Education

Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences, May 2008. Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA. Advisors: Dr. Stephen Macko and Dr. Paolo D’Odorico

M.S. in Biology, August, 2004. Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA. Advisor: Dr. Paul P. Mou

B.S. in Biology, July, 2001. Department of Biology, HeBei University, Baoding, HeBei, China

Professional Employment

Associate Professor, July 2018 Department of Earth Sciences, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indianapolis USA.

Assistant Professor, January 2013 Department of Earth Sciences, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indianapolis USA.

Vice-Chancellor Research Fellow, June 2011-Dec 2012 School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Postdoctoral Research Associate, May 2008- May 2011 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA. Mentor: Dr. Kelly Caylor

Awards

Research Trailblazer Award                                                     IUPUI                                                 2020

School of Science Research Award (pre-tenure)                      IUPUI                                                 2016

NSF CAREER Award                                                               NSF                                                   2016

Vice-Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellowship            UNSW                                         2011

Maury Prize                                                                          University of Virginia                    2008

Award for Excellence in Scholarship in the Sci. & Eng.  University of Virginia                    2008

NCAR ASP Summer Scholar                                                NCAR                                         2007

Arthur A. Pegau Award                                                               University of Virginia                    2006

Joseph K. Roberts Award                                                     University of Virginia                    2006

Service

Editor Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (2013-present)

Associate Editor Journal of Hydrology (2019-present)

Editor Journal of Arid Environments (2014-present)

Associate Editor Geophysical Research Letters (2011-2015)

Convenor and Session Chair

•2019 American Geophysical Union Fall meeting

“Advances in ecohydrology in water-stressed environments”

•2018 American Geophysical Union Fall meeting

“Advances in ecohydrology in water-stressed environments”

•2017 American Geophysical Union Fall meeting

“Advances in ecohydrology in water-stressed environments”

•2015 American Geophysical Union Fall meeting

•2016 American Geophysical Union Fall meeting

“Advances in ecohydrology in water-stressed environments”

•2015 American Geophysical Union Fall meeting

“Advances in ecohydrology in water-stressed environments”

•2014 American Geophysical Union Fall meeting

“Advances in dryland eco-hydrology”

•2013 American Geophysical Union Fall meeting

“Eco-hydrology in a changing environment”

•2012 American Geophysical Union Fall meeting

“H003: Dryland Ecohydrology: Critical Issues and Technical Advances”

•2011 American Geophysical Union Fall meeting

“B44: Laser-based isotope techniques in biogeosciences”

“H04: Simplifying complexity: Characterizing dynamics of ecohydrological systems”

•2010 American Geophysical Union Fall meeting

“H51: Isotopic and Chemical Approaches in Watershed/Ecosystem Interactions.”

•2006 American Geophysical Union Fall meeting

“B44: Savanna ecosystems: Field observations and manipulation experiments.”

Journal Referee:

•Advances in Water Resources

•African Journal of Ecology

•African Journal of Biotechnology

•African Protected Area Conservation and Science

•Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

•Applied Soil Ecology

•Annals of Forest Science

•Australian Journal of Soil Research

1. •  Biochemical Systematics and Ecology
   

2. •  Catena
   

•Ecohydrology

•Ecological Research

•Environmental and Ecological Statistics

•Geoderma

•Geographical Research

•Geomorphology

•Geophysical Research Letters

1. •  Global Biogeochemical Cycles
   

2. •  Global Change Biology
   

3. •  Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
   

4. •  Hydrological Processes
   

•IEEE-Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

•Journal of Arid Environments

•Journal of Environmental Management

•Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres

•Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

•Kuwait Journal of Science and Engineering

1. •  Methods in Ecology and Evolution
   

2. •  Nature
   

3. •  Nature Climate Change
   

4. •  Nature Geoscience
   

•New Phytologist

•Organic Geochemistry

•Pedosphere

•Plant Ecology

•Plant Soil

•Quaternary Science Reviews

•Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

•Remote Sensing of Environment

•Water Resources Research

Grant Referee:

     NSF, Israel Science Foundation, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research