About

I am a fifth-year Ph.D. student at the University of Virginia working with Prof. Kevin Grise.

Prior to joining UVa, I obtained my bachelor degree from the College of Atmospheric Sciences at Lanzhou University and spent my third year in Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading, where I worked closely with Prof. Keith Shine.

Research Interest

I have a broad interest in our Earth’s climate system, especially the interactions between large-scale atmospheric circulations and clouds. My current research mainly focuses on understanding possible mechanisms controlling variabilities of the large-scale atmospheric circulation (particularly jet streams) both in current climate and in response to future climate change, examining how these processes are represented in climate models and trying to reduce unceratinty in future climate projections by developing “emergent constraint”. I’m also interested in applying machine learning and causal discovery methods to climate science.