Xun Jiang

Xun Jiang, Associate Professor at the University of Houston's Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, is a leading researcher in atmospheric carbon dioxide dynamics and planetary climate systems. Funded by NASA's OCO-2 and AIRS Science Teams, his work combines satellite observations with numerical modeling to study CO₂ sources/sinks, climate change impacts, and energy budgets of giant planets.

• Key research areas: Climate Change, Carbon Cycle Modeling, Planetary Science, Remote Sensing

Jiang's recent publications focus on planetary energy imbalances (Uranus, Saturn), wildfire impacts on atmospheric composition, ENSO climate interactions, and Amazonian trace gas variability. His work has been highlighted by EOS, Nature Communications, and PNAS media outlets.

He offers graduate research assistantships for students studying carbon/hydrological cycles, with required backgrounds in Physics, Meteorology, or Environmental Sciences. Current projects involve vertical CO₂ profiling from satellite data and extreme weather pattern analysis.

• Scientific Recognition:
  • NASA award for OCO-2 satellite carbon monitoring (2014)
  • Papers highlighted by EOS, Discover Magazine, and NASA science teams
  • PNAS 2022 results adopted by Wikipedia for Jupiter's bond albedo