Virtual Center for Spatial Analysis and Remote Sensing (VCSARS)
Department of Biological Sciences
California State University, Los Angeles
5151 State University Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90032
Tel: (323) 343-4224
Fax: (323) 343-6451
Email: ycheng5@exchange.calstatela.edu
http://vcsars.calstatela.edu/~ycheng

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EDUCATION

• University of California, Davis & San Diego State University (joint)
  Ph.D. in Integrative Ecology (Advisor: Walter C. Oechel) 2003
  
• Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, P.R. China
  MS in Ecology (Advisor: Qingbo Zeng) 1998
  
• Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui, P.R. China
  BS in Biology (Advisor: Jianzhang Shao) 1995

EXPERIENCES
Research

1. California State University, Los Angeles (Postdoctoral Research) 2003-present
Remote sensing of plant physiology and productivity for both natural and urban envoronment; The relationship between carbon dioxide and water vapor fluxes and remote sensing indices at leaf, plot, ecosystem and landscape scales. Conducting field researches in Southern California, Barrow, Alaska and La Paz, Mexico. Cross-ecosystem analysis (Spectral network). GIS in Ecology
2. University of California, Davis & San Diego State University (Doctoral Research) 1998-2003
Impacts of different CO2 concentration on the chaparral ecosystems using CO2-controlled, ambient Lit, Temperature controlled (CO2LT) null-balance chambers and Free Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE) manipulations. Ecosystem carbon dioxide and water vapor fluxes using eddy covariance system
3. Chinese Academy of Forestry (Master's research) 1995-1998
The relationship between different vegetation/management and soil carbon/nitrogen storage. Soil CO2 efflux under different human managements in tropical forests in Hainan island, China
4. Anhui Normal University (Bachelor's research) 1991-1995
The analysis of plant species distribution in Langya Mountain in Anhui Provine

Teaching

1. California State University, Los Angeles 2005
Instructor for General Ecology (Biol 360)
Instructor for Plant Physiology (Biol 430)
2. San Diego State University 2002
Teaching assistant of Ecology and the Environment (Bio 354)
3. Beijing Forestry University 1996-1997
Teaching assistant to Introduction to Ecology
4. No. 3 High School of Wuhu 1994-1995
Teaching Biology to Senior High School Students (Teacher in Practice)
Tutoring high school students at after school program

SKILLS

1. Research: Remote sensing of environment; trace gas flux monitoring; environmental analytical instruments (e.g. from: Licor, PP system, Gill sonic, Campbell Sci. instruments, Decagon Devices, Inc.); statistical analysis; experiment design; proposal, report and paper writing; ecosystem modeling and database management
   
2. Computer: Macintosh and PC software (e.g. MS office, Matlab; networking, ArcGIS, statistical (SPSS, SYSTAT), database, graphic, web design, etc.). Webmaster and database managing for the lab
   
3. Teaching: Teacher's diploma in China and teaching experiences in university and high school
   
4. Language: Chinese and English (both fluently oral and written)

AWARDS

• Postdoc fellowship through NSF-Ecosystem (PI: Gamon JA) 2003-present
  
• SDSU Field Station grand award 2002
  
• International research scholarship award (To La Paz, Mexico) 2001
  
• The Jordan Dale Covin Memorial Scholarship award 2000
  
• Scholarship at UC-Davis and SDSU 1998-2003
  
• Graduate school scholarship 1996-1998
  
• Dean's List 1993-1995
  
• Excellent student award in debating 1994
  
• Excellent student award in leadership 1993
  
• Excellent student award in speech 1992
  
• Admission to university without entrance examination (0.1%) 1991

MEMBERSHIPS & PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Member of Ecological Society of America (ESA)
  
• Member of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  
• Member of International Association for Ecology (INTECOL)
  
• Committee member of Sino-Eco Association Overseas (Sino-Eco)
  
• Reviewer for Remote Sense of Environment
  
• Reviewer for Biogeochemistry

PUBLICATIONS

• Cheng Y, Gamon JA, Fuentes DA, Mao Z, Sims D, Qiu HL, and Claudio HC (in press), A multi-scale analysis of dynamic optical signals in a Southern California chaparral ecosystem: a comparison of field, AVIRIS and MODIS data.
  
• Christopher Reynolds (2004), Red or blue, there's salvation in green (on Yufu Cheng's research) Los Angeles Times, November 16th.
  
• Baraldi R, Rapparini F, Oechel WC, Hastings SJ, Bryant PJ, Cheng Y, and Miglietta F (2004), Monoterpene emission responses to elevated CO2 in a Mediterranean-type ecosystem. New Phytologist, 161, 17-21.
  
