Biosketch

Qiang Fu is Calvin Professor of Atmospheric and Climate Science at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle. Fu earned a bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Beijing University and a doctorate from the University of Utah. He was on the faculty at Canada’s Dalhousie University before joining the UW in 2000, where he has been a full professor since 2006. His previous honors include being named a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), the American Geophysical Union (AGU), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He also received the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award and the AMS Jule G. Charney Medal for his distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

Research Interests

Fu’s main research interests and areas of expertise include atmospheric radiation and cloud processes, remote sensing, cloud/aerosol/radiation/climate interactions, stratospheric circulation and stratosphere-troposphere exchanges and coupling, and climate change.

Membership Type

Member

Election Year

2024

Primary Section

Section 16: Geophysics