Dr. Jun Wang

Work Experience

• Sep. 2007 - present, Assistant professor, Department of Geosciences, University of Nebraska - Lincoln.

• Jan. 2008 - Aug. 2008, Visiting Assistant Research Scientist, Goddard Earth Sciences & Technology Center, work at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Earth Science Division & AEROCENTER)

• Apr 2009 - Aug 2009, Visiting faculty at Climate and Dynamics Division at National Center for Atmospheric Research.

Education

• Oct, 2005 - Sep. 2007, NOAA/UCAR Climate & Global Change Postdoctoral Fellow,  member in Atmospheric Chemistry modeling group and Environmental Chemistry group, Division of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University.

• June, 2005, Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science, University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), Huntsville, AL;

•  May 2002, Master degree in remote sensing of Atmospheric Science, University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), Huntsville, AL;

• July 1999, Master degree in Meteorology, Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China.

• July 1996, Bachelor degree in Meteorology, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology (NJIM), China

Research Interest

• Impact of aerosols on air quality, meteorology and global climate. Research approach include satellite remote sensing, data assimilation, chemistry-meteorology coupled modeling, and integration of these elements. See my publication and projects for details.

Awards

• NCAR Visiting Faculty Fellowship, 2009.

• NASA Earth Science NIP (New Investigator Program) award, 2008.

• Yorma Kaufman visiting scientist/faculty fellowship, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / Goddard Earth Sciences & Technology Center, Jan. 2008 - Aug. 2008.

• Invited participant (with grant of $2500) of the International Workshop: Aerosols in the Amazon - Changes and their Consequences from Past and Future Human Activities, February 18 - 22, 2008, Manaus, Amazônia, Brazil.

• Invited participant (with grant of $2500) of the Meteorology, Air Quality and Health Impacts in Singapore and other Asian Cities", 5 - 6 May 2008, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

• Travel award: invited participant and contributed speaker to the 4-th Annual NCAR Early Career Scientists Assembly (ECSA) Junior Faculty Forum on Future Scientific Directions (JFF), Boulder CO, August 1-3, 2006. Funding: $1000; Funding agency: NSF and NCAR Advanced Study Program.

• Early Career and New Faculty Scientist travel awards for participation in the ``Air Quality Remote Sensing from Space'' workshop held at NCAR, Boulder CO, February 21-23, 2006. Funding: $1000; Funding agency: NSF, NASA and NCAR.

• Travel awards for attending the Dissertation Initiative for Advancement of Climate Change Research DISCCRS II Symposium, March 26 - April 2, 2006. Funding covers expenses for a round-trip air flight,  hotel lodging, and per diem. Funding agency: NSF.

• NOAA Climate & Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship, Oct 2005 - 2007.

• NASA Earth System Science (ESS) Graduate Student Fellowship,  2004.

• Best student poster award in the 13^th Satellite and Oceanography conference, AMS, Sep 19 - 24, 2004, Norfolk, Virginia..

• Recipient selected and fully supported by NCAR Advance Study Program (ASP) to attend NCAR ASP summer colloquium on “Climate and Health, Boulder, CO, July 21 28, 2004.

• Global Change Scholarship, 84^th American Meteorology Society (AMS) Annual Meeting, Seattle WA, 2004.

• Recipient selected and fully supported by NCAR Advance Study Program (ASP) to attend NCAR ASP summer colloquium on “Data Assimilation for Atmospheric and Climate System Prediction, Boulder, CO, July 7 18, 2003.

• Best student poster award in the 12^th Satellite and Oceanography conference, 83^rd American Meteorology Society (AMS) Annual Meeting, Longbeach, CA, 2003.

• Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant, College of Science, University of Alabama in  Huntsville (UAH), Huntsville, AL, 2003.

• Presidential Scholarship of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1999, Beijing, China.

• Excellent Academic Scholarship 1992~1996, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, China.

Service

• Science definition team member for GEO-CAPE mission

• Science team member of FLAMBE(Fire Locating and Modeling of Burning Emissions) project, AMAZE (Amazonian Aerosol Characterization Experiment ) filed campaign, and CALIPSO (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation) satellite mission.

• Member of AGU, AMS, NASA Earth System Scholar Network (ESSN), NCAR Early Career Scientists Assembly, DOE ARM Aerosol Working Group (AWG). member of aerosol working group for NASA's GEO-CAPE mission.

• Reviewer for Journal of Geophysical Research, Geophysical Research Letter, Atmospheric Research, Atmospheric Environment, Journal of Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry, Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Society, and Annales Geophysicae, Remote Sensing of Environment.

• Reviewer for proposals submitted to NOAA, NASA, and NSF.

• Co-chair of the session entitled ``Impacts of Clouds and Aerosols on Terrestrial Carbon and Hydrological Cycles'' in 2005 AGU Fall Meeting.

• April 2001~ April 2002, Vice president of UAH (University of Alabama in Huntsville) student chapter of the American Meteorological Society.

• Founder member and President of the UAH Badminton Club, August 2000 October 2004.