Staff
Fuqing Zhang (DIED UNEXPECTEDLY ON FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2019) Founding Director (2014-July 2019) Distinguished Professor at Penn State Departments of Meteorology and Statistics Fellow of American Geophysical Union and American Meteorological Society Laureate of Faculty Scholar Medals for Outstanding Achievement |
Associate Director Associate Professor of Meteorology
618 Walker Building |
Assistant Director 601A Walker Building |
Assistant Director 624A Walker Building |
Associate Director Professor of Mathematics and Meteorology 214 McAllister Building
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Associate Director Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Email: amejia@engr.psu.edu |
Associate Director Professor of Statistics
514C Wartick Lab
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Center Affiliates
(* denotes original science steering committee membership)
Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences Phone: (814)863-1700 |
Assistant Professor of Statistics Email: samuelbaugh@psu.edu |
Professor of Water Resources Phone: (814)865-8830 |
Professor of Atmospheric Science Email: wab5217@psu.edu |
Distinguished Professor of Meteorology Phone: (814)865-3286 |
Professor of Geography Phone: (814)863-0179 |
Professor of Meteorology Phone: (814)865-2915 |
Professor of Meteorology Phone: (814)863-8601 |
Associate Professor of Meteorology Phone: (814)863-4636 |
Verne M. Willaman Professor of Mathematics Phone: (814)865-3674 |
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Phone: (814)863-4384 |
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Email: dee5127@psu.edu |
Professor of Woody Plant Physiology Phone: (814)863-3371 |
Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science Email: jle7@psu.edu |
Professor of Biology Email: mjf283@psu.edu |
Professor of Climate Dynamics Phone: (814)865-0710 |
Professor of Meteorology Phone: (814)863-1585 |
Associate Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science Email: mmg62@psu.edu |
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Email: sjg6056@psu.edu |
Assistant Professor of Remote Sensing and Geostatistics Phone: (814)865-1596 |
Professor of Statistics Phone: (814)865-8126 |
Professor of Meteorology Phone: (814)863-1584 |
Affiliate Assistant Research Professor of Meteorology Phone: (814)865-2951 |
Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, Geography, and African Studies Phone: (814)865-0479 |
Professor of Electrical Engineering Phone: (814)863-8727 |
Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences Phone: (814)865-3207 |
Professor of Geosciences Phone: (814)865-6718 |
Associate Professor of Meteorology Phone: (814)863-1581 |
Distinguished Professor of Meteorology Email: sxl31@psu.edu |
Professor of Statistics Phone: (814)863-3074 |
Assistant Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science Email: lfl5240@psu.edu |
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Phone: (814)867-0151 |
Associate Professor of Statistics Phone: (814)865-9468 |
Professor of Mathematics Email: xxl12@psu.edu |
Distinguished Professor of Statistics Phone: (814)865-1555 |
Distinguished Professor of Statistics and Supply Chain Phone: (814)865-0377 |
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Phone: (814)863-2940 |
Associate Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science Email: kal6112@psu.edu |
Professor of Geography and Information Science and Technology Phone: (814)865-7491 |
Distinguished Professor of Meteorology Phone: (814)863-4075 |
Department Head and Distinguished Professor of Meteorology Phone: (814)865-9736 |
Assistant Professor of Information Sciences and Technology Email: rmm7011@psu.edu |
Teaching Professor of Meteorology Email: j2n@psu.edu |
Professor of Oceanography Email: rgn1@psu.edu |
Assistant Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering Phone: (814)865-8475 |
Associate Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science Email: yyp5033@psu.edu |
Assistant Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science Email: jfp5948@psu.edu |
Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering Email: craj@psu.edu |
Professor of Meteorology Phone: (814)863-0791 |
Assistant Professor of Statistics Email: bshaby@psu.edu |
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering Phone: (814)863-5844 |
Professor of Geography Phone: (814)865-6693 |
Professor of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Email: szs27@psu.edu |
Professor of Meteorology Phone: (814)863-3932 |
Professor of Meteorology Phone: (814)863-7714 |
