Xiong, Yi

Member Profile

School of Integrative Plant Science
Cornell University
110 Arboretum Rd
Ithaca, NY 14853
Email: yx693@cornell.edu

EDUCATION
September 2021 - July 2025
B.S. in Atmosphere
Nanjing University, China

August 2023 - Present
Ph.D. in Soil and Crop Science
Cornell University

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Land-Atmosphere Interaction and Model Development; Extreme Event Analysis and AI-Driven Predictive Methods; Innovative Observation Techniques and Data Product Development

ACADEMIC EXCHANGE AND SUMMER PROGRAMS
Research Intern, 2024 Visiting Undergraduate Research Program (VURP), California Institute of Technology (Caltech), July 2024 - December 2024

Earth System Science International Summer School, NJU, August 2023

Summer School of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Peking University, July 2023

Student Exchange Program, Australian National University, February 2023 – June 2023

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
CalTech 2024 VURP Program, July2024 - December2024
Exploring Meteorological Influences on Wildfires in Different Parts of the World and Enhancing Global Wildfire Prediction Using Machine Learning Techniques

Undergraduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program at NJU, September2023 - September2024
Characteristics and Causes of Sustained Extreme High Temperature Events in Eastern China in 2023

Pilot 2.0 Field Trip Scientific Expedition Program, July2023
Research and Practice of “Characteristics and Causes of Extreme High Temperature in Jianghuai in 2022” in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province

A Field Investigation Program at ANU, April2023
Exploring Solutions for Sustainable Environmental Development in the Kioloa Region of Australia

HONORS AND AWARDS
People’s Scholarship (top 20%), Twice, NJU, 2023 - 2024

Excellence Program Scholarship (top 10%), Twice, NJU, 2022 - 2024

Outstanding Program Foreign Exchange Funded Scholarship, NJU, 2023

Outstanding Participant (top 30%) of the Fourth Training Course for University Students, NJU, 2023

Nitori International Scholarships (top 10%), NJU, 2022

PRESENTATIONS
Exploring Meteorological Influences on Wildfires in Different Parts of the World and Enhancing Global Wildfire Prediction Using Machine Learning Techniques, AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., USA, December 2024. (Poster)

Characteristics and Causes of Sustained Extreme High Temperature Events in Eastern China in 2023, National Undergraduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, Nanjing, China, May 2024

SKILLS
Computing Skills: MATLAB, Python, Fortran, R