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• College of Science College Marshal (01/01/2022-12/31/2022)
• Provost Summer Research assistant program - UTEP Provost Office (05/01/2013-05/31/2013)
• faculty fellowship - Environmental Protection Agency SCERP (01/01/2011-12/31/2011)
• Student Travel grant - American Geophysical Union (08/15/2011)
• COURI summer award - College of Sciences, Office of Undergraduate Research Initiative (04/01/2011-04/30/2011)
• Barbour Fellowship - Rackham Graduate School, the University of Michigan (01/01/2004-12/31/2004)

• Ph D in Geological Sciences, The University of Michigan (2007)
• BS in Earth and Space Sciences, the University of Science and Technology of China (2001)

• Establishing Satellite-Derived Vegetation Index Baselines to Understand Pecan Orchard Water-Stress and Productivity in an Arid Environment. (2022), Katya Esquivel Herrera, Marguerite Mauritz, Lixin Jin, Saurav S. Kumar, Girisha K. Ganjegunte.
• Quantifying Bioavailable Metals and Potential Dust Emissions from Highway-Related and Desert Sediments at Lordsburg Playa, New Mexico Center for Applied Research in Transportation Emissions, Environment and Health (CARTEEH) 01 13 (2022), Thomas E. Gill, Iyasu G. Eibedingil, R S. Van Pelt, Junran Li, Marcos Mendez, Julieta Saucedo, Lixin Jin.
• Quantifying Bioavailable Metals and Potential Dust Emissions from Highway-Related and Desert Sediments at Lordsburg Playa, New Mexico Center for Applied Research in Transportation Emissions, Environment and Health (CARTEEH) (2022), Thomas E. Gill, Iyasu G. Eibedingil, R S. Van Pelt, Junran Li, Marcos Mendez, Julieta Saucedo, Lixin Jin.
• Dryland irrigation increases accumulation rates of pedogenic carbonate and releases soil abiotic CO2 Scientific Reports 12 (2022), Anna Ortiz, Lixin Jin, N. Ogrinc, J. Kaye, B. Krajnc, Lin Ma.
• The future low-temperature geochemical data-scape as envisioned by the U. S. geochemical community Computers & Geosciences 157 (2021), S. Brantley, T. Wen, D. Agarwal, Mark Engle, Lixin Jin.
• Chemical and hydrological controls on salt accumulation in irrigated soils of southwestern U.S. Geoderma 391 (2021), Anna Ortiz, Lixin Jin.
• Dryland irrigation increases accumulation rates of pedogenic carbonate and releases soil abiotic CO2 Scientific Reports 12 (2021), Anna Ortiz, Lixin Jin, N. Ogrinc, J. Kaye, B. Krajnc, Lin Ma.
• Geophysical studies of the characteristics of fluvial and desert soils in west Texas and southern New Mexico Geol. Soc. Amer. Abs. with Programs 52 6 (2020), Aimee Garcia, Diane I. Doser, Galen M. Kaip, Lixin Jin.
• Chemical reactions, porosity, and microfracturing in shale during weathering: The effect of erosion rate Geochimica Cosmochimica et Acta 269 (2020), Xin Gu, D. Rempe, W. Dietrich, Joshua West, Lixin Jin, Susan Brantley.
• Sources, pathways and behaviour of cave air CO2 using carbon isotopes Geochimica Cosmochimica et Acta (2020), B. Krajnc, Lixin Jin, J. Vaupotič, S. Lojen, T. Nakamura, N. Ogrinc.
• Tracing gypsiferous White Sands aerosols in the shallow critical zone at White Mountain, New Mexico using Sr/Ca and 87Sr/86Sr ratios Geoderma 372 (2020), Patrick Rea, Lin Ma, Thomas E. Gill, Jorge Gardea-Torresdey, Carlos Tamez, Lixin Jin.
• Tracing gypsiferous White Sands aerosols in the shallow critical zone at White Mountain, New Mexico using Sr/Ca and 87Sr/86Sr ratios Geoderma 372 (2020), Patrick Rea, Lin Ma, Thomas E. Gill, Jorge Gardea-Torresdey, Carlos Tamez, Lixin Jin.
• Experiential learning and mentoring improve recruitment and retention in the undergraduate environmental science curriculum at a Hispanic serving institution Journal of Geoscience Education 67 4 (2019), Lixin Jin, Vanessa L. Lougheed, Diane I. Doser, Elizabeth J. Walsh, Lina K. Hamdan, Maryam Zarei Chaleshton, , Guadalupe Corral, .
• Using geophysics to investigate texture and salinity of agricultural soils and their impact on crop growth in the El Paso county, Texas Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics 24 3 (2019), Diane I. Doser, Marc Ornelas, Isaac Martinez, Lixin Jin, Anna Ortiz, Galen M. Kaip.
• Evaluation of geochemical processes and nitrate pollution sources at Ljubljansko polje aquifer (Slovenia): a stable isotope perspective Science of the Total Environment 646 (2019), Nives Ogrinc, S. Tamše, S. Zavadlav, J. Vrzel, Lixin Jin.
