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Professional Experiences

Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea

August 2022–Present Postdoctoral Researcher

Seoul National University, the Research Institute of Basic Sciences, Seoul, Korea

September 2020–July 2022 Postdoctoral Researcher

Chonnam National University, Department of Earth Science Education, Gwangju, Korea

September 2021–February 2022 Adjunct faculty (lecturer)

Prof. Roger K. Smith’s group, Meteorological Institute, University of Munich, Germany

Summer 2015 Visiting Graduate Student “NRF-DAAD Summer Institute Program”

Seoul National University, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul, Korea

Spring 2014 Teaching Assistant “Lab Class of Atmospheric Science”

Education

Seoul National University, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul, Korea

August 2020 Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science (a Master-PhD combined course)

Climate Physics Laboratory

Thesis title: ‘Evolution of deep convection associated with tropical cyclogenesis over the western North Pacific’

February 2013 B.S. in Atmospheric Science

Thesis title: ‘Long-term change in global cloud top height observed from two satellite sensors: MISR and MODIS’

Academic Contributions

2022 Tenth International Workshop on Tropical Cyclones (IWTC-10)
Participated as a member of working group (Topic 4.1)

2021 The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Climate Research Forum
Participated as a speaker representing early career scientists

Honors and Awards

2020 Global Research Travel Grant from Center for Women in Science, Engineering, and Technology (*Replaced as a publication fee support due to COVID-19)

2019 Best Student Poster Award in AOGS Annual Meeting

2013–2015 Kim’s Scholarship from SNU Alumni Union

2013–2014 BK 21 (PLUS) Graduate Fellowship

2011–2012 Baek’s Scholarship from SNU Development Fund

SNU Scholarship for the Dean’s List

SNU Scholarship of Student Labor

2009–2010 National Scholarship for Natural Sciences

Research Project Experiences

2021.6–2022.7 (Principle Investigator) Development of prediction system for tropical cyclone formation using an artificial intelligence algorithm

Funded by National Research Foundation of Korea

2020.5–2022.7 Development on the tropical cyclone objective analysis, prediction, assessment system and their guidance

Funded by Korean Meteorological Agency

2020 Tropical cyclone predictability assessment from the Korean Integrated Model (KIM) System

Funded by Korean Meteorological Agency

2015–2020 Technical development of vulnerability assessment for extreme climate

Funded by the Korean Ministry of Environment

2018–2019 Fundamental research to develop medium-range prediction system for tropical cyclone activity

Funded by Korean Meteorological Agency

Selected Conference Presentations

Chang M. and C.-H. Ho, Machine Learning Investigation on the Relative Importance among Various Attributes Affecting Tropical Cyclogenesis, Poster presentation at the 34th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, Virtual Meeting, May 2021.

Chang M., C.-H. Ho, J. C. L. Chan, M.-S. Park, S.-W. Son, and J. Kim, Tropical-Extratropical Interaction During the Formation of TC Peipah (2007) over the Western North Pacific, Oral presentation at the 34th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, Virtual Meeting, May 2021.

Chang M., C.-H. Ho, J. C. L. Chan, M.-S. Park, S.-W. Son, and J. Kim, Tropical-extratropical Interaction Associated with Tropical Cyclone Formation in the Western North Pacific: A Case Study of Peipah (2007), Poster presentation delivered at the AOGS Annual Meeting 2019, Asia Oceania Geoscience Society, Singapore, July, 2019.

Chang M., C.-H. Ho, J. C. L. Chan, M.-S. Park, S.-W. Son, and J. Kim, Extra-tropical influence on the formation of tropical cyclone in the western North Pacific: A case study of Peipah (2007), Oral presentation at the EGU General Assembly 2019, Copernicus Meetings, Vienna, April 2019.

Chang M., C.-H. Ho, J. C. L. Chan, M.-S. Park, S.-W. Son, and J. Kim, A case study on the extratropical influence on tropical cyclone Peipah (2007) formation over the western North Pacific, Oral presentation at the 21th SNU-Hokkaido Univ. Joint Symposium 2018, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, November, 2018.

Chang M. and C.-H. Ho, Comparison of multiday convective-environmental evolutions between TC developing vs. non-developing disturbances over the western North Pacific, Oral presentation at the 33rd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, April 2018.

Chang, M., C.-H. Ho, M.-S. Park, A case study on the stratospheric influence during tropical cyclone Peipah (2007) formation over the western North Pacific, Poster presentation at the International Conference of Women Scientists and Engineers Shaping the Future (BIEN2017), The Association of Korean Woman Scientists and Engineers, Seoul, August, 2017.

Chang M. and C.-H. Ho, Lower stratospheric influence on the formation of typhoon Peipah (2007) over the western North Pacific, Poster presentations at the Asian Conference on Meteorology, Korean Meteorological Society, Busan, October, 2017.

Chang, M., C.-H. Ho, and M.-S. Park, Comparison on multi-day convective-environmental evolution between developing and nondeveloping disturbances, Poster presentation at the International Conference on Mesoscale Convective System and High Impact Weather XI, Pukyong National University, Busan, April, 2016.

Chang, M., C.-H. Ho, M.-S. Park, Multi-day convective-environmental evolution prior to tropical cyclone formation from geostationary satellite measurements, Oral presentation at the EGU General Assembly 2016, Copernicus Meetings, Vienna, April, 2016.

Computer Languages

Python, IDL and some experience in Fortran.

Other Interests

2018 Finalist in SNU Business School Dean’s Tennis Tournament (Women’s Singles)

2018 Quarterfinalist in the Ladies’ Korean Chess Championship