Education

• Ph.D. in Hydrology and Water Resources Management,
  University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, 2017
• M.Sc.in Physical Geography,
  Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 2010
• B.E. in Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering,
  China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China, 2007

Work Experience

• 2019 – Present: Assistant Research Scientist, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland at College Park.
• 2017 – 2019: Postdoc Research Associate, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland at College Park.

Research Interest

Dr. Qi’s research addresses coupled hydrologic, biogeochemical, and water quality modeling, and how to contribute science to decision-making on challenges of food, energy, and water interactions. Dr. Qi’s research focuses on designing and implementing watershed-scale hydrological and biogeochemical models to study scenario experiments investigating the potential consequences of alternative management practices and climate change on coupled natural and human systems. Dr. Qi’s research also integrates geospatial data from multiple sources (e.g., remote sensing and observed data) into hydrological and biogeochemical models from site to regional scales.

Program/Grant

• “Evaluation of Impacts of Using Brackish Groundwater as a Nontraditional Irrigation Source on Food, Soil, and Water in the Texas High Plains”, USDA, PI (Submitted);
• “Water Quality and Antecedent Present-Day and Future Water Flow Dynamics in the Upper Saint John River Basin”, Environment & Climate Change Canada, Collaborator (Submitted);
• “An Aquatic Ecosystem Carbon Monitoring System for Quantifying Carbon Fluxes, Sources, and Sinks of Inland Waters: Development and Verification in the Upper Mississippi River Basin”, NASA, Co-PI (2020-2023);
• “A Modeling Framework to Couple Food, Energy, and Water in the Teleconnected Corn and Cotton Belts”, NSF/USDA INFEWS, participant (2016-2021);
• “Integrating Field Experiments, Remote Sensing, and Process-Based Modeling toward Improved Understanding and Quantification of Watershed Scale Carbon Cycling”, NASA/USDA, participant (2017-2020).

Publication

To date, Dr. Junyu Qi has published more than 30 articles in peer-reviewed journals. Please see Google Scholar