Dr Feng's research interests are focused on freshwater ecosystems under climate change effects and human activities. Specific elements of research including:

• Renewable energy and Hydropower
• Hydrology and Hydraulic infrastructure
• Water quality and flood simulation
• Food-Water-Energy nexus and environmental modelling

Dr Feng was trained in Environmental Science (MSc) and River Science (PhD). Before joining the  University of Nottingham in 2017, she obtained Joint PhD degree in River Science at the University of Trento in Italy and Freie Universität Berlin in Germany, under the Erasmus Mundus SMART programme funded by the European Union. Her research closely integrates freshwater hydrology and renewable energy transition including food-water-energy nexus. Her specialities include river hydrological modeling, water pollutant studies, and environmental data analyses with data science techniques.

She has undertook large research projects supported by the National Science Foundation China and National Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province as the principle investigator. She also contributed to other NSFC international projects as co-investigators. She has also working experience with colleagues and scientists from Malaysia, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, and China. She was invited to attend the IUCN Regional Capacity Building: Water Governance Project Dissemination Workshop held in Malaysia in 2018 as a China representative. Later on she joint as a member of IUCN World Commissions for Protected Areas (WCPA) and its Specialist Group Freshwater since 2021. Besides, Meili is also member of multiple professional associations including member of Chinese National Committee on large dams, Member of International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Reserach (IAHR), Member of China Society for Environmental Science. 

Dr Feng is always happy to collaborate in the broad field of environmental science and geography, particular interdisciplinary studies with mathematics and computer science. Welcome motivated students to discuss potential rearch projects including internships, MRes, and PhD positions. Please contact meili.feng@nottingham.edu.cn for further information. 

GEOGF001 Environmental Data Science and Programming

GEOGF002 Introduction to Environmental Sciences

GEOG1025 Global Environmental Processes

GEOG1026 Introduction to GIS

GEOG1028 Research Skills

GEOG2046 River Channel Forms and Dynamics

GEOG3039 Environmental Informatics and Modelling