Bio

I am Yan-Ning Kuo, from Taiwan. I work with Flavio Lehner at Cornell University, with a major concentration in atmospheric science and minors in eco-hydrology and biogeochemistry. My dissertation focuses on using climate model simulations across hierarchy to tease out forced response for attributing regional changes (latest publications: Kuo et al., 2026; Kuo et al., 2025; Kuo et al., 2023).

Prior to my Ph.D., I earned my B.S. in Atmospheric Sciences from National Taiwan University (NTU) in 2020. I worked on an honored thesis with Min-Hui Lo (published as Kuo et al. 2021). In the honored thesis, I investigated how different types of extreme El Niños induce distinct global mean sea level anomalies through their distinct global teleconnection in terrestrial water, with a combination of observation-based data (GRACE, Argo float, ECCO and ORAS5 reanalysis, and RACMO simulations) and CESM offline simulations with CLM5.

I am interested in how Earth's water cycle responds to climate variability and change. Topics include mid-latitude climate dynamics, teleconnection, precipitation, sea levels, terrestrial water, and the cryosphere (Arctic sea ice and Greenland mass balance). Please see What I do for more details.