multiple hydrogeochemical methods. Journal of Hydrology, 624. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129899

• Li, W.Q., Qian, H., Xu, P., Hou, K., Zhang, Q., Chen, Y., Chen, J., Qu, W., Ren, W. (2023). Tracing sediment provenance in the Yellow River, China: Insights from weathering, recycling, and rock compositions. Catena, 220.

• Gao, Y., Qian, H., Chen, J., et al. (2022). Cumulative health risk assessment of multiple chemicals in groundwater based on deterministic and Monte Carlo models in a large semiarid basin. Journal of Cleaner Production. (Integrated risk assessment)

• Gao, Y., Chen, J., Qian, H., et al. (2022). Hydrogeochemical characteristics and processes of groundwater in an over 2260 year irrigation district: A comparison between irrigated and non-irrigated areas. Journal of Hydrology. (Long-term anthropogenic impacts)

• Chen, J., Qian, H., et al. (2021). Effects of bacterial activity on the saturated hydraulic conductivity of remolded loess. Engineering Geology. (Hydro-bio-geochemical process)

• Chen, J., Gao, Y., Qian, H., et al. (2021). Hydrogeochemical evidence for fluoride behavior in groundwater and the associated risk to human health for a large irrigation plain in the Yellow River Basin. Science of The Total Environment. (Health risk focus)

• Adimalla, N., Chen, J., Qian, H. (2020). Spatial characteristics of heavy metal contamination and potential human health risk assessment of urban soils: A case study from an urban region of South India. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 194. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.110406

• Qian, H., Chen, J., Howard, K.W.F. (2020). Assessing groundwater pollution and potential remediation processes in a multi-layer aquifer system. Environmental Pollution. (Water policy & management)

• Chen, J., Qian, H., Gao, Y., et al. (2020). Insights into hydrological and hydrochemical processes in response to water replenishment for lakes in arid regions. Journal of Hydrology.

• Chen, J., et al. (2019). Hydrogeochemical characteristics and quality assessment of groundwater in an irrigated region, Northwest China. Water, 11(1): 96.

• Chen, J., Wu, H., Qian, H., Gao, Y., Li, X. (2018). Human health risk assessment of contaminants in drinking water based on triangular fuzzy numbers approach in Yinchuan City, Northwest China. Exposure and Health, 10(155): 155-166.

• Chen, J., Wu, H., Qian, H., Li, X. (2018). Challenges and prospects of sustainable groundwater management in an agricultural plain along the Silk Road Economic Belt, north-west China. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 34(3): 354-368. DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2016.1238348

• Chen, J., Qian, H., Wu, H. (2017). Nitrogen contamination in groundwater in an agricultural region along the New Silk Road, northwest China: Distribution and factors controlling its fate. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 24(15): 13154-13167. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-8881-0

• Chen, J., Wu, H., Qian, H., Gao, Y. (2017). Assessing nitrate and fluoride contaminants in drinking water and their health risk of rural residents living in a semiarid region of Northwest China. Exposure and Health, 9(3): 183-195.

• Chen, J., Qian, H. (2017). Characterizing replenishment water, lake water and groundwater interactions by numerical modelling in arid regions: A case study of Shahu Lake. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 62(1): 104-113. DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2015.1133910

• Wu, H., Qian, H., Chen, J., Huo, C. (2017). Assessment of agricultural drought vulnerability in the Guanzhong Plain, China. Water Resources Management, 31(5): 1557-1574. DOI: 10.1007/s11269-017-1594-9

  
  

2024 Shaanxi Provincial Natural Science First Prize
2024 Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Science and Technology Progress Second Prize
2024 Shaanxi Youth May Fourth Medal
2024 Shaanxi Provincial Education, Science, Culture, Health, and Sports System May Day Women's Pacesetter

2023 Yangtze River Young Scholar, awarded by the Ministry of Education of China, 2023 (The highest honor for young Chinese scientists in higher education)

2022 Selected for Stanford University World's Top 2% Scientists 2022 List

2022 Shaanxi Association for Science and Technology Young Talent Support Program
2022 Shaanxi Undergraduate Universities Teaching Innovation Competition Second Prize (3/4), Shaanxi Provincial Department of Education
2021 Shaanxi Ecological Society Young Scientist Award, Shaanxi Ecological Society
2021 Shaanxi Ecological Science and Technology Progress Special Prize (2/10), Shaanxi Ecological Society
2020 Hydrogeochemistry Approved as a National First-Class Undergraduate Course (3/5), Ministry of Education
2019 Shaanxi Provincial Teaching Achievement Award Second Prize (3/6), Shaanxi Provincial Department of Education
2019 Advisor for the Third Prize in The 12th Shaanxi Provincial College Students' Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition

Professor (2023 – Present)| Associate Director for Academic Affairs, National Key Laboratory of Loess Science (Chang’an University)

Associate Professor (2019 – 2023)

Assistant Professor (2017 – 2019)