Education Ph.D., Atmospheric Sciences, 2007, Georgia Institute of Technology(Dissertation: Land-atmosphere interaction and climate variability, advisor: Robert E. Dickinson) M.S., Meteorology, 2002, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China B.S., Meteorology, 1999, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, China Employment June 2017–present, Professor at Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology Sep. 2012–May 2017, Research Engineering/Scientist Associate IV / Lecturer at UT-Austin 2010–Aug. 2012, Research Scientist at Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA), Institute of Global Environment and Society (IGES) June 2007–2009, Postdoctoral Research Scientist at COLA, IGES