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The Speakers Bureau is a directory of arctic researchers and experts that are available to visit organizations, communities or schools to give presentations. The directory contains names, addresses, science specialties, and presentation experience.
We encourage organizations and communities applying to the Arctic Visiting Speakers Series to use the Speakers Bureau to select a visiting speaker. If a particular subject or speaker is not listed, please contact Judy Fahnestock at avs [at] arcus [dot] org, for suggested speakers.
Daqing Yang
About:
Dr. Yang is currently an associate research professor at the Water and Environmental Research Center, Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks. He received his BS, MS, and Ph.D. (water resources and hydro-meteorology) in China and has international research/work experience. He was a research associate at the Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology and Geocryology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; a visiting scientist at the University of California; and a post-doc research fellow at both the Meteorological Service of Canada and McMaster University. He also worked as a research scientist at the Institute for Global Change.
Dr. Yang's primary research interests are in cold region hydrology, specifically, climate and climate change/variation in the arctic and high latitude regions; large arctic river hydro-climatologies and changes; applications of remote sensing data/products in the high latitude regions; and data analysis systems including accuracy assessment and adjustment/correction, statistical analysis, and numerical modeling of cold region hydrology.
He has published over 50 research articles and has extensive lecture experience having given over 30 talks at national and international conferences/workshops. He is interested in talking with academic audiences, graduate students and the general public.
Potential lecture topics include:
- Hydrologic response of major Siberian rivers to climate change and
variation - Development of bias-corrected high latitude precipitation database and
climatology - Streamflow response to seasonal snowcover extent changes in large
Siberian watersheds - Representativeness of arctic weather station data for computation of
snowmelt in a small area
Dr. Yang has previously participated in the Arctic Visiting Speakers Series as a host and enjoyed his experiences.