Dr. Lixin Wang is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Earth Sciences, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI). Dr. Wang’s research focuses on the interactions between water, vegetation and soil nutrients in various ecosystems and how these dynamic interactions respond to future climate change. Dr. Wang uses stable isotopes (at both natural abundance level and enriched tracer level), greenhouse work, field manipulation/observation and modelling approach to address his research questions.

Alumni

Current Members

Kudzai Farai Kaseke

PhD student (2013-2018)

University of Stellenbosch, MS

University of Zimbabwe, BS

Now Postdoc at UC Santa Barbara

Xuefei Lu

PhD student (2014-2018)

Michigan Technological University, MS

Tongji University, ME

Nanjing University of Technology, BE

Now Scientist at

Indiana Department of Environmental Management

Stefani Daryanto

Postdoc (Schlumberger Fellow)

(2014-2017)

Univ. of New South Wales, PhD

Univ. of New South Wales, MS

Bogor Agricultural University-Bogor, Indonesia, BS

Now a postdoc fellow at Beijing Normal University (funded by a prestigious national fellowship)

Lara Martinez

Project SEED Intern (2014, 2015)

Herron High School

Now a BS student at Indiana University

Chao Tian

Postdoc (2015-present)

Chinese Academy of Forestry, PhD

Agricultural University of Hebei, BS, MS

Bonan Li

MS student (2015-2017)

(co-advising with Prof. Lin Li)

Chengdu University of Technology, BS

Now PhD student at Orogen State University

Truc Kha

Project SEED Intern (2016)

Avon High School

Angelica Murillo

Project SEED Intern (2016)

Lawrence Central High School

Matt Lanning

PhD student (2016-present)

Niagara University, BS

Daniel Elias

Postdoc (2016-2017)

(co-advising with Prof. Pierre-Andre Jacinthe)

Ball State University, PhD

Now Assistant Professor at

North Carolina Wesleyan College

Wenzhe Jiao

PhD student (2017-present)

Bishwodeep Adhikari

MS student (2017-2019)

Now PhD student at Penn State

Maria Bashmakov

Project SEED Intern (2017)

Carmel High School

Now a BS student at Indiana University

Danielle Metangmo

Project SEED Intern (2017)

Cardinal Ritter High School

Rhiannon Benge

Undergraduate researcher (2017)

Amanda Evans

Undergraduate researcher (2017-2018)

Aldo Medina

Project SEED Intern (2018)

Arsenal Technical High School

Admitted to Harvard University

Khadijah Jallow

Project SEED Intern (2018)

Pike High School

Julianne Coope

Project SEED Intern (2019)

Fortuna Gerezgher

Project SEED Intern (2019)

Paula Jones

Undergraduate researcher (2019-present)

John Weddell

Undergraduate researcher (2019-present)

Theresa Hudson

Summer Intern to Namibia (2017)

Now MS student at University of Georgia

Samantha Derisse

Project SEED/STEM Intern(2020)

Warren Central High School