Qingyuan Zhang, Research Associate

GEST Research Group:

Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory

GSFC Code:

614.4

Mailing Address:

Hydrological and Biospheric Sciences
Building 33, Room G321
NASA GSFC, Code 614.4
Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA

Phone:

(301) 614-6672

Fax:

(301) 614-6695

Email:

qingyuan.zhang-1@nasa.gov

Biography:

Dr. Qingyuan Zhang received a Ph.D. in Natural Resource and Environmental Study (2006) from the University of New Hampshire (UNH), Durham, NH, a MS in Applied Mathematics (1996) from TsingHua University, and a BS in Mathematics (1994) from the ShanDong University, China. His Ph.D. thesis is on estimation of fraction of absorbed PAR by chlorophyll using daily MODIS data and the development of a vegetation photosynthesis model. In 2006 he joined the Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Center at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, as a Goddard Visiting Fellow. His main research interests are carbon cycle modeling, estimation of fAPAR by canopy (fAPARcanopy), leaf (fAPARleaf) and chlorophyll (fAPARchl), phenology, light use efficiency at chlorophyll level (LUEchl) and the seasonal-to-interannual variation of the canopy. His goal is to support NASA's EO-1 mission, Light Use Effiency (LUE), Carbon Cycle Projects and Water/Energy Cycle Projects. His publications include papers on estimation of fAPARchl, LUEchl, phenology, and on vegetation photosynthesis model and land use.