Dr Siyi Li
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability
Researcher biography
Dr. Siyi Li is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Queensland. Her research focuses on crop modelling, climate extremes, and G×E×M interactions, with a particular emphasis on improving the resilience and sustainability of Australian cropping system under climate change. She has extensive experience in APSIM simulations, high-performance computing, big-data analytics, and integrating diverse datasets across multiple sources and dimensions.
Journal Articles
Xiang, Keyu, Wang, Bin, Liu, De Li, Chen, Chao, Ji, Fei, Chen, Fangzheng, Yao, Shijin, Li, Siyi, Huete, Alfredo, Li, Yi and Yu, Qiang (2026). Projecting shifts in drought-induced thresholds for wheat yield loss under climate change in southeastern Australia. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 378 111003, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.111003
Xiang, Keyu, Wang, Bin, Liu, De Li, Chen, Chao, Ji, Fei, Yao, Shijin, Li, Siyi, Huete, Alfredo, Li, Yi and Yu, Qiang (2026). Future climate change increases the risk of wheat yield loss due to agricultural drought in southeastern Australia. European Journal of Agronomy, 173 127909, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.eja.2025.127909
Li, Siyi, Wang, Bin, Liu, De Li, Chen, Chao, Feng, Puyu, Huete, Alfredo and Yu, Qiang (2026). Compound drought and temperature events intensify wheat yield loss in Australia. Earths Future, 14 (1) e2023EF004124, 1-19. doi: 10.1029/2023EF004124
Yao, Shijin, Liu, De Li, Wang, Bin, Webb, Jonathan K., Li, Siyi, Huete, Alfredo, Xiang, Keyu and Yu, Qiang (2026). Climate warming enhances sugarcane yield and increases annual harvest frequency in northern coastal New South Wales, Australia. Agricultural Systems, 231 104502, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104502
Li, Siyi, Wang, Bin, Liu, De Li, Chen, Chao, Feng, Puyu, Huete, Alfredo, Xiang, Keyu and Yu, Qiang (2025). The contribution of climate drivers to compound drought and extreme temperature events increased in recent decades. Weather and Climate Extremes, 49 100793, 100793-49. doi: 10.1016/j.wace.2025.100793
Xiang, Keyu, Wang, Bin, Liu, De Li, Chen, Chao, Ji, Fei, Yang, Yanmin, Li, Siyi, Huang, Mingxia, Huete, Alfredo and Yu, Qiang (2025). Soil with high plant available water capacity can mitigate the risk of wheat growth under drought conditions in southeastern Australia. European Journal of Agronomy, 164 127460, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.eja.2024.127460
Yao, Shijin, Wang, Bin, Liu, De Li, Li, Siyi, Ruan, Hongyan and Yu, Qiang (2025). Assessing the impact of climate variability on Australia’s sugarcane yield in 1980–2022. European Journal of Agronomy, 164 127519, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.eja.2025.127519
Li, Siyi, Wang, Bin, Liu, De Li, Chen, Chao, Feng, Puyu, Huang, Mingxia, Wang, Xiaofang, Shi, Lijie, Waters, Cathy, Huete, Alfredo and Yu, Qiang (2024). Can agronomic options alleviate the risk of compound drought-heat events during the wheat flowering period in southeastern Australia?. European Journal of Agronomy, 153 127030, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.eja.2023.127030
Huang, Mingxia, Wang, Jing, Wang, Bin, Liu, De Li, Feng, Puyu, Yu, Qiang, Pan, Xuebiao, Li, Siyi and Jiang, Tengcong (2022). Dominant sources of uncertainty in simulating maize adaptation under future climate scenarios in China. Agricultural Systems, 199 103411, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2022.103411
Li, Linchao, Wang, Bin, Feng, Puyu, Li Liu, De, He, Qinsi, Zhang, Yajie, Wang, Yakai, Li, Siyi, Lu, Xiaoliang, Yue, Chao, Li, Yi, He, Jianqiang, Feng, Hao, Yang, Guijun and Yu, Qiang (2022). Developing machine learning models with multi-source environmental data to predict wheat yield in China. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 194 106790, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.compag.2022.106790
Li, Siyi, Wang, Bin, Feng, Puyu, Liu, De Li, Li, Linchao, Shi, Lijie and Yu, Qiang (2022). Assessing climate vulnerability of historical wheat yield in south-eastern Australia's wheat belt. Agricultural Systems, 196 103340, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103340
Li, Siyi, Li, Yi, Lin, Haixia, Feng, Hao and Dyck, Miles (2018). Effects of different mulching technologies on evapotranspiration and summer maize growth. Agricultural Water Management, 201, 309-318. doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2017.10.025
Conference Papers
Li, Siyi, Zheng, Bangyou, Hu, Pengcheng, Fernandez, Javier, Lei, Yeming, James, Chris, Chen, Qiaomin, Arief, Vivi and Chapman, Scott (2025). Cost-effective agronomic practices could unlock Australian wheat yield potential. The 26th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2025), Adelaide, SA, Australia, 30 November-4 December 2025.
Li, Siyi, Wang, Bin, Liu, De Li, Huete, Alfredo and Yu, Qiang (2023). Compound drought and extreme temperature impacts on Australian wheat yields under climate change. 25th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2023), Darwin, NT, Australia, 9-13 July 2023.