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Tian's Curriculum Vitae

Education

• Ph.D. in oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 2002.
  
• M.S. in meteorology, Department of Geophysics, Peking University, P. R. China. 1996.
  
• B.S. in meteorology, Department of Geophysics, Peking University, P. R. China, 1992.
  

Professional Experience

• 2009-present: Scientist III, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA.
  
• 2008-present: Visiting Assistant Researcher, Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
• 2008-2009: Visiting Independent Advisor (VIA), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA.
  
• 2004-2007: Postdoctoral Scholar, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA.
  
• 2002-2004: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Program in Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
  
• 1996-2002: Graduate Student Researcher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA.
  
• 1993-1996: Graduate Student Researcher, Department of Geophysics, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China.
  
• 1992-1993: Research Assistant, Department of Geophysics, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China.
  

Professional Activities

• Reviewer of proposals for NASA, NSF, NOAA, and DOE.
• Reviewer of manuscripts for Advances in Space Research, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Atmospheric Science Letters, Central European Journal of Geosciences, Climate Dynamics, Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, Geophysical Research Letters, International Journal of Climatology, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Journal of Climate, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, and Monthly Weather Review.
• Session chair, 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change, 2008 AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
• Session chair, Climate Processes and Other Research Applications Enabled by Satellite Sounders, Imagers and Profilers, 2010 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
• Member of American Geophysical Union, and American Meteorological Society.