Yongjiu Dai, Qingyun Duan, John Moore, Xiaogu Zheng

Yongjiu Dai， Chinese, Doctor Tutor, Chang Jiang Professor, Gainer of China Outstanding Youth Award (2003-2006).

Education
1983-1987 B.S. Mathematics, Jilin University
1987-1990 M.S. Atmospheric Physics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences 1990-1995 PhD Climate Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Professional Experiences
1995- 1997 Assistant Research Scientist, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1997- 2000 Assistant Research Scientist, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona. 
2000- 2003 Research Scientist II, School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Tech.
2002 – 2009.3 Professor School of Geography, Beijing Normal University,
2009.4-present Chief Scientist, College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University

Professor Yongjiu Dai mainly works on land surface model, and Land – Atmosphere Interaction from 1990s. Research interests cover Land surface processes parameterization, Frozen Earth, Plant Physiological Ecology, East Asian Monsoon, Tibet Plateau and China Northwestern Environmental Evolution.

Specific academic achievement:
(1) Development of IAP/CAS land surface model (IAP94):
(2) Development of the common land model (CLM)
(3) A two-big-leaf model for canopy temperature, photosynthesis, and stomatal conductance
(4) The regional atmosphere – ecosystem – soil assimilation system

Qinyun Duan, American, Professor.

Education

1978-1982 B.S. Hydro Power Engineering, Wuhan University
1984-1987 M.S. Water Resources Administration, University of Arizona
1987-1991 PhD Hydrology, University of Arizona

Professional Experiences

1992-1994 Postdoctoral Fellow, Hydrologic Research Laboratory, NWS/NOAA,
1994-1997 Research Scientist, GCIP Core Project, Office of Hydrology, UCAR Offsite at NOAA
1997-2003 Group Leader and Research Scientist, Special Studies Group, Hydrology Laboratory, NOAA, Silver Spring, Maryland
2004-2009.3 Research Scientist, Atmosphere, Earth and Energy Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Research interests:

Professor Duan mainly works on Hydrology, Hydrological modeling and calibration, soil/vegetation/atmosphere interactions, climate change impacts on water resources, statistical methods for risk and uncertainty analyses.

Specific academic achievements:

(1)Development of Bayesian statistical techniques for assessing uncertainty of dynamic models
(2) Leading the international Model Parameter Estimation Experiment
(3) Development of North American Land Data Assimilation System
(4) Investigation of the impacts of climate change on water resources

John Moore, British, Professor.

Education & Professional Experiences

1989 Ph.D. British Antarctic Survey
1989- 1990 Research Fellow Japan Society for Promotion of Science
1990- 1993 Scientist British Antarctic Survey
1993- 2007 Senior Researcher Arctic Centre, University of Lapland
2007- 2009 Professor University of Lapland Arctic Centre & University of Oulu Thule Institute
He is awarded first Joint Professorship between two universities ever in Finland in 2007.
He won the prize of Best Scientific publication from Tallinn University in 2002.

Rsearch Interests

Professor John Moore mainly works on Paleoclimate, glaciology, climate system, climate ethics and public outreach, Paleoclimate in ice cores, radar-glaciology and time series analysis.

Xiaogu Zheng, New Zealander, Professor.

Professor Zheng is the Recipient of 2007 Edward Kidson Medal awarded by the New Zealand Meteorological Society for the most outstanding academic research in New Zealand.

Education & Professional Experiences

1981-1985 PhD Mathematics, Beijing Normal University
1985-1987 Associate professor Department of Mathematics
Beijing Normal University
1987-1990 Postdoctoral fellow, Institute of Statistics and Operation Research, Victoria University of Wellington
1990-2009 Senior scientist National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand Climate forecasting

Specific academic achievements:

(1)The theory of potentially predictable patterns of climate fields
(2)Seasonal forecasting for general circulation in Southern Hemisphere and New Zealand temperature and rainfall
(3)Estimation of forecast error statistics for ensemble Kalman filtering data assimilation
(4)Inference on global worming trends
(5)Improvement of mapping methodologies for climate risk analysis
(6)Climate downscaling, Statistical Seismology