• Experiential learning and mentoring improve recruitment and retention in the undergraduate environmental science curriculum at a Hispanic serving institution Journal of Geoscience Education 67 4 (2019), Lixin Jin, Vanessa L. Lougheed, Diane I. Doser, Elizabeth J. Walsh.
• Experiential learning and mentoring improve recruitment and retention in the undergraduate environmental science curriculum at a Hispanic serving institution Journal of Geoscience Education 67 4 (2019), Lixin Jin, Vanessa L. Lougheed, Diane I. Doser, Elizabeth J. Walsh.
• Exploring the effect of aspect to inform future earthcasts of climate driven changes in weathering of Shale Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 124 (2019), Pamela Sullivan, Y. Godderis, Y. Shi, X. Gu, J. Schott, Elizabeth Hasenmueller, J. Kaye, C. Duffy, Lixin Jin, S. Brantley.
• Using geophysics to investigate texture and salinity of agricultural soils and their impact on crop growth in the El Paso county, Texas Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics 24 3 (2019), Diane I. Doser, Marc Ornelas, Isaac Martinez, Lixin Jin, Anna Ortiz, Galen M. Kaip.
• Experiential learning and mentoring improve recruitment and retention in the undergraduate environmental science curriculum at a Hispanic serving institution Journal of Geoscience Education 67 4 (2019), Lixin Jin, Vanessa L. Lougheed, Diane I. Doser, Elizabeth J. Walsh.

• Investigating physiological responses of Pecan trees (Carya illinoinensis) to water sources and soil properties under heat wave conditions in agroecosystems of the Chihuahuan Desert (2023), Volume San Francisco, CA, Jesus Manuel Ochoa-Rivero, Andres E. Gutierrez Hernandez, Federico Villarreal-Guerrero, Alan Alvarez-Holguin, Omar Castor Ponce-Garcia, Jesus Antonio Olvias-Rodriguez, Linda Citlali Noperi-Mosqueda, Orlando Ramirez-Valle, Lixin Jin, Mark Engle, Lin Ma.
• Investigating physiological responses of Pecan trees (Carya illinoinensis) to water sources and soil properties under heat wave conditions in agroecosystems of the Chihuahuan Desert (2023), Volume San Francisco, CA, Jesus Manuel Ochoa-Rivero, Andres E. Gutierrez Hernandez, Federico Villarreal-Guerrero, Alan Alvarez-Holguin, Omar Castor Ponce-Garcia, Jesus Antonio Olvias-Rodriguez, Linda Citlali Noperi-Mosqueda, Orlando Ramirez-Valle, Lixin Jin, Mark Engle, Lin Ma.
• Investigating physiological responses of Pecan trees (Carya illinoinensis) to water sources and soil properties under heat wave conditions in agroecosystems of the Chihuahuan Desert (2023), Volume San Francisco, CA, Jesus Manuel Ochoa-Rivero, Andres E. Gutierrez Hernandez, Federico Villarreal-Guerrero, Alan Alvarez-Holguin, Omar Castor Ponce-Garcia, Jesus Antonio Olvias-Rodriguez, Linda Citlali Noperi-Mosqueda, Orlando Ramirez-Valle, Lixin Jin, Mark Engle, Lin Ma.
• Investigating physiological responses of Pecan trees (Carya illinoinensis) to water sources and soil properties under heat wave conditions in agroecosystems of the Chihuahuan Desert (2023), Volume San Francisco, CA, Jesus Manuel Ochoa-Rivero, Andres E. Gutierrez Hernandez, Federico Villarreal-Guerrero, Alan Alvarez-Holguin, Omar Castor Ponce-Garcia, Jesus Antonio Olvias-Rodriguez, Linda Citlali Noperi-Mosqueda, Orlando Ramirez-Valle, Lixin Jin, Mark Engle, Lin Ma.
• Using Shallow Electromagnetic Techniques to Map Soil Properties and Soil Water Distribution in Dryland Critical Zones (2023), Volume San Francisco, CA, Kristina L. Sasser, Mark Engle, Aracely Garcia, Diane I. Doser, Mark R. Baker, Lixin Jin, Jessica Hartman.
• Using Shallow Electromagnetic Techniques to Map Soil Properties and Soil Water Distribution in Dryland Critical Zones (2023), Volume San Francisco, CA, Kristina L. Sasser, Mark Engle, Aracely Garcia, Diane I. Doser, Mark R. Baker, Lixin Jin, Jessica Hartman.
• CZNet: the United States Critical Zone Collaborative Network (2023), Volume San Francisco, CA, Beth Boyer, Emma Aaronson, Holly Barnard, Steve Holbrook, Lixin Jin, Praveen Kumar.
• Exploring patterns and processes of Critical Zone (CZ) multidimensional resilience across the CZ collaborative network (2023), Volume San Francisco, CA, Julia Perdrial, Benjamin Abbott, Lin Ma, Lixin Jin.
• Exploring patterns and processes of Critical Zone (CZ) multidimensional resilience across the CZ collaborative network (2023), Volume San Francisco, CA, Julia Perdrial, Benjamin Abbott, Lin Ma, Lixin Jin.
• Irrigation Water Chemistry as a Control for Pedogenic Carbonate Accumulation in Irrigated Agricultural Soils, West Texas, USA (2023), Volume San Francisco, CA, Jessica Hartman, Mark Engle, Lin Ma, Lixin Jin.
