Mentoring
Northwestern University
Tara Wu (undergraduate) Winter 2021 - Spring 2021
Senior Thesis: Response of deciduous forest senescence rate to environmental changes in the northeastern United States
Presented the research work at 2021 Undergraduate Research and Arts Exposition
Tara's thesis got the the award of Departmental Honors in Environmental Sciences at NU!
Minjee Jung (undergraduate) Summer 2020, 2021
Extract autumn phenology from NPN phenology observations of 6 deciduous species
Identify spatiotemporal variations of autumn phenology and the responses to environmental stresses
University at Buffalo
Fangfei Gao (Master) Spring 2017
Data processing of Fluxnet2015 sites at deciduous forest in USA
Identify responses of tree productivity to extreme weather events
R coding on data manipulation and analysis
University of Connecticut
Brian Kalmbach (undergraduate) Spring 2012 & Fall 2012
Phenology ground observation (budburst, leaf unfolding, flowering, leaf senescence, and leaf dropping) for eight deciduous tree species (totally 90 individual trees) in five sites.
Beijing Forestry University
Xiaochen Wang (undergraduate) Spring 2008
Data processing phenology of multiple species and weather station
Statistical analysis
Advised in productive scientific writing practices
Thesis title: Study of the Response of Woody Plants Phenology to Climate Change in Shenyang
Lihua Hai (undergraduate) Spring 2008
Data processing of phenology and weather observations at multiple sites
Statistical analysis
Advised in productive scientific writing practices
Thesis title: The Research on Phenological Responses of Salix babylonica L. to Climate Change in Different Regions of China