Selected Awards
2018 Elected Fellow, American Geophysical Union.
2018 Faculty Scholar Medal in Physical Sciences, Penn State University
2018 Distinguished Chair, Gothenburg Chair Programme for Advanced Studies (GoCAS), Sweden
2017 Ranked first on the list of the most impactful scientists during 2011-2015 in the category of “Meteorology and Atmospheric Science” (based on ISI Web of Science data analytics by Chinese Academy of Sciences)
2017 Burgers Keynote Lecturer, The Burgers Program for Fluid Dynamics, University of Maryland
2016 The Nordenskjöld Lecturer, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
2015 Elected fellow, American Meteorological Society
2015 Group Achievement Award for leading Penn State’s participation in the Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) project, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
2015 Houghton Lecturer, Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate, MIT
2015 Rossby Fellow, International Meteorology Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
2014 Banner Miller Award, American Meteorological Society
2012 Paul F. Robertson Award for the EMS Breakthrough of the Year, Penn State
2011 E. Willard & Ruby S. Miller Faculty Fellowship, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Penn State
2009 The Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award, American Meteorological Society (link to press release)
2007 Outstanding Publication Award, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
2006 Distinguished Achievement Award for Faculty Research, College of Geosciences, Texas A&M
2004 Young Investigator Award, Office of Navy Research, Department of Navy