Dr. Bai Yan's research focuses on marine carbon remote sensing and satellite oceanography. For many years, she has conducted interdisciplinary research on marine carbon sink monitoring and quantification. Addressing international challenges such as seawater fluidity, spatiotemporal heterogeneity, and quantitative remote sensing of marine biogeochemical parameters, she has made breakthroughs in remote sensing retrieval of non-optically active inorganic carbon and remote sensing assessment technology for multi-interface carbon fluxes. She has established a remote sensing monitoring and assessment methodology system for multi-interface carbon flux reserves in coastal waters, including air-sea CO₂ fluxes and riverine carbon fluxes in complex marginal seas. She has led the development of a remote sensing-based stereoscopic monitoring system for marginal sea carbon fluxes and created remote sensing datasets of carbon parameters for the China Seas and global oceans. Her achievements have been widely applied in operational institutions, leading to the formulation of industry standards and advancing the discipline of carbon cycle remote sensing. She has received one Special Prize of the Marine Science and Technology Award and two First Prizes of the Zhejiang Science and Technology Award.

 

Established in 1987, the China Youth Science and Technology Award is a national award for young science and technology professionals. Proposed by senior scientists including Qian Xuesen, it is co-sponsored and administered by the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, and the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST). The award aims to foster a cohort of young academic and technical leaders at the world's scientific and technological frontier, and to recognize young talents who have made outstanding contributions to national economic development, social progress, and scientific and technological innovation. The award is presented biennially, with no more than 100 recipients per session. Over the past 30 years, approximately 1,600 young scientists have received this honor.