JINCHUN YUAN

Associate Professor and Director of Research
Center of Excellence in Remote Sensing Education and Research (CERSER)
Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, NC 27909
(252) 335-3809 · (252) 335-3572 Fax · jyuan@mail.ecsu.edu

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
08/06 to present: Associate Professor, Elizabeth City State University, North Carolina
06/05-08/06: Distinguished Professor, Southern University, Louisiana
10/02-05/05: Research Scientist ,The University of Southern Mississippi
1/02-9/02 Visiting Scientist, LUMCON-NASA John C. Stennis Space Center, Mississippi
2000-2002 Resident Research Associate, National Research Council-NASA John C. Stennis Space Center, Mississippi
1995-1999 Research Assistant,The University of Southern Mississippi, Mississippi
1990-1995 Research Assistant, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
   • Assistant Environmental Engineer, The Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
GE115: College Algebra
GE118: Precalculus
MAS 111: Introduction to Marine Science
MAS 333: Wetland and Ocean Chemistry
(USM) MAR151: Introduction to Ocean Science

DISSERTATION AND THESIS COMMITTEE EXPERIENCE
Served on Master’s Theses Committees of:
Peter van Erp (USM)
Raj Bairamadgi (USM)

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Marine Photochemistry
Satellite Remote Sensing
Ocean Observatory

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Session Co-Chair of:
The 2006 Joint Assembly meeting, May 23-26, 2006, Baltimore, Maryland
The Western Pacific Geophysical Meeting, July 24-27, 2006, Beijing, China

Peer reviewer for the editors of:
Environmental Science and Technology
Journal of Marine System
Continental Shelf Research
ATMOSFERA
Geophysical Research Letters
Marine Chemistry
Photochemistry and Photobiology
Analytica Chimica Acta
Journal of Sea Research
TALANTA
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology
Proposal reviewer for the program managers of: NASA Earth Science Research Using Data and Products from Terra, Aqua, and Acrim Satellites 2003
NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) 2001 phase I and II
NASA SBIR 2000 phase I and phase II
NASA EPSCoR 2001 Program
NASA Graduate Student Research Program (GSRP) 2001
NASA GSRP 2000

HONORS AND AWARDS
NRC - NASA Post-doctoral Research Associateship, 1999
Researcher of the year, The Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, 1987

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Yuan, J., Hayden L., Dagg, M., Comment on “Reduction of primary production and changing of nutrient ratio in the East China Sea: effect of the Three Gorges Dam”, Geophysical Research Letters, (submitted) 2006.

Yuan, J., Dagg, M., Namwamba, F., Lyles, L. Seasonal Variation of Sea Surface Chlorophyll a in the Gulf of Mexico, Journal of Marine System, (submitted) 2006.

Yuan, J., Shiller, A.M. The distribution of hydrogen peroxide in the Northwest Pacific Ocean. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Vol. 6, Q09M02 DOI 10.1029/2004GC000908, 2005 .

Yuan, J., Dagg, M., Del Castillo, C. In pixel variations of chl a fluorescence in Northern Gulf of Mexico and their implications for calibrating remotely sensed chl a and other products. Continental Shelf Research, 25, 1894-1904, 2005.

Yuan, J., Miller, R., Powell, R., Dagg, M. Storm Induced Injection of the Mississippi River Plume Into the Open Gulf of Mexico. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L09312, doi:10.1029/2003GL019335, 2004.

Yuan, J., and Shiller, A. M. Hydrogen peroxide in deep waters of the North Pacific Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L01310, doi:1029/2003GL018439, 2004.

Yuan, J. and Miller, R. Seasonal variation in precipitation patterns to the global ocean: an analysis of the GPCP version 2 data set. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Vol. 16, No. 4, doi:10.1029/2001GB001458, 2002.

Yuan, J. and Shiller, A. M. The distribution of hydrogen peroxide in the southern and central Atlantic Ocean. Deep-Sea Research II, Vol. 48: 2947-2970, 2001.

Yuan, J. and Shiller, A. M. The variations of hydrogen peroxide in rain water over the South and Central Atlantic Ocean. Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 34 No. 23: 3973-3980, 2000.

Vink, S., Boyle, E. A., Measures, C. I., and Yuan, J. Automated high resolution determination of the trace elements iron and aluminum in the surface ocean using a towed fish coupled to flow injection analysis. Deep-Sea Research I, Vol. 47: 1141-1156, 2000.

Yuan, J. and Shiller, A. M. Determination of subnanomolar level of hydrogen peroxide in seawater by reagent-injection chemiluminescence detection. Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 71 No. 10: 1975-1980, 1999.

Measures, C. I., Yuan, J., and Resing, J. A. Determination of iron in seawater by flow injection analysis using in-line preconcentration and spectrophotometric detection. Marine Chemistry, Vol. 50: 3-12, 1995.

Yuan, J. Environmental information system: a review. (Chinese) Environmental Science, Vol. 8, No. 5: 75-79, 1987.

Yuan, J. and Rao, J. Pollution source lifecycle and environmental pollution assessment. China Environmental Science, Vol. 7 No. 1: 72-75, 1987.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Yuan, J., Miller, R. Seasonal and decadal variations of precipitation to the world’s oceans. Proceedings 2000 Marine Technology Society, Gulf Coast Chapter, pp. 33-44, SSC, 2000.

Yuan, J. The Distribution of hydrogen peroxide in seawater of the Central Atlantic Ocean and in river waters of southern Mississippi and Louisiana. Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Southern Mississippi, 2000.

