I am a postdoctoral fellow in the Moorcroft Lab at Harvard University. 

Education

Ph.D. (2006) University of Connecticut, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
M.S. (2003) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
B.S. (2001) Yonsei University, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul, South Korea

Academic Positions

Postdoctoral Fellow (2006-present) Harvard University, Advisor: Prof. Paul Moorcroft
Graduate Research Assistant (2003-2006) University of Connecticut, Advisor: Prof. Guiling Wang
Graduate Research Assistant (2001-2003) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Advisor: Prof. Elfatih Eltahir

Current Research

1. Is deforestation changing the hydrologic climate and vegetation dynamics of the Amazon? (NSF; PIs- P. R. Moorcroft, R. L. Bras and R. Avissar)
- Task: Constraing the offline ED2 model over the Amazon with flux tower and forest inventory meassurements, and then investigating how the deforestation changes short-term carbon dynamics and long-term ecosystem dynamics using the offline ED2 and coupled ED2-RAMS model. (2006-present)

2. ENT: A global dynamic terrestrial ecosystem model for climate interactions at seasonal to century time scale through coupled water, carbon, and nitrogen dynamics. (NASA; PI-N. Y. Kiang, CIs-P. R. Moorcroft et al. )
-Task:  Developing and validating the models for vegetation leaf phenology, carbon allocation and vegetation growth as a part of the ENT model. (2006-present)

Peer-Reviewed Publications

1. Kim Y and Wang GL, 2007b: Impact of vegetation feedback on the response of precipitation to antecedent soil moisture anomalies over North America.  Journal of Hydrometeorology, 8(3), 534-550.  Download

2. Kim Y and Wang GL, 2007a: Impact of initial soil moisture anomalies on subsequent precipitation over North America in the coupled land-atmosphere model CAM3-CLM3.  Journal of Hydrometeorology, 8(3), 513-533.  Download

3. Wang GL, Kim Y and Wang DG, 2007: Quantifying the strength of soil moisture-precipitation coupling and its sensitivity to changes in surface water budget.  Journal of Hydrometeorology, 8(3), 551-570.  Download

4. Kim Y and Wang GL, 2005: Modeling seasonal vegetation variation and its validation agains Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) observations over North America.  Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 110, D04106, doi:10.1029/2004JD005436.  Download

5. Kim Y and Eltahir EAB, 2004: Role of topography in facilitating coexistence of trees and grasses within savannas.  Water Resources Research, 40, W07505, doi:10.1029/2003WR002578.  Download