I am a climate scientist studying climate dynamics and climate change. My research focuses on large-scale interactions in the coupled climate system, such as atmosphere-ocean interactions and tropics-extratropics teleconnections, and how these dynamic processes are coupled with the Earth's radiative responses and climate sensitivity to anthropogenic and natural forcings.
I use climate models (both complex global climate models and idealized conceptual models) and observations to better understand the fundamental physics of the coupled climate system.
My group is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher position in global climate dynamics, with a focus on surface warming patterns in a changing climate. The candidate will contribute to advancing mechanistic understanding of recent observed surface temperature trends and their implications for regional climate dynamics and future climate projections. The project involves developing and analyzing global climate model simulations, including the Community Earth System Model (CESM) and CMIP archive.
For more information regarding the position and application, please visit the Opening page. Email me if you have any questions!
2024/11 - present: Assistant Professor, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, UCLA
2023 - 2024: Research Scientist, University of Colorado Boulder/CIRES
2022 - 2023: NOAA C&GC Postdoctoral Fellow, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University (host: Prof. Lorenzo Polvani)
2016 - 2021: PhD, Atmospheric Sciences (concurrent MS degree in Applied Mathematics), University of Washington. (Advisors: Prof. Kyle Armour and Prof. David Battisti)
2012 - 2016: B.E. International Development Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan (Advisor: Prof. Manabu Kanda)