WELCOME to my GitHub page π. My name is Rui Ying (Chinese: εΊι), I'm a scientist studying marine ecology, climate change and the biogeochemical cycle. The following map easily explains why (a modelled species diversity using METAL theory).
I want to understand the fundamental regulation of marine ecology and simulate the realistic dynamic in a theoretical world. I also hope to understand the consequences of these biological/ecological processes, such as the transfer of energy and matters from one position to the other. These questions will determine our knowledge of the global climate, ocean environment, and food supply in the future (and make me happy).
π» In my PhD, I use an Earth System Model of Intermediate Complexity (cGENIE) and observed planktic foraminifer data to answer these questions . Planktic foraminifer is an interesting group of zooplankton (tiny animals living in the water) with inorganic shells (CaCO3). These shells provide the most abundant microfossil samples in the world and are widely used to reconstruct temperature in the past.
π I have developed the ForamEcoGENIE model, i.e., adding more planktic foraminifer groups into the cGENIE model. A Python Package, cgeniepy is also developed to facilitate analysis and visualisation. Recently, I also submitted a new manuscript regarding foraminifera thermal niches in different ages, which can be found in the below preprint.
Ying, R: cgeniepy: A Python package for analysing cGENIE Earth System Model output, 2024 (under review in JOSS)
Ying, R., Monteiro, F. M., Wilson, J. D., and Schmidt, D. N.: Marine zooplankton acclimated to geological warming while facing limits by the next century, EarthArxiv (preprint), https://doi.org/10.31223/X5D10G, 2023.
Ying, R., Monteiro, F. M., Wilson, J. D., and Schmidt, D. N.: ForamEcoGEnIE 2.0: incorporating symbiosis and spine traits into a trait-based global planktic foraminiferal model, Geosci. Model Dev., 16, 813β832, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-813-2023, 2023.