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Department of Geography, Geology, and the Environment

Dr. Yiming Guo

Assistant Professor
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Office
FSA Felmley Hall Of Science Annex 439
Office Hours
Tuesdays 2-3PM
Office Phone
(309) 438-2546office
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Email
yguo10@ilstu.eduemail
Website
https://scholar.google.com/citation... website
  • About
  • Education
  • Awards & Honors
  • Selected Research

Biography

Dr. Guo is a trained oceanographer and climate scientist. He integrates cutting-edge data from satellite remote sensing, in-situ observations, reanalysis products, and high-resolution global and regional models to unravel the complexities of ocean processes across multiple scales. His research examines ocean dynamics, biogeochemistry, the influence of regional and global climate variability on the ocean, the ocean’s role in the climate system, and its potential to mitigate climate change.

Current Courses

GEO 211.001 Earth's Dynamic Weather

GEO 499.003 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis

GEO 103.001 Thirsty Society: An Interdisciplinary Examination of Water

SOC 103.001 Thirsty Society: An Interdisciplinary Examination of Water

GEO 341.001 Climatology and Climate Change

GEO 441.001 Climatology and Climate Change

GEO 211.003 Earth's Dynamic Weather

GEO 287.008 Independent Study - Geography

Teaching Interests & Areas

Weather and Climate
Earth System Sciences
Introduction to Oceanography
Data Analysis in Geoscience
Climatology

Research Interests & Areas

Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction
Multiscale Ocean Dynamics
Climate Variability and Predictability
Numerical Modeling
Carbon Capture and Storage

PhD Marine Science

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

BS Physical Oceanography

Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China

International Visiting Fellowships

Ocean Frontier Institute and Dalhousie University
2025

XMAS 2025 Special Reception for Early Career Scientists

Xiamen University
2025

Physical Oceanography Dissertations Symposium (PODS) XII

University of Hawai‘i (declined due to schedule conflict)
2022

Advanced Study Program Grad Fellowship

National Center for Atmospheric Research
2021

Early Career & Student Presentation Awards

International Workshop for Mid-latitude Air-sea Interaction, Sapporo, Japan
2021

Grants and Contracts

New Faculty Initiative Grant
Yiming Guo.
Illinois State University. July 1 2026 - June 30 2027
Ocean Frontier Institute Visiting Fellowship
Yiming Guo.
Ocean Frontier Institute. July 1 2026 - July 30 2026
Faculty International Travel Suppor
Yiming Guo.
College of Arts and Sciences. August 1 2025 - June 30 2026
Illinois Geographical Society Research Grant
Yiming Guo.
Illinois Geographical Society. October 30 2025 - May 1 2026
Windward Fund
Yiming Guo, Adam Subhas, Jennie Rheuban, Aleck Wang, Daniel McCorkle, Anna Michel, Ke Chen, Heather Kim.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. August 1 2025 - December 31 2026

Journal Article

Site selection for ocean alkalinity enhancement informed by passive tracer simulations
Yiming Guo, Ke Chen, Adam Subhas, Jennie Rheuban, Zhaohui Aleck Wang, Daniel C McCorkle, Anna Michel, Heather Kim.
Nature Communications: Earth & Environment, (2025)
Global Ocean pCO2 Variation Regimes: Spatial Patterns and the Emergence of a Hybrid Regime
Yiming Guo, ML Timmermans.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129 (5), (2024), 10.1029/2023JC020679
The Role of Ocean Mesoscale Variability in Air-Sea CO2 Exchange: A Global Perspective
Yiming Guo, ML Timmermans.
Geophysical Research Letters, 51 (10), (2024), 10.1029/2024GL108373
A Global Diagnosis of Eddy Potential Energy Budget in an Eddy-Permitting Ocean Model
Yiming Guo, Stuart Bishop, Frank Bryan, Scott Bachman.
Journal of Physical Oceanography, 52 (8), 1731-1748, (2022), 10.1175/jpo-d-22-0029.1
Surface Divergent Eddy Heat Fluxes and Their Impacts on Mixed Layer Eddy-Mean Flow Interactions
Yiming Guo, SP Bishop.
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 14 (4), (2022), 10.1029/2021MS002863

Presentations

Site Selection for Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement on the US Northeast Shelf: Perspectives from Passive Tracer Experiments
Yiming Guo, Ke Chen, Adam Subhas, Jennie Rheuban, Zhaohui Wang, Daniel McCorkle, Anna Michel, Heather Kim.
AGU 2024 Fall Meeting, D.C., December, 2024
Mesoscale tracer transport in the global ocean
Yiming Guo.
SMAST DEOS fall seminar series, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, September, 2024
Surface pCO2 variation regimes in the global ocean and the role of mesoscale eddies
Yiming Guo, Mary-Louise Timmermans.
AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, LA, February, 2024
Mesoscale eddies: the weather of the ocean
Yiming Guo.
Yale EPS Postdoc Seminar, New Haven, CT, May, 2023
Mesoscale air-sea interaction and the eddy potential energy budget, is it important?
Yiming Guo, Stuart Bishop, Scott Bachman, Frank Bryan.
AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Online, March, 2022
Eddy heat flux and eddy potential energy budget
Yiming Guo.
CGD Oceanography Seminar, Boulder, CO, October, 2021