Yelin is a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. He is co-advised by Jason Smerdon and Richard Seager. He is interested in studying land-atmosphere interactions using numerical models and observational data. He strives to understand the role of land-atmosphere interaction in drought development and hydrological change and is currently working on a DOE-funded project focused on the role of vegetation in past and future global hydroclimatic change.
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 Ph.D. dissertation, “Land-Atmosphere Interactions and Drought over Tropical South America”, was advised by Prof. Guiling Wang.