People
Past Student /Research Assistants
Yueyang Jiang (MS, 05 / 2009)- Continue PhD program at Purdue University.
Thesis title: Modeling Wildfire Regimes in Northern North America.
E-Mail: jiang5@Purdue.edu
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Yueyang has a Bachelor degree of Automation from College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, China. Starting Spring of 2008, he works towards a doctoral degree through studying the feedbacks of the biosphere and atmosphere with rigorous mathematical and statistical modeling approaches.
Jinyun Tang (PhD, Fall 2006 - Spring 2011)
Currently employed as Post-Doctoral Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA.
E-Mail: tang16@purdue.edu
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I am a Ph.D. student in the Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences. I obtained both my Masters degree and Bachelors degree majored in Atmospheric Sciences from Nanjing University, China. In the Fall of 2006, I started work with Prof. Qianlai Zhuang at Ecosystems and Biogeochemical Dynamics Laboratory (EBDL) at Purdue University. My thesis is focusing on coupling a large-scale process-based biogeochemical model, the Terrestrial Ecosystem Model (TEM) to atmospheric climate and chemistry models to study feedbacks between biogeochemical cycling and climate change.
Xiaoliang Lu (PhD, Summer 2007 - Spring 2012)
Currently employed as Post-Doctoral Scientist at the Ecosystems Center of the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, MA
E-Mail: lxiaolia@purdue.edu
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I am a Ph.D. student in the Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences. I obtained my Bachelors degree and Masters degree majored in Geography from Wuhan University and the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), respectively. Starting the Summer of 2007, I work with Prof. Qianlai Zhuang towards a doctoral degree at Purdue. My thesis research focuses on studying carbon and water dynamics in the complex landscapes of Northern high latitudes through integrating satellite and in situ data and mechanistic models.
Yueyang Jiang (PhD, Spring 2008 - Spring 2012)
Currently employed as Post-Doctoral Scientist at the Ecosystems Center of the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, MA
E-Mail: jiang5@Purdue.edu
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Yueyang has a Bachelor degree of Automation from College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, China. Starting Spring of 2008, he works towards a doctoral degree through studying the feedbacks of the biosphere and atmosphere with rigorous mathematical and statistical modeling approaches.
Zhiwei Zhang (MS, Fall 2009 - Spring 2012)
E-Mail: zhang216 at purdue.edu
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I am a Ph.D. student in the Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences. I obtained my Bachelors degree in Forestry from Beijing Forestry University in 1998 and Master degree in Department of Forestry & Natural Resources from Purdue University in 2008. Starting Fall of 2009, I work with Prof. Qianlai Zhuang towards a doctoral degree at Purdue. My research will combine various satellite remote sensing products and ecosystem modeling approach to investigate how land use and land cover have changed in the past and how they will change in the future and their impacts on biogeochemical cycles focusing on Northern Eurasia region.
Ian Pope (PhD, Fall 2011 - )
E-Mail: ipope@purdue.edu
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Ian Pope is a masters student in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. He received a B.S. in Environmental Science and a B.A. in Geography at the University of Mary Washington. He has been working on his M.S. since Fall 2011. His research is focusing on how land use and climate change have affected the carbon dynamics in Northern Eurasia during the Holocene. He will also be modeling carbon dynamics in Alaska based on the spatial distribution of fire data during the Holocene.
Yujie He (MS, Fall 2010 - Fall 2012)- Currently Continue PhD program in EBDL lab
Thesis title: Alternative ways of using experimental data to calibrate ecosystem models and implications for carbon cycle studies.
E-Mail: he72@purdue.edu
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I graduated from Fudan University, China, with a Bachelors degree in Environmental Science in 2010. Upon graduation, I was enrolled as a Ph.D. student majored in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, under the instruction of Prof. Qianlai Zhuang in Ecosystems and Biogeochemical Dynamics Laboratory (EBDL) at Purdue University. My dissertation is focusing on how the changing climate affects ecosystem structure and functioning through integrating ecological data with ecosystem and biogeochemistry models.
