Professional Experiences

• Associate Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Central University, Aug. 2024~present

• Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Central University, Feb. 2019~Jul. 2024

• Postdoc Researcher, Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, Aug. 2016~Jan. 2019

• Postdoc Researcher, Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, Jan. 2015~Jul. 2016

• Visiting Scholar, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Hawaii at Monoa, Sep. 2015~Aug. 2016

• Visiting Scholar, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China, May 2015~Jul 2015

Research Areas

(1) Climate and ocean circulation (e.g., climate and climate variability, large-scale atmospheric and oceanic circulations, atmosphere-ocean interactions, equatorial upwelling dynamics, feedback of ocean circulation on atmosphere);  (2) Multi-scale climate phenomenon (e.g., dynamics of ENSO diversity, impacts of ENSO combination mode, cross-basin interactions of equatorial zonal modes, modulations of local and remote climate phenomenon on subtropical gyres); (3) Theoretical modeling and diagnosis (e.g., theoretical modeling of equatorial upwelling, modeling of climate mean state and ENSO, impacts of falling ice radiative effects on ENSO simulation, diagnosis and improvement of coupled model performances).

Honors and Awards

• 2025: Outstanding Research Award, National Central University (中央大學研究傑出獎勵) 

• 2024: Ta-You Wu Memorial Award, National Science and Technology Council (國科會吳大猷先生紀念獎)

• 2024: Dr. Chia Chou's Research Rising Star Award, Meteorological Society of the Republic of China (中華民國氣象學會周佳博士研究新秀獎)

• 2023/08~2027/07: 2030 Cross Generation Young Scholars Program: Excellent Young Scholar Research Grants , National Science and Technology Council (國科會 2030 跨世代年輕學者方案 優秀年輕學者研究 計畫 )

•  2023, 2024: Excellent Thesis Contribution Award, National Central University  (中央大學優良論文貢獻獎二次 )

•  2022: Top 10 Journal Academic Research Achievement Award, College of Earth Sciences, National Central University  (中央大學地科院前10%學術論文獎勵)

•  2019~2021: Newly Hired Outstanding Faculty Award, National Central University  (中央大學新聘傑出教研人員獎勵)

Journal Article Publications (* corresponding author)

1. Li, Jui-Lin, Li-Chiao Wang*, Kuan-Man Xu, Yu-Cian Tsai, Yu-Sung Huang, Wei-Liang Lee, Jonathan H. Jiang, Ou Wang, Jia-Yuh Yu, Graeme Stephens, and Tzu-Yun Liu (2024): Exploring the relationship between upper ocean states and the falling ice radiative effects using ECCO product and global climate models. Environmental Research Communications, 6, 121009. https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ad9c1d

2. Wang, Li-Chiao* and Lin, Yu-Shen (2023): A Potential Reason for a More CP El Niño-like SSTA Performance in CMIP6 Simulations. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(23), e2023GL105092. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105092

3. Lin, Yu-Shen, Li-Chiao Wang*, and Jui-Lin F. Li (2023): Effects of equatorial ocean current bias on simulated El Niño pattern in CMIP6 models. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(8), e2023GL102890. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL102890

4. Wang, Li-Chiao*, Thi Lan Dao, Yong-Fu Lin, and Jia-Yuh Yu (2023): The dynamics of the equatorial Atlantic upwelling seasonal cycle under global warming and its potential impact on Pacific ENSO. Climate Dynamics, 61, 1757–1768. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-022-06654-x 【2024年中華民國氣象學會周佳博士研究新秀獎獲獎論文】

5. Wang, Li-Chiao, Yong-Fu Lin, and Chau-Ron Wu* (2022): Intensified modulation of the Pacific north equatorial current bifurcation by the southern annular mode since the early 1990s. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 21210. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25661-w

6. Wang, Li-Chiao*, Thi Lan Dao, and Jia-Yuh Yu (2022): Continued weakening of the equatorial Pacific upwelling annual cycle in CMIP5 future projections. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 15595. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-19874-2

