Jing Chen

Jing Chen

First Name: 
Jing
Last Name: 
Chen
Title: 
Professor
Phone : 
(417) 948-7085
Office Location : 
Sidney Smith Hall, Room 5048
Biography : 

Major research interests include (1) remote sensing of vegetation structural and physiological traits and function, and (2) quantifying carbon and water cycles of terrestrial ecosystems. He has published over 400 papers in refereed journals, which are cited over 20,000 times in the scientific literature with an H index of 73 (Web of Science). He is currently an Editor-in-Chief of Remote Sensing of Environment and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, and Frontiers of Earth Science. He serves on the Expert Panel of the Global Change Program of the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology and Scientific Steering Committee of the American Flux Network.

Publications 

Wang, S., Y. Zhang, W. Ju, J. M. Chen, P. Ciais, A. Cescatti, J. Sardans, I. A. Janssens, M. Wu., J. A. Berry, E. Campbell, M. Fernadez-Martinez, R. Alkama, S. Sitch, W. K. Smith, W. Yuan, W. He, D. Lombardozzi, M. Kautz, D. Zhu, S. Lienert, E. Kato, B. Poulter, T. G. M. Sanders, I. Krüger, R. Wang, N. Zeng, H. Tian, N. Vuichard, A. K. Jain, A. Wiltshire, D. S. Goll, and J. Peñuelas. 2021. Response to comments on „Recent global decline of CO2 fertilization effects on vegetation photosynthesis“. Science, DOI: 10.1126/science.abb7484.

Luo, X., T. F. Keenan, J. M. Chen, H. Croft, I. C. Prentice, N. G. Smith, A. P. Walker, H. Wang, R. Wang, C. Xu, Y. Zhang, 2021. Global variation in the fraction of leaf nitrogen allocated to photosynthesis. Nature Communications, DOI:10.1038/s41467-021-25163-9.

de Oliveira, G., J. M. Chen, S. C. Stark, E. Berenguer, P. Moutinho, P. Artaxo, L. O. Anderson, and L. E.O.C. Aragão, 2020. Deadly pre-existing conditions: deforestation and fire worsen COVID-19 in Amazonia. Science, 369: 634-635.

Chen, J. M., and J. Liu, 2020. Evolution of evapotranspiration models using thermal and shortwave remote sensing data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 237,111594. http://doi.org/10.1016/J.RSE.2019.111594.

Chen, J. M., W. M. Ju, P. Ciais, N. Viovy, R. Liu and Y. Liu. 2019. Vegetation structural change since 1981 significantly enhanced the terrestrial carbon sink. Nature Communications, 10:4259 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12257-8.

Education: 
PhD, Reading University, UK
Personal Website: 
http://faculty.geog.utoronto.ca/Chen/Chen's%20homepage/home.htm

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Areas of Interest: 

Vegetation Remote Sensing, Hydrology, Carbon Cycle, Ecosystem Modelling, Climate Change.

Administrative Service: 
Graduate Coordinator, Centre for Environment, University of Toronto (2009-10)
Associate Chair Graduate, Department of Geography (July 2012 - June 2014)

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