Min Chen (PhD, Spring 2008 - May 2013)
Thesis title: Modeling the effects of atmospheric ozone and aerosol on global ecosystem carbon dynamics.
Placement: Employed as Post-Doctoral Scientist at Harvard University, Cambridge MA.
E-Mail: chenm@purdue.edu
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Min Chen received his Masters Degree and Bachelors Degree from Beijing Normal University in the fields of Remote Sensing & Geographic Information System and Computer Science & Technology, respectively. Starting Spring of 2008, he is working towards his PhD degree. His research focuses are on examining the impacts of atmospheric climate and chemistry on terrestrial ecosystem structure and functioning using in-situ data and satellite imageries as well as ecosystem and atmospheric chemistry models.
Linyuan Shang (Fall 2011 - August 2013)
Placement: Seeking research or technical position.
E-Mail: lshang@purdue.edu
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Linyuan Shang obtained his Masters Degree of landscape ecology from the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a Bachelors Degree of Environmental Science from Wuhan University. In fall of 2011, he started to pursue his PhD Degree at Purdue University. His research focuses on developing and using model data assimilation techniques to improve earth system models. The data will include in situ and satellite observations of terrestrial biosphere and atmosphere and the model he will use is an ecosystems and biogeochemistry model, the Terrestrial Ecosystem Model.
Zhangcai Qin (PhD, Fall 2010 - Fall 2013)
Thesis title: Quantifying crop yield, bioenergy production and greenhouse gas emissions from cropland and marginal land using a model-data fusion approach.
Currently employed as Post-Doctoral Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL.
E-Mail: qin9@purdue.edu
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I obtained a Bachelor degree from China Agricultural University (Beijing) and a Masters degree from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing). I am now pursuing a PhD at Purdue University. My research focus is on studying C and N cycling of agricultural ecosystems under the changing environment by developing agricultural ecosystem and biogeochemical models.
Lulu Song (PhD, Fall 2011 - Spring 2013)
Placement: Chinese Academy of Sciences
E-Mail: song194@purdue.edu
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Lulu Song was a jointed PhD student between Purdue and the Chinese Academy sciences, sponsored by the Chinese Scholarship Council. Her dissertation at Purdue is on investigating evapotranspiration on Tibetan plateau.
Qing Zhu (PhD, Fall 2009 - Spring 2014) Thesis title: Improving Quantification of Regional Net Carbon Exchanges between the Terrestrial Ecosystems and Atmosphere with Models of Process-Based Biogeochemistry and Atmospheric Transport Chemistry and in situ Carbon Flux and Satellite Atmospheric CO2 Data.
Currently employed as Post-Doctoral Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
E-Mail: zhuq@purdue.edu
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Xudong Zhu (PhD, Fall 2010 - Spring 2014) Thesis title: Modeling land-atmospheric exchange of greenhouse gases in natural terrestrial ecosystems in northern high latitudes.
Currently employed as Post-Doctoral Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory / Colorado State University
E-Mail: zhu123@purdue.edu
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Yujie He (PhD, Fall 2010 - Fall 2014) Thesis title: Towards A Paradigm Shift In The Modeling Of Soil Organic Carbon Decomposition For Earth System Models.
Currently employed as Post-Doctoral Scientist at the University of California - Irvine
E-Mail: he72@purdue.edu
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Yaling Liu (PhD, Spring 2011 - Fall 2014) Thesis title: Quantifying Water and Carbon Dynamics in Northern Eurasia during the 20th and 21 st Centuries.
Currently employed as Post-Doctoral Scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).
E-Mail: liu516@purdue.edu
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Guangcun Hao (Visiting Scholar, Fall 2012 - 2014)
Dissertation Title: Modeling the Response of Soil Heterotrophic Respiration to Climate Scenario Using Process-Based Models.
