Awards

(6)   2025 Emerging Scholar Award from Western Michigan University, one recipient from all WMU faculty members every year (link)

(5)   Fellow of the American Association of Geographers' first Climate Change & Society Cohort, selected as one of the 15 Geographers from 11 states in the U.S. and the West Indies, 2023 (link)

(4)   Distinguished Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Research, Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University, 2014.

(3)  John Russell Mather Paper of the Year Award, Climate Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers, 2014.

(2)   First Class Scholarship for academic excellence, College of Resources Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, 2005, 2006.

(1)   Outstanding student at Beijing Normal University for Academic excellence, Beijing Normal University, 2005