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I am seeking multiple <b>highly motivated</b> PhD students (starting Fall 2025) and Postdoctoral researchers (to start as soon as possible) to work on two of my NASA-funded projects at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA:</div>
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GEDI Science Team Project: <i>Embracing the 3D Era: Exploring Vertical Acclimation of Vegetation Canopy Structure and Photosynthetic Activities through GEDI Data</i></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">
SMAP Science Team Project: <i>Vegetation Water Use Strategies: Insights from SMAP Data and Eco-Evolutionary Optimality Principles</i></li></ul>
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About the PI, Chi Chen: <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/chenchichichen" id="OWAc480c83a-1f15-368f-5af6-392447670314" class="OWAAutoLink" style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;">
https://sites.google.com/site/chenchichichen</a> </div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I welcome candidates with <b>strong quantitative skills
</b>and experience in high-performance computing clusters for big data processing. Candidates with expertise in one of the following areas—physical geography, quantitative remote sensing modeling (such as canopy radiative transfer), eco-hydrology, carbon cycle
science and modeling, carbon-water coupling, atmospheric and climate science, land surface modeling, or physics-guided machine learning—are especially encouraged to apply. I<b>f interested, please feel free to contact me via my email:
</b></span><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><b><u><a href="mailto:chi.chen@rutgers.edu" id="OWA0e95cf70-a4d1-3d65-0bf4-f93b3ba05b9f" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">chi.chen@rutgers.edu</a></u></b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>,
and please include your CV and research interests/plan.</b></span></div>
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I admit PhD students from two graduate programs:</div>
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Graduate Program in Ecology & Evolution, <span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">
<u><a href="https://ecoevo.rutgers.edu/application-process.html" id="OWA53cbefd7-d394-6230-7382-7c6dfc67be9f" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">https://ecoevo.rutgers.edu/application-process.html</a></u></span>. Application Deadline: December
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<div class="elementToProof">Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences, <span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">
<u><a href="https://envsci.rutgers.edu/academics/envsci_grad/how-to-apply.html" id="OWA2ccfa1cc-ef6a-362a-24bf-21be64b2a1b0" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">https://envsci.rutgers.edu/academics/envsci_grad/how-to-apply.html</a></u></span>.
Application Deadline: December 15</div>
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For postdocs, application links are copied below:</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/219349" id="OWAb66ef237-d3e4-8624-ccd3-dca91f9fa5f3" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/219349</a></u></span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0.5in;">
<span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/196078" id="OWA23edc271-cb5f-8eb0-6b88-ba9f618e11cd" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/196078</a></u></span></li></ul>
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Best,</div>
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Chi Chen</div>
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Assistant Professor</div>
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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey</div>
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14 College Farm Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8551</div>
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</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Email: </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">chi.chen@rutgers.edu</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Homepage:
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/chenchichichen" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">https://sites.google.com/site/chenchichichen</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Google Scholar:
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