Penn State Center for

   Advanced Data Assimilation and Predictability Techniques

Staff

Center Affiliates (list by departments)

Graduate Students

Keenan Eure Ph.D. Graduate Student (Co-Advisor: Dr. David Stensrud and Dr. Yunji Zhang) • Data Assimilation • Mesoscale Meteorology • Numerical Weather Prediction
Da Fan Ph.D. Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Steven Greybush) • Atmospheric Predictability • Machine Learning	Christopher Hartman Ph.D. Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Xingchao Chen) • Tropical Cyclones • Data Assimilation
Ryan McMichael Ph.D. Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Steven Greybush) • Planetary Atmospheres • Data Assimilation	Chin-Hsuan (Sam) Peng Ph.D. Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Xingchao Chen) • Data Assimilation
Jordan Rendon M.S. Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Yunji Zhang)	Bruno Rojas Ph.D. Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Anthony Didlake) • Tropical Cyclones
Jon Seibert Ph.D. Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Steven Greybush) • Geometry-Sensitive Ensemble Mean • Winter Storms • Data Assimilation	Katriella Tenembaum Ph.D. Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Anthony Didlake) • Tropical Cyclones
Ben Townsend Ph.D. Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Helen Greatrex) • Remote Sensing and Spatial Statistics • Environment and Health Applications
Zhu (Judy) Yao Ph.D. Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Eugene Clothiaux) • Satellite data assimilation • tropical cyclones	Song Zhang Ph.D. Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Matthew Kumjian and Dr. Steven Greybush) • Radar meteorology • Winter storms

ADAPT Group Alumni

Man Yau (Joseph) Chan Ph.D., 2022 (Advisor: Dr. Xingchao Chen) Improving the analyses and forecasts of tropical mesoscale convective systems through advancing the ensemble data assimilation of geostationary satellite infrared radiance observations	Justin Stow M.S., 2022 (Advisor: Dr. Anthony Didlake) Analyzing the Structural Variability of Eyewall Replacement Cycles in Idealized WRF Simulations
Noah Polek-Davis M.S., 2022 (Advisor: Dr. Steven Greybush) Comparative Analysis of Martian Global Dust Storms Genesis and Progression	Maria Morales-Cáez M.S., 2021 (Advisor: Dr. Xingchao Chen) Impacts of high-frequency storm-induced SST cooling on the intensity forecast of Hurricane Florence (2018)
Hartzel Gillespie Ph.D., 2021 (Advisor: Dr. Steven Greybush) Investigation of Martian meteorology using the Ensemble Mars Atmosphere Reanalysis System (EMARS)	Paul Mykolajtchuk M.S., 2021 (Advisor: Dr. David Stensrud) Diagnosing a Missed Convective Initiation Forecast by Assimilating GOES-16 Satellite Radiances and WSR-88D Radar Observations
Chau Lam (Chris) Yu Ph.D., 2020 (Advisor: Dr. Anthony Didlake) The role of asymmetric rainband processes in secondary eyewall formation of tropical cyclones	Robert Nystrom Ph.D., 2020 (Advisor: Dr. Steven Greybush) The dynamics and predictability of major hurricanes: influences of initial condition uncertainty and model error explored using ensemble data assimilation
Scott Sieron Ph.D., 2019 (Advisor: Dr. Fuqing Zhang and Dr. Eugene Clothiaux) All-Sky Microwave Data Assimilation for Tropical Cyclones: Establishing Groundwork and Proof-of-Concept	Hans Chen Ph.D., 2018 (Advisor: Dr. Fuqing Zhang) Toward improved regional estimates of carbon dioxide sources and sinks through coupled carbon–atmospheric data assimilation
Wenjie Li M.S., 2018 (Advisor: Dr. Fuqing Zhang) Ensemble sensitivity analysis of ice flow simulations with different parametric model uncertainties	Hui-Wen Lai M.S., 2018 (Advisor: Dr. Fuqing Zhang) An observation and modeling study of Arctic multilayered mixed-phase boundary layer clouds
Yue (Michael) Ying Ph.D., 2018 (Advisor: Dr. Fuqing Zhang) Ensemble Data Assimilation for the Analysis and Prediction of Multiscale Tropical Weather Systems	Masashi Minamide Ph.D., 2018 (Advisor: Dr. Fuqing Zhang) On the Predictability of Tropical Cyclones through All-sky Infrared Satellite Radiance Assimilation
Yongqiang Sun Ph.D., 2017 (Advisor: Dr. Fuqing Zhang) Scale Interaction and Mid-latitude Atmospheric Predictability: Impacts of Moist Convection and Gravity Waves	Andrew Thomas M.S., 2017 (Advisor: Dr. Fuqing Zhang) Sensitivity of Simulated Tropospheric Ozone in the Mid-Atlantic Region in June 2016 Using the WRF-Chem Model
Christopher Melhauser Ph.D., 2016 (Advisor: Dr. Fuqing Zhang) A Multiple-Model Ensemble Examination of the Probabilistic Prediction of Tropical Cyclones	Erin Munsell Ph.D., 2016 (Advisor: Dr. Fuqing Zhang) Dynamics and predictability of tropical cyclones evaluated through convection-permitting ensemble analysis and forecasts with airborne radar and sounding observations
Petros Kalogeras M.S., 2015 (Advisor: Dr. Steven Greybush) Evaluating Radiance and Retrieval Assimilation of Mars Thermal Emission Spectrometer Spacecraft Observations	Glen Hanson M.S., 2016 (Advisor: Dr. Steven Greybush) Impact of Assimilating Surface Pressure Observations from Smartphones: Observing System Simulation Experiments with the PSU WRF-EnKF
Dandan Tao Ph.D., 2015 (Advisor: Dr. Fuqing Zhang) Dynamics and Predictability of Tropical Cyclones under Vertical Wind Shear	Benjamin Green Ph.D., 2015 (Advisor: Dr. Fuqing Zhang) Improving Numerical Weather Forecasts of Tropical Cyclones through a Better Understanding of Surface and Boundary Layer Processes
Jon Poterjoy Ph.D., 2014 (Advisor: Dr. Fuqing Zhang) Hybrid data assimilation for tropical cyclone analysis and prediction	Junhong Wei Ph.D., 2015 (Advisor: Dr. Fuqing Zhang) Gravity waves in moist baroclinic jet-front systems

