自2009年以来，一直开展青藏高原高寒草地相关的研究工作。在青藏高原开展了野外实地观测试验、无人机航拍、遥感反演、室内试验以及模式模拟等工作，综合研究了高寒草地与多年冻土之间通过水、热、碳等的相互作用以及对气候变化和扰动的响应。开发了适合青藏高原过程的陆地生态系统模式（考虑了多年冻土、地表温度、植被等）。开发了基于大疆无人机的航拍系统。在PNAS，JGR，ERL，GMD等杂志上发表了27篇第一作者或通讯作者SCI文章，并于2015年获得大疆创新无人机应用大赛第3名，2016年获得了青藏高原青年科技奖，2018年初获得了四川省科学技术进步一等奖（排名第三）。
学习简历
1995.9-1999.6:南京气象学院，气候学，理学学士
1999.9-2002.6:中国气象科学研究院，气象学，理学硕士
2002.9-2006.10：加拿大麦克玛斯特大学 （McMasterUniversity）,自然地理学，理学博士；
工作简历
2006.10-2008.12：美国阿拉斯加费尔班克斯大学(University of Alaska Fairbanks) 博士后；
2009.3-2019.1：中国科学院寒区旱区环境与工程研究所冰冻圈科学国家重点实验室，研究员；
2012.8-2012.12：德国阿尔弗莱德极地和海洋研究所，访问学者（DAAD）资助。
2019.2-至今：南通大学地理科学学院，教授。
承担项目
1. 国家重点研发计划全球变化及应对重点专项第一课题，2017YFA0604801、生态脆弱区资源环境要素的时空格局及其与生态系统功能的关系、2017/07-2022/06、672万元、在研、课题负责人
2. 国家自然科学基金优秀青年项目，41422102、寒区生态学、2015/01-2017/12、100万元、在研、主持；
3. 科技部973项目第七课题“冰冻圈变化的生态过程及其对碳循环的影响”，2013CBA01807、2013/09-2017/09、130万元、结题、课题负责人（第二）；
4. 国家自然科学基金面上项目，41271089、全球变化背景下青藏高原多年冻土退化对高寒草地的影响研究、2013/01-2016/12、85万元、结题、主持；
5. 中科院战略性先导科技专项子课题，XDB030303、高寒草地模型发展与集成、2012/01-2016/12、150万元、结题、主持；
6. 科技部973项目全球变化研究国家重大科学研究计划第二课题“冻土对气候变化的响应机理及其碳循环过程”，2010CB951402，2010/01-2014/12、90万、结题、主要参加人员；
7. 中国科学院引进国外杰出人才，O927581001、青藏高原典型流域多年冻土退化的生态效应研究、2009/03-2013/12、270万、结题、主持。
发表文章
1.Yi, S., Y. He, X. Guo, J.Chen, Q. Wu, Y. Qin, and Y. Ding* (2018), The physical properties ofcoarse-fragment soils and their effects on permafrost dynamics: a case study onthe central Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, The Cryosphere, 12, 3067-3083 (1区).
2.Sun, Y., S. Yi*,and F. Hou (2018), Unmanned aerial vehicle method makes species compositionmonitoring easier in grassland, Ecological Indicators, 95, 825-830 (2区).
3.Zhang, H., Y. Sun, L. Chang, Y. Qin, J. Chen, Y. Qin, J.Du, S. Yi*, and Y. Wang (2018),Estimation of Grassland Canopy Height and Aboveground Biomass at the QuadratScale Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Remote Sens., 2018, 10, 851,doi:10.3390/rs10060851. (2区)
4.Ren, S., S. Yi*,M. Peichl, and X. Wang (2018), Diverse responses of vegetation phenology toclimate change in different grasslands in Inner Mongolia during 2000-2016,Remote Sens., 10, 17, doi:10.3390/rs10010017.(2区)
5.Qin, Y., S. Yi*,Y. Ding, G. Xu, J. Chen, and Z. Wang, Effects of small-scale patchiness ofalpine grassland on ecosystem carbon and nitrogen accumulation and estimationin northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Geoderma, 2018, 318, 52-63. (1区)
6.Yi S*. FragMAP: a tool forlong-term and cooperative monitoring and analysis of small-scale habitatfragmentation using an unmanned aerial vehicle [J]. International Journal ofRemote Sensing, 2017,38:2686-2697. (3区)
7.Yi S*, Chen J, Qin Y,Reply to Li’s comments on “Plateau pikas burrowing activity acceleratesecosystem carbon emission from alpine grassland on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau”[J] Ecological Engineering, 2017,108:330-330. (3区)
8.Chen J, *Yi S., QinY. The contribution ofplateau pika disturbance and erosion on patchy alpine grassland soil on theQinghai-Tibetan Plateau: Implications for grassland restoration[J], Geoderma,2017, 297:1-9. (1区)
9.Yi S*, Chen J, Yu Q, et al.The burying and grazing effects of plateau pika on alpine grassland are small:a pilot study in a semiarid basin on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau[J].Biogeosciences, 2016, 13(22): 6273. (2区)
10.Chen J, *Yi S, Qin Y, et al. Improving estimatesof fractional vegetation cover based on UAV in alpine grassland on theQinghai–Tibetan Plateau[J]. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2016,37(8): 1922-1936. (3区)
11.Wang, X., *S. Yi,Q. Wu, K. Yang, and Y. Ding. The role of permafrost and soil water indistribution of alpine grassland and its NDVI dynamics on the Qinghai-TibetanPlateau, Glob. Planet. Change, 2016, 147, 40-53. (2区)
12.Zhou, Z., *Yi, S.,Chen, J., Ye, B., Sheng, Yu., Wang, G., Ding, Y. (2015): Responses of alpinegrassland to climate warming and permafrost thawing in two basins withdifferent precipitation regimes on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Arctic,Antarctic and Alpine Research, 47:125-131. (IF:1.515) (4区)