• Hibbard KA, Law BE, Reichstien M, Sulzman J, (Aubinet M, Baldocchi D, Bernhofer C, Bolstad C, Bosc A, Campbell JL, Cheng Y, Yuste JC, Curtis P, Davidson EA, Epron D, Granier A, Grünwald T, Hollinger D, Janssens I, Longdoz B, Loustau D, Martin J, Monson R, Oechel W, Pippen J, Ryel R, Savage K, Schlesinger B, Scott-Denton L, Subke JA, Tang J, Tenhunen J, Turcu V, Vogel C) (2005), An Analysis of Soil Respiration Across Northern Hemisphere Temperate Ecosystems. Biogeochemistry 73: 29-70.
  
• Reichstein M, Rey A, Freibauer A, Tenhunen J, Valentini R, Banza J, Casals P, Cheng Y, Grunzweig J M, Irvine J, Joffre R, Law BE, Loustau D, Miglietta F, Oechel W, Ourcival JM, Pereira JS, Peressotti A, Ponti F, Qi Y, Rambal S, Rayment M, Romanya J, Rossi F, Tedeschi V, Tirone G, Xu M, and Yakir D (2003), Modeling temporal and large-scale spatial variability of soil respiration from soil water availability, temperature and vegetation productivity indices. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 17, 1104, doi:10.1029/2003GB002035.
  
• Treseder KK, Egerton-Warburton LM, Allen MF, Cheng Y, and Oechel WC (2003), Alteration of soil carbon pools and communities of mycorrhizal fungi in chaparral exposed to elevated carbon dioxide. Ecosystems, 6, 786-796.
  
• Cheng Y, Oechel WC, Hastings SJ, Bryant PJ, Qian Y(in review) Ecosystem CO2 Fluxes in Chaparral when Grown under Elevated and Reduced Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations
  
• Cheng Y, Bryant PJ, Hastings SJ, Oechel WC (in review). The impacts of elevated CO2 on carbon flux of southern California chaparral using free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) Facility
  
• Cheng Y, Oechel WC, Hastings SJ, Ibanez I, Bryant PJ (in review). Effects of manipulated atmospheric CO2 concentrations on plant water use and ecosystem evapotranspiration of Adenostoma fasciculatum stands in southern California chaparral
  
• Fuentes DA, Gamon JA, Cheng Y, Qiu HL, Mao Z, Sims DA, Rahman AF, Oechel WC, Luo H (in revision), Mapping carbon and water vapor fluxes in a chaparral ecosystem using vegetation indices derived from AVIRIS.
  
• Claudio HC, Cheng Y, Fuentes D, Gamon JA, Rahman AF, Qiu H, Sims DA, Luo H, and Oechel WC (in revision). Monitoring drought effects on vegetation water content and fluxes in chaparral with the 970nm water band index.
  
• Cheng Y, Hastings SJ, Bryant PJ, Oechel WC (in manuscript). Soil CO2 Effluxes under Reduced, Ambient and Elevated CO2 Concentrations in Southern California Chaparral.
  
• Cheng Y, Gamon JA, Sims DA, Mao Z et al., (in preparation), Leaf photosynthesis and light utilization of two dominated resprouted species prior fire and post fire in Southern California Chaparral.
  
• Cheng Y, Gamon JA, and MacKinney L et al., (in preparation), Understanding spatial variation of soil respiration in chaparral with a continuous monitoring system.
  
• Gamon JA, Sims DA, Cheng Y, Fuentes DA, Houston S, and MacKinney L (in manuscript), A mobile tram system for systematic ecosystem sampling of optical properties within a flux tower footprint.

PRESENTATIONS (Selected)

• Cheng Y, Gamon JA, Sims D, Claudio HC, Luo H, and Oechel WC, Modelling ecosystem carbon fluxes with optical remotely sensed data at leaf and ecosystem scales. Ecological Society of America 90th Annual conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, August 6-12, 2005.
  
• Cheng Y, Gamon JA, Fuentes DA, Mao Z, Sims D, Qiu HL, and Claudio HC, A multi-scale analysis of dynamic optical signals in a Southern California chaparral ecosystem: a comparison of field, AVIRIS and MODIS data. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual conference, San Francisco, CA, Dec 13-17, 2004.
  
