ISAM estimate of potential global fuel load in forested ecosystems.
From Jain (2006),
Atmospheric Environment.


Xiaojuan Yang

Ph.D. Candidate
University of Illinois
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
105 South Gregory Street
Urbana, IL 61801

E-Mail: xyang5@illinois.edu
Telephone: (217) 333-2075

Research Interests

  • Terrestrial carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle and the interactions between them on regional and global scales
  • The impact of land cover and land use changes
  • Soil carbon sequestration in agricultural land
  • The interactive effects of increasing atmospheric CO2, climate change, nitrogen deposition and land use change on the terrestrial carbon and nitrogen cycling

Education

2002-Present   Ph.D. candidate in Department of Atmospheric Sciences,
                        University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
1999-2002       M.S. in Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, China
1995-1999       B.S.  in Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, China


Research Experience

  • Research Assistant, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, Urbana, IL 2002 –  present 
  • Summer Student Intern in the U.S. Department of Energy(DOE) Higher Education Research Experience(HERE) Program , Environmental Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge,  TN  07/ 2003 -  08/2003,06/2004 -  08/ 2004, 05/2006 -  07/2006
  • Research Assistant,  Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China 1999 –  2002

 


Research Publications and Presentations

X. Yang, A.K. Jain, and W. M. Post, “Examining The Role Of Nitrogen Cycling In The Terrestrial Response To CO2, Climate, And Nitrogen Deposition”, presented at the 2007 AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, December, 2007

Jain, A.K. and X. Yang (2005): Modeling the Effects of Two Different Land Cover Change Data Sets on the Carbon Stocks of Plants and Soils in Concert With CO2 and Climate Change, Global Biogeochemical Cycles,19, GB2015, doi:10.1029/2004GB002349

Jain, A. K., T. O. West, X. Yang, and W. M. Post (2005), Assessing the impact of changes in climate and CO2 on potential carbon sequestration in agricultural soils, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L19711, doi:10.1029/2005GL023922

Jain, A. K., Z. Tao, X. Yang, and C. Gillespie (2006), Estimates of global biomass burning emissions for reactive greenhouse gases (CO, NMHCs, and NOx) and CO2, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D06304, doi:10.1029/2005JD006237

X. Yang, A.K. Jain, and W. M. Post, “Modeling the Combined Effects of CO2, Nitrogen and Climate on the Carbon Dynamics of Plants and Soils”, presented at the 9th International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Scientific Assembly, Beijing, China, August 2005

X. Yang, “Integrated Modeling of Terrestrial Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics”, presented at the 9th Annual Graduate Student Symposium, Univerisity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL February. 2007

 

 

Professional Membership
American Geophysical Union (AGU)