Present | Professor, San Jose State University ‐ Meteorology and Climate Science | |
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2010 - 2011 | Associate Professor, Florida Institute of Technology ‐ Meteorology | |
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2005 - 2010 | Assistant Professor, Florida State University ‐ Meteorology | |
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2004 - 2005 | Research Associate, Howard University ‐ NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences | |
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2003 - 2004 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University | |
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2000 - 2002 | Teaching Assistant, North Carolina State University | |
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1999 - 2002 | Graduate Research Assistant, North Carolina State University | |
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1998 - 1999 | Graduate Research Assistant, University of Hawaii at Manoa | |
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1996 - 1998 | Lieutenant Meteorologist, Military Service ‐ ARMY Aviation | |
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1994 - 1996 | Graduate Research Assistant, National Central University | |
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Research Interests
Grants
2012 - 2013 | Improving High-Resolution Fire Weather Forecasting over Complex Terrain |
San Jose State University | |
SJSU RSCA grant | |
Role: Principle Investigator | |
$5,000 | |
2011 - 2012 | Evaluating HWRF Forecasts of Tropical Cyclone Intensity and Structure in the North Atlantic Basin |
UCAR/COMET | |
Role: Principle Investigator | |
$12,000 | |
2011 - 2012 | Improving Severe Downslope Winds and Lee Wave Rotors Forecasts using GOES-R Proving Ground Products and High-Resolution Modeling |
UCAR/COMET | |
Role: Principle Investigator | |
$15,000 | |
2009 - 2012 | Acquisition of a Computational Science and Engineering Parallel Cluster |
NSF, MRI | |
Role: Co-Principle Investigator | |
$258,000 | |
2009 - 2012 | Numerical Simulations of Stable Boundary Layer Evolution over the Owens Valley during the Terrain-Induced Rotor Experiment (T-REX) |
DOD/ARO | |
Role: Principle Investigator | |
$221,000 | |
2009 - 2012 | Understanding Oceanic/Continental Transition of Mesoscale Convective Systems and Tropical cyclogenesis during the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis Experiment (AMMA) |
NSF | |
Role: Principle Investigator | |
$196,000 | |
2009 - 2010 | Minimum Temperatures and Diurnal Temperature Ranges in the Melbourne Area |
Florida Tech | |
Professional Development Grant | |
Role: Principle Investigator | |
$2,500 | |
2009 - 2010 | Quantifying uncertainties of high-resolution WRF modeling on downslope wind forecasts in the Las Vegas valley |
UCAR/COMET | |
Role: Principle Investigator | |
$11,900 | |
2007 - 2010 | A real-time coupled wave/atmospheric regional forecast and analysis system: CWARFS |
NOAA/CSTAR | |
Role: Co-Principle Invesigator | |
$360,000 | |
2007 - 2008 | Mobile environmental and weather observing network in Central Florida |
Florida Tech | |
Professional Development Grant | |
Role: Principle Investigator | |
$2,500 | |
2006 - 2007 | Improving the meso-gamma scale prediction in Puerto Rico region: Observation analyses and numerical experiments of streamers |
UCAR/COMET | |
Role: Principle Investigator | |
$11,500 | |
2005 - 2006 | Evaluation of boundary layer parameterizations in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model using in situ measurements |
ARMY/ARL | |
Role: Co-Principle Investigator | |
$100,000 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2011 - Present | Research Committee Memeber, San Jose State University College of Science | 2011 - Present | IT Advisory Committee Member, San Jose State University College of Science | Member, American Geophysical Union | Member, American Meteorological Society | Journal Reviewer, Bulletin of American Meteorological Society | Member, Florida Academy of Sciences | Proposal Reviewer, Georgia National Science Foundation (GNSF) | Journal Reviewer, Hydrological Sciences Journal | Member, International Association for Urban Climate | Journal Reviewer, International Journal of Climatology | Journal Reviewer, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences | Journal Reviewer, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere | Journal Reviewer, Journal of Hydrology | Journal Reviewer, Journal of Hydrometeorology | Journal Reviewer, Journal of Mountain Science | Journal Reviewer, Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics | Journal Reviewer, Monthly Weather Review | Proposal Reviewer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Proposal Reviewer, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) | Proposal Reviewer, The UK’s Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) |
Honors and Awards
- Fellowship, UCAR/COMET Integrating Satellite Data and Products into Geoscience, August 2011
- Fellowship, NCAR/ECSA Junior Faculty Forum 2009, July 2009
- NCAR Computational & Information Systems Laboratory Classroom Grant Award, Feb 2009
- Fellowship, NCAR/Advanced Study Program Faculty Fellowship Award, May – August 2008
- Fellowship, The 2008 Early Career Geosciences Faculty Workshop, June 2008
- NCEP High Performance Computing Resources Award, EMC, 2007 - present
- Fellowship, Applications of Multimedia to Teaching in Atmospheric Science, COMET, June 2006
- NCAR/SCD Computing Resources Award, 2005 - present
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Harvard University, February 2003 – February 2004
- Fellowship, Summer School on Mountain Meteorology, University de Trento, Italy, August 2002
- Student Travel Award, The 10th Conference on Mountain Meteorology, AMS, June 2002
- Outstanding Research Award, The 4th Annual Research Exposition, NC State Univ., March 2002
- Student Travel Award, The 9th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, AMS, May 2001
- Student Travel Award, The 9th Conference on Mountain Meteorology, AMS, June 2000
- NCAR/Unidata Equipment Award, 2007-2008
Courses
- Weather Analysis and Forecasting (METR 171A, 171B), fall and spring semesters
- Weather Briefing (METR 170A, 170B), fall and spring semesters
- Senior Thesis (METR 179), fall and spring semesters
- Marine Meteorology (MET 4407), fall 2010
- Intro. Environmental Flow Modeling (OCE 4601), fall 2008
- Mesoscale Meteorology (MET 4410), spring 2007, 2008, 2011
- Remote Sensing for Meteorology (MET 4233), fall semester, every year
- Marine Field Project, summer 2006, 2007, 2009
- Special Topics in Environmental Science (ENS 5903), 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
- Colloquium (METR 285), 2011-2012
- Numerical Weather Prediction (MET 5310), fall 2006, 2007, spring 2009, 2010
- Planetary Boundary Layer (MET 5301), spring 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Atmospheric Remote Sensing (MET 5233), fall semester, every yea
- Marine Meteorology (OCN 5407), spring 2006, 2007, fall 2009, 2010
- Graduate Seminar (ENS 5000), 2006-2007
2003 | Ph.D., North Carolina State University ‐ Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | |
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1996 | M.S., National Central University ‐ Atmospheric Physics | |
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1994 | B.S., Chinese Culture University ‐ Atmospheric Science | |
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Postdoctoral, Harvard University ‐ School of Engineering and Applied Sciences | ||
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Contact Information
sen.chiao@sjsu.edu
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