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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
An easy and robust recipe to monitor groundwater table dynamics in tropical peat forests
AGU 2024
biogeosciences | 13 december 2024
Rui Cheng, Saurabh Amin, Charles F. Harvey
Uptake and release of carbon from peatlands are regulated by the depth of the groundwater table, which shifts with rainfall and drainage. Here, we pre...
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What is the utility of satellite-based solar-induced fluorescence (SIF) for predicting drought-induced forest mortality in the Western U.S.?
AGU 2024
biogeosciences | 11 december 2024
Lewis Kunik, David R. Bowling, Brett M. Raczka, Ch...
Amid historic drought in the Western U.S., conifer forest ecosystems are increasingly vulnerable to dramatic scales of disturbance from biotic and abi...
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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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Volunteer Experience
2022 - 2023
Member
Biogeosciences Sulzman Award for Excellence in Education and Mentoring
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