Dr. Wenge Ni-Meister is a Professor of Geography and Environmental Science at Hunter College of The City University of New York. She received a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Meteorology and Climatology in China, a M.Sc. in Land-Atmosphere Interactions from the University of Connecticut, and a Ph.D. in Remote Sensing Science of Terrestrial Ecosystem from Boston University. She worked as a research scientist at the University of Maryland and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center before joining Hunter College. She has been an investigator for numerous NASA projects, including one on developing a global dynamic terrestrial ecosystem model for coupling with Global Circulation Models (GCMs), a fusion of remotely sensed 3D terrestrial ecosystem structure with a dynamic global terrestrial ecosystem model for improved estimates of carbon stocks and land-atmosphere exchanges and one on the fusion of NASA satellite data with hydrological models for improved land surface soil moisture estimate. Her main areas of interest are modeling of terrestrial ecosystem dynamics and land-atmosphere interactions and terrestrial ecosystem structure characterization from lidar remote sensing for carbon modeling and habitat and biodiversity study, and the fusion of remote-sensing data and physical models through data assimilation.