Current Members in Dr. Fuqing Zhang's Group

Dr. Fuqing Zhang
Professor of Meteorology
Joint Appointment with the Department of Statistics

  • Dynamic and mesoscale meteorology, tropical cyclones and hurricanes
  • Gravity wave, sea breeze, mountain-plains circulation, diurnal cycle
  • Numerical weather prediction, data assimilation, atmospheric predictability
  • Regional scale climate, air pollution meteorology
  • Spatial covariance, Kalman filtering, parameter estimation

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    Dr. Xingchao Chen
    Assistant Professor of Meteorology

  • Data assimilation
  • Monsoon
  • Land and sea breeze
  • Regional climate

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    Atsushi Okazaki
    Post Doctoral Scholar

  • Stable water isotope modeling
  • Data assimilation
  • Paleoclimate reconstruction

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    Dr. Yan Wang
    Post Doctoral Scholar

  • Regional climate forecast, orographic precipitation
  • Data assimilation
  • Infectious disease forecast and control

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    Dr. Yunji Zhang
    Assistant Research Professor

  • Tropical cyclones, mesoscale convective systems and severe thunderstorms
  • Ensemble-based data assimilation and numerical weather prediction
  • Predictability of severe weather events

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    Zhifang Chen

    ADAPT Center Assistant

    Man Yau (Joseph) Chan
    Ph.D. Graduate Student

  • Dynamics and predictability of convectively coupled equatorial waves
  • Data assimilation

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    Keenan Eure
    Ph.D. Graduate Student

  • Data Assimilation
  • Mesoscale Meteorology
  • Numerical Weather Prediction

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    Da Fan
    Ph.D. Graduate Student

    Hartzel Gillespie
    Ph.D. Graduate Student

    Christopher Hartman
    Ph.D. Graduate Student

    Maria Morales-Caez
    Master Graduate Student

  • Tropical cyclones

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    Seth Saslo
    Ph.D. Graduate Student

    Jon Seibert
    Ph.D. Graduate Student

    Zhu Yao
    Master Graduate Student

    Recent External Collaborators

    1. Drs. Jason Sippel and Scott Braun, NASA/GSFC
    2. Drs. Allen Zhao and Craig Bishop at NRL
    3. Drs. Altug Aksoy, John Gamache and Frank Marks at NOAA/HRD
    4. Dr. John Knaff at NOAAA/NESDIS
    5. Drs. Mingjing Tong and Vijay Tallapragada at NOAA/NCEP
    6. Drs. Zhiyong (Ellie) Meng, Qinghong Zhang and Benkui Tan at Peking University
    7. Dr. Juan Fang at Nanjing University
    8. Dr. Chun-Chieh Wu, National Taiwan University
    9. Dr. Hyun Mee Kim, Yonsei University, Korea
    10. Dr. Parta Mukhopadhay, Indian Institue of Tropical Meteorology
    11. Drs. Yunqi Ni, Yonghui Lin, Huizhong He, Yali Luo, Tingting Qian at Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences
    12. Dr. Jianhua Sun at Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    13. Drs. Craig Epifanio, John Nielsen-Gammon, Ken Bowman, Mikyoung Jun at Texas A&M University
    14. Dr. Kerry Emauel, MIT
    15. Drs. David Nolan and Elliot Atlas, University of Miami
    16. Dr. Chris Rozeff, University of Wisconsin
    17. Drs. Tiffany Shaw and Shuguang Wang, Columbia University
    18. Dr. Todd Lane, Melbourne University, Australia
    19. Dr. Riwal Plougonven, LMD/CNS, France
    20. Dr. Tim Dunkerton, Northwest Research Associate
    21. Drs. Chris Snyder, Rich Rotunno, Hans Huang, Chris Davis, Xin Zhang, Rebecca Morss and Laura Pan at NCAR

