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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear Colleagues,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://asc.illinois.edu/"><b>Agroecosystem Sustainability Center (ASC)</b></a> led by
<a href="http://faculty.nres.illinois.edu/%7Ekaiyuguan/"><b>Kaiyu Guan</b></a> at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) is recruiting multiple
<b>PhD students</b>, <b>postdocs</b>, and <b>research scientists</b> on <b>ecosystem modeling, remote sensing</b>, and
<b>AI</b>. Detailed information can be found <a href="http://faculty.nres.illinois.edu/~kaiyuguan/ASC_UIUC_recruiting_2025.pdf">
<b>here</b></a> and the attachment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We are recruiting talents from the following research topics</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">: (see a recent
<a href="https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0012825223001514"><b>review</b></a>).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">1) Advancing ecosystem modeling (using the
<i>ecosys </i>model) for coupled carbon, water and nutrient cycles in agricultural ecosystems.
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The candidates will work on improving existing ecosystem models or developing new modules with new theories and observational evidence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2) Advancing Artificial Intelligence and Model-Data Fusion by integrating advanced process-based modeling with data to quantify agricultural ecosystem services, e.g.
GHG (N<sub>2</sub>O, CH<sub>4</sub>), soil health, water quality. </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The candidates will work on building or improving effective, scalable and efficient model-data fusion methods, using
supercomputers and AI.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">3) Advancing ecosystem remote sensing, including ground/airborne/satellite hyperspectral sensing, and big-data analytics of satellite algorithms.
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The candidates will work on generating new insights and data products from geospatial big data with radiative transfer modeling, computer vision, and AI.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Examples of our recent research highlights include: (i)
<b>“System-of-systems” solution to quantify field-level agricultural carbon outcomes
</b>(<a href="https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0012825223001514">a review</a>); (ii)
<b>AI-based Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning for ecosystem modeling</b> (<a href="https://asc.illinois.edu/">KGML-Ag</a>); (iii)
<b>Process modeling to quantify agroecosystem dynamics </b>(<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_Ll8IEycDLNiuVJcz--OLme2YoU0hK7x/view">carbon budget</a><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_Ll8IEycDLNiuVJcz--OLme2YoU0hK7x/view">,</a>
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eV5fwd0wK-UliIUWotmQdiGdz39kFTL6/view">
cover crop</a><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eV5fwd0wK-UliIUWotmQdiGdz39kFTL6/view">,</a>
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l326VSq760wq7Z8NgY3zLc3bttlxJHzW/view">
nitrogen</a>); (iii) <b>Cross-scale sensing for agroecosystem variables </b>(<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_a6mbQkRkURD1ix6AS4_nb7QAoZmVTxW/view">cover crop</a><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_a6mbQkRkURD1ix6AS4_nb7QAoZmVTxW/view">,</a>
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mz2KGEcjmxMD00BrV7sdQG6fJoUzsy0D/view">
crop nitrogen</a><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mz2KGEcjmxMD00BrV7sdQG6fJoUzsy0D/view">,</a>
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BOnSSXBz33r6XvctQNfCSomo4YNVye5N/view">
tillage practices</a>); (iv) <b>Large-scale satellite algorithms and products </b>
(<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mVBAXLbeVLouhFoFpCuMxGCkwZegpqq3/view">photosynthesis</a><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mVBAXLbeVLouhFoFpCuMxGCkwZegpqq3/view">,</a>
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zMq3tel8lAvcJ7nv8ErM99vlgN5_6SaY/view">
evapotranspiration</a><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zMq3tel8lAvcJ7nv8ErM99vlgN5_6SaY/view">,</a>
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mBe3IT-8Gt9aGhBjf6Ju0tfF-kMEO_cu/view">
marginal land</a><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mBe3IT-8Gt9aGhBjf6Ju0tfF-kMEO_cu/view">,</a>
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kpmmp1uLInTP6_n99IfSux75eGYxLtUT/view">
crop yield</a><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kpmmp1uLInTP6_n99IfSux75eGYxLtUT/view">,</a>
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U8yg-2gIUoXXm5oxGqMrmY6jrZhCmnFc/view">
cover crop</a>); (v) <b>Water sustainability </b>(<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kzM5q8UcnWy9vysNXPwadG2zXgcDoAwL/view">irrigation</a><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kzM5q8UcnWy9vysNXPwadG2zXgcDoAwL/view">,</a>
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UGyMyBHgaLPhnQU8o4rq5Qf9DExrzKnF/view">
excessive moisture</a><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UGyMyBHgaLPhnQU8o4rq5Qf9DExrzKnF/view">,</a>
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vWUJnZbWE00HZHqFmR_HT3NhZ-TKPuVC/view">
tile drainage</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Successful candidates will work with a transdisciplinary team composed by leading experts in earth system modeling, plant physiology, biogeochemistry, hydrology, soil science,
agronomy, and remote sensing, AI, which can be found here: <a href="https://asc.illinois.edu/people/faculty/">
https://asc.illinois.edu/people/faculty/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thanks for your support and interest!</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-ligatures:none">Yiwei An<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-ligatures:none">Research Coordinator
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-ligatures:none">Agroecosystem Sustainability Center
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-ligatures:none">University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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