CURRICULUM VITAE LEI YIN. Education. Research Interests. Professional Experience. Teaching & Field Experience. Honors, Awards & Grants

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE!Tel: (979) JGB 5.324, Jackson School of Geosciences " The University of Texas at Austin # 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX Education Ph. D., Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin (expected) -GPA: 3.95/4.00 Certificate, Applied Statistical Modeling, The University of Texas at Austin 2013 M. S., Statistics, The University of Texas at Austin With Honorable mention for thesis -GPA: 3.96/4.00 B. S., Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University GPA: 92/100 (Major); 89/100 (Overall) Research Interests Climate Physics and Dynamics, Energy and Hydrological Cycles, Land-air Interactions, Climate Extremes, Bayesian Statistics, Atmospheric Boundary Layer, Water Stable Isotopes Professional Experience Business Analyst, Apple Inc. Apr-Dec 2014 Visiting Scholar, NOAA/GFDL Jun-Aug 2013 Intern, NCAR May-Aug 2012 Graduate Trainee (8 total), Earth System Modeling and Supercomputing, NASA/Ames Jul 2012 Visiting Scholar, NOAA/GFDL Jul-Aug 2011 Research Assistant, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin Research Assistant, Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer, Nanjing University Research Assistant, Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Process, Peking University Feb-May 2009 Teaching & Field Experience Guest Lecturer, Class Spatio-Temporal Correlation Patterns (Inst. Rong Fu) Spring 2014, 2015 Guest Lecturer, Class Ecohydrology (Inst. Kevan Moffett) Fall 2013 Graduate Mentor, The NeoGeo Trip for undergraduates, Jackson School August 2013 Grader, Class Climate System Physics (Inst. Rong Fu) Spring 2013 Student leader (atmos group), Nanjing University s Expedition to Baikal Lake, Russia Summer 2008 Honors, Awards & Grants NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF), NASA Gordon Research Conference Chair Fund for Travel, GRC 2013 Graduate Student Visitor Grant, Advanced Study Program, NCAR 2012 Fall Meeting Travel Grant Award, AGU 2011 Outstanding Poster Presentation Award, Open Science Conference, WCRP 2011 Lei Yin, CV, Page 1 of 5

2 Ronald K. DeFord Field Scholarship, Jackson School of Geosciences, UT-Austin 2011 Excellent Graduates of 2009 Session, Nanjing University 2009 National Scholarship for Undergraduates, Ministry of Education of China 2008 Excellent Student with top GPA, Nanjing University 2008 Key Project of National Undergraduate Innovation Program (Principal Investigator) Grade 3 (Highest), National Computer Rank Examination (NCRE) of China 2007 People s Scholarship for Undergraduates, Second Prize, Nanjing University 2007 Scholarship for social activities, First Prize, Nanjing University 2006 Professional Services Reviewer, Journal of Geophysical Research (4), Atmospheric Science Letters (1) Membership NASA Earth Exchange American Geophysical Union American Meteorological Society 2012-Present 2011-Present 2011-Present Publications In Preparation: Wright JS, Fu R, Clinton N, Reuter M, Risi C, Worden J & Yin L. A rainforest initiated wet season onset over the southern Amazon. To be submitted to Nature Geosciences. Bowerman A, Fu R, Yin L & Fernando DN. On the connection between Pacific decadal variability, the subtropical Atlantic, and the climate of the southern United States. Yin L, Fu R, Ming Y & Bollasina MA. On the link between the low-level winds and Amazon rainfall biases in GFDL models. Submitted: Yin L, Fu R, Dickinson RE & Jackson CS. A probability density function based assessment of future daily rainfall changes in CMIP5. Submitted to Geophys Res Lett. Fernando DN, Mo KC, Fu R, Bowerman A, Scanlon BR, Solis R, Yin L, Mace R, Mioduszewski JR, Ren T & Zhang K. What caused the spring intensification and winter demise of the 2011 drought over Texas? Submitted to Clim Dynam. Peer Reviewed Journal Publications: Yin L, Fu R, Zhang YF, Arias PA, Fernando DN, Li W, Fernandes K & Bowerman AR. What controls the interannual variation of the wet season onsets over the Amazon? J Geophys Res-Atmospheres, doi: /2013jd (2014). Fu R, Yin L, Li WH, Arias PA, Dickinson RE, Huang L, Chakraborty S, Fernandes K, Liebmann B, Fisher R & Myneni R. Increased dry-season length over southern Amazonia in recent decades and its implication for future climate projection. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, doi: / pnas (2013). Sheffield J,, and Yin L. North American climate in CMIP5 experiments. Part I: Evaluation of 20 th century continental and regional climatology. J Climate, doi: / JCLI-D (2013). Yin L, Fu R, Shevliakova E & Dickinson RE. How well can CMIP5 simulate precipitation and its Lei Yin, CV, Page 2 of 5

