Li Shuo, Ph.D., is a Professor and doctoral supervisor at Nanjing Normal University. He earned his bachelor's degree in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing from Wuhan University of Surveying and Mapping, his master's degree in Geography from Lanzhou University, and his Ph.D. in Geographical Sciences from Nanjing Normal University. From 2002 to 2006, he conducted postdoctoral research at the Nanjing Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He served as a visiting scholar at the Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis, Rutgers University, USA (2006–2008) and the Hydrology Research Center, Old Dominion University, USA (2014–2015). His research and teaching focus on Geographic Information Science and computer modeling of watershed geographic processes. Has led three National Natural Science Foundation of China projects and led/participated in over 40 provincial/ministerial and local government research/consulting projects. Published more than 50 research papers.

Undertaking national research projects

• National Natural Science Foundation of China General Program, Research on Multi-Scale Modeling Methods for Pesticide Migration and Transformation Processes in a Typical Taihu Lake Watershed, 2026-2030, Principal Investigator;
• NSFC General Program Project, Research on Distributed Non-point Source Pollution Assessment Methods for Watersheds Coupling Process-Empirical Models, 2017-2020, Principal Investigator;
• NSFC General Program Project, Distributed Simulation of Non-point Source Pollution Processes in Plain River Network Areas, 2013-2016, Principal Investigator;
• Dangchang County People's Government, Longnan City, Gansu Province, Comprehensive Tourism Planning for Dangchang County, 2023, Principal Investigator;
• Dangchang County People's Government, Longnan City, Gansu Province, Integrated Water Environment Management Plan for Guan'egou Scenic Area, 2024, Principal Investigator;
• Bai Sha County People's Government, Hainan Province, Implementation Plan for Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality in Bai Sha County, Hainan, 2022, Principal Investigator;
• Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences Commissioned Project, Development of Simulation Models for Typical Agricultural Non-point Source Pollution in Lake Taihu, 2024-2025, Principal Investigator;
• Hainan Provincial Development and Reform Commission Project, Promoting Integrated Urban-Rural Development in Hainan through Village Concentration Initiatives, 2019
• Hainan Provincial Development and Reform Commission Project, Spatial Layout of Eastern and Western Wings Towns in Hainan Province, 2018, Principal Investigator;
• Hainan Provincial Development and Reform Commission Project, Water Environment Ecological Compensation in Baisha and Qiongzhong Counties, Hainan, 2017, Principal Investigator;
• Jiangsu Provincial Water Resources Science and Technology Project, Rapid Estimation Method for Non-Point Source Pollution in Watersheds, 2012-2013, Principal Investigator;
• Commissioned Project by the Institute of Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences: Multi-scale Distributed Simulation of Hydrological Processes in the Middle Heihe River Basin, 2009-2011, Principal Investigator;
• Ministry of Education Overseas Study Fund: Development of Hydrological Process Models for Typical Rice-growing Regions in Southern China, 2009-2011, Principal Investigator;

Research Paper

• Chang, Di; Li, Shuo*; Lai, Zhengqing，Spatiotemporal response pattern of nutrient loss to rainfall-runoff dynamics across different timescales，CATENA,2025,254,108995.
• Chang, Di; Li, Shuo*, Capturing the extent of climate's dynamic effects on runoff and nutrient yields across short- and long-term scales, AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT, 2025,307,109231.
• Chang, Di; Li, Shuo*; Lai, Zhengqing, Effects of extreme precipitation intensity and duration on the runoff and nutrient yields, JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY, 2023,626,130281.
• Di Chang; Shuo Li*; Zhengqing Lai. Effects of extreme precipitation intensity and duration on the runoff and nutrient yields. Journal of Hydrology 626 (2023) 130281
• Di Chang; Shuo Li*; Zhengqing Lai; Fanjin Fu; Xinlong Qi ; Integrated effects of coevolutions among climate, land use and vegetation growing dynamics to changes of runoff quantity and quality, Journal of Environmental Management, 2023, 331: 117195
• Zhengqing Lai; Di Chang; Shuo Li*; Dan Li ; Optimizing land use systems of an agricultural watershed in China to meet ecological and economic requirements for future sustainability, Global Ecology and Conservation, 2022, 33
• Lai Zhengqing; Xiao Xuechun; Li Shuo*; et al. Multi-scale Simulation of Non-point Source Pollution in Tea Plantations of Tianmu Lake Basin. Journal of Agricultural Environmental Sciences, 2022, 41(11): 2405-2416
• Chang Di; Zhengqing Lai; Shuo Li*; Dan Li; Jun Zhou ; Critical source areas identification for non-point source pollution related to nitrogen and phosphorus in an agricultural watershed based on SWAT model, Environmental Science and Pollution Research , 2021, 28: 47162-47181
• Zhengqing Lai; Shuo Li*; Yang Deng; Guonian Lv; Sana Ullah ; Development of a polder module in the SWAT model: SWATpld for simulating polder areas in south‐eastern China, Hydrological Processes, 2018, 32: 1050-1062
• Zhengqing Lai, Shuo Li,* Guonian Lv, Zhirong Pan  and Guosong Fei. Watershed delineation using hydrographic features and a DEM in plain river network region. Hydrological processes，2016, 30,276-288.
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• Li Shuo, Lai Zhengqing, Li Chenggang et al. Distributed Simulation of Hydrological Processes in Plain River Networks Based on the SWAT Model. Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering, 2013, 29(6), 106-112.
• Lai, Z.Q., Li, S.*, Li, C.G., Nan, Z.T. et al. Application of the SWAT Model in the Middle and Upper Heihe River Basin. Acta Naturarum Resursum Sinica, 2013, 28(8), 1404-1412.
• Li Runchao, Yuan Linwang, Li Shuo*, et al. Template Matching Method for Extracting Vector Field of DEM Slope Direction. Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica Sinica, 2013, 42(6), 922-928.
• Qiao Xue, Li Shuo*, Chen Yichen. Analysis of Hydrological Effects of Vegetation Restoration in Erosion Environments. Research on Soil and Water Conservation, 2018, 25, 137-140.