A few days ago, Professor Zheng Jinhai, the academic leader of the Integrated Management and Protection of Estuarine and Coastal Regions research group from the State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering (Hydro-Lab), was elected as the ASCE 2016 outstanding reviewer by Journal of Waterway，Port，Coastal and Ocean Engineering.

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