    Alumni of the research group at Penn State Since 2008

    1. Dr. Zhiyong (Ellie) Meng, Visiting Professor from Peking University China (01/2010-07/2010)
    2. Dr. Jianhua Sun, Visiting Professor from Chinese Academy of Science, Institute of Atmospheric Physics (04/2010-10/2010)
    3. Dr. Juan Fang, Visiting Professor from Nanjing University China (08/2008-02/2010)
    4. Dr. Xiaoming Hu, postdoctoral scientist (11/2008-08/2010), Adjunct Assistant Professor in the University of Oklahoma
    5. Dr. Chanh Kieu, postdoctoral scientist (07/2009-01/2010), currently tenured lecturer at Vietnam National University
    6. Huizhong He, exchange doctoral student from CAMS China (02/2009-01/2010), Ph.D. awarded 12/2010 (currently associate professor at CAMS)
    7. Meng Zhang, doctoral student (08/2008-11/2010), Ph.D. awarded 12/2010 (currently environmental modeling team lead at IBM China)
    8. Baoguo Xie, exchange graduate student from Peking University (09/2009-09/2011), currently working in IBM China
    9. Dr. Xiaqiong (Kate) Zhou, Visitiing Postdoctoral Scientist (12/2010-9/2011) from University of Hawaii (currently NCEP)
    10. Dr. Xuyang Ge, Postdoctoral Scientist (sponsored by NOAA through UCAR Visiting Scientist Program) (11/2010-06/2012) (currently at University of Hawaii)
    11. Dr. Hongwen Kang, Visiting Professor from Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences (11/2011-2/2012)
    12. Chuanhai Qian, Visiting Scholar, Director of China Marine and Typhoon Prediction Center, CMA (2/2011-2/2012)
    13. Qilin Wan, Visiting Scholar, Director of China Institute of Tropical and Marine Meteorology (12/2011-1/2012)
    14. Yudong Gao, Visiting Scholar, research scientist at China Institute of Tropical and Marine Meteorology (6/2011-6/2012, 02/2015-02/2016)
    15. Dr. Daniel Stern, Postdoctoral Scientist (7/2010-12/2012), now NSF graduate fellow at NCAR
    16. Dr. Xinghua Bao, visiting graduate student (09/2009-05/2011), Postdoctoral Scientist (08/2011-08/2012), now research scientist at Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences
    17. Benkui Tan, visiting professor from Peking University (8/2012-10/2012)
    18. Yanzhen Chi, Doctoral student, Ph.D. awarded 2013 ; currently meteorologist at China Fujian Meteorological Bureau
    19. Zhang Yuanchun, visiting graduate student from Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Science (08/2015-11/2015)
    20. Liang Aimin, visiting scholar from North China ATMB Meteorological Center
    21. Yanzhen Chi, visiting scholar from China Meteorological Administration (Fujian)
    22. Dr. Wei Li, postdoctoral researcher (3/2014-9/2014), now at NCEP
    23. Dr. Haiwen Liu, visiting professor from Chengdu University of Information Technology, China (11/2013-5/2014)
    24. Yunji (Jerry) Zhang , visiting graduate student from Peking University (9/2012-9/2014)
    25. Ye (Amy) Yun, visiting graduate student from Peking University (9/2013-9/2014)
    26. Dr. Jonathan Poterjoy (doctoral student 8/2009-8/2014), now postdoc at the Advance Study Program at NCAR
    27. Jun Sun, lead forecaster and visiting scholar from Chinese National Meteorological Center
    28. Lin Dong, senior forecaster and visiting scholar from Chinese Tropical Cyclone Forecast Center
    29. Xuexing Qiu, deputy director and visiting scholar from Anhui Meteorological Center, China
    30. Dr. Shoujuan (Jennifer) Shu, visiting professor from Nanjing University