Currently employed as Research Scientist at Southern China Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Email: guangcunhao@yahoo.com
Mr. Hao is a Ph.D student in the Nanjing Agricultural University and Purdue University. He received his BS degree From Jilin Agricultural University and MS degree from Nanjing Agricultural University. His Ph.D dissertation will focus on quantifying agricultural ecosystem carbon and nitrogen dynamics in China.
Zeli Tan (PhD, Fall 2011 - Fall 2015)
Thesis title: Quantifying terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem methane emissions with process-based biogeochemistry and atmospheric transport and chemistry models
Post-Doctoral Scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).
E-Mail: tan80@purdue.edu
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Zeli Tan is a PhD student at earth & atmosphere science Department. He received his Masters Degree and Bachelors Degrees both from Wuhan University majored in Space Physics and Electronic Engineering respectively. Zeli joined Purdue University to seek his doctoral degree in the fall of 2011. His research focuses on examining greenhouse gases cycling in the biosphere and atmosphere using biogeochemistry and atmospheric transport and inversion models.
Zhenong Jin (PhD, Fall 2011 - Spring 2016)
Thesis title: Crop Modeling for Assessing and Mitigating the Impacts Of Extreme Climatic Events on the United States Agriculture System
Currently employed as Post-Doctoral Scientist at Stanford University
E-Mail: jin77@purdue.eduPersonal Web: I graduated from College of Urban and Environmental Science, Peking University, with a Bachelors degree in Ecology. I am now working with Prof. Zhuang in Ecosystems and Biogeochemical Dynamics Laboratory (EBDL) at Purdue University. My dissertation will focus on ecosystem modeling at regional and global scales. I am especially interested in modeling the interactions between C and N cycles.
Shaoqing Liu (PhD, Fall 2012 - Fall 2016)
Post-Doctoral Scientist at University of Minnesota to work with Profs. Crystal Ng and Peter Reich on plant traits based modelling
E-Mail: liu995@purdue.edu
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I received both my Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Beijing Normal University majoring in Environmental Science. Currently I am pursuing my Ph.D degree in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at Purdue University under direction of Prof. Qianlai Zhuang. My research will focus on simulating the interactions of cryosphere, atmosphere and atmosphere with a focus on the Arctic. Atmospheric, ecosystem and biogeochemical models and satellite technology will be involved in my research.
Chang Liao (PhD, Fall 2012 - Spring 2017 )
Thesis title: Three-dimensional carbon and water cycle modeling at high spatial-temporal resolutions
Post-Doctoral Scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNN )
E-Mail: liao46@purdue.edu
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I received both my Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Wuhan University majoring in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Currently I am pursuing my PhD degree in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at Purdue University. Working with advisor Prof. Qianlai Zhuang, my research will focus on interaction between atmosphere and biosphere, 3D modeling of water and energy dynamics. Approaches or models of Remote Sensing, Geography, Atmosphere, ecosystems and biogeochemistry will be used.
Weiwei Li (PhD, Fall. 2017 - Fall 2018)
Email: 15829727818@163.com
Weiwei Li is a joint PhD student with Northwest A&F University. Her main research interests are on dynamics of soil CO2 emissions and partition of soil respiration into autotrophic and heterotrophic components of agricultural ecosystems. During her visit, she will explore the relationships between soil CO2 emissions and soil physical, chemical and microbial properties in the Loess Plateau area of China using a process-based modeling approach.
Uribe Diosa, Maria del Rosario (PhD, Spring 2015 - Fall 2017)
Currently pursuing PhD at Natural Resource Department at Purdue
Email: uribem@purdue.edu
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I am a PhD student from the Ecological Sciences and Engineering program, under the instruction of Prof. Qianlai Zhuang. I obtained my Bachelor's degree in Ecology from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia). I received my Master's degree from Purdue University majoring in Computer and Information Technology. My doctoral research will be focused on using biogeochemical models to study and predict carbon feedbacks in tropical ecosystems and the effect of climate change on these processes.