Professor of Practice, Department of Meteorology Phone: (814)867-4750 |
Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Email: jav1@psu.edu |
Professor of Meteorology Email: jxv7@psu.edu |
Professor of IST Email: jwang@ist.psu.edu |
Associate Professor of Geosciences Phone: (814)863-6649 |
Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering Email: mdw18@psu.edu |
Francis R. and Helen M. Pentz Professor of Science Phone: (814)865-1110 |
Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Biomedical Engineering Email: huy25@psu.edu |
Associate Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Phone: (814)865-8040 |
Professor of Information Sciences and Technology Phone: (814)865-6174 |
Professor of Meteorology Email: g3y@psu.edu |
Associate Professor of Meteorology and Climate Dynamics Email: cmz5202@psu.edu |
Associate Professor of IST Phone: (814)863-9462 |
Associate Professor of Communications Phone: (814)865-1023 |
Professor of Mathematics Email: ltz@math.psu.edu |
Graduate Students
Jingyi (Joey) Hu M.S. Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Xingchao Chen) • Tropical Meteorology • Mesoscale Meteorology |
Maxwell Katsouros M.S. Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Anthony Didlake and Dr. Xingchao Chen) • Tropical Meteorology • Tropical Cyclones |
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 • Tropical Convection |
Chandler Pruett Ph.D. Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Xingchao Chen) • Data Assimilation |
Jordan Rendon M.S. Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Yunji Zhang) • Data Assimilation • Tropical Cyclone Predictability |
Bruno Rojas Ph.D. Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Anthony Didlake) • Tropical Cyclones |
Ethan Schaefer Ph.D. Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Steven Greybush) • Data Assimilation • Winter Storms |
Jon Seibert Ph.D. Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Steven Greybush) • Geometry-Sensitive Ensemble Mean • Winter Storms • Data Assimilation |
Christian Spallone M.S. Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Steven Greybush) • Machine Learning • Data Assimilation • Mesoscale Meteorology |
Jacob Tindan Ph.D. Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Greg Jenkins) • Aerosol Modeling |
Matthew Varela Ph.D. Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Anthony Didlake) • Tropical Cyclone Dynamics • Cloud Microphysics |
Alice Vendrame Ph.D. Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Steven Greybush) • Planetary Atmospheres • Data Assimilation |
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
Recent Graduates:
Nicholas Barron
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Keenan Eure
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Da Fan
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Christopher Hartman
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Katriella Tenembaum
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Man Yau (Joseph) Chan
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Justin Stow
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Noah Polek-Davis
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Maria Morales-Cáez
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Hartzel Gillespie
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Paul Mykolajtchuk
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Chau Lam (Chris) Yu
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Robert Nystrom
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Scott Sieron
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Hans Chen |
Wenjie Li |
Hui-Wen Lai |
Yue (Michael) Ying |
Masashi Minamide |
Yongqiang Sun |
Andrew Thomas |
Christopher Melhauser |
Erin Munsell |
Petros Kalogeras |
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 |
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Students, Postdocs, and Visitors:
- Dr. Zhiyong (Ellie) Meng, Visiting Professor from Peking University China (01/2010-07/2010)
- Dr. Jianhua Sun, Visiting Professor from Chinese Academy of Science, Institute of Atmospheric Physics (04/2010-10/2010)
- Dr. Juan Fang, Visiting Professor from Nanjing University China (08/2008-02/2010)
- Dr. Xiaoming Hu, postdoctoral scientist (11/2008-08/2010), Adjunct Assistant Professor in the University of Oklahoma
- Dr. Chanh Kieu, postdoctoral scientist (07/2009-01/2010), currently tenured lecturer at Vietnam National University
- Huizhong He, exchange doctoral student from CAMS China (02/2009-01/2010), Ph.D. awarded 12/2010 (currently associate professor at CAMS)
- Meng Zhang, doctoral student (08/2008-11/2010), Ph.D. awarded 12/2010 (currently environmental modeling team lead at IBM China)
