The lab welcomed Jeehee Kim, a new PhD student, and Miao Yu, a postdoctoral research associate. Jeehee got her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Environmental Sciences and Engineering (focusing on hydrometeorology) fromEwha Womans University. Miao got her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degree in Atmospheric Sciences (focusing on dynamic vegetation and modeling) from Nanjing Institute of Meteorology.