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Current Graduate Students

	Jenae' Clay PhD track: jmclay@ucdavis.edu Atmospheric Science Graduate Group Previous Education: B.S. in Atmospheric Science with French Minor, University of Louisana at Monroe Current Research: Examining plant physiological theory by exploring the effects of temperature, wind, and CO₂ fluxes.
	Andrea Fenner PhD track: anfenner@ucdavis.edu Ph.D. Track: Ecolocy (Joint Doctoral Program UCD/SDSU) Previous Education: B.S. Biological Sciences, California State University, San Marcos M.S. Biological Sciences, California State University, San Marcos Current Research: Measuring CO₂ flux in semi-arid shrubland ecosystems.
	Josh Hashemi PhD track: jfhashemi@ucdavis.edu Ecolocy (Joint Doctoral Program UCD/SDSU) Previous Education: B.S. Biology, Kennesaw State University Current Research: Biogeochemistry, CO₂/CH₄ fluxes, and climate change in Arctic ecosystems.
	Mary Rose Mangan MS track: mmangan@ucdavis.edu Atmospheric Science Graduate Group Previous Education: B.S. Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Purdue
	Nathan Pope PhD track: nhpope@ucdavis.edu Atmospheric Science Graduate Group Previous Education: B.S., Physics, Harvey Mudd College

Recent Graduate Students

	Nicolas Bambach Research Professor, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Atmospheric Science Graduate Group Previous Education: B.S. Agronomy, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile M.S. Natural Resources, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile M.S. Agricultural Economics, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Ph.D. Biomicrometeorology Team, University of California, Davis
	Kuang-Yu (Craig) Chang PhD: ckychang@ucdavis.edu Atmospheric Science Graduate Group Current Position: Research Scientist, Earth Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire & Affiliate Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Previous Education: B.S. Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan University M.S. Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan University Ph.D. Atmospheric Sciences, Univeristy of California, Davis
	David Edgar Master's Student: daedgar@ucdavis.edu Atmospheric Science Graduate Group Previous Education: B.S. in Atmospheric Science University of California, Davis
	James Farlin Postdoctoral Associate, University of Nevada, Reno , Personal Website Previous Education: B.S. Biology, San Diego State University Ph.D. Ecology, Biomicrometeorology Team, University of California, Davis
	Ruolan Gong M.S. 2020 rgong@ucdavis.edu Atmospheric Science Graduate Group Previous Education: B.S. Atmospheric Science, University of California, Davis
	Eugenia Gonzalez PhD track: eugonzalez@ucdavis.edu Ecology Graduate Group Previous Education: B.S. University of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
	Ali Hoy M.S. track: ahoy@ucdavis.edu Atmospheric Science Graduate Group Previous Education: B.S. Environmental Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
	Eric Kent PhD erkent@ucdavis.edu Click for more Information on Research Atmospheric Science Graduate Group Previous Education: B.S. Geographical Sciences, Arizona State University M.S. Atmospheric Science, University of California, Davis
	Danielle Mallon M.S. track: dmallon@ucdavis.edu Atmospheric Science Graduate Group Previous Education: B.S. Environmental Science, SUNY Albany B.A. Earth and Atmospheric Science with GIS certificate, SUNY Albany
	Megan McAuliffe MS 2019 mimcauliffe@ucdavis.edu Current Position: PhD Graduate Student, University of Virginia, Department of Environmental Sciences, Charlottesville, VA Previous Education: B.S. Meteorology, Millersville University
	Laura McGowan PhD 2020 lemcgowan@ucdavis.edu , Personal Website Previous Education: B.A. Geography, University of Delaware M.S. Geography, University of Delaware M.S. Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University
	Megan Metz MS 2020 megmetz@ucdavis.edu Current Position: Soil Scientist/Agricultural Engineer/Hydrologist, USDA ARS, Columbia, MO Previous Education: B.S. in Atmospheric Science, University of Kansas B.A. in French, University of Kansas
	Jilmarie Stephens PhD track: University of British Columbia jjstephens@ucdavis.edu Soil Science Graduate Group Previous Education: B.S. Atmospheric Science, University of California, Davis M.S. Atmospheric Science, University of California, Davis
	Nadia Vendrame, Postdoctoral Scientist, University of Padova, Italy Atmospheric Science Graduate Group Previous Education: B.S. Environmental Sciences, University of Padova, Italy M.S. Environmental Sciences, University of Padova, Italy Ph.D., University of Padova, Italy Current Research: I am a visiting scholar from DAFNAE, University of Padova (Italy), where I am currently involved in a PhD program. My interest is focused on canopy-atmosphere exchange mechanics. I am particularly interested in understanding the complex relationships which link turbulence regime with the evolving plant architecture. Part of my research activity would be to check whether ACASA model can predict the inner-canopy regime I have been observing in the experiment I am managing in Italy. Furthermore, I am interested in the study of H2O, CO2 and heat fluxes between the vegetation and the atmosphere, at the moment I am running a long-term monitoring using EC method on a vineyard in the North-East of Italy.
	Melissa Ward PhD track: mward@ucdavis.edu PhD Student in the Joint Doctoral Program with San Diego State University and University of California, Davis Previous Education: B.S. in Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine Current Research: Ecology PhD student interested in estuarine air-sea CO₂ fluxes and coastal carbon cycling
	Tom Shapland PhD, tmshapland@ucdavis.edu Previous Education: B.A. Classical Civilization, University of California, Davis B.S. Viticulture & Enology, University of California, Davis M.S. Horticulture & Agronomy, University of California, Davis Ph.D. Horticulture & Agronomy, University of California, Davis Research: Theoretical and applied surface renewal methodology

