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Member Since 2018
Rui Cheng
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Professional Experience
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Assistant Professor
2023 - Present
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Postdoc
2022 - 2023
Education
California Institute of Technology
Doctorate
2022
Lehigh University
Masters
2017
Publications
Predicting the Interannual Variability of California's Total Annual Precipitation
Understanding and predicting precipitation characteristics on seasonal and longer timescales can help California prepare for long‐term drough...
April 09, 2021
AGU Abstracts
Satellite-based Solar-induced Fluorescence Tracks Seasonal and Elevational Patterns of Photosynthesis in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains
CARBON MONITORING SYSTEMS RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS III POSTER
innovations | 13 december 2023
Lewis Kunik, David R. Bowling, Brett M. Raczka, Ch...
Robust carbon monitoring systems are needed for land managers to assess and mitigate the changing effects of ecosystem stress on Western U.S. forests,...
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Heterogeneous drought responses of tropical island ecosystems
TROPICAL ISLANDS, MOUNTAINS, AND FORESTS: UNDERSTANDING ECOSYSTEM, CLIMATE, AND HYDROLOGIC PROCESSES IN VULNERABLE REGIONS POSTER
biogeosciences | 11 december 2023
Rui Cheng, Lily R. Smith, Abby G. Frazier, Dara En...
Tropical islands in Hawaii have small yet heterogeneous landscapes, creating a large gradient and diversity of climate and terrestrial ecosystems, suc...
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From Biology to Physics to Earth-System Science: Making Sense of Optical Signals for Tracking the Seasonality of Photosynthesis in Evergreen Forests
ADVANCES IN MEASURING PLANT AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION: TOWARD EFFECTIVE CLIMATE SOLUTIONS I ORAL
biogeosciences | 15 december 2022
Troy Magney, Zoe Pierrat, David R. Bowling, Jaret ...
Due to their vast extent, evergreen needleleaf forests (ENFs) play a sizable role in the global carbon cycle; by some estimates Boreal ENFs alone are ...
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Volunteer Experience
2022 - 2023
Member
Biogeosciences Sulzman Award for Excellence in Education and Mentoring
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