2011/10 ~ 2012/09 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University
2012/10 ~ 2013/01 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University
2013/02 ~ present Assistant Professor, Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, National Cheng Kung University
“Emerging Star” Award – College of Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, 2018
Excellent Research Award – Dept. of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, 2018
Excellent Teaching Award – Dept. of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, 2015
Lai, S. Y. J. and F.-C. Wu *(2021), Two-stage transition from Gilbert to hyperpycnal delta in reservoir, Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL093661. [PDF]
Lai, S. Y. J., Y. J. Chiu and F.-C. Wu* (2019), Self-similar morphodynamics of Gilbert and hyperpycnal deltas over segmented two-slope bedrock channels, Water Resources Research, 55, 3689-3707 doi:10.1029/2018WR023824. [PDF]
Limaye, A. B.*, J. L. Grimaud, S. Y. J. Lai, B. Z. Foreman, Y. Komatsu, and C. Paola (2018), Geometry and dynamics of braided channels and bars under experimental density currents, Sedimentology, doi:10.1111/sed.12453. [PDF]
Lai, S. Y. J., Y. T. Hsiao and F.- C. Wu* (2017), Asymmetric effects of subaerial and subaqueous basement slopes on self-similar morphology of prograding deltas, Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, 122, doi: 10.1002/2017JF004244. [PDF]
Lai, S. Y. J.*, S. S. C. Hung, B. Z. Foreman, A. B. Limaye, J. L. Grimaud and C. Paola (2017), Stream power controls the braiding intensity of submarine channels similarly to rivers, Geophysical Research Letters, 44, doi:10.1002/2017GL072964. [PDF]
Lai, S. Y. J.*, T. P. Gerber and D. Amblas (2016), An experimental approach to submarine canyon evolution, Geophysical Research Letters, 43(6), 2741-2747, doi: 10.1002/2015GL067376. [PDF]
Chou, C.-W., S. Y. J. Lai*, F.-Y. Lin, and C.-K. Huang (2015), Experimental study of fixed-bed flow characteristics for a cylinder with different porosities, Taiwan Water Conservancy, 63 (4), 46-56 (in Chinese). [PDF]
Foreman, B. Z.*, S. Y. J. Lai, Y. Komatsu and C. Paola (2015), Braiding of submarine channels controlled by aspect ratio similar to rivers, Nature Geoscience, 8(9), 700-703, doi: 10.1038/NGEO2505. [PDF]
Capart, H.*, J.P.C. Hsu, S. Y. J. Lai and M.L. Hsieh (2010), Formation and decay of a tributary-dammed lake, Laonong River, Taiwan, Water Resources Research, 46, W11522, doi:10.1029/2010WR009159. [PDF]
Lai, S. Y. J., and H. Capart* (2009), Reservoir infill by hyperpycnal deltas over bedrock, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L08402, doi:10.1029/2008GL037139. [PDF]
Lai, S. Y. J., and H. Capart* (2007), Two-diffusion description of hyperpycnal deltas, Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface,112, F03005, doi:10.1029/2006JF000617. [PDF]