Who we are

Team

The WACI Lab brings together researchers across plant and soil science, hydrology, agroecosystem, biogeochemistry, remote sensing, AI, and environmental data science.

Principal Investigator

Dr. Bin Peng

Assistant Professor

Dr. Peng leads the WACI Lab and studies how water, nutrient, and carbon cycles connect agricultural productivity to environmental sustainability, combining field and lab measurement, computational modeling, remote sensing, and AI.

5Researchers & staff

8Grad students

2Undergrads & interns

12Lab alumni

Researchers & Staff

5

Michael P. Wallace

Research Specialist

Dr. Mengqi Jia

Research Scientist

Dr. Yaji Wang

Postdoctoral Researcher

Dr. Jie Yang

Postdoctoral Researcher

Dr. Wencheng Qi

Postdoctoral Researcher

Graduate Students

8

Qianyu Zhao

Graduate Student

Jiawei Fan

Graduate Student

Huan Liu

Graduate Student

Yuanxin Song

Graduate Student

Haoyuan Yu

Graduate Student

Qiaoyu Qu

Graduate Student

RC

Runting Chen

Graduate Student

SW

Shijia Wang

Graduate Student

Undergraduates & Interns

2

SX

Shuwan Xu

Undergraduate Intern, Computer Science (2026)

XC

Xinghan Chen

Undergraduate Intern, Computer Science (SPIN, 2026)

Join us

We're recruiting postdocs and graduate students across five research areas. See our open positions.