Dr. Yan Yu is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at Peking University. Yan got her bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2010. She completed two master's degrees (Environmental Sciences and Statistics) and a PhD degree in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She was awarded the prestigious NASA postdoc program fellowship at the California Institute of Technology Jet Proposition Laboratory. After another postdoc appointment at Princeton University, Yan came back to China and became a faculty member at Peking University in 2021.

Yan's research involves land-atmosphere interactions, with a particular focus on the climate feedbacks through dust and wildfire processes. She has developed and utilized a wide range of tools, including satellite remote sensing, statistical modeling, and Earth system modeling. Please contact Yan if you are interested in joining her research group.