My CVAbout Me
I am Shangyong Shi (施尚永). I am the Pim Postdoc Fellow in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences for the year 2024 at Johns Hopkins University, working with Dr. Benjamin Zaitchik.
Weather and climate phenomena are energy-driven cycles within the Earth system. From this perspective, my research integrates observations, modeling, remote sensing, and AI to examine how energy and radiation shape precipitation phases, hydroclimatic variations, and extremes, and improve Earth system modeling. I aim to improve the predictability of Earth’s water cycle across weather and climate scales.
Key words: Hydroclimatology, Precipitation phase partitioning, Snow hydrology, Remote sensing of precipitation, Extreme precipitation, Machine learning, Climate change.
Professional Experiences
| Year | Role | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|
| 2026.5 - 2026.8 | Visiting Scholar | NSF NCAR Research Applications Lab| Host: Cenlin He |
| 2024.9 - now | Pim Postdoc Fellow | Johns Hopkins University | PI: Benjamin Zaitchik |
| 2023.6 - 2024.5 | Research Intern | University of Maryland, Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies | PI: Huan Meng, Yongzhen Fan Improving the machine learning algorithm for orographic snowfall retrieval from satellite passive microwave sensors. |
| 2022.9 - 2023.5 | Teaching Assistant | Florida State University |
| 2016.9 - 2017.1 | Exchange Student | National Taiwan University |
Academic Background
- PhD., Florida State University. Jan. 2021 - Aug. 2024. Advisor: Guosheng Liu (gliu@fsu.edu)
- MSc., Florida State University, Sep. 2018 - Dec. 2020
- BSc., Nanjing University, China, Sep. 2014 - Jun. 2018
- (Exchange Student) National Taiwan University, Sep. 2016 - Jan. 2017
News and Updates
- May 15, 2026: First time attending the Snow Conference; Started my summer NCAR visit!
- May 2026: I am thrilled to win the Early Career Best Paper Award 2025 in JHU EPS! This is a great encouragement for me.
- Mar 2024：I am happy to share the good news that I have been offered the Glendora and Howard L. Pim Postdoctoral Fellowship in Global Change in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Johns Hopkins University!
- Jan 2023: My presentation “Classifying Precipitation Phase Based on Atmospheric Sounding” at the 2023 AMS Annual Meeting 37th Hydrology Conference was selected as the 1st place oral presentation among student entries in the hydrology section! Student winners can be found at this website.