Shuai Wang (PhD, Feb. 2017 - Fall 2018)
Dissertation: Spatial Distribution Characteristics and Predictive Mapping of Key Soil Properties in the Middle Reaches of the Heihe River Basin
Currently employed as Assistant Professor at Shenyang Agricultural University
Email: huaiwangsy@163.com
Shuai Wang is a joint PhD student with Shenyang Agricultural University. His main research interest is in modern methods of digital soil mapping, which requires increasingly quantitative methods, including statistical computing and modeling. During his visiting, he will develop a new model for predicting soil properties such as soil organic carbon and total nitrogen in northeastern regions of China.
Peng Zhu (PhD, Fall 2014 - Spring 2018)
Dissertation title: Climate Mitigation and Adaptation in US Agricultural System
Currently employed as Post-doctoral Scientist at University of California at San Diego.
E-Mail: zhu467@purdue.edu
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I received my Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Remote Sensing from Wuhan University and the Institute of Remote Sensing and Application of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, respectively. Currently, I am pursuing my PhD degree in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at Purdue University under direction of Prof. Qianlai Zhuang. My research will be focused on examining land-use and land-cover changes and their effects on the global climate system, biogeochemical cycles as well as ecosystem goods and services. System models and satellite and remote sensing data will be utilized.
Zhou Lyu (PhD, Fall 2013 – Summer, 2018)
Dissertation title: Quantifying Arctic Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Dynamics Using Mechanistically-Based Biogeochemistry Models and In Situ and Satellite Data
Currently employed as Post-doctoral Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
E-Mail: zhoulv027@gmail.com
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I obtained my Bachelor's degree from Wuhan University majoring in Remote Sensing. I am now working with Profs. Qianlai Zhuang and Melba Crawford towards doctoral degree in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at Purdue University. My dissertation research will focus on developing and improving earth system models including the Terrestrial Ecosystem Model (TEM) and hydrological models with both in situ and satellite data with various model-data assimilation techniques.
Tong Yu (PhD, Fall 2013 – Spring, 2018)
Dissertation title: Quantifying Nitrogen Fixation and Nitrous Oxide Emissions in Global Natural Terrestrial Ecosystems Using Trait-Based Biogeochemistry Models
Currently employed as Data Scientist in Inspur
E-Mail: barentsyt@gmail.com
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I obtained a Bachelor degree from Peking University in 2013, majoring in geochemistry. Now I am pursuing my PhD degree under the instruction of Prof. Zhuang. My research will focus on understanding the global carbon and nitrogen cycling with biogeochemistry modeling approaches. In particular, I am interested in quantifying regional and global exchanges of nitrogen between the atmosphere and land ecosystems.
Yang Qu (PhD, Fall 2013 – Spring, 2018)
Thesis title: Quantifying Carbon and Water Dynamics Of Terrestrial Ecosystems At High Temporal And Spatial Resolutions Using Process-Based Biogeochemistry Models And In Situ And Satellite Data
Currently employed as Post-doctoral Scientist at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
E-Mail: soliloquyang@gmail.com
Personal Web: I obtained my Bachelor's degree from Peking University majoring in Geographical information System and mathematics. Now I am pursuing my PhD degree in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science atPurdue University. My major advisor is Professor Qianlai Zhuang. My dissertation research will be focusing on quantifying the fluxes of carbon (and nitrogen), water and energy of land ecosystems and their feedbacks to the climate system.
Sirui Wang (PhD, Fall 2014 - Spring 2019) Currently employed as Senior Data Scientist at Paypal
E-Mail: wang2381@purdue.edu
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I am a PhD student in the research group of Prof. Qianlai Zhuang. I obtained my Bachelor's degree from the Department of Earth and Space Sciences of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2014. My dissertation research will focus on quantifying the cycling of greenhouse gases and its feedbacks to the global climate system. I am also interested in investigating radiative transfer using models and remote sensing data.