Yuan, J. Seawater iron anomaly at Loihi Seamount and Puna Ridge Hawaii by shipboard flow injection analysis. Master's thesis, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1994.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Yuan, J., Stubblefield, M, Namwamba, F., Dagg, M. Wind First or Water First, A Multi Billion Dollar Question in US Northern Gulf Coast Region Created by Hurricane Katrina, The Western Pacific Geophysical Meeting, July 24-27, Beijing, China, 2006.

Yuan, J., Stubblefield, M, Namwamba, F., Dagg, M. Sea surface changes near the track of Hurricane Katrina: observations by LUMCON monitoring stations, NOAA/NDBC buoys, and NOAA/NOS tide stations. The 2006 Joint Assembly meeting, May 23-26, 2006, Baltimore, Maryland, 2006.

Yuan, J., Dagg, M., Namwamba, F., Lyles, L. Seasonal Variation of Sea Surface Chlorophyll a in the Gulf of Mexico. 2005 Joint Assembly, New Orleans, 2005.

Yuan, J., Dagg, M., Del Castillo, C. In pixel variations of chl a fluorescence in northern Gulf of Mexico and their implications for calibrating remotely sensed chl a and other products. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and The Oceanography Society, Ocean Research Conference, Honolulu, 2004.

Yuan, J., and Shiller, A. M. Hydrogen peroxide in deep waters of the North Pacific Ocean. American Geophysical Union, Ocean Science Meeting, Portland, 2004.

Miller, R., Yuan, J., Powell, R., Dagg, M. Seasonal variation in sea surface Chlorophyll patterns of the northern Gulf of Mexico as determined by satellite remote sensing. American Geophysical Union, 2002 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 2002.

Yuan, J., Shiller, A. Marine photochemistry of hydrogen peroxide in the Northwest Pacific Ocean. American Geophysical Union, 2002 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 2002.

Miller, R., Hall, C., Del Castillo, C., Yuan, J., McKee, B., Dagg, M. Bio-optical properties of the Mississippi River plume and adjacent shelf. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Aquatic Science Meeting, Santa Fe, 2001.

Yuan, J., Miller, R. Seasonal and decadal variation of precipitation to the world’s oceans. American Geophysical Union, 2000 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 2000.

Yuan, J. The distribution of hydrogen peroxide in seawater of Central Atlantic Ocean and in river waters of Southern Mississippi and Louisiana. Dissertations Symposium on Chemical Oceanography, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1999.

Yuan, J., Shiller, A. M. The distribution of hydrogen peroxide in the Central Atlantic Ocean. American Geophysical Union and American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Ocean Science Meeting, San Diego, 1998.

Yuan, J., Shiller, A. M., and W. M. Landing. Hydrogen peroxide in the Central Atlantic Ocean. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Aquatic Science Meeting, Santa Fe, 1997.

Yuan, J., C. I. Measures and J. A. Resing. Rapid determination of iron in sea water: in-line preconcentration flow injection analysis with spectrophotometric detection, American Geophysical Union and American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Ocean Science Meeting, San Diego. 1994.

Yuan, J., Dagg, M,, Namwamba F., and Lyles L. Seasonal and inter-annual variations of surface water chl a in lake Pontchartrain and the Northern Gulf of Mexico: a review of six years of satellite remote sensing by SeaWiFS, Basics of the Basin Seventh Biennial Research Symposium, New Orleans, 2004.

Yuan, J., Dagg, M,, Namwamba F., and Lyles L. Seasonal and inter-annual variations in surface water chl a patterns of the Gulf of Mexico: an analysis of first six years of SeaWiFS data, 20th Annual Louisiana Remote Sensing and GIS workshop, Lafayette, 2004.

Yuan, J., Miller, R., Powell, R., and Dagg, M. Hurricane Lili induced injection of the Mississippi River Plume, 19th Annual Louisiana Remote Sensing and GIS workshop, Lafayette, 2003.

Yuan, J., Miller, R., Powell, R., and Dagg, M. Injection of the Mississippi River plume by Hurricane Induced Eddies, NASA Earth Science Applications Directorate Earth Science Exhibition, NASA John C. Stennis Space Center, 2003.

Yuan, J., and Shiller, A. M. Diel variation of hydrogen peroxide in the Mississippi and Pearl Rivers. Mississippi Academy of Science. Sixty-Third Annual Meeting, Tupelo, 1999.

Yuan, J., and Shiller, A. M. The distribution of hydrogen peroxide in the Central Atlantic Ocean. Mississippi Academy of Science, Sixty-Second Annual Meeting, Biloxi, Mississippi, 1998.

Yuan, J., and Shiller, A. M. Diel variation of hydrogen peroxide in the Mississippi and Pearl Rivers. Gulf Coast Geochemical Group Conference, LUMCON, Louisiana, 1998.

Yuan, J., Shiller, A. M., and Landing W. M. Hydrogen peroxide in the Central Atlantic Ocean. Mississippi Academy of Science, Sixty-First Annual Meeting, Biloxi, 1997.

Yuan, J., Measures C. I., and Wheat C. G. Tracing submarine volcanoes using seawater iron anomalies at Loihi Seamount and Puna Ridge Hawaii. Gulf Coast Geochemical Group Conference, LUMCON, Louisiana, 1996.

Yuan, J., Measures C. I., and Wheat C. G. Tracing submarine volcanoes using seawater iron anomalies at Loihi Seamount and Puna Ridge Hawaii. Mississippi Academy of Science, Sixtieth Annual Meeting, Jackson, Mississippi, 1996.

Yuan, J., Measures C. I. Sampling and analysis of dissolved iron. HOT Golden Anniversary Science Symposium, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1993.