Experience
Professional Experience
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2024-01 – presentAssistant Professor
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL -
2021-11 – 2023-12Research Assistant Professor
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL -
2021-11 – 2023-12Senior Research Scientist
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL -
2020-04 – 2021-11Research Scientist
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL -
2016-07 – 2020-04Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL -
2012-09 – 2016-07Graduate Research Assistant
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Education
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2016Ph.D. in Hydrology & Geoinformatics
Chinese Academy of Sciences -
2011B.S. in Geography
Nanjing University
Selected Honors & Awards
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2026SWCS Conservation Research Award
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Since 2024Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List
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2024UIUC List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent
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2021SINO-ECO YANG HANXI Best Young Investigator Paper Award
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2020High-Performance-Computing (HPC) Innovation Excellence Award, Hyperion Research
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2018Publons Top Reviewers in Geoscience (1%)
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2012National Scholarship for Graduate Students (<1%)
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2011Graduation with honors from Nanjing University
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2011Outstanding Student of Nanjing University