Dr. Xiajing (Dorothy) Lin

Education

PhD, 2024: Environmental Systems Engineering, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

BEng, 2018: Environmental Systems Engineering, Xiamen University of Technology, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China.

Experience

2025-present: Research Associate, Civil Engineering Department, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA.

2025: Research Scientist, Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Communities, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, CANADA.

2024-2025: Team Lead, Hydro-Climate Group, Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Communities, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, CANADA.

2024: Guest Lecturer, ENEV 803 Water Resource Management, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, CANADA.

2023-2024: Research Officer, Ministry of Trade and Export Development, Government of Saskatchewan, Regina, Saskatchewan, CANADA.

2023: Data Analyst, File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council, Regina, Saskatchewan, CANADA.

2022: GIS Technician, Ministry of Environment, Government of Saskatchewan, Regina, Saskatchewan, CANADA.

2021-2022: Doctoral Graduate Teaching Assistant, ENEV 360 Environmental Hydraulics, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, CANADA.

Short Bio

Xiajing (Dorothy) Lin, PhD, EIT, is a Research Associate at the University of Calgary. Her research focuses on hydro-climate extremes, climate and hydrologic modelling, and flood hazard analysis. Her work covers several connected areas: (1) hurricane and tropical-cyclone simulation, classification, projection, and tracking algorithm development; (2) regional climate and air dispersion modeling using WRF and WRF-Chem; (3) deep-learning-based streamflow spatial bias correction and hydrologic model post-processing; and (4) flood inundation modelling, reproducible workflows, and climate–hydrology integration. In UCalgary, she works closely with Prof. Alain Pietroniro, the broader project team, and federal partners on model development, hydrologic model post-processing, reproducible flood-modelling workflows, and cross-team coordination. She also brings experience in government and Indigenous collaboration through previous work with the Government of Saskatchewan, where she supported applied environmental analysis and data-driven decision-support initiatives. Dorothy has published her work in leading international journals, including Environmental Science & Technology, Journal of Climate, and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

Publications (Selected)

  1. Lin, X., Huang, G., Lu, C., Wu, Y., and Song, T. (2026). Category-resolved tropical cyclone dynamics and climate modes interactions in CMIP6 HighResMIP: reclassification, projection, and model evaluation. Climate Dynamics, 64(4), 152. IF: 4.901.
  2. Lin, X., and Huang, G. (2025). Assessing Tropical Cyclone-Driven Aerosol Transport: A High-Resolution WRF-Chem Analysis of Major Hurricane Matthew and Implications for Future Climate Scenarios. Environmental Science & Technology, 59(18), 9060-9071. IF: 11.4.
  3. Lin, X., Huang, G., and Song, T. (2025). Enhanced Global Tropical Cyclone Identification in ERA5 through Bayesian Inference and Dynamic Tracking (BIDTrack) Algorithm. Journal of Climate, 38(15), 3661-3675. IF: 5.148.
  4. Lin, X., Huang, G., Zhou, X., and Zhai, Y. (2023). An inexact fractional multi-stage programming method for planning renewable electric power systems. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 187, 113611. IF: 16.8.
  5. Lin, X., Huang, G., Piwowar, J. M., Zhou, X., and Zhai, Y. (2021). Risk of hydrological failure under the compound effects of instant flow and precipitation peaks under climate change: A case study of Mountain Island Dam, North Carolina. Journal of Cleaner Production, 284, 125305. IF: 11.072.
  6. Lin, X., Huang, G., Wang, G., Yan, D., and Zhou, X. (2021). Risk assessment of dam-breach flood under extreme storm events. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 9, 742901. IF: 4.581.
  7. Wang, S., Huang, G., and Lin, X. (2025). A stepwise-clustered climatic factors downscaling method for ensemble projections of temperature, precipitation, and wind speed over the Western Pacific Sea area. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 156(7), 368.

Dr. Xiajing (Dorothy) Lin

Research Associate in Computational Hydrology

About CAPE: We bring together observations, models, and data science to improve understanding and prediction of hydrological processes across scales from hillslopes to continents.

Land and Water Acknowledgement: We respectfully acknowledge that we live and work on Treaty 7 Territory and the Homeland of the Métis, Tsuut'ina, Stoney, and Blackfoot. We thank these nations for their care and stewardship over this land and water, and we pay respect to the ancestors of these places.