Di Tian, Ph.D. - profile information

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Dr. Di Tian is an Associate Professor in the Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences at Auburn University. He received his Ph.D. in Hydrologic Science from the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at the University of Florida and conducted postdoctoral research at Princeton University, working on hydroclimate forecasting, land-atmosphere interactions, and climate impact assessment.

Dr. Tian’s research team (Hydroclimate Research Group) focuses on developing Hydroclimate-AI—a physics-based, dynamical framework that integrates hydrologic science, climate dynamics, Earth system data, and artificial intelligence (AI) to observe, understand, and predict hydroclimate extremes such as droughts, heat waves, and extreme precipitation, and to assess their cascading impacts on water, food, and ecosystems.His work has been supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), and has been published in Water Resources Research, Journal of Hydrometeorology, Climate Dynamics, Earth's Future, Nature Communications, among other leading journals. He regularly serves as a panel reviewer for NSF and NASA, and as a Topic Editor (Associate Editor) for Earth System Science Data and Geoscientific Model Development. He is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award.