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Lei Wang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at Purdue University. His expertise lies in large-scale atmospheric dynamics, climate change, extreme weather events, and jetstream dynamics. He holds a Ph.D. in Geophysical Sciences from the University of Chicago and a B.S. in Atmospheric Sciences from Ocean University of China. Prior to his current position, he served as a Post-doctoral Fellow at Harvard University's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.
Wang teaches courses on Physics of Climate and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. His research investigates mid-latitude atmospheric wave dynamics, particularly extreme weather and climate events. He leads the Weather and Climate Dynamics Laboratory and actively recruits graduate students focusing on theoretical and numerical models of atmospheric processes. His work emphasizes geophysical fluid dynamics applications, including jetstream dynamics and the weather-climate continuum.
Key research themes include moisture's role in mid-latitude circulation and interdisciplinary education through Purdue's Computational Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs. Wang collaborates on projects involving computational modeling and data-driven analysis of atmospheric phenomena.
Recent publications span heavy-ion collision dynamics, QCD matter properties, and experimental methods in particle physics, reflecting a unique intersection of atmospheric and high-energy physics methodologies. His contributions address fundamental questions in both atmospheric science and relativistic nuclear physics.
