Associate professor
Supervisor of Master's Candidates
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Ren is an associate professor at Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST). His research focuses on land-atmosphere interface processes to investigate the response and feedback of hydroclimatic system under global change. Specifically, his work involves utilizing big data (observations and simulations), remote sensing, deep learning, and physical modeling to investigate:
1. Key physical/biogeochemical processes in land-atmosphere interactions (e.g., evapotranspiration, water/heat exchange).
2. Response and feedback of hydrology-vegetation ecosystems to climate variability.
3. Extreme hydroclimatic events (e.g., droughts, heatwaves) for disaster risk reduction.
He obtained PhD from Sun Yat-sen University. During his doctoral studies, he was a joint PhD student at Columbia University. Before joining NUIST, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the School of Geography, Nanjing Normal University.
Research Fields:
Hydroclimatology, Land-atmosphere Interaction, Drought, Extreme Cliamte, Global Change, Machine Learning, Remote Sensing
Sun Yat-sen University  Physical Geography  PhD
Columbia University  Earth and Environmental Engineering  Visiting PhD student
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology School of Atmospheric Science Associate Professor
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology School of Atmospheric Science Lecturer
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology State Key Laboratory of Climate System Predictions and Risk Management Researcher
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education/Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters Rsearcher
Nanjing Normal University School of Geography Postdoctoral Fellow
Machine Learning: Earth, Editorial Board Member (2024-)
Remote Sensing, Guest Editor (2025-)
Frontiers in Plant Science, Topic Editor (2025-)
Young Editorial Board Member, Geographical Science (2025-)
Topic Convenor of the 10th/11th China Youth Geoscience Forum (2025-2026)
Reviewer for Journals:
Environmental Research Letters, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Geophysical Research Letters, Earth System Science Data, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Journal of Hydrology, International Journal of Climatology, Ecological Indicators, Atmospheric Research, Journal of Environmental Mangement, Natural Hazards, Journal of Hydroinformatics, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
Communication Review Expert of NSFC Proposal (2023-), Communication Review Expert of Graduate Degree Thesis, Ministry of Education (2024-)
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