Youmi Oh
Earth Scientist
Curriculum Vitae
Publications
Oh, Y., Q. Zhuang, L. Liu, L. R. Welp, M. Lau, T. C. Onstott, D. Medvigy, L. Bruhwiler, E. J. Dlugokencky, G. Hugelius, L. D’Imperio, and B. Elberling. “Reduced net methane emissions due to microbial methane oxidation in a warmer Arctic.” Nature Climate Change, Mar 30, 2020.
Abbasi, A. O., A. Salazar, Y. Oh, S. Reinsch, M. D. R. Uribe, J. Li, I. Rashid, and J. S. Dukes. “Soil responses to manipulated precipitation changes: A synthesis of meta-analyses.” Biogeosciences, July 29, 2020.
Liu, L., Zhuang, Q., Y. Oh, Shurpali, N.J., Kim, S. and Poulter, B. “Uncertainty Quantification of Global Net Methane Emissions from Terrestrial Ecosystems Using a Mechanistically-based Biogeochemistry Model.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, May 11, 2020.
Lau, M., R. L. Harris, Y. Oh, M. Yi, A. Behmard and T. Onstott . “Taxonomic and functional compo- sitions impacted by the quality of metatranscriptomic assemblies.” Frontiers in Microbiology, May 22, 2018.
Lau, M., T. L. Kieft, O. Kuloyo, B. Linage, E. Heerden, M. R. Lindsay, C. Magnabosco, W. Wang, J. B. Wiggins, L. Guo, D. H. Perlman, S. Kyin, H. H. Shwe, R. L. Harris, Y. Oh, M. J. Yi, R. Purtschert, G. F. Slater, S. Ono, S. Wei, L. Li, B. S. Lollar and T. C. Onstott. “An oligotrophic deep-subsurface community dependent on syntrophy is dominated by sulfur-driven autotrophic denitrifiers.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Oct 26, 2016.
Oh, Y., B. Stackhouse, M. Lau, X. Xu, A. T. Trugman, J. Moch, T. C. Onstott, C. J. Jrgensen, L. DImperio, B. Elberling, C. A. Emmerton, V. St Louis and D. Medvigy . “A scalable model for methane consumption in arctic mineral soils.” Geophysical Research Letters, May 19, 2016.
Skills
- Program Languages:
Fortran, IDL, C, C++, Matlab, Python, Latex
- Ecosystem Models:
Terrestrial Ecosystem Model, Community Earth System Model, TM5 Chemical Transport Model
- Laboratory Skills:
Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry
- Field Skills:
Sling shot, Big launcher
Research
experience
October 2020 - present
NRC Postdoctoral Fellow at NOAA ESRL Global Monitoring Division
Inversion modeling of global methane budget using TM5 dual-tracer atmospheric chemistry model.
November 2018 - July 2019
Visiting Scholar at NOAA ESRL Global Monitoring Division
Wetland isotope modeling to understand carbon isotopic signatures of methane emitted from wetlands.
September 2017 - July 2020
Advisor: Dr. Qianlai Zhuang and Dr. Lisa Welp
Understanding importance of High Affinity Methanotroph (HAM) in arctic methane budget by simulating methane fluxes and atmospheric concentrations using TEM-XHAM and GEOS-Chem, and evaluating simulations using in-situ, aircraft and satellite data. NASA Earth Space and Science Fellowship (NESSF) awarded for three years.
August 2016 - July 2020
Advisor: Dr. Lisa Welp
Exploring seasonal changes of carbon isotope (d13C) leaf signals to understand species-specific fractionation processes that could affect tree ring signals in Morgan Monroe State Forest, IN using Elemental Analyzer Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry.
Fall 2013 - Spring 2016
Advisor: Dr. David Medvigy
Developing eXplicit High Affinity Methanotroph model (XHAM) of Arctic soils to elucidate the importance of HAM. The scalable model was constrained by microcosm experiment and tested against laboratory and field measurements.
Fall 2011 - Summer 2013
Advisor: Dr. Yong-sang Choi
Conducting Empirical Orthogonal Function analysis to study how El Nino-Southern Oscillation and Tropical North Atlantic affect vegetation activity in the Amazon. NASA MODIS data was utilized.
Languages
English (Fluent)
Korean (Fluent)
Japanese (Conversational)
Chinese (Reading)
Education
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Aug 2016 - July 2020
Ph.D. in Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Cumulative GPA: 4.00
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Sep 2013 - Jun 2015
M.A. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Dissertation topic: Development of Arctic Microbial Methane Model, eXplicit High Affinity Methanotroph model (XHAM)
University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
Sep 2010 - Jun 2011
Global Exchange Student
Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
Mar 2009 - Jun 2013
B.S. in Environmental Science and Engineering
Double Major in Biological Sciences, Certification in ABEEK Advanced Engineering Program
Magna cum laude. Cumulative GPA: 3.71