3 controlling processes over tropical South America? Clim Dynam, doi: / s y (2012). Yin L, Sun J & Liu G. Large-Eddy Simulation on the turbulence characteristics in the convective boundary layer driven by heterogeneous surface heating. J Nanjing University (Natural Sciences), 47(6), (2011). (In Chinese with English abstract) Liu G, Sun J & Yin L. Turbulence characteristics of shear-free convective boundary layer driven by heterogeneous surface heating. Boundary-Layer Meteorol, doi: /s (2011). Piao SL, Yin L, Wang XH, Ciais P, Peng SS, Shen ZH & Seneviratne SI. Summer soil moisture regulated by precipitation frequency in China. Environ Res Lett, 4, , doi: / /4/4/ (2009). Non-refereed publications: Yin L. Understanding rainfall variability and extremes over the Amazon to improve their future projection. Ph.D. Dissertation, 223pp (2015). Yin L. Future projections of daily precipitation and its extremes in simulations of 21 st century climate change. M.S. Thesis, 52pp (2013). Fernando DN, Fu R, Mo KC, Scanlon BR, Solis R, Yin L, Bowerman A & Mace R. Factors driving the persistence of ENSO-led winter rainfall deficits into late-spring and early-summer over Texas. Proceedings of 37 th NOAA Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop, (2012). Yin L, Zhang Y, Zhang YF, Li GF, Wang TY, Luo XC & Auzina LI. The influence of lake-land breeze on the initial stage of Sarma storm in summer. Bulletin of Baikal Lake Integrated Scientific Research, 3, (2009). Presentations Wright J, Fu R, Yin L, Chae JH & Risi C, Using water isotopes to diagnose the importance of transpiration to wet season initiation over the southern Amazon. Asia Oceania Geosciences Society 11 th Annual Meeting, Hokkaido, Japan (Oral, July 2014). Yin L, Fu R, Ming Y & Bollasina MA. On the link between low-level winds and Amazon rainfall biases in GFDL models. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA (Poster, Dec 2013). Yin L. Understanding the precipitation bias in tropical South America by couple and uncouple models. AOS Student/Postdoc seminar, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (Oral, Aug 2013). Yin L. The role of north Andes in the connection between low level wind and Amazon rainfall bias in GFDL models. GFDL Lunchtime Seminar. Princeton, NJ (Oral, Aug 2013). Yin L & Fu R. Understanding of CMIP5 precipitation biases over the tropical South America and statistical perspective on change of future rainfall extremes. Gordon Research Conference, New London, NH (Poster, July 2013). Yin L. CMIP5 rainfall bias over the Amazon, understanding of its possible reasons, and implications for future projection. GFDL Roundtable Seminar, Princeton, NJ (Oral, Jun 2013). Yin L, Fu R, Shevliakova E & Dickinson RE. CMIP5 performance on precipitation and related physical processes over tropical South America and its future projections. WGNE Workshop, Exeter, United Kingdom (Oral, Apr 2013). Fu R, Fernando N, Yin L, Ren T, Yang Z & Bowerman A. Assessing future changes of drought and extreme surface temperature over South-Central United States in supporting regional water resource planning. AMS Annual Meeting, Austin, TX (Oral, Jan 2013). Lei Yin, CV, Page 3 of 5

