- Coram, New York
- July 19, 2017
Yu Song
ys27@umail.iu.edu ♦ (574) 340-2786
32 Country Club Dr. Apt. C ♦ Coram, NY 11727
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ariel-yu-song-b133b495
Education
Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, IN
School of Public and Environmental Affairs (expected) Dec, 2017
Master of Public Affairs
Concentration Environmental Policy, Water Resources, Climate Change, Energy
Course Work: • Environmental Policy and Economics • Cost-Benefit Analysis
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Wuhan, CHN
Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences June, 2016
PhD in Wetland Ecology | Advisor: Professor Guihua Liu
Course Work: • Biological Statistics and Experimental Design • Scientific Research Project Quality Management • The Basic Principle of Ecosystem Research and Experimental Method
University of Wuhan Institute of Technology Wuhan, CHN
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy June, 2010
Bachelor in Biological Engineering
Course Work: • Basic Biology • Biochemistry • Microbiology • Molecular Biology
Working experience
The Gnarley Tree Sustainability Institute (GTSI) Bloomington, IN, USA
Research assistant Jan-Jun, 2016
“Carbon tax guide: A handbook for policy makers” (Partnership for Market Readiness. 2017. Carbon Tax Guide: A Handbook for Policy Makers. World Bank, Washington, DC. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/26300 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO)
- Prepared Carbon tax cases studies for “Carbon tax guide: A handbook for policy makers”
- Collected 6 countries' Carbon tax data (Chile, Finland, Iceland, Indian, Switzerland, Ireland)
- Organized the carbon tax data and drafted for the 6 countries
The Youthink Center Beijing, CHN/Lima, PERU
Intern/Youth Representative for UNFCCC 2014 Jun-Dec, 2014
- Selected as a delegate of the Youthink Center attending COY10 and COP20 in Lima
- Summarized climate related materials as background preparation for group
- Hosted a group activity in COY10
- Led China youth part in Youth Dialogue among China, Brazil, South Africa and India during COP20 and jointed-prepared an announcement in “Take Action” for COP21 in Paris
Teaching experience
Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, IN
Teaching Assistant for undergraduate environmental sciences & statics 2016- 2017
- Maintained teaching system, graded homework and papers, prepared for in-class activities
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, CHN
Teaching Assistant 2012-2014
- Guided two undergraduate students’ graduation thesis each year: thesis design, experimental skills, data analysis and thesis writing
- Taught undergraduate freshwater experiments
Research Experience
Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, IN
Research Assistance: Professor Kenneth Richards
“Policy Instrument Taxonomy in Renewable Energy” and “Comparative Studies Renewable Energy between South Korean and United States” June, 2016 – now
- Collected United States Renewable Energy Policy Instruments for five government departments (DOA, DOE, DOD, EPA, DOT)
- Summarized US Renewable Energy Policy Instruments to Policy Instrument Taxonomy
- Conducted comparative studies of renewable energy policy instruments for US and SK
- Papers are drafting
Research Assistance: Professor Shahzeen Attati,
“Perception of Waterborne Sickness in Southern Zambia” 2015 - 2016
- Cleaned and coded data for Southern Zambia household water consumption survey
- Built and tested model for explaining Perception of Waterborne Sickness in Southern Zambia
- A research paper is under review
Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Science Wuhan, CHN
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, CHN
PhD Thesis: “Plant Adaptation Strategies and Community Assembly in Reservoirs and Associated River Systems in Han River, Central China” 2010 – 2016
- Plant traits • Species dispersal • Species distribution pattern • Species interaction
- Field investigation • Controlled chamber experiment • Microsatellite SSR
- Experiment design • Plant ecophysiology & environmental factors measurement
- Initial data analysis, exploratory data analysis, PCA, regression, clustering, VAR
- Plant functional traits database • SPSS, R Language, CANOCO • ArcGIS
Skills
- Language: Chinese - Native, English - Fluent;
- Statistics: Environmental and Social Stats, SPSS, R Language
- Geo: ArcGIS (SWAT), Minitab
- Basic Computer: Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access
Publications
- Song Y., Marcantonio R. A (Co-author). 2017. Water and Sickness in Southern Zambia: A Local Level Account of Water Development. Development of Southern Africa. Under review.
- Song Y., Ke X., Liu W., Davy A. J. and Liu G. 2014. Life-History Plasticity of Riparian Annual Plants Adapted to Extreme Variations in Water Level: Mesocosm Experiments. River Research and Applications, 31(10):1311–1318
- Liu, W., Liu, G., Liu, H., Song, Y., Zhang, Q. 2013. Subtropical reservoir shorelines have reduced plant species and functional richness compared with adjacent riparian wetlands. Environmental Research Letters, 8, 044007