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Vitae of Professor K. N. Liou
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APPOINTMENTS
= Founding Director, Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering (JIFRESSE), UCLA, 2006-Present
= Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, UCLA, 2004-Present
= Chair, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, UCLA, 2000-2004
= Director, Institute of Radiation and Remote Sensing (IRRS), UCLA, 1997-2006
= Professor, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 1997-Present; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 2003-Present; Electrical Engineering, 2011-Present, UCLA
= Chairman, Department of Meteorology, University of Utah, 1996-1997
= Director, Center for Atmospheric and Remote Sounding Studies (CARSS), University of Utah, 1987-1997
= Professor, 1980-1997; Associate Professor, 1975-1980, Department of Meteorology, University of Utah
= Adjunct Professor, Meteorology, 1997-; Physics, 1992-2006; Geology and Geophysics, 1992-1997, University of Utah
= Assistant Professor (Res.), University of Washington, 1972-1974
= Visiting Professor/Scientist, Caltech/JPL, 2004; U. of Arizona, 1995; Taiwan U., 1995; Peking U., 1991; Harvard U., 1985; UCLA, 1981; NASA/Ames, 1980/81; NCAR, 1975/76; Research Associate, GISS/Columnbia U., 1970-1972PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
Undergraduate Institution: National Taiwan University, B.S.
Graduate Institution: New York University, Ph.D.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member: American Meteorological Society, American Geophysical Union, Optical Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Academy of Engineering, Academia Sinica
Recognitions and Awards
= Received the Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal from the American Meteorological Society for "international leadership and seminal contributions to improving the theory and application of atmospheric radiative transfer and its interactions with clouds and aerosols," 2018.
= Recieved the COAA (Chinese Amcerican Oceanic & Atmospheric Association) Lifetime Contribution Award, 1/2018.
= Elected a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2017.
= Received a Distinguished Alumnus Award (for Academic achievement) from National Taiwan University, 2013
= Received the Roger Revelle Medal from the American Geophysical Union for “outstanding contributions in atmospheric sciences, atmosphere-ocean coupling, atmosphere-land coupling, biogeochemical cycles, climate, or related aspects of the Earth system,” 2013.
= Received the IRC (International Radiation Commission) Quadrennial Gold Medal for “contributions of lasting significance to the field of radiation research,” 2012.
= Delivered an invited Distinguished Lecture in Atmospheric Sciences at the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) 8th annual meeting, Taipei, Taiwan, August 9, 2011
= Received the COSPAR (Committee on Space Research, ICSU) Biennial William Nordberg Medal, for “outstanding contributions to the application of space science,” 2010.
= Received the award certificate for the Nobel Peace Prize bestowed on IPCC for substantial contributions to the work of IPCC,” 2007.
= Elected an Honorary Member of the Meteorological Society of the Republic of China in Taiwan, 2006
= Elected a member of the Academia Sinica (Chinese Academy of Sciences, ROC), 2004
= Received a Distinguished Achievement Award, Chinese Engineers and Scientists Society of S. California, 2004
= Received a Distinguished Visiting Scientist appointment from JPL/Caltech, 2004-
= Received an Honorary Professorship, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2002
= Elected a Fellow of the American Association of the Advancement of Science, 2000
= Elected a Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 1999
= Received the Jule G. Charney Award from the American Meteorological Society for "pioneering work in the theory and application of radiative transport and its interaction with clouds," 1998.
= Elected an Honorary Member, Chinese American Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, 1998
= Received a Creativity Award from the Atmospheric Sciences Division, National Science Foundation for "Light Scattering by Ice Crystals: Theory and Experiment," 1996.
= Elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, 1996
= Elected a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society, 1987
= Elected a Fellow of the Optical Society of America, 1983
= Received David P. Gardner Fellow Award from the University of Utah, 1978
= Received Founder's Day Award from New York University, 1971Committee and Conference Affiliations
Editorial Affiliations
= Member, Council of Academia Sinica (CAS in Taiwan), 2017-2020.
= Chair, Roger Revelle Medal Committee, American Geophysical Union, 2017-2020; Member, 2015-2016.
