Ian Chang
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Geographical Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, an R1 research institution. I was previously a research scientist in the School of Meteorology at the University of Oklahoma.
Our research group focuses on Aerosol, Cloud, Radiation, Precipitation, Air Quality, and Climate using remote sensing and Earth system models.
Ph.D., Atmospheric Science, University of Alabama in Huntsville (2018)
M.S., Geography, Northern Illinois University (2012)
B.S., Meteorology, Northern Illinois University (2010)
Chang et al. (2025) have been published in Nature Geoscience!
Key summary: We found that accounting for the diurnal cycle in low clouds more than doubles estimated aerosol radiative warming in the southeast Atlantic, according to radiative transfer modeling and satellite observations. Read full PDF here