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Shawn P. Serbin is affiliated with Brookhaven National Laboratory in the United States. Their research contributions span multiple fields, primarily focused on environmental and earth sciences. The main areas of their scientific inquiry include Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, supported by extensive work in related subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Plant Science, and Ecological Modeling.

Serbin has published extensively, with notable frequent publication venues including:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • New Phytologist
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Global Change Biology

Their research topics cover a range of ecological and environmental processes, featuring studies on:

  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Among recent publications attributed to authorship connected with Serbin are:

  • "NASA's surface biology and geology designated observable: A perspective on surface imaging algorithms," 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Benchmarking and parameter sensitivity of physiological and vegetation dynamics using the Functionally Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator (FATES) at Barro Colorado Island, Panama," 2020, Biogeosciences
  • "A best-practice guide to predicting plant traits from leaf-level hyperspectral data using partial least squares regression," 2021, Journal of Experimental Botany
  • "Plot-level rapid screening for photosynthetic parameters using proximal hyperspectral imaging," 2020, Journal of Experimental Botany
  • "Beyond ecosystem modeling: A roadmap to community cyberinfrastructure for ecological data-model integration," 2020, Global Change Biology

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Serbin's work, with frequent coauthors including Kim Ely, Alistair Rogers, Dedi Yang, Jeremiah Anderson, and Jin Wu. The number of joint publications with these coauthors ranges from 27 to 83, indicating ongoing collaborative research relationships.

Best Publications

  • Vegetation demographics in Earth System Models: A review of progress and priorities.

    Rosie A. Fisher;Charles D. Koven;William R. L. Anderegg;Bradley O. Christoffersen

  • A roadmap for improving the representation of photosynthesis in Earth system models

    Alistair Rogers;Belinda E. Medlyn;Jeffrey S. Dukes;Gordon Bonan

  • Spectroscopic determination of leaf morphological and biochemical traits for northern temperate and boreal tree species

    Shawn P. Serbin;Aditya Singh;Brenden E. McNeil;Clayton C. Kingdon

  • Leaf optical properties reflect variation in photosynthetic metabolism and its sensitivity to temperature

    Shawn P. Serbin;Dylan N. Dillaway;Eric L. Kruger;Philip A. Townsend

  • NASA's surface biology and geology designated observable: A perspective on surface imaging algorithms

    Kerry Cawse-Nicholson;Philip A. Townsend;David Schimel;Ali M. Assiri

  • Impacts of recent climate change on Wisconsin corn and soybean yield trends

    Christopher J Kucharik;Shawn P Serbin

  • Imaging spectroscopy algorithms for mapping canopy foliar chemical and morphological traits and their uncertainties

    Aditya Singh;Shawn P. Serbin;Brenden E. McNeil;Clayton C. Kingdon

  • Hyperspectral reflectance as a tool to measure biochemical and physiological traits in wheat

    Viridiana Silva-Perez;Viridiana Silva-Perez;Gemma Molero;Shawn P Serbin;Anthony G Condon;Anthony G Condon

  • Global photosynthetic capacity is optimized to the environment.

    Nicholas G. Smith;Nicholas G. Smith;Trevor F. Keenan;Trevor F. Keenan;I. Colin Prentice;Han Wang

  • A test of the ‘one‐point method’ for estimating maximum carboxylation capacity from field‐measured, light‐saturated photosynthesis

    Martin G. De Kauwe;Yan-Shih Lin;Ian J. Wright;Belinda E. Medlyn

  • A best-practice guide to predicting plant traits from leaf-level hyperspectral data using partial least squares regression.

    Angela C Burnett;Jeremiah Anderson;Kenneth J Davidson;Kim S Ely

  • Remotely estimating photosynthetic capacity, and its response to temperature, in vegetation canopies using imaging spectroscopy

    Shawn P. Serbin;Aditya Singh;Ankur R. Desai;Sean G. Dubois

  • Modelling C3 photosynthesis from the chloroplast to the ecosystem

    Carl J. Bernacchi;Justin E. Bagley;Shawn P. Serbin;Ursula M. Ruiz-Vera

  • Benchmarking and parameter sensitivity of physiological and vegetation dynamics using the Functionally Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator (FATES) at Barro Colorado Island, Panama

    Charles D. Koven;Ryan G. Knox;Rosie A. Fisher;Jeffrey Q. Chambers;Jeffrey Q. Chambers

  • Associations of Leaf Spectra with Genetic and Phylogenetic Variation in Oaks: Prospects for Remote Detection of Biodiversity

    Jeannine Cavender-Bares;Jose Eduardo Meireles;John J. Couture;Matthew A. Kaproth

  • From the Arctic to the tropics: multibiome prediction of leaf mass per area using leaf reflectance

    Shawn P. Serbin;Jin Wu;Jin Wu;Kim S. Ely;Eric L. Kruger

  • ISS observations offer insights into plant function

    E Natasha Stavros;David Schimel;Ryan Pavlick;Shawn Serbin

  • Using High Spatial Resolution Satellite Imagery to Map Forest Burn Severity Across Spatial Scales in a Pine Barrens Ecosystem

    Ran Meng;Jin Wu;Kathy L. Schwager;Feng Zhao

  • Seasonal variability of multiple leaf traits captured by leaf spectroscopy at two temperate deciduous forests.

    Xi Yang;Xi Yang;Jianwu Tang;John F. Mustard;Jin Wu;Jin Wu

  • Using leaf optical properties to detect ozone effects on foliar biochemistry.

    Elizabeth A. Ainsworth;Shawn P. Serbin;Jeffrey A. Skoneczka;Philip A. Townsend

  • PATTERNS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ACROSS WISCONSIN FROM 1950 TO 2006

    Christopher J. Kucharik;Shawn P. Serbin;Steve Vavrus;Edward J. Hopkins

Frequent Co-Authors

Alistair Rogers
Alistair Rogers Brookhaven National Laboratory
Michael C. Dietze
Michael C. Dietze Boston University
Philip A. Townsend
Philip A. Townsend University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ankur R. Desai
Ankur R. Desai University of Wisconsin–Madison
Eric L. Kruger
Eric L. Kruger University of Wisconsin–Madison
Anthony P. Walker
Anthony P. Walker Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Matteo Detto
Matteo Detto Princeton University
Nate G. McDowell
Nate G. McDowell Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Benjamin Poulter
Benjamin Poulter Goddard Space Flight Center
Rosie A. Fisher
Rosie A. Fisher National Center for Atmospheric Research

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