- Baoguo Xie, exchange graduate student from Peking University (09/2009-09/2011), currently working in IBM China
- Dr. Xiaqiong (Kate) Zhou, Visiting Postdoctoral Scientist (12/2010-9/2011) from University of Hawaii, currently NCEP
- Dr. Xuyang Ge, Postdoctoral Scientist (sponsored by NOAA through UCAR Visiting Scientist Program) (11/2010-06/2012), currently at University of Hawaii
- Dr. Hongwen Kang, Visiting Professor from Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences (11/2011-2/2012)
- Chuanhai Qian, Visiting Scholar, Director of China Marine and Typhoon Prediction Center, CMA (2/2011-2/2012)
- Qilin Wan, Visiting Scholar, Director of China Institute of Tropical and Marine Meteorology (12/2011-1/2012)
- Yudong Gao, Visiting Scholar, research scientist at China Institute of Tropical and Marine Meteorology (6/2011-6/2012, 02/2015-02/2016)
- Dr. Daniel Stern, Postdoctoral Scientist (7/2010-12/2012), currently NSF graduate fellow at NCAR
- 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
- Benkui Tan, visiting professor from Peking University (8/2012-10/2012)
- Yanzhen Chi, Doctoral student, Ph.D. awarded 2013, currently meteorologist at China Fujian Meteorological Bureau
- Zhang Yuanchun, visiting graduate student from Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Science (08/2015-11/2015)
- Liang Aimin, visiting scholar from North China ATMB Meteorological Center
- Yanzhen Chi, visiting scholar from China Meteorological Administration (Fujian)
- Dr. Wei Li, postdoctoral researcher (3/2014-9/2014), currently at NCEP
- Dr. Haiwen Liu, visiting professor from Chengdu University of Information Technology, China (11/2013-5/2014)
- Yunji (Jerry) Zhang , visiting graduate student from Peking University (9/2012-9/2014)
- Ye (Amy) Yun, visiting graduate student from Peking University (9/2013-9/2014)
- Dr. Jonathan Poterjoy (doctoral student 8/2009-8/2014), next postdoc at the Advanced Study Program at NCAR, currently faculty, University of Maryland
- Jun Sun, lead forecaster and visiting scholar from Chinese National Meteorological Center
- Lin Dong, senior forecaster and visiting scholar from Chinese Tropical Cyclone Forecast Center
- Xuexing Qiu, deputy director and visiting scholar from Anhui Meteorological Center, China
- Dr. Shoujuan (Jennifer) Shu, visiting professor from Nanjing University
- Dr. Ashford Reyes, visiting graduate student from Howard University, currently meteorologist at Caribbean Institude for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH)
- Dr. Qinghong (Alise) Zhang, Visiting Professor from Peking University (08/2014-08/2015)
- Dr. Xiaodong Tang, Visiting Professor from Nanjing University (08/2014-08/2015)
- Dr. Junhong Wei, doctoral student (08/2009-05/2015), Ph.D. awarded 05/2015. Currently Associate Professor of Sun Yat-sen University, China.
- Dr. Dandan Tao, doctoral student (08/2010-05/2015), Ph.D. awarded 05/2015
- Dr. Benjamin Green, Doctoral strudent, Ph.D. awarded 05/2015, currently research scientist at NOAA/ESRL
- Dr. Xingchao Chen, Visiting Doctoral Student from Nanjing University (05/2015-11/2015)
- Petros Kalogeras, Masters awarded 5/2015
- Glen Hanson, Masters awarded 5/2015
- Seth Saslo, graduate student
- Ling Zhang, Visiting Scholar from Chinese operational typhoon forecast center (05/2015-05/2016)
- Dr. Christopher Melhauser (doctoral student 8/2012-4/2016), currently working in EMC
- Dr. Chunyu Qiu, Visiting Professor from Lanzhou University (CSC scholarship recipient 08/2015-08/2016)
- Mingxin Li, Visiting Doctoral Student from Peking University (CSC scholarship recipient 09/2014-09/2016)
- Yingjian Chen, Visiting Doctoral Student from Tsinghua University (CSC scholarship recipient 10/2015-10/2016)
- Dr. Yicun (Ethan) Zhen, doctoral student (09/2010-09/2016)
- Jingsong Pan, Visiting Scholar from Zhejiang Meteorological Observatory (04/2016-07/2016)
- Dr. Erin Munsell, doctoral student (08/2010-08/2016), Ph.D. awarded 08/2016
- Dr. Yonghui Weng, research associate (08/2008-12/2016)
- Dr. Daigao Teng, Visiting Scholar from Zhejiang Meteorological Observatory (04/2016-01/2017)
- Dr. Ling Huang, Visiting Scholar from Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences (01/2017-04/2017)
- Dr. Atsushi Okazaki, Visiting Scholar from RIKEN Japan (04/2017-05/2017)
- Eun-Gyeong Yang, Visiting student from Yonsei University, Korean (03/2017-07/2017)
- Yan Wang, Visiting student from Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (05/2017-07/2017)
- Dr. Sourav Taraphdar, Post-doctoral scholar (2015/07-2017/06)
