Research

My current research focus is small-scale coastal physical oceanography. Specifically, I use observational data to study the frontal dynamics of the Fraser River plume, including high-resolution satellite remote sensing products, aerial drone footage, high-frequency (HF) radar-derived surface currents, Lagrangian drifters, instrumented ferry tracks, and conventional hydraulic survey instruments (CTD, ADCP, Echo-sounder). I am interested in investigating and understanding the properties and dynamics of the plume front, including its structure, propagation, mixing, turbulence, and instabilities. 

Teaching

Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • EOSC 584 (PRODIGY - Ocean Data: Observations, Analysis, Synthesis and Communication)

01/2024 – 04/2024

  • EOSC 471 (Waves, Currents, and Mixing in the Ocean)

09/2023 – 12/2023

  • EOSC 471 (Waves, Currents, and Mixing in the Ocean)

09/2022 – 12/2022

  • EOSC 471 (Waves, Currents, and Mixing in the Ocean)

09/2021 – 12/2021

  • ATSC 113 (Applied Meteorology)

05/2020 – 06/2020

  • EOSC 114 (The Catastrophic Earth: Natural Disasters)

01/2020 – 04/2020

 

PhD in Oceanography, UBC, Canada, 2022-present

MSc in Oceanography, UBC, Canada, 2019-2022

BSc in Marine Sciences, Xiamen University, China, 2015-2019

meta_CV_Shumin_Li.pdf

Li, S., & Pawlowicz, R. (2025). Tidal modulation of the Fraser River plume. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 130(1), e2024JC021432.