Bio

Xiangdong Zhang’s research interest lies in improving systematic understanding of variability, changes, and extreme events of the Arctic and Northern Hemisphere Earth system. His specialized areas include atmospheric circulation and storm track dynamics, Arctic-lower latitude linkages, atmosphere-sea ice-ocean-hydrology interactions, Arctic heat and water cycle, Arctic sea ice
mass balance, and associated extreme events. He has employed dynamic, statistical, and AI analysis approaches and Earth system model simulations to conduct his research in collaboration with his students, postdocs, and collaborators. His research results have been published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Nature Climate Change, Nature Geoscience, Nature Communications, Science Advances, Journal of Climate, Geophysical Research Letters, and other highly regarded journals. Many of the publications have been well cited in the scientific
community and reported and highlighted by media outlets.

Xiangdong Zhang has also served the national and international atmospheric and Earth system science communities and played various leadership roles in promoting cutting-edge research and developing future research plans. For example, he recently co-chaired the Research Priority Team 1 on the Role of the Arctic in the Global Earth System for the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)/the Fourth International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP IV) Processes. He served as the co-chair of the US CLIVAR Arctic-Midlatitude Working Group, a founding member of the international CLIVAR/CliC Northern Oceans Region Panel (NORP), and an international advisory board member of the EU Horizon 2020 Project PolarRES.

Prior to joining NCSU, he was a tenured professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

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Area(s) of Expertise

The Arctic Earth system and interactions with the global systems, atmospheric circulation dynamics, high and midlatitude storm tracks, atmosphere-ocean-sea ice interactions, Arctic energy and water cycle, Arctic sea ice mass balance, and extreme atmosphere, ocean, sea ice, and hydrological events.