    31. Dr. Ashford Reyes, visiting graduate student from Howard University, now meteorologist at Caribbean Institude for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH)
    32. Dr. Qinghong (Alise) Zhang, Visiting Professor from Peking University (08/2014-08/2015)
    33. Dr. Xiaodong Tang, Visiting Professor from Nanjing University (08/2014-08/2015)
    34. Dr. Junhong Wei, doctoral student (08/2009-05/2015), Ph.D. awarded 05/2015. Currently Associate Professor of Sun Yat-sen University, China.
    35. Dr. Dandan Tao, doctoral student (08/2010-05/2015), Ph.D. awarded 05/2015
    36. Benjamin Green, Doctoral strudent, Ph.D. awarded 05/ 2015, currently research scientists at NOAA/ESRL
    37. Xingchao Chen, Visiting Doctoral Student from Nanjing University (05/2015-11/2015)
    38. Ling Zhang, Visiting Scholar from Chinese operational typhoon forecast center (05/2015-05/2016)
    39. Dr. Christopher Melhauser (doctoral student 8/2012-4/2016), currently working in EMC
    40. Dr. Chunyu Qiu, Visiting Professor from Lanzhou University (CSC scholarship recipient 08/2015-08/2016)
    41. Mingxin Li, Visiting Doctoral Student from Peking University (CSC scholarship recipient 09/2014-09/2016)
    42. Yingjian Chen, Visiting Doctoral Student from Tsinghua University (CSC scholarship recipient 10/2015-10/2016)
    43. Dr. Yicun (Ethan) Zhen, doctoral student (09/2010-09/2016)
    44. Jingsong Pan, Visiting Scholar from Zhejiang Meteorological Observatory (04/2016-07/2016)
    45. Dr. Erin Munsell, doctoral student (08/2010-08/2016), Ph.D. awarded 08/2016
    46. Dr. Yonghui Weng, research associate (08/2008-12/2016)
    47. Dr. Daigao Teng, Visiting Scholar from Zhejiang Meteorological Observatory (04/2016-01/2017)
    48. Dr. Ling Huang, Visiting Scholar from Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences (01/2017-04/2017)
    49. Dr. Atsushi Okazaki, Visiting Scholar from RIKEN Japan (04/2017-05/2017)
    50. Eun-Gyeong Yang, Visiting student from Yonsei University, Korean (03/2017-07/2017)
    51. Yan Wang, Visiting student from Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (05/2017-07/2017)
    52. Dr. Sourav Taraphdar, Post-doctoral scholar (2015/07-2017/06)
    53. Dr. Tonghua Su, Visiting scholar from Fujian Meteorological Bureau, China (10/2016-10/2017)
    54. Dr. Yu Shu, Visiting scholar from Jiangsu Meteorological Bureau, China (04/2017-10/2017)
    55. Lei Zhu, Visiting Doctoral Student from Peking University (CSC scholarship recipient 08/2015-08/2017)
    56. Dr. Tinghai Ou, Visiting Scholar from University of Gothenburg, Sweden (08/2017-09/2017)
    57. Dr. Yongqiang Sun, doctoral student (08/2012-08/2017), Ph.D. awarded 08/2017
    58. Su (Simon) Liu, Visiting doctoral student from Nanjing University (CSC scholarship recipient 10/2015-11/2017)
    59. Yanting Ye, Visiting doctoral student from Beijing Normal University (CSC scholarship recipient 09/2015-09/2017)
    60. Dr. Jie Ma, Visiting scholar from China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China (08/2017-08/2018)
    61. Dr. Yongxiang Zhang, Visiting scholar from China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China (08/2017-08/2018)
    62. Jie He, Visiting student from Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China (10/2017 - 08/2020)
    63. Andrew Thomas, master student (08/2016-12/2017)
    64. Dr. Hong Ying , Visiting scholar from China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China (11/2017-05/2018)
    65. Dr. Jiaolan Fu, Visiting scholar from China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China (02/2018-02/2019)