13.Qin, Y., *Yi, S.,Chen, J., Ren, S., Ding, Y. (2015): Effects of gravel on soil and vegetationproperties of alpine grassland on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau, EcologicalEngineering, 74:51-355. (IF:2.58) (3区)
14.Qin, Y., *Yi, S.,J. Chen, S. Ren, and X. Wang (2015), Responses of ecosystem respiration toshort-term experimental warming in the alpine meadow ecosystem of a permafrostsite on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Cold Reg. Sci. Techol., 115, 77-84. (IF:1.36) (3区)
15.Qin, Y., J. Chen, and *Yi, S. (2015), Plateau pikas burrowing activity acceleratesecosystem carbon emission from alpine grassland on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau,Ecological Engineering, 84, 287-297. (IF:2.58) (3区)
16.*Yi, S., Wang,X., Qin, Y., Xiang, B., Ding, Y. (2014): Responses of alpine grassland onQinghai-Tibetan Plateau to climate warming and permafrost degradation: amodeling perspective. Environmental Research Letters, 9, 074014,doi:10.1088/1748-9326/9/7/074014. (IF:3.906) (2区)
17.*Yi, S.,Wischnewski, K., Langer, M., Muster, S., Boike, J. (2014): Modeling differentfreeze/thaw processes in heterogeneous landscapes of the Arctic polygonaltundra using an ecosystem model. Geoscientific Model Development, 7, 1671–1689.(IF:3.654) (2区)
18.Qin, Y., *Yi, S.,Ren, S., Li, N., Chen, J. (2014): Responses of typical grasslands in asemi-arid basin on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau to climate change anddisturbances, Environmental Earth Sciences, 71:1421-1431. (IF:1.765) (4区)
19.Qin, Y., *Yi, S.(2013): Diurnal characteristics of ecosystem respiration of alpine meadow onthe qinghai-tibetan plateau: implications for carbon budget estimation TheScientific World Journal, 289754, doi:10.1155/2013/289754.
20.*Yi, S., Li, N., Xiang, B., Ye, B., McGuire, A.D., (2013)Representing the effects of alpine grassland vegetation cover on the simulationof soil thermal dynamics by ecosystem models applied to the Qinghai-TibetanPlateau. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 118:1186–1199.(IF:3.426) (2区)
21.*Yi, S.，Zhou, Z. (2011): Increasing contamination might havedelayed spring phenology on the Tibetan Plateau. Proceedings of the NationalAcademy of Sciences USA, 108 (19):E94, doi:10.1073/pnas.1100394108. (IF:9.674) (1区，自然指数期刊)
22.*Yi, S., Zhou, Z., Ren, S., Xu, M., Qin, Y., Chen, S., Ye, B.(2011): Effects of permafrost degradation on alpine grassland in a semi-aridbasin on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Environmental Research Letters, 6, 045403,doi:10.1088/1748-9326/6/4/045403. (IF:3.906) (2区)
23.*Yi, S., McGuire, A. D., Kasischke, E., Harden, J., Manies, K.L., Mack, M., Turetsky, M. R. (2010): A Dynamic organic soil biogeochemicalmodel for simulating the effects of wildfire on soil environmental conditionsand carbon dynamics of black spruce forests, Journal of GeophysicalResearch-Biogeosciences, 115, G04015, doi:10.1029/2010JG001302. (IF:3.426) (2区)
24.*Yi, S., McGuire, A. D., Harden, J., Kasischke, E., Manies, K.L., Hinzman, L. D., Liljedahl, A., Randerson, J. T., Liu, H., Romanovsky, V. E.,Marchenko, S., Kim Y. (2009): Interactions between soil thermal andhydrological dynamics in the response of Alaska ecosystems to fire disturbance, Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 114, G02015,doi:10.1029/2008JG000841. (IF:3.426) (2区)
25.*Yi, S., Manies, K. L., Harden, J., McGuire A. D. (2009): Thecharacteristics of organic soil in black spruce forests: Implications for theapplication of land surface and ecosystem models in cold regions, GeophysicalResearch Letters, 36, L05501, doi:10.1029/2008GL037014. (IF:4.196) (1区,自然指数期刊)
26.*Yi, S., Woo, M.K., Arain, A. M. (2007): Impacts of peat andvegetation on permafrost degradation under climate warming, Geophysical ResearchLetters, 34, L16504, doi:10.1029/2007/GL030550. (IF:4.196) (1区,自然指数期刊)
27.*Yi, S., Arain, A. M., Woo, M. K. (2006): Modifications of aland surface scheme for improved simulation of ground freeze-thaw in northernenvironments, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L13501,doi:10.1029/2006GL026340. (IF:4.196) (1区,自然指数期刊)