About me

Earth’s climate is governed by the redistribution of energy through interactions among radiation, clouds, the atmosphere, and the ocean. Yet important uncertainties remain in how radiative perturbations are translated into atmospheric and cloud responses, and ultimately into changes in Earth’s energy imbalance and climate. My research seeks to identify these physical pathways by combining radiative transfer, high-resolution coupled climate modeling, and emerging satellite observations.

Currently, I am a postdoctoral research associate in the Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at Princeton University, working with Prof. Stephan Fueglistaler and Dr. Timothy Merlis on climate variability under climate change with a high-resolution coupled model, CM4X, featuring an atmosphere resolution of 50km and an ocean horizontal resolution of 0.25°, developed at Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. As part of this work, I curated a dataset comprising abrupt4xCO₂, 1pctCO₂, and a 10-member ensemble of historical + ssp585 experiments; details are available in Chen et al., 2026. I welcome inquiries from researchers interested in using the dataset or collaborating on related work.

I obtained my PhD from the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at McGill University, working with Prof. Yi Huang and Dr. Timothy Merlis with a focus on the radiative forcing and direct effects of greenhouse gases. Prior to my Ph.D., I got a master’s degree at National Taiwan University, where I studied the coupling of sea surface temperature, convection, radiation, and circulation with a cloud-resolving model, and a bachelor’s degree at National Tsing Hua University, majoring in physics.