Yiling's research focuses on large-scale ocean-atmosphere interactions and climate dynamics, with particular interest in climate variability and extreme events. Her current work investigates the Indian Ocean Dipole and the influences of climate modes on the Arabian Peninsula.

• Yiling Zheng, Chi-Yung Francis Tam, Matthew Collins, 2025, Projected Changes in Indian Ocean Dipole Pattern under Future Greenhouse Warming, Journal of Climate, 38, 1813–1827.
• Yiling Zheng, Chi-Yung Francis Tam, Matthew Collins, 2024, Reduced Indian Ocean Dipole Asymmetry and Increased Extreme Negative Events under Future Greenhouse Warming, Journal of Climate, 37, 5507–5523.
• Yiling Zheng, Chi-Yung Francis Tam, Kang Xu, Matthew Collins, 2024, Origins of Underestimated Indian Ocean Dipole Skewness in CMIP5/6 Models, Journal of Climate, 37, 837–853.
• Yiling Zheng, Yan Du, Jian-Wei Chi, Yu-Hong Zhang, Shang-Ping Xie, 2021, Rapid Changes in Northeastern Tropical Pacific Ocean Surface Salinity due to Trans-basin Moisture Transport in Recent Decades, Climate Dynamics, 56, 2245–2257.
• Yiling Zheng, Ze-Sheng Chen, Hai Wang, Yan Du, 2019, Features of 2015/2016 Extreme El Niño Event and its Evolution Mechanisms, Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 38, 10-19.

• 2021–2024, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, PhD in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.
• 2018–2021, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Master in Physical Oceanography.
• 2014–2018, Ocean University of China, Bachelor in Marine Science.

Climate Dynamics Extreme events Atmospheric