EDUCATION
Rice University, USA, Ph. D., 1997
Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, China, M.S., 1986
Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, China, B.S., 1982

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Deputy Director of the National Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and
        Atmospheric Chemistry (LAPC), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, CAS, China.
        2001-present.
Professor, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, CAS, China, 2000-present.
Affiliate Professor, Auburn University, USA, 2009-present.
Adjunct Professor, Nanjing Agricultural University, China, 2001-present.
Professor, Nanjing Agricultural University, China, 1998-1999.
Research Scientist, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, USA, 1994.
Associate Professor, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China, 1993.

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND PROJECTS
Since 1997 when Dr Huang obtained his Ph. D. degree from Rice University and was back to China, his group has been studying the generation of biogenic atmospheric trace gases and the biogeophysical processes in terrestrial soil-plant environments leading to their formation. These gases, principally CH4, CO2 and N2O, are important contributors to global climate change. Our work originally focused on the field in situ measurements of CH4 and N2O emissions to get better understanding of the processes and then on modeling biogeophysical processes of greenhouse gas emission and carbon budget of agroecosystems. These works were mainly funded by four agencies under the following titles:
(1) “Quantifying the atmospheric impacts of paddy rice agriculture in China” joint with Rice 
       University, USA, 09/01/1998-09/01/2002.
(2) “Regional assessment of trace gas emissions from agroecosystem: quantities and models” 
       funded by Chinese Academy of Sciences. Principal Investigator: Yao Huang. 
       01/01/2000-12/31/2005.
(3) “Study on carbon budget in terrestrial and marginal sea ecosystems of China” funded by
       Chinese Academy of Sciences. Principal Investigators: Yao Huang and Guirui Yu. 
       01/01/2001-12/31/2005.
(4) “Study on carbon cycling and driven mechanisms in terrestrial ecosystems of China” funded 
       by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, joint with the Institute of Geographical 
       Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 
       01/01/2003-12/31/2007.
(5) “Influence of marshland conversion to cropland in Sanjiang Plain on soil carbon pool and net 
       ecosystem exchange between land and atmosphere” funded by National Natural Science 
       Foundation of China. Principal Investigator: Yao Huang. 01/01/2005-12/31/2008.

Current interests in his group focus on modeling terrestrial carbon and nitrogen cycling, and impacts of climate change on crop production and adaptation measures. This work is funded by Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Science and Technology of China under the following titles:
(1) “Climate change mitigation and adaptation in China: terrestrial carbon and crop production”. 
       Principal Investigator: Yao Huang. 01/01/2007-12/31/2009.
(2) “Study on carbon and nitrogen fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems of China and their 
       environmental controls” joint with the Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural 
       Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 01/01/2007-12/31/2009.
(3) “Modelling the impacts of climate change on wheat, rice and maize production on a regional 
       scale”. Principal Investigators: Liping Fen, Xiaoguang Yang, Yao Huang. 
       12/01/2006-10/10/2010.
(4) “An integrated study on climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation” joint with the 
       Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of 
       Sciences, 01/01/2009-12/31/2011.
Under the financial support of above mentioned projects, Yao Huang and his group have made great progress in process-level and model studies on biogenic greenhouse gases emission from cropland and carbon budget of agroecosystems. These achievements have been documented in more than 100 research papers published in prestigious journals. Dr Huang has supervised more than 30 graduate students since 1997, 13 of them have received their M.S. degrees and 12 received their Ph. D. degrees.

NATIONAL ACTIVITIES
Chairman of the Atmospheric Environment Committee, Chinese Meteorological Society, 
       2006-present
Editorial Board Member of three Chinese Journals: Environmental Science (2005-present); 
       Journal of Agro-Environment Science (2006-present); Advances in Climate Change Research 
      (2007-present)

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES
Reviewer of 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
External Examiner of three Ph. D. dissertations completed by graduate students in Thailand, 
      Pakistan and Indian
Editorial Board Member of two international Journals: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
       (2008 -present); Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2008-present)