• Irrigation Water Chemistry as a Control for Pedogenic Carbonate Accumulation in Irrigated Agricultural Soils, West Texas, USA (2023), Volume San Francisco, CA, Jessica Hartman, Mark Engle, Lin Ma, Lixin Jin.
• Irrigation Water Chemistry as a Control for Pedogenic Carbonate Accumulation in Irrigated Agricultural Soils, West Texas, USA (2023), Volume San Francisco, CA, Jessica Hartman, Mark Engle, Lin Ma, Lixin Jin.
• What Drives Trees Nuts? A multi-temporal, multi-scale and multi-disciplinary look at stress sources of water-subsidized trees in dryland agroecosystems of North America and their impact on the regional water use and conservation (2023), Volume San Francisco, CA, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Jesus Manuel Ochoa-Rivero, Orlando Ramirez-Valle , Maria Carmen Delgado-Gardea, Maria del Rocio Infante-Ramirez, Luis Ubaldo Castruita-Esparza, Noe Chavez-Sanchez, Lixin Jin, Lin Ma, Mark Engle.
• What Drives Trees Nuts? A multi-temporal, multi-scale and multi-disciplinary look at stress sources of water-subsidized trees in dryland agroecosystems of North America and their impact on the regional water use and conservation (2023), Volume San Francisco, CA, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Jesus Manuel Ochoa-Rivero, Orlando Ramirez-Valle , Maria Carmen Delgado-Gardea, Maria del Rocio Infante-Ramirez, Luis Ubaldo Castruita-Esparza, Noe Chavez-Sanchez, Lixin Jin, Lin Ma, Mark Engle.
• What Drives Trees Nuts? A multi-temporal, multi-scale and multi-disciplinary look at stress sources of water-subsidized trees in dryland agroecosystems of North America and their impact on the regional water use and conservation (2023), Volume San Francisco, CA, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Jesus Manuel Ochoa-Rivero, Orlando Ramirez-Valle , Maria Carmen Delgado-Gardea, Maria del Rocio Infante-Ramirez, Luis Ubaldo Castruita-Esparza, Noe Chavez-Sanchez, Lixin Jin, Lin Ma, Mark Engle.
• Rates and processes of soil inorganic carbon formation in natural and managed cool semi-arid ecosystems (2023), Volume Pittsburgh, PA, Tanzila Hanif, Jennifer Pierce, David P. Huber, Lixin Jin, Linda Reynard, Tammera Rittenour, Lin Ma.
• Rates and processes of soil inorganic carbon formation in natural and managed cool semi-arid ecosystems (2023), Volume Pittsburgh, PA, Tanzila Hanif, Jennifer Pierce, David P. Huber, Lixin Jin, Linda Reynard, Tammera Rittenour, Lin Ma.
• Soil texture interactions with root biomass in a west Texas pecan orchard (2023), Volume El Paso, Isabelle Anselmo, Talveer Singh, Lindsey Dacey, Frida G. Ledezma, Isabel Uribe, Lixin Jin, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Marguerite Mauritz.
• Development of multiple-scale sensor and remote sensing technology to quantify carbon dioxide emission associated with pedogenic carbonate accumulation in irrigated soils of aridlands (2023), Volume Lyon, France, Lixin Jin, Jessica Hartman, Katya Esquivel Herrera, Santosh Palmate, Marguerite E. Mauritz-Tozer, Saurav Kumar, Girisha Ganjegunte.
• Soil CO2 dynamics in flood irrigated arid agricultural fields: temporal variability of abiotic and biotic CO2 production and transport (2023), Volume Lyon, France, Elizabeth Andrews, Anna Ortiz, Valeria Molina, Jason Kaye, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Lixin Jin.
• Soil CO2 dynamics in flood irrigated arid agricultural fields: temporal variability of abiotic and biotic CO2 production and transport (2023), Volume Lyon, France, Elizabeth Andrews, Anna Ortiz, Valeria Molina, Jason Kaye, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Lixin Jin.
• U-series and Sr isotope systematics in soil carbonates from natural and managed dryland Critical Zones: Implications for inorganic carbon storage and transformation in dryland soils of the American Southwest (2023), Volume Lyon, France, Lin Ma, Syprose Nyachoti, Victor Garcia, Curtis Monger, Craig E. Tweedie, Thomas E. Gill, Lixin Jin.
• U-series and Sr isotope systematics in soil carbonates from natural and managed dryland Critical Zones: Implications for inorganic carbon storage and transformation in dryland soils of the American Southwest (2023), Volume Lyon, France, Lin Ma, Syprose Nyachoti, Victor Garcia, Curtis Monger, Craig E. Tweedie, Thomas E. Gill, Lixin Jin.
• Understanding the repercussions of agricultural irrigation on carbon dioxide emission during pedogenic carbonate development in dryland critical zone (2023), Volume Laramie, WY, Lixin Jin.
• Producing climate smart pecans (2023), Volume Virtually on zoom, Lixin Jin.
• Mapping vadose zone hydrology and soil properties in dryland critical zones with high infiltration using shallow electromagnetic and magnetic techniques (2022), Volume Chicago, Illinois, Kristina L. Sasser, Mark Engle, Aimee Garcia, Diane I. Doser, Mark R. Baker, Lixin Jin, Jessica Hartman.