Junrong Zha (PhD, Fall 2015 - Summer 2019) Currently employed as Senior Data Scientist at IBM
E-Mail: jzha@purdue.edu
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I am a PhD student at Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, under the instruction of Prof. Qianlai Zhuang. I obtained my Bachelor's degree from the University of Science and Technology of China(USTC). My doctoral research will use earth system models to study carbon-climate feedbacks with a focus on the Arctic..
Kuan-Yu Lu (PhD, Fall 2018 - Spring 2019)
E-Mail: lu711@purdue.edu
Hi there! My name is Kuan-Yu Lu. I obtained both BS and MS degrees from National Taiwan University majoring in Atmospheric Sciences. Currently I am a PhD student at the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at Purdue University. I am advised by Prof. Qianlai Zhuang. With my research experience of boundary layer dynamics and numerical modeling, my doctoral research will focus on investigating the interactions and feedbacks between the land ecosystems and the atmosphere in the Arctic.
Yuan Yao (Fall,2018- Summer,2019)
Email: yao205@purdue.edu
Yuan Yao is a joint Master student with China Agricultural University, supported by the Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC). His main research interest is in data mining of big environmental data including agricultural meteorology. During the visit, he will advance big-data and data mining techniques in terms of data storage and computation efficiency for large-scale meteorological data. In addition, he will also advance and apply machine learning techniques to predict the impact of climate change on corn yield.
Licheng Liu (PhD, Fall 2014 - Fall 2020)
E-Mail: liu1439@purdue.edu
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I received my Bachelor's degree of science from School of Physics, Peking University. Then I worked as a Research Assistant in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences in the same university for one year, focusing on studying PM2.5 in polluted cities with an GEOS-Chem Adjoint approach. Currently, I am working towards a Ph.D. degree in EAPS department, supervised by Prof. Qianlai Zhuang. My dissertation will focus on quantifying the interactions between the atmosphere and biosphere.
Youmi Oh (PhD, Fall 2016 - Summer 2020)
E-Mail: oh145@purdue.edu
I majored in Environmental Engineering and Biological Sciences for my B.A degree at Ewha Womans University. After graduating from Ewha, I went to Princeton University for my M.A degree in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. Currently, I am pursuing my PhD degree in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at Purdue University. I am co-advised by Prof. Qianlai Zhuang and Prof. Lisa Welp, and my research topics are (1) to identify importance of overlooked high affinity methanotrophs in the pan-Arctic methane budget using a TEM-XHAM model and atmospheric inversions, and (2) to understand leaf and tree ring signals and the underlying downstream processes using carbon and oxygen isotope analysis.
Cheng Huang (Fall, 2017 - )
Email: hc707371140@gmail.com
Cheng Huang is a joint PhD student with East China Normal University. His main research interests are on dynamics of urban infrastructure CO2 emissions and urban expansion and sustainable development. During his visit, he will explore the relationships between urban infrastructure CO2 emissions and land use changes and urban expansion in Shanghai area of China.
Yimin Ding (Fall, 2017 - )
Email: haojingding03@hotmail.com
Yimin Ding is a joint PhD student with Hohai University. His main research interest is in quantifying the impacts of climate change on crop yield and irrigation. During his visit, he will evaluate to what extent adaptation strategies (e.g., altering sowing date) will mitigate the negative effects of climate change on rice production in China.
Mingyang Guo (PhD, Fall 2018 - Spring 2022)
Dissertation title: Modeling thermal and methane dynamics in global freshwater ecosystems
Currently employed as Data Scientist at Facebook/Meta
Email: guo410@purdue.edu
I received my B.S. degree from Nanjing University in Atmospheric Sciences and M.S. degree from Purdue University in Earth, Planetary, and Atmospheric Sciences. Now I'm working towards my Ph.D. degree at Purdue University. My major advisor is Dr. Zhuang and I'm interested in studying greenhouse gas emissions from aquatic ecosystems using biogeochemistry models.