- Dr. Tonghua Su, Visiting scholar from Fujian Meteorological Bureau, China (10/2016-10/2017)
- Dr. Yu Shu, Visiting scholar from Jiangsu Meteorological Bureau, China (04/2017-10/2017)
- Lei Zhu, Visiting Doctoral Student from Peking University (CSC scholarship recipient 08/2015-08/2017)
- Dr. Tinghai Ou, Visiting Scholar from University of Gothenburg, Sweden (08/2017-09/2017)
- Dr. Yongqiang Sun, doctoral student (08/2012-08/2017), Ph.D. awarded 08/2017
- Su (Simon) Liu, Visiting doctoral student from Nanjing University (CSC scholarship recipient 10/2015-11/2017)
- Yanting Ye, Visiting doctoral student from Beijing Normal University (CSC scholarship recipient 09/2015-09/2017)
- Dr. Jie Ma, Visiting scholar from China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China (08/2017-08/2018)
- Dr. Yongxiang Zhang, Visiting scholar from China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China (08/2017-08/2018)
- Jie He, Visiting student from Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China (10/2017 - 08/2020)
- Andrew Thomas, master student (08/2016-12/2017)
- Dr. Hong Ying, Visiting scholar from China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China (11/2017-05/2018)
- Dr. Jiaolan Fu, Visiting scholar from China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China (02/2018-02/2019)
- XiaoFei Li , Visiting doctoral student from Peking University Beijing, China (03/2018-09/2018)
- Dr. Dan Wu, Visiting scholar from Nanjing University, China (04/2018-03/2019)
- Yue (Michael) Ying, Ph.D student (2012-05/2018)
- Dr. Huaning Dai, Visiting scholar from Nanjing University, China (07/2018-08/2018)
- Dr. Dandan Tao, Post-doctoral Scholar and ADAPT center assistant (2015-07/2018)
- Dr. Yu Du, Visiting scholar from Sun Yat-sen University, China (07/2018-08/2018)
- Dr. Masashi Minamide, Ph.D student (09/2014-05/2018)
- Wenjie Li, Masters student (01/2017-08/2018)
- Hui-Wen Lai, Masters student (08/2014-08/2018)
- Dr. Hans Chen, Ph.D student (09/2013-08/2018)
- Seungyoon Baek, Visiting master student from Seoul National University, Korean (10/07/2018-10/25/2018)
- Negin Hayatbini, Visiting Doctoral student, University of California, Irvin (11/07/2018-11/18/2018)
- Dr. Weizhong Zheng, Visiting scholar from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA · National Weather Service, USA (01/12/2019-01/19/2019)
- Dr. Zhiyong Meng, Visiting scholar from Peking University, China (01/12/2019-01/27/2019)
- Dr. Moussa Gueye, postdoctoral scholar (9/2018-6/2019), currently faculty at University of Kaolack, Senegal
- Dr. Tingting Qian, Visiting Scholar from Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences,China (02/25/19 - 08/24/2019)
- Lorenzo Minola, Visiting Ph.D Student from University of Gothenburg, Sweden (03/04/2019 - 05/02/2019)
- Alejandro Hermoso, Visiting Ph.D. Student from University of the Balearic Islands, Spain (04/2019-05/2019)
- Dr. Lingli Zhou, Visiting scholar from Zhejiang meteorological observatory. Hangzhou, China (05/10/2019 - 08/2020)
- Dr. Junhong Wei, Visiting scholar from Sun Yat-Sen University, China (06/29/2019 - 07/28/2019)
- Dr. Yu Du, Visiting scholar from Sun Yat-Sen University, China (07/14/2019 - 07/28/2019)
- Dr. James Ruppert, Assistant Research Professor, Currently Assistant Professor, School of Meteorology of University of Oklahoma (10/2018-12/2020)
- 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)
- Dr. Robert Nystrom, doctoral student, Ph.D awarded 08/2020, currently Postdoctoral Fellow at NCAR (07/2015 - 08/2020)
- Dr. Scott Sieron, graduated student, Masters awarded 2013, Ph.D awarded 12/2019 (2013-2019)
- Dr. Scott Sieron, Post Doctoral Scholar, currently Support Scientist of I. M. Systems Group Inc. (IMSG) (01/2020-08/2020)
- 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)
- Dr. Atsushi Okazaki, postdoctoral scholar (7/2019-2/2021), currently faculty at Hirosaki University, Japan
- 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
- Dr. Hartzel Gillespie, doctoral student, Ph.D. awarded 09/2021, currently postdoc at LPI
- Maria Morales-Cáez, Masters student, M.S. awarded 10/2021
- Zhifang Chen, Center Assistant, 2018-2021
- Paul Mykolajtchuk, M.S. awarded 6/2021
- Noah Polek-Davis, M.S. awarded 5/2022
- Justin Stow, Ph.D. awarded 6/2022
- Joseph Chan, Ph.D. awarded 9/2022, faculty at Ohio State University
- Chenli Wang, Visiting scholar from Nanjing University
- Katriella Tenembaum, M.S. awarded 2023
- Ben Townsend, Masters student, Geography
- Chris Hartman, Ph.D. awarded 2024
- Keenan Eure, Ph.D. awarded 2024, currently postdoc at NOAA
- Da Fan, Ph.D. awarded 2024
- Steven Rearden, M.S. student
- Nicholas Barron, Ph.D. awarded 2024