Fa Li
I am an Assistant Professor in the Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin staring from Jan. 1, 2026. Before joining UT Austin, I am a Postdoctoral Scholar at Jackson Lab,Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University, working with Prof. Rob Jackson on the FLUXNET-CH4 V2.0-a global observational network of ecosystem carbon (CH4 and CO2)-water-energy fluxes through Global Carbon Project . I have been a researcher affiliated with Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and a Postdoc at Global Change Research Lab, University of Wisconsin, leveraging AI and remote sensing to advance wildfire science and land surface modeling .
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Education
| Degree / Role | Institution | Field / Focus | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | Wuhan University | AI, Remote Sensing, and GIS Supervisors: Prof. Jianya Gong, Prof. Huayi Wu, Prof. Zhipeng Gui | 2016–2021 |
| Affiliate Researcher | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | AI & Land Surface Modeling Mentors: Dr. William J. Riley, Dr. Qing Zhu | 2018–2021 |
| B.Eng. | Wuhan University | Remote Sensing | 2012–2016 |
Industrial Experience
- Intern / AI Resident, Core AI Team — Google LLC (Google X, now X Development LLC) — Feb–May 2020
Worked on machine learning and causal inference for time-series modeling
Services
Committees, Conferences, and Editorial/Reviewer Roles
- Editorial
- Co-Guest Editor, Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk (Q1 Journal) – Special Issue: Advances in Wildfires: Mapping, Modeling, and Impact Assessment, (2025)
- Guest Editor, Forests (Q1 Journal) – Special Issue: Emerging Advances in Digital Forest Monitoring, Analysis, and Modeling (2024)
- Reviewers
- Reviewers of 30 SCI journals including Nature Comunication, National Science Review, Global Change Biology, Earth System Science Data, Earth’s Future, Geophysical Research Letters, Machine Learning: Science and Technology, Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, IJGIS, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation ect.
- Community Engagement
- Member, Global Carbon Project, Near Real-Time Methane Budget Team (2024–present)
- Participant, Global Carbon Project Workshop, Stanford University (May 2024)
- Coordinator, FLUXNET-CH₄ V2.0 Science Team (2024–present)
- Organizing Committee, FLUXNET-CH₄ V2.0 Data Processing Workshop (2024)
- Member, FLUXNET CH₄/N₂O Processing Committee (2023–present)
- Invited Panelist, NASA Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) Science Team Meeting & Applications Workshop, Washington, D.C. (2024)
- Invited Panelist, AI for Natural Methane Working Group, ESIIL, University of Colorado Boulder (2024)
- Member, Wildfire Data Science Team at UW-Madison with American Family Insurance data science team (2022–2023)
- Organizing & Convening Roles
- Chair, AGU 2025 Session
- Advances in Measurements, Synthesis, Analysis, and Modeling of Greenhouse Gas Fluxes from Natural Ecosystems (1 oral + 1 poster session)
- Chair & Primary Convener, AGU 2024 Sessions
- Advances in Measurements, Synthesis, Analysis, and Modeling of Greenhouse Gas Fluxes from Natural Ecosystems (2 oral + 1 poster session)
- GeoAI for Sustainable and Computational Agriculture: Capabilities, Applications, and Future Directions (1 oral + 1 poster session)
- Chair, AGU 2025 Session