Xiyue (Sally) Zhang

(she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor @ UNR

Chinese woman wearing glasses, dressed in a Hawaiian shirt, in front of a blackboard

I am an Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Science in the Department of Physics at the University of Nevada, Reno. Previously, I was a research scientist at Johns Hopkins University and an Advanced Study Program postdoc at NCAR. I received my PhD at Caltech, working with Professor Tapio Schneider.

My research interests include climate dynamics (extratropical-tropical teleconnection, tracer transport) and polar climate (cloud feedback).

You can find out more about my research here.

I am looking for a motivated postdoc to work on Southern Ocean teleconnection to join my group. Please contact me via email if you're interested.

E-mail: xiyuez [at] unr.edu

News and Announcements

12/15/2025

Peter Forson will be presenting his work on "Non-Monotonic Northern Hemisphere Precipitation and Circulation Response to Consecutive CO2 Doublings" at the AGU Fall Meeting 2025 in New Orleans.

12/9/2024

Sally will be presenting her new work on "Robust yet diverse Southern Ocean teleconnection from Antarctic Meltwater: Insights from SOFIA" at the AGU Fall Meeting 2024 in Washington DC!

11/28/2024

A new paper looking at the (non)linearity of multi-model response to CO2 forcing is published on Environmental Research: Climate.

09/04/2024

Sally's new paper published in npj Climate and Atmospheric Sciences was featured in NEVADAToday: Researchers use observations to remove bias in climate models in Southern Hemisphere

06/27/2024

Sally answered questions about how rainbows form in recognition of Pride Month: Ask the Professor: How do rainbows form?

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