Bailu Zhao ( PhD, Fall 2019- Spring 2023)
Dissertation title: Modeling Holocene and Future Northern Peatland Dynamics in the Pan-Arctic Region
Currently employed as Post-doctoral Scientist at Princeton University
Email: zhao1026@purdue.edu
I obtained my BS degree from Beijing Normal University (2017), major in Resources and Environmental Science. Then I got my MS degree from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in Geography (2019), where my research was on forest autumn phenology. Now I'm pursuing my PhD degree in the Department of Earth, Atmosphere and Planetary Science at Purdue University. My advisor is Dr. Zhuang, and my research will focus on quantifying Arctic terrestrial ecosystem dynamics in response to changing climate, permafrost degradation, and fire disturbances by combining mechanistically-based models and in situ as well as satellite data.
Lei Liu * (PhD, Fall 2019 - Fall 2022)
Dissertation title: Quantifying carbon dynamics on the Tibetan plateau and the arctic
Currently employed as Assistant Professor at Zheng Zhou University
E-Mail: liu2911@purdue.edu
I am a joint PhD student at Purdue from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. I am now co-supervised by Prof. Zhuang to investigate the vulnerability of permafrost carbon to climate warming on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Specifically, my research focuses on hydrology responses to permafrost degradation and their impacts on carbon dynamics. I will use ecosystem models, in situ and remote sensing data to achieve my research goals.
Jing Zheng * (PhD, Fall 2019 - Fall 2022)
Dissertation title: Interactive effects of mulching practice and nitrogen rate on grain yield, water productivity, fertilizer use efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions of rainfed summer maize in northwest China
Currently employed as Research Scientist at Chinese Academy of Sciences
Email: zheng576@purdue.edu
I am a joint PhD student at Purdue from Northwest A&F University. My research interests mainly focused on the crop productivity, nitrogen utilization and greenhouse gas emissions (N2O, CH4, CO2) as affected by different management practices in agricultural ecosystems. During my visiting period, I will further explore the driving factors of soil gas emissions and intend to estimate the influence of management practices (e.g., soil mulching, fertilizer application) on N dynamics and gas emissions in the Loess Plateau of China using a biogeochemical model.
Previous Post-doc/Visiting Scientists
Ying Xin (Visiting Scholar, Spring 2016 - )
E-Mail: xinying2004@126.com
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Dr. Ying Xin is a visiting scholar from Northeast Forestry University. Her research mainly focuses on the restoration of degraded forest ecosystem. She is also interested in the soil preferential flow of forest. During her visiting, she will mainly work on the carbon storage ability of north forest in China.
Xibao Xu (Visiting Scholar, Fall 2015 - )
E-Mail: xu866@purdue.edu
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Dr. Xibao Xu is a visiting scholar from Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research mainly focuses on land use change and carbon cycles with GIS, remote sensing, eddy covariance and biogeochemical models. He is also interested in ecosystem services assessment, and ecological impacts of Three Gorges Project. During his visiting, he will mainly work on the impacts of different managements on greenhouse gas emissions of the agroecosystems in China with biogeochemical models.
Liming Zhang (Visiting Scholar, Fall 2014 - )
E-Mail: wmsongo@gmail.com
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Dr. Liming Zhang is a visiting scholar from Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University. His interests are focusing on assessing the uncertainty of the simulations of soil organic carbon using different soil databases, and identifying an optimal scale for SOC dynamic models. During his visiting, he will work on SOC dynamics of cropland with soil biogeochemical models.
Weimin Song (Visiting Scholar, Fall 2013 - )
E-Mail: wmsongo@gmail.com
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Dr. Weimin Song, a Visiting Scholar from Peking University. His interests are focusing on investigating biogeochemistry and ecosystem dynamics on the Tibetan plateau. During this visit, he will work with EBDL to especially study both CO2 and CH4 exchanges between the atmosphere and biosphere in this region.
