Jinhui Joyce Zhang, Ph.D.

Lead Engineer

South Florida Water Management District

Lake Okeechobee Division

3301 Gun Club Road

West Palm Beach, FL 33406

E-Mail: jzhang@sfwmd.gov

Office Phone (561) 682-6341

Research Interests

Joyce Zhang has been worked for South Florida Water Management District as a Lead Engineer since 1991.  She obtained her Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University in 1990, M.S from Beijing Research Institute of Water Resources and Hydro-power, and B.S. from North China College of Water Conservancy and Hydro-power. 

Joyce Zhang also worked at University of Florida as post-doc research associate in 1990 and at the Beijing Research Institute of Water Resources and Hydro-power from 1994 to 1997.  Her research interests includes agricultural decision support system development, watershed best management practices, non-point source pollution control, and watershed restoration.  Several selected publications are listed below: 

Selected Publications

Zhang, J., S. A. F. Ray and A. Essex, 2002. Potential phosphorus load reductions under the Lake Okeechobee regulatory program. Journal of American Water Resources Association, December 2002.  

Zhang, J. and S. A. F. Ray. 2002. Modeling the effect of land use changes on phosphorus loads in the Lake Okeechobee watershed, Florida. In: Proceedings of 2002 CSCE/EWRI of ASCE Environmental Engineering Conference, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. 

Zhang, J. and S. I. Gornak. 1999. Evaluation of field-scale water quality models for the Lake Okeechobee regulatory program. Applied Engineering in Agriculture 15(5): 441-447.  

Zhang, J., B. Negahban, D. Bottcher, C. F. Boggess, and B Jacobson. Evaluation of management alternatives for phosphorus load reductions using LOADSS. In: Proceedings of 1999 ASCE Water Resources Engineering Conference. August 17-11, 1999, Seattle. 

Zhang, J., L Moore, W. Guan, A. Essex, G. Ritter, and L. Price. 1998. Development of a GIS hydrography database for phosphorus transport modeling in the Lake Okeechobee watershed. in: GIS Solutions in Natural Resources Management. Morain, Stan (ed.). Pages 77-89. On Word Press, Santa Fe, NM, USA. 

Zhang, J., W. Guan, and A. Essex. 1998. Analyzing phosphorus loads and transport in the Lake Okeechobee watershed. in: GIS Solutions in Natural Resources Management. Morain, Stan (ed.). Pages 161-172. On Word Press, Santa Fe, NM, USA.

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