Current and Recent Undergraduate Researchers

	Sabrina Cochrane, spcochrane@ucdavis.edu Previous Education: B.S. Atmospheric Science, University of California, Davis Ph.D. Student Atmospheric Science, University of Colorado, Boulder
	Damien Flores-Carrasco: djflorescarrasco@ucdavis.edu B.S. student, Environmental Science and Management
	Berline Francis: berline.francis@bison.howard.edu Quick bio: B.S. in Biology & Chemistry Minor, Honor Student, Howard University Current Research: Exploring the correlation between the height of varying vegetated surfaces and atmospheric turbulence.
	Jonathan Huynh, jonhuy@ucdavis.edu Quick bio: B.S. Atmospheric Science, University of California, Davis Minor Statistics, University of California, Davis Starting M.S. in Atmospheric Science with Professor Richard Grotjahn Fall 2015 Summer Research: Atmospheric turbulence, specifically the application of the sensor error equation to UCD sensors and characterizing past and future changes to quantities of interest to various application sectors (upcoming research with Richard Grotjahn)
	Hananeh Jafary: hjafary@ucdavis.edu Atmospheric Science Graduate Group Quick bio: Undergraduate Researcher University of California, Davis
	Tayannah Rivers: tayannah.rivers@bison.howard.edu Quick bio: B.S. Biology, Howard University, Washington, D.C Minor Spanish, Howard University, Washington, D.C. Summer Research: Exploring the effects of heat and water stress on plant physiological performance.

Graduates within the Past Decade

		Liyi Xu PhD Postodoctoral Associate, MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, MIT Center for Global Change Science
		Sonia Wharton PhD Atmospheric Scientist Atmospheric, Earth and Energy Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
		John Kochendorfer PhD Atmospheric Scientist, NOAA Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
		Matthias Falk PhD Research Scientist California Air Resource Board
		Dave Pyles PhD Research Scientist, CMCC, Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change, Sassari, Italy. Associate in the Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis

Current Visiting Professors and Scientists

	Yongzong Lu, yzlu@ucdavis.edu Atmospheric Science Graduate Group Previous Education: B.S. Electrical Engineering and Automation, Jiangsu Normal University, China M.S. Instrument Science and Technology, Jiangsu University, China Ph.D. Agricultural Engineering, Jiangsu University, China Current Research: I am a joint PhD. student from School of Agricultural and Equipment Engineering, Jiangsu University (China), where I am currently involved in a PhD program. My researches are focused on atmosphere-canopy-soil energy exchange mechanics during frost night, frost disasters monitoring and control, frost protection and irrigation scheduling. I previous research was focused on using electrical property of plant to indicate the critical low temperature. Now my research activity would be to check whether ACASA model can predict the lowest temperature of tea plant canopy which can be used for the control strategy for frost protection. Furthermore, I am interested in the study of evapotranspiration and energy balance between the soil, plant and the atmosphere, at the moment I am running a long-term monitoring using SR and EC system on a tea field in the Yangzi River Region of China to develop the irrigation scheduling.

	Yujiu Xiong , xiongyuj@mail.sysu.edu.cn Associate Professor, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China Previous Education: B.S. Forestry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, China M.S. Forestry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, China Ph.D. Geography, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China Research: Remote Sensing of land surface evapotranspiration and other variables and their application in water resources management.

	Baoyu Chen , byuchen@ucdavis.edu Associate Professor, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS), Changchun, China Previous Education: B.S. Forestry, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding, China M.S. Forestry, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding, China Ph.D. Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China Research: Under global climate change, study on process and mechanism of soil green-house gases produce and diffuse and measurement technology of carbon dioxide flux charge. Global warming impacts on soil carbon cycle, spatial and temporal variation of soil respiration. Global climate change and land use/cover change affect on process of soil carbon cycle.

Previous Visiting Professors and Researchers

		Chang-Soo Rim, csrim@kgu.ac.kr Previous Education: B.S. Civil Engineering, Kyonggi University, South Korea M.S. Civil Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas Ph.D. Watershed Management, School of Renewable Natural Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Current Research: Hydro-climatic variability impacts on water resources

		Neda Yaghoobian PhD Previous Education: Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, San Diego Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Florida State University Research: Numerical study of urban microclimate

		Shannon Bailey M.S. student, Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry Graduate Group. Professor W.R. Horwath Lab, UC Davis; Field Services Engineer, Agilent Technologies, Los Angeles, CA

		Professor Xiaojuan Tong, tongxjsxbs@sina.com Associate Professor, Meteorology, College of Forestry Beijing Forestry University, China

		Professor Gu Fengxue, xuefgu@163.com Associate Professor, Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Previous Education: B.A. Desertification Control, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Inner Mongolia, China M.A. Soil Science,Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China Ph.D. Ecology, China Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Research: Theoretical and applied surface renewal methodology

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