Welcome Yelin

The Smerdon Climate Lab is excited to welcome Yelin Jiang as a new Postdoctoral Research Scientist.  Yelin received his B.S. and M.S. in Ecology from the School of Applied Meteorology at Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology. He holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from University of Connecticut. His dissertation was advised by Prof. Guiling Wang and titled “Land-Atmosphere Interactions and Drought over Tropical South America.”

Yelin studies land-atmosphere interactions using numerical models and observational data. He is particularly interested on understanding the role of land-atmosphere interactions in drought development and hydrological change and will be working on a DOE-funded project focused on the role of vegetation in past and future global hydroclimatic change.  Yelin will be co-advised by Jason Smerdon and Richard Seager, in collaboration with the other DOE project PIs including Justin Mankin, Ben Cook, and Park Williams.

Welcome Yelin!