Associate Professor
Florida International University
Department of Earth Sciences
zhup@fiu.edu

Ping Zhu is experienced in simulating atmospheric boundary layer turbulence and mixing processes in hurricane and non-hurricane conditions using large eddy simulations (LES). He has published 16 peer-reviewed papers on atmospheric boundary layer processes and hydrocarbon transport in the lower atmosphere. He recently published an innovative LES forecasting/hindcasting approach that can be nested in mesoscale models to simulate boundary layer transport in all weather conditions. Dr. Zhu was awarded an NSF Career Award and has organized two GEWEX Cloud System Study (GCSS) evaluations.