Zaitao Pan

Zaitao Pan is a Professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Saint Louis University's School of Science and Engineering. His research focuses on regional climate changes, mesoscale atmospheric phenomena, land surface processes, and ecosystem modeling, with interdisciplinary applications in geophysics and phytopathology.

• Ph.D., Iowa State University (1996)
• M.S., University of the Philippines (1983)
• B.S., Nanjing University (1978)

Pan's work examines the interplay between climate systems and terrestrial ecosystems, particularly through land-atmosphere interactions, mesoscale weather dynamics, and climate change impacts on agricultural systems. His research includes modeling climate anomalies like "warming holes" and analyzing soybean rust dispersal patterns.

Recent publications highlight his contributions to understanding climate feedback mechanisms, hydrological processes in flood simulations, and the influence of land use changes on regional climate systems. He has extensively studied the 1993 Midwest flood and developed methods for improving regional climate simulations through land surface parameterization.