Teaching & Service

Mentorship

2026-

Hailiang Zhang, Master's student at Jiangsu Ocean University

Co-supervisor with Dr. Quan on plant acclimation under climate extremes
2025-

Sofia Ferdini, PhD student at AgroParisTech/Paris-Saclay and Universität Hohenheim

Member of the Individual Monitoring Committee for process-based and data-driven modeling
2021-2026

Yuqi Dong, PhD candidate at the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Co-supervisor with Dr. Zhang on phenology and productivity in global drylands
2022

Manfred Lim, high school student at Jericho Senior High School; now undergraduate at Columbia University

Science mentor on developing a machine learning model to predict soil respiration using satellite imagery and geospatial data

Aug 2026

Guest lecturer, CzechGlobe, on Machine Learning Techniques in Ecology
2025-

Global Change Biology, ETH Zurich, co-lecturer with Drs. Buchmann, Kukka-Maaria, and Flavian
2021-2024

New Advances in Land Carbon Cycle Modeling, two-week training course, Cornell University, lecturer and instructor
2016

IDCE 310: Introduction to GIS, Clark University, teaching assistant
2015

EOG102: Weather and Climate, Clark University, teaching assistant

ETH USYS 2026

Professorship search committee

Member of the Scientific Staff Panel

Jul 2027

Co-convener

BG22: Tropical Forest Disturbance and Multidimensional Recovery: from Structure to Function

AOGS 24th Annual Meeting, July 25-30, 2027, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
AGU 2023

Co-convener and co-chair

GC063: Leveraging Multifaceted Approaches to Carbon Dioxide Removal for Effective Climate Change Mitigation