    66. XiaoFei Li , Visiting doctoral student from Peking University Beijing, China (03/2018-09/2018)
    67. Dr. Dan Wu, Visiting scholar from Nanjing University, China (04/2018-03/2019)
    68. Yue (Michael) Ying, Ph.D student (2012-05/2018)
    69. Dr. Huaning Dai, Visiting scholar from Nanjing University, China (07/2018-08/2018)
    70. Dr. Dandan Tao, Post-doctoral Scholar and ADAPT center assistant (2015-07/2018)
    71. Dr. Yu Du Visiting scholar from Sun Yat-sen University, China (07/2018-08/2018)
    72. Masashi Minamide, Ph.D student (09/2014-05/2018)
    73. Wenjie Li, Marster student (01/2017-08/2018)
    74. Hui-Wen Lai, Marster student (08/2014-08/2018)
    75. Hans Chen, Ph.D student (09/2013-08/2018)
    76. Seungyoon Back, Visiting master student from Seoul National University, Korean (10/07/2018-10/25/2018)
    77. Negin Hayatbini, Visiting Doctoral student, University of California, Irvin (11/07/2018-11/18/2018)
    78. Dr. Weizhong Zheng, Visiting scholar from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA · National Weather Service, USA (01/12/2019-01/19/2019)
    79. Dr. Zhiyong Meng, Visiting scholar from Peking University, China (01/12/2019-01/27/2019)
    80. Dr. Tingting Qian, Visiting Scholar from Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences,China (02/25/19 - 08/24/2019)
    81. Lorenzo Minola, Visiting Ph.D Student from University of Gothenburg, Sweden (03/04/2019 - 05/02/2019)
    82. Dr.Lingli Zhou, Visiting scholar from Zhejiang meteorological observatory. Hangzhou, China (05/10/2019 - 08/2020)
    83. Dr.Junhong Wei, Visiting scholar from Sun Yat-Sen University, China (06/29/2019 - 07/28/2019)
    84. Dr.Yu Du, Visiting scholar from Sun Yat-Sen University, China (07/14/2019 - 07/28/2019)
    85. Dr. James Ruppert, Assistant Research Professor, Currently Assistant Professor, School of Meteorology of University of Oklahoma (10/2018-12/2020)
    86. Dr. Yinghiu Lu, Post-doctoral Scholar and assistant research proffessor, currently associate professor in Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University,China (07/2017-12/2020)
    87. Dr. Yan Wang, Post Doctoral Scholar (01/2020-)
    88. Dr. Robert Nystrom, doctoral student, Ph.D awarded 08/2020, currently Postdoctoral Fellow in NCAR (07/2015 - 08/2020)
    89. Dr. Scott Sieron, graduated student, Master awared 2013, Ph.D awarded 12/2019 (2013-2019)
    90. Dr. Scott Sieron, Post Doctoral Scholar, currently Support Scientist of I. M. Systems Group Inc. (IMSG) (01/2020-08/2020)
    91. Dr. Chau Lam (Chris) Yu, doctoral student, Ph.D awarded 08/2020, currently Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University at Albany, Albany, NY (2016-2020)

    Short-term collaborative visitors

    1. Dr. Jason Sippel, NASA/GSFC (09/2009)
    2. Dr. Tiffany Shaw, Columbia University (10/2009)
    3. Dr. Craig Epifanio, Texas A&M University (10/2009)
    4. Dr. Tim Dunkerton, Northwest Research Associate (11/2009)
    5. Dr. Todd Lane, Melbourne University (11/2009)
    6. Dr. Chris Snyder, NCAR (12/2009)
    7. Dr. Kerry Emanuel, MIT (03/2010)
    8. Dr. Richard Rotunno, NCAR (10/2010)
    9. Dr. Yuqing Wang, University of Hawaii (10/2010)
    10. Dr. Shuguang Wang, Columbia University (12/2010)
    11. Dr. Dalin Zhang, University of Maryland (02/2011)
    12. Dr. Chris Davis, NCAR (03/2011)
    13. Dr. Robert Gall, NOAA/NCAR (4/2011)
    14. Dr. Mingjing Tong, NCEP (09/2011)
    15. Dr. Mel Shapiro, NCAR (11/2011)
    16. Dr. Zongliang Yang, University of Texas (11/2011)