I am a climate scientist specializing in dynamics and impacts of large-scale climate variability and change.

I have a broad interest in understanding the multi-scale interactions of the Earth system, encompassing the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere, and land surface. Additionally, I explore the societal implications of climate teleconnections and their effects on regional climates and extreme events. Leveraging our understanding of the physical mechanisms governing these interactions, we aim to enhance our ability to predict future climate changes and their impacts. For more details on my research, see Research and Publications.

My tools include theoretical approaches, statistical analysis, machine learning and hierarchies of climate modeling, ranging from simple models to the state-of-the-art earth system models.

Interests
  • Climate Dynamics and Predictability
  • El Niño–Southern Oscillation
  • Pantropical Climate Interactions
  • Atmospheric Waves & Teleconnections
  • Paleoclimate
Education
  • PhD in Meteorology, 2016

    Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • BS in Atmospheric Sciences, 2011

    Lanzhou University

Latest

  1. Abrupt shift of El Niño periodicity under CO2 mitigation
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(25), e2426048122 Jun 2025
  2. Interdecadal to multidecadal variability of East Asian summer monsoon over the past half millennium
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127(30), e2022JD037260 Oct 2022
  3. Roman Warm Period and Late Antique Little Ice Age in an Earth system model large ensemble
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127(16), e2021JD035832 Aug 2022
  4. Understanding Lead Times of Warm Water Volumes to ENSO Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies
    Geophysical Research Letters, 48(19), e2021GL094366 Sep 2021
  5. ENSO Dynamics in the E3SM-1-0, CESM2, and GFDL-CM4 Climate Models
    Journal of Climate, 34 (23), 9365-9384 Sep 2021
  6. Simple ENSO Models
    Geophysical Monograph Series: El Niño Southern Oscillation in a Changing Climate. eds: A. Santoso, W. Cai, and M. J. McPhaden, 119-151 Oct 2020
  7. Longer duration of the weak stratospheric vortex during extreme El Niño events linked to spring Eurasian coldness
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125(16):e2019JD032331 Jul 2020
  8. The Effects of the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool on the Stratosphere
    Climate Dynamics, 51(11-12):4043-4064 Jan 2018
  9. Polar Amplification Dominated by Local Forcing and Feedbacks
    Nature Climate Change, 8(12):1076-1081 Jan 2018
  10. Revisiting ENSO/Indian Ocean Dipole Phase Relationships
    Geophysical Research Letters, 44(5):2481–2492 Mar 2017
  11. The responses of the Hadley circulation to different meridional SST structures in the seasonal cycle
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122(15):7785-7799 Jan 2017
  12. The spatial distribution of precipitation over the West Qinling region, China, AD 1470--2000
    Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 443:278-285 Jan 2016
  13. Influence of the Summer NAO on the Spring-NAO-Based Predictability of the East Asian Summer Monsoon
    Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 55(7):1459-1476 Jan 2016
  14. A Statistical Downscaling Model for Summer Rainfall over Pakistan
    Climate Dynamics, 47(7-8):2653-2666 Jan 2016