Xingang
FanEducation
- Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, 1996
- M.S. in Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou Institute of Plateau Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1992
- B.S. in Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, 1989
Employment History
- 2020 - Present, Professor,
Department of Geography & Geology, Western Kentucky University
(WKU)
- 2015 - 2020, Associate Professor,
Department of Geography & Geology, Western Kentucky University
(WKU)
- 2009 - 2014, Assistant Professor,
Department of Geography & Geology, Western Kentucky University
(WKU)
- 2008 - 2009, Research Assistant
Professor, GeoResources Institute, Mississippi State University (MSU)
- 2000 - 2007,
Visiting Scholar/Research Associate, Geophysical Institute,
University of Alaska
Fairbanks (UAF)
- 1998 - 2000, Research Center for Disastrous Weather, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing
- 1996 - 1998, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University
- 1989 - 1996, Lanzhou Institute of Plateau Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Research Interests
- Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP)
- Satellite data assimilation
- Arctic climate change
- Cloud climatology and cloud data assimilation
- Soil and climate
- Nonlinear climate dynamics
- Climate downscaling and applications
- Karst landscape and regional weather and climate
- Afforestation/reforestation and regional climate
Awards
2012 Gansu Province Science and Technology Progress Award, second prize, The Creation and Application of "Diqitu" Method on Short-term Climate Prediction. Science and Technology Progress Award Committee of Gansu, China
2000 "Tu Changwang Meteorological Science and Technology Award for Young Scientist".
1995 "Fang Shuquan" scholarship of Chinese Academy of Sciences
1992 "Bo-Ying" scholarship of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Membership
AMS American Meteorological Society
AGU American Geophysical Union