Chengfei He

I’m a climate modeler, data scientist, and keyboard enthusiast with a passion for advancing our comprehension of climate change.

I began my Ph.D. in the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS) department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. However, due to my advisor’s new faculty appointment, I transferred to The Ohio State University, where I ultimately received my Ph.D. Prior to this, I earned both my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Meteorology from the Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology in China.

My research falls broadly under two fundamental questions: (1) What are the causes of past and future changes in oceanic and atmospheric circulation and climate variability? (2) How can we quantitatively interpret these changes and their impacts? I use an interdisciplinary research approach that combines a hierarchy of climate models, isotope-enabled modeling, statistical and machine learning techniques, and observations/paleoclimate proxies, aiming toward a better understanding of the physical processes that govern climate dynamics in the past and future.

Currently, I am a postdoctoral fellow in the department of physical oceanography at WHOI, committed to conducting impactful research on global climate change. Prior to moving to WHOI, I was a postdoc at RSMAS in the University of Miami.

Starting in January 2025, I will be an assistant professor at Northeastern University in Boston. If you are interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in climate modeling and dynamics, please contact me!

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