July 2026: Our team has been selected as part of the inaugural cohort of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission. The project will develop AI-enabled approaches to advance the understanding and prediction of atmospheric rivers and high-impact weather and climate.

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More details in the Stanford Report: Stanford and SLAC to lead Genesis Mission projects

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July 2026: My student Lin Yao successfully defended her dissertation and earned her Ph.D. from UChicago! She will soon begin a CICOES Fellow at the University of Washington.

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Apr. 2026: My student Lin Yao has received a CICOES Fellowship at UW. ​Congratulations! 

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Mar. 2026: I joined the WGSIP/WGNE MJO Task Force, World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). 

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Oct. 2025: I joined the Department of Geophysics at Stanford. 

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Mar. 2025: My student Lin Yao has been named a 2025 GFD Fellow at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Congratulations Lin! Also, a big shout-out to Heng Quan for being selected as a GFD Fellow. It was a pleasure working with Heng during the last Rossbypalooza Summer School!

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Nov. 2024: Our work on atmospheric rivers was featured by UChicago News. 

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Nov. 2024: Our paper "Vapor Kinetic Energy for the Detection and Understanding of Atmospheric Rivers" was published in Nature Communications. 

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Aug. 2024: Our paper "Vapor-Buoyancy Feedback in an Idealized GCM" was published in the Journal of Climate. 

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Aug. 2024: My student Lin Yao has received an Outstanding Student Oral Presentation (OSOP) award for her presentation at the 24th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics (AMS). Congratulations Lin!

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July 2024: Our paper "Vertically Resolved Analysis of the Madden-Julian Oscillation Highlights the Role of Convective Transport of Moist Static Energy" was published in Geophysical Research Letters. 

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May 2024: I was interviewed by The Atlantic on clouds and climate change. 

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