Jiahui Xu (Visiting Scholar, Fall 2012 - 2014)
Ms. Xu is a Ph.D student in the International Institute for Earth system Science, Nanjing University and Purdue University. She received her B.S. in Geographic Information System from Liaoning Technical University and M.S. in Remote Sensing from Wuhan University. Her Ph.D dissertation will concentrate on optimizing quantification of net primary production of Chinese terrestrial ecosystems based on satellite vegetation indices and ecosystem models.
Yanyu Lu (08/2008 - )
E-Mail: lu26@Purdue.edu
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I received my Ph.D. from Nanjing Agricultural University in August 2007. My dissertation concerns the generation of biogenic trace gas emissions from agro-ecosystems. Starting September 2008, I am working with Prof. Zhuang as a post-doc researcher. My current research focus on modeling carbon cycling of agro-ecosystems and investigating the emissions of nitrogen greenhouse gases from terrestrial ecosystems.
Xinghua Sui (PhD at Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, Spring 2009 - )
Currently he is employed as Research Scientist in Sun Yat-sen University / South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences) and he finished his PhD Spring 2012.
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Xinghua received his Bachelors Degree of Applied Mathematics from Shandong University in the fields of Mathematical Modeling and System Science. He has been working towards his PhD degree of Ecology in Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy School of Sciences. His research focuses are on validation and sensitivity analysis of terrestrial ecosystem models using eddy flux tower data and field experimental data.
Kai Xu
E-Mail: xu10@purdue.edu
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I obtained my Ph.D. from China University of Geosciences and was a Post-doc fellow in Beijing Normal University. Starting October 2007, I have been working with Prof. Zhuang at Purdue. My research focuses on studying global carbon dioxide and methane dynamics using process-based biogeochemistry models and remote sensing products.
Jicheng He
E-Mail: he1@purdue.edu
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I am a visiting scientist with the EBDL lab, I received my Ph.D. from the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing. Before coming to Purdue, I was a post-doctoral scientist in the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, CAS. My interests include: the responses of vegetation ecosystem to climatic change in Tibetan plateau; forest productivity and alpine timberline responses to climatic change in southeastern Tibetan plateau and the relationships between tree growth of different species and climatic factors in Tibetan plateau using methods in dendrometer and dendrochronology.
Yunfeng Hu
E-Mail: hu9@purdue.edu
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I obtained my Ph.D. from the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR ), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS ) in June 2005. After that, I was a Post-doc fellow in the same institute until June, 2007. Since then, I am a research scientist at the Resources & Environmental Sciences Data Center (RESDC) of the CAS. My researches focus on (1) Quantitatively assessing soil erosions by using the Cs-137 technique in wind erosion regions in China; (2) Studying land-use and land-cover changes in the Mongolia Plateau; and (3) Studying macro resources and the social-economic applications such as regional planning and sustainability assessment through integrating environmental data. Starting July, 2007, as a Visiting Scientist at Purdue, I will concentrate my studies on further quantifying soil erosions and their effects on carbon cycling by integrating field and remote sensing data with ecosystem modeling approaches.
Guangsheng Zhou
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Professor Zhou has been visiting our lab from May to July 2008 as a Visiting Professor. He is one of leading scientists in the field of climate change and ecosystems in China. He has been actively interacting with our Purdue researchers in those research areas.
Jingfeng Xiao
E-Mail: xiao3@purdue.edu
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I am a post-doc fellow in the EBDL lab, I received my Ph.D. from the Department of Geography, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in August 2006. In my dissertation work, I focused on increases in vegetation productivity, climatic correlates, and carbon consequences at regional to global scale using remote sensing (e.g., Landsat, AVHRR, and MODIS) and in-situ measurements. I was awarded a three-year NASA Earth System Science Fellowship (2003-2006, $72, 000). My research interests include remote sensing, vegetation dynamics (e.g., woody plant proliferation), land-cover change, disturbances (e.g., fire, drought), and global carbon cycle. I am particularly interested in addressing scientific issues regarding regional and global carbon budgets through integration of remote sensing, processed-based biogeochemical modeling, field data, and statistical analysis.