7. Wang, Li-Chiao*, Jui-Lin F. Li, Kuan-Man Xu, Lan Thi Dao, Wei-Liang Lee, Jonathan H. Jiang, Eric Fetzer, Yi-Hui Wang, Jia-Yuh Yu, and Chao-An Chen (2021): The potential influence of falling ice radiative effects on Central-Pacific El Niño variability under progressive global warming, Environmental Research Letters, 16(12), 124062. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac3d56 

8. Dao, Lan Thi, Li-Chiao Wang, and Jia-Yuh Yu* (2021): Impacts of Madden-Julian Oscillation on tropical cyclone activity over the western North Pacific under global warming. Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 32(6), 1081-1096. https://doi.org/10.3319/TAO.2021.10.01.02

9. Li, Jui-Lin F.*, Wei-Liang Lee, Kuan-Man Xu, Jonathan Jiang, Eric Fetzer, Jia-Yuh Yu, Yi-Hui Wang, Graeme Stephens, and Li-Chiao Wang (2021): Linking global land surface temperature projections to radiative effects of hydrometeors under a global warming scenario. Environmental Research Letters, 16(8), 084044. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac153c

10. Li, Jui-Lin F.*, Kuan-Man Xu, Wei-Liang Lee, Jonathan Jiang, Yi-Hui Wang, Eric Fetzer, Jia-Yuh Yu, and Li-Chiao Wang (2021): Comparisons of radiation-circulation coupling over the tropical and subtropical ocean between AMIP6 and CMIP6. Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 32(1), 89-112. https://doi.org/10.3319/TAO.2020.09.17.01

11. Li, Jui-Lin F.*, Kuan-Man Xu, Mark Richardson, Wei-Liang Lee, Jonathan Jiang, Jia-Yuh Yu, Yi-Hui Wang, Eric Fetzer, Li-Chiao Wang, Graeme Stephens, and Hsin-Chien Liang (2020): Annual and seasonal mean tropical and subtropical precipitation bias in CMIP5 and CMIP6 models. Environmental Research Letters, 15(12), 124068. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abc7dd 

12. Li, Jui-Lin F.*, Kuan-Man Xu, Jonathan Jiang, Wei-Liang Lee, Li-Chiao Wang, Jia-Yuh Yu, Graeme Stephens, Eric Fetzer and Yi-Hui Wang (2020): An overview of CMIP5 and CMIP6 simulated cloud ice, radiation fields, surface wind stress, sea surface temperature and precipitation over tropical and subtropical oceans. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125(15), e2020JD032848. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD032848 

13. Wang, Li-Chiao* and Jia-Yuh Yu (2019): Dynamics of Upwelling Annual Cycle in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean. Sustainability, 11(18), 5038. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11185038

14. Wu, Chau-Ron*, Li-Chiao Wang, Y.-L. Wang, Y.-F. Lin, T.-L. Chiang, and Y.-C. Hsin (2019): Coherent response of Vietnam and Sumatra-Java upwellings to cross-equatorial winds. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 3650. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40246-w

15. Wang, Li-Chiao, Fei-Fei Jin*, and Chau-Ron Wu (2017): Dynamics of simulated Atlantic upwelling annual cycle in CMIP5 models. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 122(7), 5774-5785. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JC012781

16. Wang, Li-Chiao, Fei-Fei Jin*, Chau-Ron Wu, and Huang-Hsiung Hsu (2017): Dynamics of upwelling annual cycle in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 44(8), 3737-3743. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL072588

17. Wang, Li-Chiao, Chau-Ron Wu* and Bo Qiu (2014): Modulation of Rossby waves on the Pacific North Equatorial Current bifurcation associated with the 1976 climate regime shift. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119(10), 6669-6679. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JC010233

18. Wu, Chau-Ron* and Li-Chiao Wang (2013): Contrasting the evolution between two types of El Niño in a data assimilation model. Ocean Dynamics, 63, 577-587. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10236-013-0610-8

19. Wang, Li-Chiao and Chau-Ron Wu* (2012): Contrasting the flow patterns in the equatorial Pacific between two types of El Niño. Atmosphere-Ocean, 51(1), 60-74. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07055900.2012.744294