Jun-Hong Liang

Dr. Jun-Hong Liang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences at Louisiana State University, with a joint appointment at the Center for Computation and Technology. He holds a PhD in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences from UCLA and conducts research in physical oceanography and ocean biogeochemical dynamics.

His research focuses on:

• Air-sea gas exchange processes
• Upper ocean turbulence and mixing
• Marine particle dynamics
• Gulf of Mexico environmental issues
• Ocean-atmosphere-wave interactions

Dr. Liang teaches courses including Introduction to Oceanography and Physical Oceanography. His publications primarily focus on ocean modeling, air-sea interactions, and turbulence parameterization, with recent work incorporating machine learning approaches.

Awards and honors:

• NSF CAREER Award (2020-2025)
• LSU Rising Faculty Research Award (2020)
• NASA Earth System Science Fellowship

He leads a research group with several graduate students and postdoctoral researchers focusing on ocean dynamics modeling and collaborates with national and international research teams on field studies.