Students, Postdocs, and Visitors:

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, Visiting 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), currently NSF graduate fellow at NCAR
16. Dr. Xinghua Bao, visiting graduate student (09/2009-05/2011), Postdoctoral Scientist (08/2011-08/2012), currently 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), currently 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), next postdoc at the Advanced Study Program at NCAR, currently faculty, University of Maryland
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, currently 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. Dr. Benjamin Green, Doctoral strudent, Ph.D. awarded 05/2015, currently research scientist at NOAA/ESRL
37. Dr. Xingchao Chen, Visiting Doctoral Student from Nanjing University (05/2015-11/2015)
38. Petros Kalogeras, Masters awarded 5/2015
39. Glen Hanson, Masters awarded 5/2015
40. Seth Saslo, graduate student
41. Ling Zhang, Visiting Scholar from Chinese operational typhoon forecast center (05/2015-05/2016)
42. Dr. Christopher Melhauser (doctoral student 8/2012-4/2016), currently working in EMC
43. Dr. Chunyu Qiu, Visiting Professor from Lanzhou University (CSC scholarship recipient 08/2015-08/2016)
44. Mingxin Li, Visiting Doctoral Student from Peking University (CSC scholarship recipient 09/2014-09/2016)
45. Yingjian Chen, Visiting Doctoral Student from Tsinghua University (CSC scholarship recipient 10/2015-10/2016)
46. Dr. Yicun (Ethan) Zhen, doctoral student (09/2010-09/2016)
47. Jingsong Pan, Visiting Scholar from Zhejiang Meteorological Observatory (04/2016-07/2016)
48. Dr. Erin Munsell, doctoral student (08/2010-08/2016), Ph.D. awarded 08/2016
49. Dr. Yonghui Weng, research associate (08/2008-12/2016)
50. Dr. Daigao Teng, Visiting Scholar from Zhejiang Meteorological Observatory (04/2016-01/2017)
51. Dr. Ling Huang, Visiting Scholar from Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences (01/2017-04/2017)
52. Dr. Atsushi Okazaki, Visiting Scholar from RIKEN Japan (04/2017-05/2017)
53. Eun-Gyeong Yang, Visiting student from Yonsei University, Korean (03/2017-07/2017)
54. Yan Wang, Visiting student from Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (05/2017-07/2017)
55. Dr. Sourav Taraphdar, Post-doctoral scholar (2015/07-2017/06)
56. Dr. Tonghua Su, Visiting scholar from Fujian Meteorological Bureau, China (10/2016-10/2017)
57. Dr. Yu Shu, Visiting scholar from Jiangsu Meteorological Bureau, China (04/2017-10/2017)
58. Lei Zhu, Visiting Doctoral Student from Peking University (CSC scholarship recipient 08/2015-08/2017)
59. Dr. Tinghai Ou, Visiting Scholar from University of Gothenburg, Sweden (08/2017-09/2017)
60. Dr. Yongqiang Sun, doctoral student (08/2012-08/2017), Ph.D. awarded 08/2017
61. Su (Simon) Liu, Visiting doctoral student from Nanjing University (CSC scholarship recipient 10/2015-11/2017)
62. Yanting Ye, Visiting doctoral student from Beijing Normal University (CSC scholarship recipient 09/2015-09/2017)
63. Dr. Jie Ma, Visiting scholar from China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China (08/2017-08/2018)
64. Dr. Yongxiang Zhang, Visiting scholar from China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China (08/2017-08/2018)
65. Jie He, Visiting student from Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China (10/2017 - 08/2020)
66. Andrew Thomas, master student (08/2016-12/2017)
