Personal Information

Citizenship: China

Hometown: Suining, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China

Birthdate: July 11, 1982

Education Background

September 2007 - Present, Columbia University, New York

Advisors: Dr. Richard Seager, Prof. Mark Cane and Dr. Mingfang Ting

September 2000 - June 2007, Peking University, Beijing, China

2007 M.S. in Meteorology
Thesis title: Baroclinic Wave Packets in the Quasigeostrophic Two-layer Model
Advisor: Prof: Benkui Tan

2004 B.S. in Atmospheric Sciences
Thesis title: Analysis of Oceanic Rossby Waves in Eight different Areas with Different Latitudes in Pacific Ocean
Advisor: Prof. Benkui Tan

Research Experience

2007 - Present, Research Assistant with Dr. Richard Seager, Prof. Mark Cane and Dr. Mingfang Ting

2005 - 2007, Research Assistant with Prof. Benkui Tan

• Developing a quasigeostrophic two-layer numerical model to study the middle latitude baroclinic wave packets
• Participating in research project on stratosphere-troposphere interaction, sponsored by National Science Foundation

Teaching Experience

Fall 2008, Teaching Assistant, EESC W4401(Quantitative Models of Climate-Sensitive Natural and Human Systems),Columbia University

Instructor: Mingfang Ting and Tony Barnston

Spring 2006, Teaching Assistant, 533020 (Atmospheric Dynamics), Peking University

Instructor: Prof. Benkui Tan

Publications

Nie J, Wang P, Yang W and Tan BK (2008), Northern Hemisphere Storm Tracks in Strong AO Anomaly Winters, Atmospheric Science Letters, doi: 10.1002/asl.186

Yang, W., J. Nie, P. Lin, and B. Tan (2007),Baroclinic wave packets in an extended quasigeostrophic two-layer model, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L05822, doi:10.1029/2006GL029077

Honors&Awards

2007, Second Prize in "Zhong Shengbiao Education Foundation" Graduate Student Academic Forum

2004 - 2005, May 4th Scholarship

2004, Excellent Graduate of Beijing City

2004, Excellent Graduate of Peking University

2001 - 2004, Cyrus Tang Foundation Scholarship

2001 - 2002, Outstanding Undergraduate Student

2000, Outstanding Highschcool Student of Jiangsu Province

1999, First Prize in the National Mathematics Contest

1999, Second Prize in the National Biology Contest

1999, Third Prize in the National Physics Contest