4 Bowerman A, Fu R, Yin L & Fernando N. The effect of North Pacific decadal variability, expansion of the tropical belt, and the North Atlantic Subtropical High on the climate of the South-Central United States. AMS Annual Meeting, Austin, TX (Oral, Jan 2013). Yin L, Fu R, Shevliakova E & Dickinson RE. What control the dry bias over Amazonia by CMIP5 models and its implication for future projections? AMS Annual Meeting, Austin, TX (Poster, Jan 2013). Yin L, Fu R, Zhang YF, Arias PA & Fernando N. Mechanisms that control interannual variations of the wet season onsets over the Amazon and their predictability. AMS Annual Meeting, Austin, TX (Oral, Jan 2013). Fu R, Fernando N, Yin L, Ren T, Yang Z & Bowerman A. Assessing future changes of climate and drought over the South-Central United States projected by the CMIP5 models. AGU Fall Meeting, Sam Francisco, CA (Oral, Dec 2012). Fernando N, Fu R, Scanlon B, Mace R, Solis R, Yin L & Bowerman A. Improving drought predictability for application to water resources management in Texas. AGU Fall Meeting, Sam Francisco, CA (Oral, Dec 2012). Fernando N, Fu R, Yin L, Bowerman A & Chakraborty S. Factors driving the persistence of ENSO-led winter rainfall deficits into late-spring and early-summer over Texas. NOAA Drought Task Force Meeting, Fort Collins, CO (Oral, Oct 2012). Fu R, Fernando N, Yin L, Ren T, Yang Z & Bowerman A. Assessing future changes of drought over South-Central United States in supporting regional water resource planning. NOAA Drought Task Force Meeting, Fort Collins, CO (Oral, Oct 2012). Fernando N, Fu R, Scanlon B, Mace R, Solis R, Yin L & Bowerman A. Assessing the predictability of spring precursors to summer drought over Texas. CFSv2 Evaluation Workshop, Greenbelt, MD (Oral, Apr 2012). Fu R, Fernando N, Yin L & Bowerman A. Predictability of severe to exceptional drought in Texas. NOAA CPO MAPP Webnar (Oral, Apr 2012). Fu R, Fernando N, Yin L, Yang Z, Ren T & Mo K. A process-based evaluation of the changes of summer rainfall and extreme temperature over southern United States projected by CMIP5. WCRP Workshop on CMIP5 Model Analysis, Honolulu HI (Oral, Mar 2012). Yin L, Fu R, Arias PA, Shevliakova E & Malyshev S. Evaluations of the predictability of the Amazon Drought and IPCC models simulations. 1 st Jackson School Research Symposium, Austin TX (Poster, Feb 2012). Yin L, Fu R, Arias PA, Shevliakova E & Malyshev S. Evaluations of the predictability of the Amazon Drought and IPCC models simulations. AGU Fall Meeting, Sam Francisco CA (Poster, Dec 2011). Fu R. & Yin L. Assessing changes of rainfall seasonality over the American monsoon regions. AGU Fall Meeting, Sam Francisco CA. (Oral, Dec 2011). Yin L, Fu R, Shevliakova E. & Malyshev S. Evaluation of seasonal rainfall over the southern Amazon simulated by CMIP5 and CMIP3 models. WCRP Open Science Conference, Denver CO (Poster, Oct 2011). Extracurricular & Social Activities Member, soccer team playing the league of Austin Men s Soccer Association (AMSA) 2014 Winner, GSEC Calendar Photo Contest, Jackson School 2012, 2013 Member, Graduate Climate Dynamics Council, Jackson School 2013 Lei Yin, CV, Page 4 of 5

5 Member, basketball team Push the Rock, attending intramural sports games Member, Graduate Student Executive Committee (GSEC), Jackson School Volunteer, the Fourth World Urban Forum held by United Nations and China 2008 Group Leader, the Summer Social Practice Program 2007 Director, Propaganda Department of Student Committee, School of Atmos. Sci Captain of school table tennis team and point guard of school basketball team Member of collective leadership of the class, in charge of students activities Hobbies Hiking, Skating, Photography, Calligraphy, Billiard, Soccer, Basketball, Tennis, Guitar, etc. Lei Yin, CV, Page 5 of 5