67. Dr. Hong Ying, Visiting scholar from China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China (11/2017-05/2018)
68. Dr. Jiaolan Fu, Visiting scholar from China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China (02/2018-02/2019)
69. XiaoFei Li , Visiting doctoral student from Peking University Beijing, China (03/2018-09/2018)
70. Dr. Dan Wu, Visiting scholar from Nanjing University, China (04/2018-03/2019)
71. Yue (Michael) Ying, Ph.D student (2012-05/2018)
72. Dr. Huaning Dai, Visiting scholar from Nanjing University, China (07/2018-08/2018)
73. Dr. Dandan Tao, Post-doctoral Scholar and ADAPT center assistant (2015-07/2018)
74. Dr. Yu Du, Visiting scholar from Sun Yat-sen University, China (07/2018-08/2018)
75. Dr. Masashi Minamide, Ph.D student (09/2014-05/2018)
76. Wenjie Li, Masters student (01/2017-08/2018)
77. Hui-Wen Lai, Masters student (08/2014-08/2018)
78. Dr. Hans Chen, Ph.D student (09/2013-08/2018)
79. Seungyoon Baek, Visiting master student from Seoul National University, Korean (10/07/2018-10/25/2018)
80. Negin Hayatbini, Visiting Doctoral student, University of California, Irvin (11/07/2018-11/18/2018)
81. Dr. Weizhong Zheng, Visiting scholar from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA · National Weather Service, USA (01/12/2019-01/19/2019)
82. Dr. Zhiyong Meng, Visiting scholar from Peking University, China (01/12/2019-01/27/2019)
83. Dr. Moussa Gueye, postdoctoral scholar (9/2018-6/2019), currently faculty at University of Kaolack, Senegal
84. Dr. Tingting Qian, Visiting Scholar from Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences,China (02/25/19 - 08/24/2019)
85. Lorenzo Minola, Visiting Ph.D Student from University of Gothenburg, Sweden (03/04/2019 - 05/02/2019)
86. Alejandro Hermoso, Visiting Ph.D. Student from University of the Balearic Islands, Spain (04/2019-05/2019)
87. Dr. Lingli Zhou, Visiting scholar from Zhejiang meteorological observatory. Hangzhou, China (05/10/2019 - 08/2020)
88. Dr. Junhong Wei, Visiting scholar from Sun Yat-Sen University, China (06/29/2019 - 07/28/2019)
89. Dr. Yu Du, Visiting scholar from Sun Yat-Sen University, China (07/14/2019 - 07/28/2019)
90. Dr. James Ruppert, Assistant Research Professor, Currently Assistant Professor, School of Meteorology of University of Oklahoma (10/2018-12/2020)
91. 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)
92. Dr. Robert Nystrom, doctoral student, Ph.D awarded 08/2020, currently Postdoctoral Fellow at NCAR (07/2015 - 08/2020)
93. Dr. Scott Sieron, graduated student, Masters awarded 2013, Ph.D awarded 12/2019 (2013-2019)
94. Dr. Scott Sieron, Post Doctoral Scholar, currently Support Scientist of I. M. Systems Group Inc. (IMSG) (01/2020-08/2020)
95. 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)
96. Dr. Atsushi Okazaki, postdoctoral scholar (7/2019-2/2021), currently faculty at Hirosaki University, Japan
97. Dr. Yan (Elena) Wang, postdoctoral scholar (1/2020-3/2021), currently tenured researcher at Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
98. Dr. Hartzel Gillespie, doctoral student, Ph.D. awarded 09/2021, currently postdoc at LPI
99. Maria Morales-Cáez, Masters student, M.S. awarded 10/2021
100. Zhifang Chen, Center Assistant, 2018-2021
101. Paul Mykolajtchuk, M.S. awarded 6/2021
102. Noah Polek-Davis, M.S. awarded 5/2022
103. Justin Stow, Ph.D. awarded 6/2022
104. Joseph Chan, Ph.D. awarded 9/2022, currently postdoc
105. Chenli Wang, Visiting scholar from Nanjing University

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