Academic Appointments

Administrative Appointments

  • Assistant Professor, University of Chicago (2023 - 2025)
  • Associate Professor, UC Davis (2023 - 2023)
  • Assistant Professor, UC Davis (2017 - 2023)

Honors & Awards

  • Terman Fellowship, Stanford University (2025)
  • CAREER Award, NSF (2021)
  • Reviewer Award, Journal of Meteorological Research, Springer (2020)
  • Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation (2019 - 2024)
  • Miller Research Fellowship, UC Berkeley (2014 - 2017)
  • Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad, China Scholarship Council (2012)

Professional Education

  • Ph.D., Caltech (2014)
  • B.S., Peking University (2008)

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Current Research and Scholarly Interests

My research focuses on atmospheric convection and clouds—the major sources of uncertainty in predicting future climate change. Key questions in this field include: What makes air rise to form clouds? How do individual convective clouds organize into expansive rainstorms? How does convection work in warmer climates? I combine theory, observations, numerical models, and machine learning methods to address these most fundamental yet challenging questions.

2026-27 Courses

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