JIANLI CHEN, Ph. D. Phone: (512) 232-6218 (o)
Center for Space Research (512) 336-0232 (h)
University of Texas at Austin Fax : (512) 471-3570 (o)
3925 W. Braker Lane, Suite 200 E-mail: chen-at-csr.utexas.edu
Austin, Texas 78759-5321 http://www.csr.utexas.edu/personal/chen
EDUCATIONS:
Ph.D. - Geophysics, 1998
The University of Texas at Austin
Master of Science - Astronomy, 1989
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bachelor of Science - Space Physics, 1986
The University of Science & Technology of China
EXPERIENCES:
11/2009 - Present Senior Research Scientist
Center for Space Research
University of Texas at Austin
09/2005 - 10/2009 Research Scientist
Center for Space Research
University of Texas at Austin
06/2004 - 08/2005 Research Associate (Code 1000)
Center for Space Research
University of Texas at Austin
09/2002 - 05/2004 Research Associate (RE/SA V)
Center for Space Research
University of Texas at Austin
01/1999 - 08/2002 Research Associate (RE/SA IV)
Center for Space Research
University of Texas at Austin
Summer, 1997 Visiting Scientist
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
09/1995 - 12/1998 Graduate Research Assistant
Center for Space Research
University of Texas at Austin
06/1994 - 08/1995 Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Geological Sciences
University of Texas at Austin
09/1989 - 05/1994 Research Engineer
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory
Chinese Academy of Sciences
09/1986 - 08/1989 Graduate Research Assistant
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory
Chinese Academy of Sciences
MEMBERSHIPS: American Geophysical Union
AWARDS AND HONORS:
(1) 2004, Recipient of the NASA New Investigator Program (NIP) award.
(2) 2005, NASA Recipient of the Presidential Early Career Awards for
Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) (the highest honor bestowed by the United States
government on outstanding scientists and engineers in the early stages of their
independent research careers).
[News Release] & [Photo with the President]
(3) 2007, Member of the NASA GRACE science team that recieved
the prestigious William T. Pecora Award.
COMMUNITY SERVICES:
(1) Chair of the IERS Global Geophysical Fluids Center Special Bureau
for Hydrology (SBH) 2004 to present, and co-chair from 1998 to 2004.
(2) SBH website curator and developer, in charge of online data archiving
and communications with users around the world since 1998.
(http://www.csr.utexas.edu/research/ggfc)
(3) Geodesy program chair of the 2006 Western Pacific Geophysical Meeting
(WPGM), Committee Member of the 2005 Asian Pacific Space Geodynamics
annual meeting.
(4) Session chairs or conveners at various scientific conferences
(e.g., AGU, IUGG, IAMAS, WPGM, ...)
(5) Reviewers for various scientific journals (e.g., Science, Nature,
Geophys. Res. Lett., J. Geophys. Res., Geophys. J. Inter.,
J. Geodesy, Water Resource Research, J. Coastal Res., and etc.).
CURRENT FUNDINGS:
(1) Collaborative Research: Long-Term and Interannual Variability of Antarctic
Ice Sheet Mass Balance From Satellite Gravimetry and Other Geodetic Measurements,
PI, NSF OPP, Budget: 493K, 03/01/2011-02/28/2014.
(2) Improved Estimation of Mass Variations within the Earth Climate System from,
GRACE, PI, NASA GRACE Program, Budget: 706K, 03/01/2012-02/28/2016.
(3) Long-Term Variability of Earth Rotation, Low-Degree Gravity, and Climate Change,
PI, NASA ESI Program, Budget: 643K, 05/01/2012-04/30/2016.
(4) Application of GRACE Water Storage Resources Management: Case Study
High Plains Aquifer, US, Co-I (PI B. Scanlon at UT BEG), NASA GRACE
Project, 465K, 09/01/2008-08/31/2013 (with 1 year no cost extension).
PAST FUNDINGS:
(1) Water Mass Variability in the Earth System, Co-I (with PI: Chambers),
NASA Global Water and Energy Cycle Research and Analysis Program,
01/01/2002 - 12/31/2004.
(2) Atmospheric Angular Momentum Variability from Advanced Climate Models,
PI, Subaward from the Atmospheric and Environmental Research,
11/01/2004 -04/30/2005.
(3) Separation of Grace Data into Atmospheric and Oceanic Geoid Components,
Co-I (PI: Francis Condi), NASA GRACE Science Team, 03/15/2004-03/14/2007.
(4) GRACE Validation: Discrete Harmonics and Covariance Properties of
Time-Variable Gravity Using Earth Rotation and Climate Models,
PI, NASA GRACE Science Team, 03/15/2004-03/14/2008.
(5) Terrestrial Water Storage Variations Using GRACE: Estimation,
Uncertainty and Validation, Co-PI (with PI: Clark R. Wilson),
NASA GRACE Science Team, 03/15/2004-03/14/2008.
(6) Earth's Time-Variable Gravity and Rotation Signals Due To Surface
Geophysical Fluids: Modeling and Geophysical Inferences, Co-PI
(PI: B.F. Chao), NASA SENH, 09/01/2004-08/31/2007.
(7) Mass and Angular Momentum Budget of the Oceans: An Interdisciplinary
Study with Ocean General Circulation Model, Satellite Altimetry, and
GRACE Observation, PI, PECASE Award (+ NASA NIP Award), Budget: 518K,
08/15/2004-08/14/2009.
(8) IPY: Investigation of Antarctic Ice Sheet Mass Balance From Satellite
Gravity Measurements, PI, NSF International Polar Year Program, 430K,
09/01/2008-08/31/2010.
(9) Role of atmosphere-ocean interaction in Earth orientation prediction,
Co-PI (PI: J.Y. Guo at OSU), NGA NURI, UT Budget: 72K,
01/01/2008- 12/31/2010.
(10) Atmospheric and Oceanic Angular Momentum Variability and Forecasts,
PI, NGA NURI, Total Budget: 450K, 01/01/2009 -12/31/2011.
