博士，研究员，海洋与气候研究中心副主任。
长期从事海洋环流、海-气相互作用与气候变化的理论与数值模拟研究。主持的科研项目包括国家973项目课题、国家重点研发计划课题、国家自然科学基金项目、科学院重大专项课题等。在nature、journal of climate、geophysical research letters等学术期刊上发表论文50余篇，其中sci论文30余篇。
改进了传统adi方法在正压海洋数值模式中对控制方程的差分方法，建立了精度更高、计算更快、稳定性更好的时间交错半隐式二维正压海洋模式，为海洋动力过程的诊断分析提供了一个十分有效的工具。合作提出了赤道太平洋-赤道大西洋遥相关理论，首次揭示了东赤道太平洋通过大气的“tt机制” 和海洋的“bjerknes机制”影响赤道大西洋海洋气候的作用机理，该成果发表于国际知名学术期刊《nature》上。提出了关于导致厄尔尼诺强度以及周期变化的新理论，揭示了海表温度导致的温跃层变化所引发的海-气相互作用强度变化的规律，阐明了厄尔尼诺的强度以及振荡周期变化的动力机制，为更好地预测厄尔尼诺提供了有力的理论依据。
1. sun, s., y. fang, y. zu, b. liu, tana, a. abu samah, 2020: seasonal characteristics of mesoscale coupling between the sea surface temperature and wind speed in the south china sea, journal of climate, 33: 625-638.
2. zu, y., s. sun, w. zhao, p. li, b. liu, y. fang, azizan abu samah, 2019: seasonal characteristics and formation mechanism of the thermohaline structure of mesoscale eddy in the south china sea, acta oceanologica sinica, 38(4):29-38.
3. tana, y. fang, b. liu, s. sun, h. wang, 2017: dramatic weakening of the ear-shaped thermal front in the yellow sea during 1950s–1990s. acta oceanol. sin., 36(5):51–56.
4. sun, s., y. fang, b. liu, tana, 2016: coupling between sst and wind speed over mesoscale eddies in the south china sea, ocean dynamics, 66:1467–1474.
5. sun, s., j. lan, y. fang, c. tana, x. gao, 2015：a triggering mechanism for the indian ocean dipoles independent of enso, journal of climate, 28, 5063–5076.
6. sun, s., y. fang, tana, and b. liu, 2014: dynamical mechanisms for asymmetric ssta patterns associated with some indian ocean dipoles, j. geophys. res. oceans, 119, doi:10.1002/2013jc009651.
7. sun, s., y. fang, l. feng, tana, 2014: influence of the indian ocean dipole on the indian ocean meridional heat transport. journal of marine systems, vol.134:81-88.
8. fang, y., tana, s. sun, b. liu, 2013: impact of the climate change on the western boundary current in the south china sea: an assessment based on numerical simulations. malaysian journal of science, vol. 32: 341-350.
9. fang, g., g. wang, y. fang, w. fang, 2012: a review on the south china sea western boundary current. acta oceanol. sin., vol.31, no.5, 1-10, doi: 10.1007/s13131-012-0231-y.
10. qiu, f., w. fang, y. fang, p. guo, 2012: anomalous oceanic characteristics in the south china sea associated with the large-scale forcing during 2006–2009. journal of marine systems, vol.100, 9–18, doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.03.010.
11. chiang, j. c. h., and y. fang, 2010: was the north pacific wintertime climate less stormy during the mid-holocene? journal of climate, vol. 23, 4025-4037.
12. chiang, j. c. h., y. fang, and p. chang, 2009: pacific climate change and enso activity in the mid-holocene. journal of climate. vol. 22, 923-939. doi: 10.1175/2008jcli2644.1
13. fang, g., y. wang, z. wei, y. fang, f. qiao and x. hu, 2008: interocean circulation and heat and freshwater budgets of the south china sea based on a numerical model. dynamics of atmospheres and oceans, vol. 47, 55-72.
14. fang, y., j. c. h. chiang, and p. chang, 2008: variation of mean sea surface temperature and modulation of el nino-southern oscillation variance during the past 150 years. geophysical research letters, vol. 35, l14709, doi:10.1029/2008gl033761.
15. chiang, j. c. h., y. fang, and p. chang, 2008: the interhemispheric thermal gradient and tropical pacific climate. geophysical research letters. vol. 35, l14704, doi:10.1029/2008gl034166.
16. chang, p., y. fang, r. saravanan, l. ji, and h. seidel, 2006: the cause of fragile relationship between the pacific el nino and the atlantic nino. nature, 443, 324-328, doi:10.1038.
17. fang, g., z. wei, b. choi, k. wang, y. fang and w. li, 2003. interbasin freshwater, heat and salt transport through the boundaries of the east south china seas from a variable-grid global ocean circulation model. science in china, vol. 46, 149-161.
18. wei, z., g. fang, b. choi, y. fang and y. he, 2003. sea surface height and transport stream function of the south china sea from a variable-grid global ocean circulation model. science in china, vol. 46, 139-148.
19. fang, g., w. wei, y. fang, k. wang and b. choi, 2002. mean sea surface heights of the south and east china seas from ocean circulation model and geodetic leveling. chinese science bulletin, vol. 47, 326-329.
20. fang, y., g. fang, k. wang and, z. wei, 2001. dynamics of the kuroshio intrusion into the southeast china adjacent waters – a numerical study. journal of hydrodynamics, ser. b, 3, 28-33.
21. fang y., b. choi and g. fang, 2000. global ocean tides from geosat altimetry by quasi-harmonic analysis. chinese journal of oceanology and limnology, vol. 18, 193-198.
22. fang, y., g. fang and q. zhang, 2000. numerical simulation and dynamic study of the wintertime circulation of the bohai sea. chinese journal of oceanology and limnology, vol. 18, 1-9.
23. choi, b. h., d. h. kim and y. fang, 1999. tides in the east asian seas from a fine-resolution global ocean tidal model. mts journal, vol. 33, no. 1, 36-44.
24. fang, g., w. fang, y. fang and k. wang, 1998. a survey of studies on the south china sea upper ocean circulation. acta oceanographica taiwanica, vol. 37, 1-16.
25. fang, y., q. zhang and g. fang, 1997. a numerical study on the path and origin of the yellow sea warm current. the yellow sea, vol. 3, 18-26.
26. fang y., g. fang and k. yu, 1996. adi barotropic ocean model for simulation of kuroshio intrusion into china southeastern waters. chinese journal of oceanology and limnology, vol. 14, 357-366.
主持项目
1. 国家重点基础研究计划973计划项目课题：热带太平洋印度洋海洋环流及其热输送对全球变暖的响应（2012cb955601），2012年1月～2016年8月，681万元，主持。
2. 国家自然科学基金面上项目：热带太平洋-赤道大西洋遥相关多年代际变化的研究（41176030），2012年1月～2015年12月，57万元，主持。
3. 国家自然科学基金面上项目：东亚季风年代际变异对黄海暖流及局地海-气相互作用的影响（41576028），2016年1月～2019年12月，66万元，主持。
4. 国家自然科学基金面上项目：南海中尺度涡的三维结构及演化机制（41876030），2019年1月～2022年12月，62万元，主持。