On March 3, the Symposium on Extreme Weather and Climate Events and Professor Johnny Chan's Concurrent Professor Conferring Ceremony was successfully held at the School of Atmospheric Sciences (SAS), Nanjing University. As an internationally renowned meteorologist with prolific academic achievements, Prof. Chan's affiliation is expected to inject new momentum into scientific innovation and disciplinary development at the school. Faculty and student representatives of SAS gathered to discuss cutting-edge research in extreme weather studies.
Academician Zhe-Min Tan, President of Nanjing University, presented the concurrent professorship certificate to Prof. Chan. The newly appointed scholar expressed his commitment to leveraging research platforms at Nanjing University to advance studies on typhoon dynamics and extreme weather mechanisms, while cultivating globally competitive young talents.
During the academic session, Prof. Chan delivered a keynote lecture titled Impact of Land-Sea Thermal Contrast on Typhoon Tracks and Precipitation, systematically summarizing decades of research on environmental factors including thermodynamic differences between land-sea interfaces and environmental wind shear. This seminal work provides theoretical foundations and practical support for typhoon track forecasting.
The symposium further featured two specialized presentations: Assistant Professor Yuanlong Li explored Scale Dependency in Typhoon Intensification Theories, while postdoctoral researcher Ang Zhou presented Observational and Modeling Studies of Extreme Precipitation in Mega-Cities. These multidisciplinary reports offered participants multifaceted research perspectives.
This event established a cross-regional academic dialogue platform through distinguished scholar engagement and frontier knowledge exchange. The school pledges to strengthen international collaborations and promote interdisciplinary integration, contributing intellectual resources to national meteorological research and disaster prevention endeavors.