Yan Jiang

Hi! I am a hydroclimate scientist specializing in the dynamics of the global water cycle and its interactions with land and human systems. I utilize satellite remote sensing, physical/climate models, and AI techniquesto generate actionable solutions for sustainable water management and food security.

I am currently a postdoctoral Scholar working with Prof. Jennifer Burney in the School of Global Policy & Strategy and Scripps Institution of Oceanorgraphy at UC San Diego. My current research focuses on Climate Impacts and Food Security:

• Vulnerability Diagnostics: Tracing rainwater sources using satellite-based water isotopes to pinpoint regions of high agricultural risk.

• Precision Monitoring: Mapping crop phenology at high resolution (up to 30m) to enhance responses to subseasonal hazards like drought and temperature whiplash.

• Mitigation Solutions: Exploring actionable hazard adaptation and mitigation strategies through optimized land use management (e.g., the trade-offs between forest loss and cropland expansion).

I completed my PhD in Atmospheric Science from the University at Albany, SUNY under the supervision of Prof. Liming Zhou. My stories about the water cycle stacked up over the Congo Basin, were taught by my undergraduate advisors Prof. Song Yang and Prof. Xiaoming Hu at Sun Yat-Sen University, were ingenuiely inspired as a kid growing up in Guilin (桂林), a city entitled “By water, by mountains, most lovely, Guilin” (山水甲天下) in southern China.