• Establishing Satellite-Derived Vegetation Index Baselines to Understand Pecan Orchard Water-Stress and Productivity in an Arid Environment (2022), Volume Chicago, Illinois, Katya Esquivel Herrera, Marguerite E. Mauritz-Tozer, Lixin Jin, Saurav Kumar, Girisha Ganjegunte.
• Investigating Evapotranspiration Partitioning Dynamics of Shallow Desert Soils of a Piedmont Site in High Temporal Resolution (2022), Volume Chicago, Alfredo Dagda, Orlando Ramirez Valle, Martha Gardea, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Lin Ma, Mark Engle, Lixin Jin.
• The effects of climate-driven stresses and the critical zone architecture on the water use dynamics of irrigated orchards in arid lands (2022), Volume Chicago, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Orlando Ramirez Valle, Lixin Jin.
• The effects of climate-driven stresses and the critical zone architecture on the water use dynamics of irrigated orchards in arid lands (2022), Volume Chicago, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Orlando Ramirez Valle, Lixin Jin.
• Triple Oxygen Isotopes in Pedogenic Carbonates Reveal the Varied Role of Evaporation in Western US Drylands (2022), Volume Chicago, Illinois, Julia Kerson, Naomi Levin, Ronald Amundson, Kirsten Andrews, Miriam Bartleson, Bruce Finney, Martha E. Gardea, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Lixin Jin, David Huber, .
• Triple Oxygen Isotopes in Pedogenic Carbonates Reveal the Varied Role of Evaporation in Western US Drylands (2022), Volume Chicago, Illinois, Julia Kerson, Naomi Levin, Ronald Amundson, Kirsten Andrews, Miriam Bartleson, Bruce Finney, Martha E. Gardea, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Lixin Jin, David Huber, .
• Applying the critical zone approach to understand dryland agriculture and flood irrigation impacts on soil quality, water dynamics, and gas transport (2022), Volume Chicago, IL, Elizabeth Andrews, Li Li, Valeria Molina, Jessica Hartman, Lin Ma, Mark Engle, Lixin Jin.
• Carbon cycling through the critical zone in irrigated and unirrigated drylands (2022), Volume Chicago, IL, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Briana Salcido, Viridiana Orona, Valeria Molina, Tanzila Hanif, Zahra Gahremani, David Bjorneberg, Gerald Flerchinger, David Huber, Marguerite E. Mauritz-Tozer, Jennifer L. Pierce, Craig E. Tweedie, Lixin Jin.
• Carbon cycling through the critical zone in irrigated and unirrigated drylands (2022), Volume Chicago, IL, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Briana Salcido, Viridiana Orona, Valeria Molina, Tanzila Hanif, Zahra Gahremani, David Bjorneberg, Gerald Flerchinger, David Huber, Marguerite E. Mauritz-Tozer, Jennifer L. Pierce, Craig E. Tweedie, Lixin Jin.
• Temporal Trends in Dryland Soil Carbon Fluxes in Response to Artificial and Natural Pulsed Moisture Events (2022), Briana Salcido, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Valeria Molina, Lixin Jin.
• Temporal Trends in Dryland Soil Carbon Fluxes in Response to Artificial and Natural Pulsed Moisture Events (2022), Briana Salcido, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Valeria Molina, Lixin Jin.
• Impacts of arid land agriculture and flood irrigation on soil quality, water dynamics, and gas transport (2022), Volume Chicao, Illinois, E M. Andrews, L Li, Valeria Molina, Lin Ma, Mark Engle, Lixin Jin.
• Mapping vadose zone hydrology and soil properties in dryland critical zones with high infiltration using shallow electromagnetic and magnetic techniques (2022), Volume Chicago, Illinois, Kristina L. Sasser, Mark Engle, Aimee Garcia, Diane I. Doser, Mark R. Baker, Lixin Jin, Jessica Hartman.
• “Dynamics” in the drylands critical zone (2022), Volume Virtually on zoom, Lixin Jin.
• Calcite accumulation rates estimated from 14C ages in irrigated dryland agricultural soils (2022), Volume Denver, CO, Jessica Hartman, Lixin Jin.
• Carbon sequestration in a cold desert ecosystem: use of geochemical techniques to determine calcium provenance and soil carbonate formation in dryland (2022), Volume Denver, CO, Zahra Ghahremani, Jennifer Pierce, David P. Huber, Lixin Jin, Lin Ma, Mark Engle.
• Carbon sequestration in a cold desert ecosystem: use of geochemical techniques to determine calcium provenance and soil carbonate formation in dryland (2022), Volume Denver, CO, Zahra Ghahremani, Jennifer Pierce, David P. Huber, Lixin Jin, Lin Ma, Mark Engle.
• Estimation of the amount and rate of pedogenic carbonates accumulation in irrigated and non-irrigated dryland soils of SW Idaho (2022), Volume Denver, CO, Tanzila Hanif, David P. Huber, Lixin Jin, Tammera Rittenour, Jennifer Pierce.
