Dapeng's research in recent years has been funded by NERC, EPSRC, Royal Geographical Society, and United Nations. His research expertise and interest lie in the following broad areas:
Hydrodynamic Modelling: Representative of Dapeng's work in hydrodynamic modelling is a 2D flood modelling software FloodMap, which is being used widely by researchers in many countries. He is the Loughborough Principal Investigator of two EPSRC grants (2015-2019) (Vaccinating the Nexus and STEPPING UP). He led a NERC climate service pathway project as Principal Investigator on Future Flood Risks, and involved in the Drone Watch project (2016).
Flood Risk Analysis and Impact Evaluation: From 2014, Dapeng leads three NERC grants as Principal Investigator, including: (i) Resilience of critical infrastructure for emergency response to extreme flood events (NE/M008770/1), (ii) Real-time surface water flood risk mapping (NE/N013050/1); and (iii) National assessment of emergency response accessibility during flooding (NE/R009600/1), in collaboration with organisations including Cabinet Office, Department for Communities and Local Governments, Met Office, Environment Agency, Resilience Forums, local authorities, Atkins Global, Transport for London and Transport Scotland.
Geocomputation and Spatial Analysis using Big Data: Dapeng has a MSc degree in Geographical Information Science from Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands. Representative of his expertise in this area is a risk analysis and mapping project in Yemen (as Co-I, working with Professor Robert Wilby (PI)), commissioned by the International Fund for Agricultural Development of the UN, which produced high-impact research outputs as well as practical guidance for risk managers internationally.