JONATHAN A WANG portrait
  • Assistant Professor, School Of Biological Sciences
801-581-6517

Professional Service

  • NSF. Role: Panel Reviewer. Panel Review. 11/01/2023 - 01/31/2024
  • SPEC School. Guidance Team Member. 10/01/2023 - present
  • American Geophysical Union. Role: Session Co-Convener and Session Chair. Convened and chaired the session "The Resilience and Vulnerability of Arctic and Boreal Ecosystems to Climate Change" for the American Geophysical Union's Fall Meeting. This work includes reaching out to invite speakers, deciding on the session agenda, and running oral sessions during the conference. 04/05/2023 - 12/15/2023
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Role: Member. User Working Group for the Distributed Active Archive Center. 04/01/2023 - present
  • Department of Energy. Role: Panel Reviewer. Proposal panel review. 03/01/2023 - 05/31/2024
  • NASA. Role: Panel Reviewer. Proposal Panel Review. 02/01/2023 - 05/31/2024
  • Science of Remote Sensing. Role: Reviewer. Article peer review. 02/01/2023 - 02/08/2023

Internal Service

  • SBS Graduate Admissions Committee. Member, 09/01/2023 - present. Department service.
  • Reviewed 5 grant proposals to the Wilkes Climate Center Seed Grant program. Reviewer, 02/01/2023 - 02/15/2023. University service.
  • SBS Website Committee. Member, 01/01/2023 - 09/01/2023. Department service.

In the Media

  • I was interviewed as an expert in phenology for NASA GLOBE program, which develops public outreach materials to connect general audiences with scientists and their research. My interview was edited and included on their website and YouTube channel. 10/16/2023. https://www.globe.gov/web/north-america/home/north...
  • I was interviewed briefly as an unaffiliated expert to comment on a new article that was published that characterized the cross of planetary boundaries on Earth. This brief comment was featured in an article in the American Geophysical Union's magazine "Eos". 10/06/2023. https://eos.org/articles/passing-planetary-boundar...
  • For my paper published in AGU Advances in 2022, I was interviewed by High Country News. The article focuses on my work using remote sensing data to show net declines in tree cover in California due to increasing wildfires. 01/30/2023. https://www.hcn.org/issues/55-2/forests-in-a-warmi...