Member Since 2000
Hanqin Tian
Institute Professor, Boston College
Dr. Tian is the author of over 400 peer-reviewed publications and a Highly Cited Researcher, ranking in the top 1% by citations according to Clarivate Web of Science. In 2020, he was recognized among the world’s most influential climate scientists by the Reuters List. Dr. Tian is elected Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), Ecological Society of America (ESA) and American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He was named an Andrew Carnegie Fellow (Brainy Award) in 2019.
Professional Experience
Boston College
Institute Professor
2022 - Present
Auburn University
Solon & Martha Dixon Professor
2003 - 2022
Education
Doctorate
1996
Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received December 2020
Citation
For outstanding and pioneering contributions to understanding the role of terrestrial ecosystems in controlling sources and sinks of greenhouse gases
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Publications
South Asia's Ecosystems Are a Net Carbon Sink, But the Region Is a Major Net GHG Source to the Atmos...
As part of the REgional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes‐2 (RECCAP‐2) project of the Global Carbon Project, here we estimate the G...
April 16, 2025
Greenhouse Gas Budgets of Central and West Asia (2000–2020):...
February 27, 2025
Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Budgets of Europe: Trends, Interan...
August 06, 2024
AGU Abstracts
Global Riverine Land-to-ocean Carbon Export Constrained by Observations and Multi-model Assessment
BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES OF CARBON, OXYGEN, NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS, SULFUR, AND SILICON IN CONTEMPORARY EARTH SYSTEMS II POSTER
biogeosciences | 13 december 2024
Maodian Liu, Peter A. Raymond, Ronny Lauerwald, Qi...
Rivers are a critical component of the global carbon cycle, receiving vast quantities of terrestrial carbon, which is either exchanged with the atmosp...
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Unlocking the Hidden Potential of Soils for Enhanced Global Methane Uptake
THE GLOBAL METHANE BUDGET AND ADVANCING UNDERSTANDING OF WETLAND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS I POSTER
biogeosciences | 12 december 2024
Zhifeng Yan, Jiawei Jiang, Hanqin Tian
Soil methane uptake (SMU) is a vital natural process that helps remove methane from the atmosphere, yet its global estimates have been uncertain due t...
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Future projections of global agricultural N2O emissions under various climate and nitrogen regulation scenarios
GLOBAL AND REGIONAL NITROUS OXIDE BUDGET AND NITROGEN-CLIMATE INTERACTIONS: FROM SCIENCE TO SOLUTIONS II POSTER
biogeosciences | 11 december 2024
Chaoqun Lu, Linchao Li, Wilfried Winiwarter, Hanqi...
Effective nitrogen fertilizer management is crucial for reducing nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions while ensuring food security within planetary boundarie...
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Volunteer Experience
2021 - 2022
Member
Biogeosciences Fellows Committee
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