Zhibo Zhang

Honors Received:

2016 International Radiation Commission (IRC) Young Scientist Award

2014 NASA New (Early Career) Investigator Program Award

2013 ~ Present Member of NASA PACE Mission Science Definition Team

2011 ~ Present Member of NASA MODIS Science Team

2013 ~ Present Member of NASA CALIPO/CloudSat Science Team

2007 AGU 2007 Fall Meeting Outstanding Student Paper Award

2005 Geosciences Graduate Excellence Scholarship, TAMU

2000 People’s Scholarship, Nanjing University, China

1998 People’s Scholarship, Nanjing University, China

Research Support and/or Fellowships:

1. Awarded/Current

Project/Proposal Title: CyberTraining: DSE: Cross-Training of Researchers in Computing, Applied Mathematics and Atmospheric Sciences using Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Resources

Source of Support: NSF

Award Number: OAC-1730250

UMBC Award Amount: $499,971

Award Period Covered: 09/01/17 – 08/31/20

Location of Project: UMBC

Role: Co-I

Ave. Person-Months /Year: 0.5

Project/Proposal Title: Efficient and Flexible Aggregation and Distribution of MODIS Atmospheric Products based on Climate Analytics-as-a-Service Framework

Source of Support: NASA

Award Number: 17-CMAC17-0004

UMBC Award Amount: $274,953

Award Period Covered: 03/27/18 – 03/26/20

Location of Project: UMBC

Role: Co-I

Ave. Person-Months /Year: 1.0

Project/Proposal Title: Understanding the Variability and Net Radiative Effect of Mineral Dust in Recent Decades by Using Satellite Measurements from Terra, Aqua, and Suomi NPP

Source of Support: NASA

Award Number: 17-TASNPP17-0141

UMBC Award Amount: $217,996

Award Period Covered: 07/01/17 – 06/30/20

Location of Project: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Role: Co-I

Ave. Person-Months /Year: 1.0

Pending:

Project/Proposal Title: Improving our understanding on the Link between Aerosols, Marine Stratocumulus Clouds and Radiative Effects: Combining Novel Cloud Classification Approach with Satellites, Airborne Observations and Climate Models

Source of Support: NASA

Proposal Number: 18-ACMAP18-0111

UMBC Budget: $92,861

Award Period Covered: 05/01/18 – 04/30/21

Location of Project: NASA Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL)

Role: Co-I

Ave. Person-Months /Year: 1.0

Project/Proposal Title: Using CloudSat and CALIPSO observations to assess and inform Global Climate Model hydrometeor generators about the horizontal and vertical subgrid variability of clouds and precipitation

Source of Support: NASA

Proposal Number: 18-CCST18-0046

UMBC Budget: $126,105

Award Period Covered: 07/01/18 – 06/30/21

Location of Project: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Role: Co-I

Ave. Person-Months /Year: 1.0

Project/Proposal Title: Using IIR, CALIOP and Other Satellite Observations to Better Understand the Thermal Infrared Optical Depth and Radiative Effects of Dust Aerosols

Source of Support: NASA

Proposal Number: 18-CCST18-0063

UMBC Budget: $584,408

Award Period Covered: 07/01/18 – 06/30/21

Location of Project: UMBC

Role: PI

Ave. Person-Months /Year: 1.2

Project/Proposal Title: Investigate the Radiative and Microphysical Effects of Above-cloud Dust Aerosols in North-East Atlantic

Source of Support: NASA

Proposal Number: 19-EARTH19-0171

UMBC Budget: $135,000

Award Period Covered: 09/01/19 – 08/31/22

Location of Project: UMBC

Role: PI (Student fellowship)

Ave. Person-Months /Year: 0.0

Project/Proposal Title: Characterizing the Variation and Covariation of

Cloud Microphysical Properties and Implications for Simulation of

Subgrid-scale Warm-Rain Processes in Earth System Models

Source of Support: DOE

UMBC Budget: $598,016

Award Period Covered: 09/01/19 – 08/31/22

Location of Project: UMBC

Role: PI

Ave. Person-Months /Year: 1.0

3. Completed

2013~2016 Title: “Investigating the Impacts of Absorbing Aerosols Overlying Marine Boundary Layer Clouds over the Southeast Atlantic Ocean: Aerosol-Adjusted Cloud Optical Properties and Aerosol Direct Radiative Forcing”

Role: Co-I

Funding Agency: NASA

2013~2016 Title: “Enhancing CALIPSO’s Capability of Measuring Above-Cloud Absorbing Aerosols and Assessing Aerosol Long-Range Transport and Radiative Effects Through an A-Train Integration”

Role: Co-I

Funding Agency: NASA

2014~2017 Title: “Quantifying the direction radiative effects of above-cloud aerosols over global ocean using multiple NASA datasets”

Role: PI

Funding Agency: NASA

2014~2017 Title: “Using MODIS, ASTER, CloudSat and large-eddy-simulation to better understand the microphysical and optical properties of heterogeneous and precipitating marine boundary layer clouds”

Role: PI

Funding Agency: NASA

2014~2017 Title: “Investigating cloud horizontal structure and 3D radiative transfer effects on passive remote sensing of marine boundary layer clouds: An integrated study of NASA field campaign data and large-eddy simulations”

Role: PI (My student’s NASA fellowship)

Funding Agency: NASA

2014~2017 Title: “Retrieval Studies In Support of Cloud Property Products from the PACE Ocean Color Imager ”

Role: Co-I

Funding Agency: NASA

2015~2018 Title: “EVALUATION OF NCAR CAM5 SIMULATED MARINE BOUNDARY LAYER CLOUD PROPERTIES USING A COMBINATION OF SATELLITE AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS”

Role: PI

Funding Agency: DOE

2011~2014 Title: “Toward a better understanding of the vertical structure of marine boundary layer clouds using MODIS observations and large-eddy simulation models”

Role: PI

Funding Agency: NASA