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Xiyue (Sally) Zhang

Associate Director and Assistant Professor, Atmospheric Sciences Graduate Program She/her/hers

Summary

Xiyue (Sally) Zhang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Research interests

  • Climate dynamics
  • Polar cloud dynamics and feedbacks
  • Extratropical-tropical teleconnection
  • Tracer transport
  • Climate variability and change

Courses taught

  • ATMS/GEOG 421/621: Climatology

Education

  • Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 2018
  • M.S. in Environmental Science and Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 2015
  • B.S. in Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, 2012

Selected publications