• Rapid change in soil carbonates: discerning ecohydrological and anthropogenic drivers using geochemical and isotopic techniques (2022), Volume Denver, CO, David P. Huber, Bruce P. Finney, Amy Commendador, Zahra Ghahremani, Julia Kelson, Lixin Jin, Matthew Germino, Kathleen A. Lohse.
• Assessing the productive vs unproductive water use in annual and perennial crops under furrow irrigation through a data-fusion scheme that partitions evapotranspiration fluxes using remote sensing and ground-based meteorological data (2022), Volume Puerto Rico, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, O. Ramirez-Valle, L.A. Méndez-Barroso, E.A. Yepez, J. Uuh-Sonda, Lixin Jin, Lin Ma.
• Patterns and controls of CO2 fluxes, ecohydrology, and nutrient availability on the carbonate-dominated dryland Critical Zones (2022), Volume University of Delaware, Lixin Jin, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Patterns and controls of CO2 fluxes, ecohydrology, and nutrient availability on the carbonate-dominated dryland Critical Zones (2022), Volume Delaware, Lixin Jin, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Tree Size as a Proxy of Texture and Soil Salinity in a Pecan Orchard: Exploring the Spatial Variability and Dominant Controls on Carbon Fluxes in Managed Dryland Critical Zone (2022), Volume Honolulu, HI, Michelle Quiroz, Aimee Garcia, Valeria Molina, Orlando Ramirez-Valle, Manny Sosa, Viri Orona, Diane Doser, Galen Kaip, Mark Engle, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Lin Ma, Lixin Jin.
• Tree Size as a Proxy of Texture and Soil Salinity in a Pecan Orchard: Exploring the Spatial Variability and Dominant Controls on Carbon Fluxes in Managed Dryland Critical Zone (2022), Volume Honolulu, HI, Michelle Quiroz, Aimee Garcia, Valeria Molina, Orlando Ramirez-Valle, Manny Sosa, Viri Orona, Diane Doser, Galen Kaip, Mark Engle, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Lin Ma, Lixin Jin.
• Controls of pedogenic carbonate on development, evolution and functions of dryland critical zones (2022), Volume Las Cruces, NM, Lixin Jin.
• Differentiating biotic vs. abiotic CO2 in the formation of pedogenic carbonate in an agriculturally altered site (2022), Volume Las Vages, Valeria Molina, Lin Ma, Mark Engle, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi-Nardi, Jason Kaye, Lixin Jin.
• Do drylands soils act as a net sink of CO2 to reduce atmospheric CO2 in the global carbon cycle? (2022), Volume Las Vegas, NV, Tanzila Hanif, David Huber, Lixin Jin, Bruce Finney, Zahra Ghahremani, Jen Pierce.
• A survey of tree size in a pecan orchard as a proxy of carbon flux, soil salinity and texture (2022), Volume Las Vegas, NV, Michelle Quiroz, Valeria Molina, Aimee Garcia, Diane Doser, Lixin Jin.
• DIFFERENTIATING BIOTIC VS. ABIOTIC CO2 IN THE FORMATION OF PEDOGENIC CARBONATE IN AN AGRICULTURAL SITE (2022), Valeria Molina, Lin Ma, Mark Engle, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Jason Kaye, Lixin Jin.
• Opportunities and challenges in dryland agriculture: an environmental perspective (2022), Volume UTEP, Lixin Jin.
• Controls, rates, and impacts of enhanced calcite accumulation and abiotic CO2 emission in irrigated drylands (2022), Lixin Jin.
• Carbon cycling through the critical zone in irrigated and unirrigated drylands (2022), Volume Chicago, IL, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Brianna Salcido, V Molina, Tanzila Hanif, Zahra Ghahremani, Lixin Jin, Jennifer Pierce, Gerald Flerchinger, David P. Huber, Craig E. Tweedie, Dave Bjorneberg, Marguerite E. Mauritz-Tozer.
• Triple oxygen isotopes of pedogenic carbonates reveal the varied role of evaporation in western us drylands (2022), Volume Chicago, IL, Julia Kelson, Naomi Levin, Ronald Amundson, M Bartleson, Bruce Finney, M Gardea, H A. Gutiérrez‐Jurado, David P. Huber, Lixin Jin, K Lacoursiere, C Leach, Kathleen A. Lohse, G E. Maurer, Curtis Monger, Jennifer Pierce, Scott Robbins, Mark Seyfried, Dylan Thompson.
• Carbon sequestration in a cold desert ecosystem: use of geochemical techniques to determine calcium provenance and soil carbonate formation in dryland (2022), Volume Denver, CO, Zahra Ghahremani, Jennifer Pierce, David P. Huber, Lixin Jin, Lin Ma, Mark Engle.
• Estimation of the amount and rate of pedogenic carbonates accumulation in irrigated and non-irrigated dryland soils of SW Idaho (2022), Volume Denver, CO, Tanzila Hanif, David P. Huber, Lixin Jin, Tammera Rittenour, Jennifer Pierce.
• Rapid change in soil carbonates: discerning ecohydrological and anthropogenic drivers using geochemical and isotopic techniques (2022), Volume Denver, CO, David P. Huber, Bruce P. Finney, Amy Commendador, Zahra Ghahremani, Julia Kelson, Lixin Jin, Matthew Germino, Kathleen A. Lohse.
