Renjian Li

Graduate Research Assistant
Renjian Li
Graduate Research Assistant
Horn Point Laboratory

Bio

My current research at UC Santa Barbara focuses on global carbon export using data-assimilated model and machine learning. During my Ph.D. at Horn Point Lab, I studied internal waves in coastal plain estuaries as well as ocean acidification and harmful algae bloom in Chesapeake Bay. 

Areas of Expertise

  • Estuarine dynamics and ecology
  • Global carbon export
  • Ocean modelling

Education

  • University of Maryland, 2023, Ph.D., Marine, Estuarine, and Environmental Science
  • Zhejiang University, China, 2018, B.S., Marine Science
  • University of Hawaii at Manoa, Fall 2016, Exchange Student

Graduate Program Foundation Areas