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Welcome to the FLUXNET Early Career Scientist Network (ECN) (formerly known as Young Scientist Network (YSN)), a community of about 200+ people consisting of students (~58%), postdocs (~27%) and other early-career scientists (~14%) from more than 50 countries (Figure 1).
This network aims to connect early career scientists working within the FLUXNET community and the regional networks. The ECN includes students (from undergraduate to Ph.D.), postdocs, and other early-career scientists, who do not lead their own research groups and who are not the main supervisor of Ph.D. students.
The FLUXNET ECN provides an informal exchange platform for questions regarding research, career, and funding opportunities for early-career scientists. Furthermore, early-career scientists can present themselves and connect to colleagues through this network. Last but not least, the ECN aims to bridge the gap to experienced researchers by integrating early-career scientists actively into the international research community.
The FLUXNET ECN consists of a mailing list and an interactive Web site (under construction). To participate in the network, please register at the Early Career Scientist Mailing List Subscription. After completing your registration, you will receive an email with further instructions. More information on the ECN can be found in the October 2009 (page 9) and April 2011 (pages 4–5) issues of FluxLetter, and the 2012 issue of iLEAPS Newsletter.
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- Follow FLUXNET ECN on Twitter @Fluxnet_ecn for more real-time updates.
- FLUXNET ECN on LinkedIn (Please come joining us here or Simply search “FLUXNET Early Career Scientist Network (ECN)” in LinkedIn Group)
- A new Blog page for FLUXNET ECN (Please come joining us here)
- To subscribe/unsubscribe to the FLUXNET ECN mailing list, please use this Subscription Page.
- To send an email to the FLUXNET ECN mailing list (e.g., post a job, workshop opportunity), please use [email protected].
- To contact the ECN organizers please write to [email protected].

Figure 1 Summary of the geographical distribution and career status of FLUXNET-ECN Members. (data accessed in January 2022)
FLUXNET Early Career Network Organizers
Early Career Scientist Network

André Luís Diniz dos Santos
FLUXNET-ECN
Federal University of Paraná, Brazil
[email protected]
bio website

Frederick Otu-Larbi
FLUXNET-ECN
Lancaster University
[email protected]
bio website

Gabriela Shirkey
FLUXNET-ECN
Michigan State University
[email protected]
bio website

Hojin Lee

Jacob Nelson
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
bio website

Jiangong Liu
bio website

Karem Meza

Ossénatou Mamadou
Institut de Mathématiques et de Sciences Physiques Université d'Abomey-Calavi (Bénin)
[email protected]

Theresia Yazbeck
bio website

Xiangmin (Sam) Sun
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
[email protected]

Youmi Oh
Alumni Organizers
Early Career Scientist Network Alumni

Gavin McNicol
FLUXNET-ECN
University of Illinois at Chicago
[email protected]
bio website

Housen Chu
Fluxdata Team/AmeriFlux
LBNL, USA
+1-510-486-6138
[email protected]
bio website

Jeff Atkins
USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station
[email protected]
bio website

Lin Meng
FLUXNET-ECN
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
[email protected]
bio website

Manuel Helbig
FLUXNET-ECN
McMaster University, Canada
[email protected]

Weijie Zhang
Department of Biogeochemical Integration, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
[email protected]
bio website

Will Richardson
Research Associate
University of Arkansas
[email protected]