• High-resolution evapotranspiration mapping of arid pecan orchard using aerial remote sensing data (2022), Volume Henderson, NV, Santosh Palmate, Saurav Kumar, Girisha Ganjegunte, Lixin Jin, Marguerite E. Mauritz-Tozer, Katya Esquivel Herrera, Abby Johnson, Jessica Hartman.
• Multiple-scale sensor and remote sensing technology to quantify abiotic carbon dioxide emission in irrigated soils of aridlands (2022), Volume Henderson, NV, Saurav Kumar, Santosh Palmate, Abbey Johnson, Jessica Hartman, Katya Esquivel Herrera, Marguerite E. Mauritz-Tozer, Girisha Ganjegunte, Lixin Jin.
• Controls, rates, and impacts of enhanced calcite accumulation and abiotic CO2 emission in irrigated drylands (2021), Volume New Orleans, LA, Lixin Jin, Anna Ortiz, V. Molina, V. Orona, M. Quiroz, J. Kaye, Diane I. Doser, Lin Ma, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Controls, rates, and impacts of enhanced calcite accumulation and abiotic CO2 emission in irrigated drylands (2021), Volume New Orleans, LA, Lixin Jin, Anna Ortiz, V. Molina, V. Orona, M. Quiroz, J. Kaye, Diane I. Doser, Lin Ma, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Controls, rates, and impacts of enhanced calcite accumulation and abiotic CO2 emission in irrigated drylands (2021), Volume New Orleans, LA, Lixin Jin, Anna Ortiz, V. Molina, V. Orona, M. Quiroz, J. Kaye, Diane I. Doser, Lin Ma, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Quantifying water stress and productive vs non-productive water use in the critical zone of dryland agricultural areas with alternating surface and groundwater irrigation: lessons learned from a combined remote sensing and groundwater data analysis. (2021), Volume New Orleans, LA, Orlando Ramirez-Valle, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Alfredo Dagda, Martha Gardea, Lixin Jin, Lin Ma.
• Dynamics of Plant Water Use and Water Movement in Shallow Desert Soils of a Piedmont Site: Insights From an Integrated Hydro-Geophysics-Geochemical Approach of a Highly Dynamic Shallow Dryland Critical Zone (2021), Volume New Orleans, LA, A. Dagda, O. Ramirez-Valle, M. Gardea, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Lixin Jin, Lin Ma, Mark Engle.
• Dynamics of Plant Water Use and Water Movement in Shallow Desert Soils of a Piedmont Site: Insights From an Integrated Hydro-Geophysics-Geochemical Approach of a Highly Dynamic Shallow Dryland Critical Zone (2021), Volume New Orleans, LA, A. Dagda, O. Ramirez-Valle, M. Gardea, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Lixin Jin, Lin Ma, Mark Engle.
• Dynamics of Plant Water Use and Water Movement in Shallow Desert Soils of a Piedmont Site; Insights From an Integrated Hydro-Geophysics-Geochemical Approach of a Highly Dynamic Shallow Dryland Critical Zone. (2021), Volume New Orleans, LA, Alfredo Dagda, Orlando Ramirez-Valle, Martha Gardea, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Lixin Jin, Lin Ma, Mark Engle.
• Exploring Controls by Pedogenic Carbonates as a Critical Interface on Water, Carbon and Nutrient Interactions in Drylands: Initial Insights from the Dryland Critical Zone Network Cluster (2021), Volume New Orleans, LA, Lin Ma, Mark Engle, N. Valenzuela, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Diane I. Doser, M. Baker, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Lixin Jin.
• Exploring Controls by Pedogenic Carbonates as a Critical Interface on Water, Carbon and Nutrient Interactions in Drylands: Initial Insights from the Dryland Critical Zone Network Cluster (2021), Volume New Orleans, LA, Lin Ma, Mark Engle, N. Valenzuela, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Diane I. Doser, M. Baker, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Lixin Jin.
• Exploring Controls by Pedogenic Carbonates as a Critical Interface on Water, Carbon and Nutrient Interactions in Drylands: Initial Insights from the Dryland Critical Zone Network Cluster (2021), Volume New Orleans, LA, Lin Ma, Mark Engle, Nohemi Valenzuela Garay, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Diane Doser, Mark Baker, Anthony Darrrouzet-Nardi, Lixin Jin.
• Quantifying water stress and productive vs non-productive water use in the critical zone of dryland agricultural areas with alternating surface and groundwater irrigation: lessons learned from a combined remote sensing and groundwater data analysis (2021), Volume New Orleans, LA, O. Ramirez-Valle, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, A. Dagda, M. Gardea, Lixin Jin, Lin Ma.
• Exploring Controls by Pedogenic Carbonates as a Critical Interface on Water, Carbon and Nutrient Interactions in Drylands: Initial Insights from the Dryland Critical Zone Network Cluster (2021), Volume New Orleans, LA, Lin Ma, Mark Engle, N. Valenzuela, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Diane I. Doser, M. Baker, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Lixin Jin.
• Are pedogenic carbonates in dryland soils a solution to climate change? Evaluating the amounts, rates and processes of carbonate formation in agricultural and natural critical zone systems (2021), Volume Portland, Oregon, Jen Pierce, David Huber, Z. Ghahremani, K. Molina, B. Minich, K. Kacoursiere, T. Hanif, G. Flerchinger, D. Bjorneberg, Lixin Jin.
