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Atul Jain

Professor

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4051-3228

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Dr. Atul Jain’s research focuses on climate interactions with the land physical (hydrology and energy), biological processes (carbon and nitrogen), and the land use/cover changes (LULCC), including agricultural intensification, and how these interactions affect surface processes that exchange energy, water and major GHGs (CO2, CH4, and N2O) between surface and the atmosphere, and contribute to climate change and variability. To conduct this research, Dr. Jain and his students and other lab members have developed and applied a global model-data integration framework, ISAM, in combination with satellite and ground-based observation data at regional and global scales.

Some recent research challenges on which his research lab members have focused on include (1) the impact of LULCC on biogeophysics (water, energy) and biogeochemistry (carbon and nitrogen), (2) climatic effect on permafrost soil carbon storage, (3) CH4 and N2O emissions from wetland and dryland, (4) synergistic effects of environmental ([CO2] and climate), management (irrigation and nitrogen input), and extreme climate events on agricultural crop production, and (5) spatially explicit production- and consumption-based GHG emissions worldwide from the plant- and animal-based human food.

Dr. Jain has won numerous awards and honors, including the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Award. He has served as a lead and contributing author for major assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He is the author of over 175 scientific articles, including highly cited articles in Nature and Science. Clarivate Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters) has listed Dr Jain as one of the "Most Highly Cited” Researchers, and Reuters has listed him as one of the “World’s Top Climate Scientists”.

Education

Ph.D. Atmospheric Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology

Office Address

3058 Natural History Building

Office Phone

+1.217.333.2128

Research Interests

http://climate.atmos.uiuc.edu/atuljain/

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  • Temperature thresholds of extreme heat-induced yield loss in maize and soybean reveal geographic heterogeneity across the Northern Hemisphere

    Zhao, Q., Wang, C., Wang, X., Rezaei, E. E., Müller, C., Wang, E., Webber, H., Zhang, L., Li, X., Sang, Y., Zhao, G., Folberth, C., Jain, A., Liu, W., Okada, M., Zabel, F., Jäegermeyr, J., Guo, H., Zhang, Y. & Jiang, Y. & 2 others, Zhou, F. & Piao, S., Feb 2026, In: Nature Food. 7, 2, p. 194-205 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ensemble estimates of global wetland methane emissions over 2000-2020

    Zhang, Z., Poulter, B., Melton, J. R., Riley, W. J., Allen, G. H., Beerling, D. J., Bousquet, P., Canadell, J. G., Fluet-Chouinard, E., Ciais, P., Gedney, N., Hopcroft, P. O., Ito, A., Jackson, R. B., Jain, A. K., Jensen, K., Joos, F., Kleinen, T., Knox, S. H. & Li, T. & 21 others, Li, X., Liu, X., Mcdonald, K., Mcnicol, G., Miller, P. A., Müller, J., Patra, P. K., Peng, C., Peng, S., Qin, Z., Riggs, R. M., Saunois, M., Sun, Q., Tian, H., Xu, X., Yao, Y., Xi, Y., Zhang, W., Zhu, Q., Zhu, Q. & Zhuang, Q., Jan 15 2025, In: Biogeosciences. 22, 1, p. 305-321 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access

  • Global Methane Budget 2000-2020

    Saunois, M., Martinez, A., Poulter, B., Zhang, Z., Raymond, P. A., Regnier, P., Canadell, J. G., Jackson, R. B., Patra, P. K., Bousquet, P., Ciais, P., Dlugokencky, E. J., Lan, X., Allen, G. H., Bastviken, D., Beerling, D. J., Belikov, D. A., Blake, D. R., Castaldi, S. & Crippa, M. & 49 others, Deemer, B. R., Dennison, F., Etiope, G., Gedney, N., Höglund-Isaksson, L., Holgerson, M. A., Hopcroft, P. O., Hugelius, G., Ito, A., Jain, A. K., Janardanan, R., Johnson, M. S., Kleinen, T., Krummel, P. B., Lauerwald, R., Li, T., Liu, X., Mcdonald, K. C., Melton, J. R., Mühle, J., Müller, J., Murguia-Flores, F., Niwa, Y., Noce, S., Pan, S., Parker, R. J., Peng, C., Ramonet, M., Riley, W. J., Rocher-Ros, G., Rosentreter, J. A., Sasakawa, M., Segers, A., Smith, S. J., Stanley, E. H., Thanwerdas, J., Tian, H., Tsuruta, A., Tubiello, F. N., Weber, T. S., Van Der Werf, G. R., Worthy, D. E. J., Xi, Y., Yoshida, Y., Zhang, W., Zheng, B., Zhu, Q., Zhu, Q. & Zhuang, Q., May 9 2025, In: Earth System Science Data. 17, 5, p. 1873-1958 86 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access

  • Reply to: Uncertain climate effects of anthropogenic reactive nitrogen

    Gong, C., Tian, H., Liao, H., Pan, N., Pan, S., Ito, A., Jain, A. K., Kou-Giesbrecht, S., Joos, F., Sun, Q., Shi, H., Vuichard, N., Zhu, Q., Peng, C., Maggi, F., Tang, F. H. M. & Zaehle, S., Oct 23 2025, In: Nature. 646, 8086, p. E10-E12

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

    Open Access

  • Shifting dominant periods in extreme climate impacts under global warming

    Zantout, K., Balkovic, J., Billing, M., Folberth, C., Gosling, S. N., Hank, T., Hantson, S., Iizumi, T., Ito, A., Jägermeyr, J., Jain, A. K., Khabarov, N., Kou-Giesbrecht, S., Li, F., Li, M., Lin, T. S., Liu, W., Müller, C., Okada, M. & Ostberg, S. & 8 others, Otta, K., Rabin, S., Reyer, C. P. O., Scheer, C., Schneider, J. M., Zabel, F., Frieler, K. & Schewe, J., Dec 2025, In: Nature communications. 16, 1, 9746.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access
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  • AAAS Fellow

    Jain, A. (Recipient), 2022

    Prize: Member/Fellow

  • AGU Fellow

    Jain, A. (Recipient), 2023

    Prize: Member/Fellow

  • NSF CAREER Award

    Jain, A. (Recipient), 2003

    Prize: Prize/Award