Yanlan Liu

Dr. Yanlan Liu is an Assistant Professor at Ohio State University specializing in ecohydrology and vegetation dynamics. She holds a Ph.D. from Duke University (2019) and investigates plant responses to climate variability, particularly drought impacts across diverse ecosystems. Her research combines physically-based models with remote sensing and statistical analytics to study wetlands, forests, and deserts at multiple scales.

Research focuses on vegetation resilience under climate change, evapotranspiration processes, and ecosystem-atmosphere interactions. Recent work develops novel algorithms for detecting ecological breakpoints in time series data and improves land surface models through enhanced vegetation-water interaction parameterization.

Publications demonstrate continental-scale analyses of fire legacy effects, Arctic-boreal vegetation responses, and machine learning applications in environmental diagnostics. Studies span Amazon forests, Arctic tundra, and agricultural systems, emphasizing integrative approaches to understand climate change impacts.