• Cheng Y. Linking CO2 and H2O fluxes with remotely sensed data: a multi-scale approach, Coast Center Seminar Series, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 2004 (Invited)
  
• Cheng Y. Scaling and Patterns of Biosphere-Atmosphere Carbon and Water Vapor Fluxes. Biology Department Seminar Series, California State University, Los Angeles, CA, 2004 (Invited)
  
• Cheng Y. How will Future Elevated CO2 Affect CO2 and Water Vapor Fluxes in Southern California? CEA-CREST Biology Seminar Series, California State University, Los Angeles, CA, 2004 (Invited)
  
• Cheng Y, Gamon JA, Fuentes DA, Mao Z, Sims D, Qiu HL, and Claudio HC, A multi-scale analysis of dynamic optical signals in a Southern California chaparral ecosystem: a comparison of field, AVIRIS and MODIS data, MODIS vegetation workshop II, Missoula, Montana, August 17-19, 2004.
  
• Gamon JA, Cheng Y, Fuentes DA, Mao Z, Rahman F, Sims D, Fred Huemmrich F, Luo H, Oechel WC. SpecNet: Integrating optical remote sensing with ecosystem flux measurements at FLUXNET sites, MODIS vegetation workshop II, Missoula, Montana, August
• Cheng Y, Mao Z, Fuentes D, Mackinney L, Gamon JA, Qiu HL, Understanding Disturbance Impacts on Ecosystem Processes with a Continuous Monitoring System. CEA-CREST annual conference, Pasadena, CA, May 28, 2004.
  
• Cheng Y, Gamon, JA, Sims DA, Mao Z, Brunelle S, Silva J , Lima E, Claudio H, The fire effects on leaf photosynthesis and light utilization of two dominated resprouted species in southern California chaparral. Ecological Society of America 89th Annual conference, Portland, OR, August 1-7, 2004.
  
• Cheng Y, Oechel, WC, Hastings SJ, Bryant P, Qian Y. Effects of Manipulated Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Concentrations on Carbon Dioxide and Water Vapor Flux on Southern California Chaparral. Ecological Society of America 88th Annual conference, Savannah, GA, August 4-8, 2003.
  
• Cheng Y. Effects of Manipulated Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations on CO2 and Water Vapor Flux in Southern California Chaparral, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 2003 (PhD exit seminar).
  
• Cheng Y, Oechel WC, Hastings SJ, Major J, Bryant P, Qian H. Ecosystem carbon flux under elevated CO2 by FACE technique in southern California chaparral. Ecological Society of America 86th Annual conference, Madison, WI, August 6-10, 2001.
  
• Cheng Y, Oechel WC, Hastings SJ, Major J, Bryant P. Stand-scaled Carbon and Water Vapor Flux measuring by CO2 LT Chambers in Southern California Chaparral. Southern California Academy of Sciences Annual conference, Los Angeles, CA, May 4 - 5, 2001.
  
• Cheng Y, Oechel, WC, Hastings SJ, Major J, Bryant, P. The effect of eleveated CO2 on C and H2O fluxes in Southern California Chaparral. 24th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Davis, CA, August 13-14, 2000.
  
• Cheng Y, Oechel, WC, Hastings SJ, Major J, Bryant, P. Ecosytem carbon flux under elevated CO2 treatment by FACE and Null Balance chamber in Southern California Chaparral. Ecological Society of America 85th Annual Meeting, Snowbird, UT, August 6-10, 2000.
  
• Cheng Y, Zeng Q, Li Y. Research on Soil Organic carbon Content under different Vegetation in Jianfengling of China. Ecological Society of America 84th Annual Meeting, 1999, Spokane, Washington, USA.
  
• Cheng Y, Zeng Q. The Alternative Techniques for Shifting Cultivation in Tropical Forests, International Symposium on Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Forests-ITTO, Haiko, Hainan, China,1997.
  
• Cheng Y, Prospects on Researches on Carbon Balance in Tropical Forests, The fourth Conference of National Youth Plant Ecology, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China, 1997.

   

REFERENCES

1. Dr. John Gamon (Postdoctoral research mentor)
Virtual Center for Spatial Analysis and Remote Sensing (VCSARS)
Department of Biological Sciences
California State University, Los Angeles
5151 State University Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90032
Tel: (323) 343-2066
Email: jgamon@exchange.calstatela.edu

2. Dr. Walter C. Oechel (Ph.D. advisor, dissertation committee chair)
Professor of Biology and Director
Global Change Research Group
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA 92182
Phone: (619) 594-6613
Email: oechel@sunstroke.sdsu.edu

3. Dr. Michael Barbour, (co-advisor, dissertation committee member, oral defense chair)
Environmental Horticulture Department.
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (530) 752-2956
Email: mgbarbour@ucdavis.edu

4. Dr. Kyaw Tha Paw U (course instructor, doctoral oral defense committee member)
Land, Air and Water Resources
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (530) 752-1510
Email: ktpawu@ucdavis.edu