• Using Geophysics to Investigate Soil Texture and Characterize spatial variability in soil CO2 effluxes in an Irrigated Pecan Orchard in the Rio Grande Valley of West Texas (2021), Volume Portland, Oregon, A. Garcia, V. Orona, M. Quiroz, Diane I. Doser, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Lixin Jin.
• Using Geophysics to Investigate Soil Texture and Characterize spatial variability in soil CO2 effluxes in an Irrigated Pecan Orchard in the Rio Grande Valley of West Texas (2021), Volume Portland, Oregon, A. Garcia, V. Orona, M. Quiroz, Diane I. Doser, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Lixin Jin.
• Disentangling carbon, phosphorus, and microbiomes of desert shrub, grass, and interspace soils in a dryland piedmont landscape (2021), Volume Virtual, A. Tafoya, K. Tovar, M. Lafon, K. Merrill, T. Tellez, A. Dominguez, Jennie R. McLaren, Lixin Jin, N. Pietrasiak.
• Disentangling carbon, phosphorus, and microbiomes of desert shrub, grass, and interspace soils in a dryland piedmont landscape (2021), Volume Virtual, A. Tafoya, K. Tovar, M. Lafon, K. Merrill, T. Tellez, A. Dominguez, Jennie R. McLaren, Lixin Jin, N. Pietrasiak.
• Network Cluster: Patterns and controls of ecohydrology, CO2 fluxes, and nutrient availability in pedogenic carbonate-dominated dryland critical zones (2021), Volume Virtual seminar, Lixin Jin.
• Network Cluster: Patterns and controls of ecohydrology, CO2 fluxes, and nutrient availability in pedogenic carbonate-dominated dryland critical zones (2021), Volume Virtual seminar, Lixin Jin.
• Patterns and controls of CO2 fluxes, ecohydrology, and nutrient availability on the carbonate-dominated dryland Critical Zones (2020), Lixin Jin, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Geophysical studies of the characteristics of fluvial and desert soils in west Texas and southern New Mexico (2020), Aimee Garcia, Diane I. Doser, Galen M. Kaip, Lixin Jin.
• Understanding the repercussions of dryland irrigation on carbon dioxide emission during pedogenic carbonate development (2020), Lixin Jin.
• New challenges and opportunities in the carbon budget on drylands: from inorganic carbon perspective (2020), Lixin Jin.
• New research, education and outreach opportunities on dryland critical zones (2020), Lixin Jin.
• Anthropogenic impacts as a state factor of soil genesis: enhanced calcite accumulation and abiotic CO2 emission in irrigated drylands (2020), Volume Honolulu, HI, Lixin Jin, Karen Valles, Anna Ortiz, Jason Kaye.
• Patterns and controls of CO2 fluxes, ecohydrology, and nutrient availability on the carbonate-dominated dryland Critical Zones (2020), Lixin Jin, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Patterns and controls of CO2 fluxes, ecohydrology, and nutrient availability on the carbonate-dominated dryland Critical Zones (2020), Lixin Jin, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Water Sourcing Strategies of Highly Resilient Vegetation in Desert Soils: Stable Isotope Analysis of a Northern Chihuahuan Desert Ecosystem (2019), Volume San Francisco, CA, Hayden Thompson, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Lin Ma, Lixin Jin, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Water Sourcing Strategies of Highly Resilient Vegetation in Desert Soils: Stable Isotope Analysis of a Northern Chihuahuan Desert Ecosystem (2019), Volume San Francisco, CA, Hayden Thompson, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Lin Ma, Lixin Jin, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Water Sourcing Strategies of Highly Resilient Vegetation in Desert Soils: Stable Isotope Analysis of a Northern Chihuahuan Desert Ecosystem (2019), Volume San Francisco, CA, Hayden Thompson, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Lin Ma, Lixin Jin, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• ASSESSING THE SUSTAINABILITY AND HYDROLOGIC FUNCTIONING OF A SEMIARID ENDORHEIC BASIN WITH A HEAVILY STRESSED AQUIFER SUPPORTING A LARGE AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY IN NORTHERN MEXICO. (2019), Volume Valencia, Spain, Suzan Aranda-Luna, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Orlando Ramirez-Valle, Carolina Cisneros, Lin Ma, Lixin Jin.
• Structured mentoring improves students’ retention and readiness for future STEM careers in the undergraduate environmental science program at the University of Texas at El Paso, a Hispanic Serving Institution (2019), Volume Phoenix, AZ, Lixin Jin, Vanessa L. Lougheed, Elizabeth J. Walsh, Diane I. Doser, Lina K. Hamdan, Maryam Zarei Chaleshton, Guadalupe Corral.
• The influence of soil texture and irrigation chemistry on pedogenic CaCO3 precipitation and CO2 emissions of agricultural soils in the southwestern U.S. (2019), Volume Phoenix, AZ, Victoria Moreno, Lixin Jin, Anna Ortiz.
