Tseng, S., K., Lu, C., Wu, C., Chen, submitted to JGR-A: The Dependence of Moist Vortex Intensification on Convection-Induced Moisture Distribution and Low-level Inflow: Insights for Tropical Cyclone Seed Genesis. September 12, 2025.
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11th NE Tropical Workshop, Albany, NY August, 2024
National Taiwan University Atmospheric Science Departmental Seminar (Invited Talk), Taipei, Taiwan May, 2024
Stony Brook University SoMAS Departmental Seminar (Invited Talk), Stony Brook, NY February, 2025
AGU Fall meeting (Talk), Washington, DC December, 2024
The Max A. Eaton Student Prize, AMS May, 2024
AMS’s 36th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology (Talk), Long Beach, CA May, 2024
National Taiwan University Atmospheric Science Departmental Seminar (Invited Talk), Taipei, Taiwan January, 2024
AGU Fall meeting (Poster), San Francisco, CA December, 2023
Midwest Student Conference on Atmospheric Research (Talk), Champaign, IL October, 2023
Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship, Purdue University 2023 – Present
AGU Fall meeting (Talk), Chicago, IL December, 2022
Midwest Climate Workshop (Poster), West Lafayette, IN September, 2022
Midwest Climate Workshop (Poster), West Lafayette, IN September, 2022
23rd Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics (Poster), Breckenridge, CO June, 2022
Outstanding Student Presentation Award (poster), AMS Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology Conference May, 2022
AMS's 35th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology (Poster), New Orleans, LA May, 2022
AGU Fall meeting (Talk), New Orleans, LA December, 2021
Graduate Teaching Award, Purdue University September, 2021
AMS's 34th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology (Talk), Virtual May, 2021
AMS Annual Meeting (Poster), Virtual January, 2021
AGU Fall meeting (Poster), Virtual December, 2020
Dean's Award of College of Science (Best Thesis Award), National Taiwan University June, 2017
5th Kyoto University and National Taiwan University Program (Poster), Kyoto, Japan November, 2016
AOGS 14th Annual Meeting (Poster), Singapore August, 2015