= Co-Chair, Review Committee, Institute of Earth Sciences and Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, 2015
= Chair, Atmospheric Sciences Section Fellows Committee, American Geophysical Union, 2013-2014
= Reviewer, IPCC Fifth Assessment Report; Chapter 7: Clouds and Aerosols, 2012
= Member, Nominating Committee, National Academy of Engineering, 2011-2013
= Chair, Mathematical and Physical Sciences Section, Presidential Science Prize of Taiwan, 2011
= Chair, Section 12, Special Fields and Interdisciplinary Engineering, National Academy of Engineering, 2008-2010 (Vice Chair, 2006-2008)
= Member, National Academy of Engineering, Committee on Membership, 2008-2011; Peer Committee (Section 12), 2003-2006
= Chair, Search Committee for Director, Res. Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, 2011-2012
= Member, Visiting Review Committee, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, November 2010
= Invited Discussion Leader, “Absorbing Aerosols: Asian Monsoon and Climate Sensitivity,” Gordon Research Conference on Radiation and Climate, New London, New Hampshire, July 2009
= Member and Chair, Visiting Review Committee, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University and National Taiwan University, March 2009
= Report Review Monitor and Coordinator, and Report Reviewer, Division of Earth and Life Studies, NRC/NAS, 2002-2008
= Chair, Fellows Committee, Meteorological Society of the Republic of China, 2007
= Member, Union Fellows Committee, American Geophysical Union, 2002-2006
= Member, Atmospheric Sciences Section Executive Committee, American Geophysical Union, 1996-2005
= Chair, Advisory Committee, Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, 2004-2010
= Member, Advisory Panel, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China, 2005-
= Chair, Visiting Review Committee, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan University, March, 2004 (and 1999)
= Chair, Visiting Review Committee, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, October, 2003
= External Reviewer, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 2004
= Member, Atmospheric Sciences Program Reconfiguration Panel, Department of Energy, November, 2003
= Member, Advisory Committee, Center for Clouds, Chemistry and Climate, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1997-2003
= Member, Scientific Committee, Chapman Conference on Atmospheric Absorption of Solar Radiation, American Geophysical Union, January-August 2001
= Chair, Advisory Panel, Environmental Change Research, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, 2000-2004
= Convener, Section for Radiative Transfer Theory, International Radiation Symposium, Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 2000
= Member, Review Committee, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado, October 1999
= Chair, First International Asia-Pacific Symposium on Remote Sensing: Atmosphere, Environment, and Space, Beijing, China, September 1998
= Convener, Radiative Properties of Clouds, International Radiation Symposium, Fairbanks, Alaska, August 1996
= Member, International Radiation Commission/IAMAS, 1992-2000
= Chair, Scientific Committee, the Inner Mongolia Grassland Surface-Atmosphere Experiment (IMGRASS), 1992-1997
= Chair, U.S. Steering Committee, the Heihe Basin Field Experiment (HEIFE) in W. China, 1986-1989
= Chair, Beijing International Radiation Symposium, Beijing, China, August 1986
= Member, Panel for International Satellite Cloud Climatology Program, Climate Research Committee, NRC/NAS, 1984-1987
= Member, Committee on Clouds and Radiation, IAMAP/IAPSO Joint Assembly, 1985
= Chair, Fifth Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, American Meteorological Society, Baltimore, directed a special Symposium on Clouds, Radiation and Climate, November 1983
= Chair, Committee on Atmospheric Radiation, American Meteorological Society, 1982-1984; Member, 1977-1984, 1992-1995
= Reviewer, IPCC Fifth Assessment Report; Chapter 7: Clouds and Aerosols, 2012
= Chief Editor (with M.D. Chou), Recent Progress in Atmospheric Sciences: Applications to the Asia-Pacific Region. World Scientific Publishing Co., 486 pp, 2008
= Editor, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, American Meteorological Society, 1999-2005
= Review Editor, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, 1998-1999
= Advisory Editor, Journal of Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (Taiwan), 1998-2009
= Associate Editor, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 1997-2008, 2011-present
= Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere, 1997-2001
= One of the Editors, Theoretical and Applied Climatology (1985-2010), and Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics (1985-2008)
= Member, Editorial Board, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences (China), Acta Meteorological Sinica, 2004-2013
= Guest Editor, special volume on Clouds and Radiation, Journal of Geophysical Research, 1987
= Editor, Atmospheric Radiation Progress and Prospects, Science Press, Beijing and American Meteorological Society, 699 pp, 1987 Graduate Students Supervised
33 Ph.D.s in Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
A number of them have become outstanding scientists in Atmospheric Sciences.
(1) Qiang Fu: Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington
(2) Ping Yang: Professor and Head, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Taxes A&M
(3) Yongkang Xue: Professor of Geography, UCLA
(4) Patrick Minnis: Senior Scientist, Langley Research Center, NASA
(5) Cenlin He: Postdoctoral Researcher, Advanced Study Program, NCAR
** A reflection of John Roskovensky (2004) as a graduate student under my supervision (
Authorial Activities
= Authored and co-authored more than 281 peer-reviewed papers, invited book chapters, and review articles. Citations: Web of Knowledge, All Database: Total citation, 10937; h-index, 51. Google Scholar: Total citation, 21427; h-index, 65.
= Author of a text and reference book entitled An Introduction to Atmospheric Radiation, Academic Press, New York, (International Geophysics Series 26), 1980 (392 pp); translated into Russian, Chinese, and Arabic. Second edition, 2002 (583 pp), translated into Chinese, 2005 (614 pp); second printing 2006; digital printing 2010; translated into Japanese, 2014 (646 pp). (Total citation, 3456; Google Scholar Gadget, 5/2020).
= Author of a monograph entitled Radiation and Cloud Processes in the Atmosphere: Theory, Observation, and Modeling, Oxford University Press, New York, 1992 (487pp). (Total citation, 769; Google Scholar Gadget, 57/2020).
= Author of a monograph entitled Light Scattering by Ice Crystals: Fundamentals and Applications (Liou and Yang), 2016, Cambridge University Press, 443 pp. (
= Chief Editor, Recent Progress in Atmospheric Sciences: Application to the Asia-Pacific Region, World Scientific, Singapore, 2008 (486pp).
= Presented more than 130 invited and contributed papers at national and international conferences and symposiums and various academic and research institutions.
= Presented a Distinguished Lecture in Atmospheric Sciences: The 8th annual meeting of the Asia Oceanic Goesciences Society (AOGS), Taipei, Taiwan, August 9, 2011, “Regional Climate Change: The Role of Light-Absorbing Aerosols and Snow-Albedo Feedback.”
= Presented the IRC Quadrennial Gold Award Lecture: International Radiation Symposium 2012, Berlin, Germany, August 9, 2012, “Radiative Transfer and Regional Climate Change.” presentation
= 2018 AMS Rossby Medal (