• Analyzing and correlating Cretaceous-era strata in the El Paso, Texas area (2019), Madison A. Jones, Lixin Jin, Alejandro J. Metta Magana, Allison Emmett-Bailleres, Robert Rohrbaugh, Diane I. Doser.
• A quantitative assessment of the presence and mobility of trace metals in soils and groundwater (2019), Volume Barcelona, Spain, Emmanuel Sosa, Lin Ma, Anna Ortiz, Lixin Jin.
• A quantitative assessment of the presence and mobility of trace metals in soils and groundwater (2019), Volume Barcelona, Spain, Emmanuel Sosa, Lin Ma, Anna Ortiz, Lixin Jin.
• Hands-on training, professional development, and career readiness through summer internships for environmental science undergraduate students (2019), Volume Barcelona, Spain, Lixin Jin, Vanessa L. Lougheed, Elizabeth J. Walsh, Diane I. Doser, Guadalupe Corral.
• Using flow-through column experiments to study dynamics of CO2 emissions and calcite accumulation in flood-irrigated sediments (2019), Volume Barcelona, Spain, Lixin Jin, Anna Ortiz, Karen Valles, Victoria Moreno.
• Experiential learning and stratified mentoring improve recruitment & retention in the undergraduate environmental science program at a Hispanic serving institution. (2019), Volume Louisville, KY, Elizabeth J. Walsh, Lixin Jin, Diane I. Doser, Vanessa L. Lougheed, Lina K. Hamdan, Guadalupe Corral.
• Experiential learning and stratified mentoring improve recruitment & retention in the undergraduate environmental science program at a Hispanic serving institution. (2019), Volume Louisville, KY, Elizabeth J. Walsh, Lixin Jin, Diane I. Doser, Vanessa L. Lougheed, Lina K. Hamdan, Guadalupe Corral.
• Experiential learning and stratified mentoring improve recruitment & retention in the undergraduate environmental science program at a Hispanic serving institution. (2019), Volume Louisville, KY, Elizabeth J. Walsh, Lixin Jin, Diane I. Doser, Vanessa L. Lougheed, Lina K. Hamdan, Guadalupe Corral.
• Using effective educational strategies to guide curriculum changes in the Environmental Sciences program at the University of Texas at El Paso: lessons learned (2019), Volume Albuquerque, Lixin Jin, Vanessa L. Lougheed, Elizabeth J. Walsh, Diane I. Doser, Lina K. Hamdan, Maryam Zarei Chaleshton, Guadalupe Corral.
• Using effective educational strategies to guide curriculum changes in the Environmental Sciences program at the University of Texas at El Paso: lessons learned (2019), Volume Albuquerque, Lixin Jin, Vanessa L. Lougheed, Elizabeth J. Walsh, Diane I. Doser, Lina K. Hamdan, Maryam Zarei Chaleshton, Guadalupe Corral.
• Structured mentoring improves students’ retention and readiness for future STEM careers in the undergraduate environmental science program at the University of Texas at El Paso, a Hispanic Serving Institution (2019), Volume Phoenix, AZ, Lixin Jin, Vanessa L. Lougheed, Elizabeth J. Walsh, Diane I. Doser, Lina K. Hamdan, Maryam Zarei Chaleshton, Guadalupe Corral.
• Assessing the Acute Safety Hazard to Highway Transportation from Blowing Dust at Lordsburg Playa, New Mexico (2019), Volume Austin, Texas, Thomas E. Gill, David Dubois, Iyasu Eibedingil, Jaylen Fuentes, Lixin Jin, Junran Li, Marcos Mendez, John Tatarko, R S. Van Pelt, Nicholas Webb.
• Assessing the Acute Safety Hazard to Highway Transportation from Blowing Dust at Lordsburg Playa, New Mexico (2019), Volume Austin, Texas, Thomas E. Gill, David Dubois, Iyasu Eibedingil, Jaylen Fuentes, Lixin Jin, Junran Li, Marcos Mendez, John Tatarko, R S. Van Pelt, Nicholas Webb.

• Accelerating STEM Success through Experiences for Transfer/Third-Year Students (ASSETS)
• Collaborative Research: SitS: Development of multiple-scale sensor and remote sensing technology to quantify abiotic carbon dioxide emission in irrigated soils of aridlands
• Network Cluster: Patterns and controls of CO2 fluxes, ecohydrology, and nutrient availability on the carbonate-dominated dryland Critical Zone
• MRI Acquisition of inductively coupled plasma-optical emissionspectrometer for research and education uses in water, energy, and environmental sciences
• Space and Seed Grant Proposal to Establish a “One Water” Cluster in the Interdisciplinary Research Building, University of Texas at El Paso
• Combine sensors, geophysical survey and geochemical tools to investigate pedogenic carbonate precipitation and carbon dioxide emission in irrigated soils of aridlands
• MRI: Acquisition of a carbon dioxide isotope analyzer for monitoring real-time carbon fluxes in extreme environments and training the next generation of environmental scientists
• Quantifying Bioavailable Metals and Potential Dust Emissions from Highway-Related and Desert Sediments at Lordsburg Playa, New Mexico
• Improved STEM education for 21st century environmental scientists through stratified mentoring and professional networking
• Sustainable water resources for irrigated agriculture in a desert river basin facing climate change and competing demands: From characterization to solutions