WORKING EXPERIENCE

2008 to present, Associate Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis, Rutgers University.
2007 to present, Adjunct Professor, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2007 to present, Director, Global Carbon Project Beijing Office
2002 to 2008, Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis, Rutgers University.
2001 to 2002, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley.
1992 to 1994, Research Scientist, Agro-meteorological Research Center, Beijing, China
1990 to 1992, Research Scientist, Beijing Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Ecosystem and climate interaction , especially energy, water, carbon and nitrogen exchange among soil, vegetation, and atmosphere
• Biogeochemical cycles in terrestrial ecosystems and their responses/feedbacks to global climate change, particularly the temperature sensitivity of ecosystem respiration
• Historical climate change and its impacts on environment and ecosystems
• Applying remote sensing and GIS techniques in coupled climate-ecosystem modeling.
• Environmental instrumentation development, especially for field measurements.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Introduction to Ecological and Environmental Modeling( 16:215:585 ), Rutgers University
Landscape Ecology, Rutgers University
Ecosystem Modeling ( 16:215:586 ), Rutgers University