Dr. Yu Du（杜宇）

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Personal Profile

Yu Du, professor and doctoral supervisor of the School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University. He obtained his Ph.D. in Meteorology from Peking University. He is a recipient of the National Natural Science Foundation of China Excellent Youth and was introduced as a talent through the Sun Yat-sen University “Hundred Talents Program”. He is also recognized as an outstanding talent under the “Yixian Scholars Program” and was selected as one of the participants in the 4th Youth Talent Nurturing Project by the China Association for Science and Technology. He has had long-term collaborative visits with the University of Hawaii, the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), and Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Professor Du’s research interests include mesoscale meteorology and dynamics, focusing on the occurrence and development mechanism of severe weather such as heavy rain and strong convection, the diurnal variation of precipitation, and mesoscale numerical simulation and forecasting. He has published nearly 40 papers in esteemed international SCI journals such as Nature Communications, Monthly Weather Review, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, Journal of Climate, and Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR)，among which nearly 30 papers are the first or corresponding author, including 1 ESI highly cited paper and 1 JGR cover article.

Currently, he serves as an editorial board member for Advances in Atmospheric Sciences and as an associate editor for Monthly Weather Review. He is also a committee member of the Chinese Committee-World Weather Research Programme (CNC-WWRP) and serves as the leader of the “Communication and Education” working group. Additionally, he holds the position of Chief Scientist in the Key Innovation Team of the China Meteorological Administration. He has been involved in leading or participating in the National Key R&D Programs and National Natural Science Foundation of China projects. He has received the Yibing Xie Award for Youth in Meteorological Science (2015), the Guangdong Provincial Meteorological Science and Technology Outstanding Youth Award (2021), Top Prize of Guangzhou Division of National Higher Education Teaching Innovation Competition for University Teachers. He has also been involved in developing one of the first National First-Class Undergraduate Courses and was awarded the Top Prize of Teaching Competition for Teachers at Sun Yat-sen University, ranking first place in the science category. Furthermore, he has been voted as the “Outstanding Teacher” by students from the School of Atmospheric Sciences at Sun Yat-sen University for five consecutive years from 2019 to 2023.

Corresponding address:
Room A265, No. 2 Haiqin Building, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China (Zip Code: 519082)

Academic Services

Editor, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
Associate editor, Monthly Weather Review
Member of the Chinese Committee-World Weather Research Programme (CNC-WWRP) and chair of the “Communication and Education Working Group“
Atmospheric Science Secretary of AOGS
Member of the expert group for Meteorological Joint Funds of the National Natural Science Foundation of China
Co-Chief Scientist of Key Innovation Team of China Meteorological Administration (Tropical Meteorology)
Director of the Hydro-Meteorology Branch of the Chinese Society of Oceanology and Limnology
Member and academic secretary of the Meteorology Professional Committee of the Guangdong Meteorological Society.
Member of the Innovative Team on Land-Sea-Atmosphere Interactions and Global Effects at the Southern Laboratory of Ocean Science and Engineering in Guangdong (Zhuhai)
Professional reviewer for several well-known international academic journals, such as Atmospheric Research, Geophysical Research Letter, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, and Monthly Weather Review.
Convener of domestic and international conferences, such as the mesoscale meteorology session at AOGS and the Youth Scientist Forum of the Chinese Meteorological Society.

Teaching

Dynamic meteorology - National First-Class Undergraduate Program
Radar meteorology

Grants

2022-2024 National Natural Science Foundation of China Excellent Youth Project: Dynamics of Low-Level Jets (2 million RMB, Principal Investigator)
2021-2024 National Natural Science Foundation of China General Project: Propagation Characteristics of Global Coastal Precipitation Diurnal Variations and Their Connections with Gravity Waves and Density Currents (580,000 RMB, Principal Investigator)
2019-2022 National Natural Science Foundation of China General Project: Influence Mechanisms of Two Types of Low-Level Jets on Pre-Flood Season Heavy Rainfall in Southern China (630,000 RMB, Principal Investigator)
2020-2022 Guangzhou Basic and Applied Research Project (200,000 RMB, Principal Investigator)
2018-2020 China Association for Science and Technology Youth Talent Lifting Project (450,000 RMB, Principal Investigator)
2017-2020 Sun Yat-sen University “Hundred Talents Program” Talent Introduction Project (300,000 RMB, Principal Investigator)
2019-2020 Key Cultivation Project for Young Teachers of Central Universities (300,000 RMB, Principal Investigator)
2019-2021 Jointly Funded Scientific Research Project by National Natural Science Foundation of China and Macao Science and Technology Development Fund: Dynamics and Prediction of Multi-Scale Convective Weather Processes in the Pearl River Estuary (Co-PI)
2018-2021 National Key Research and Development Program Key Special Project for Natural Disaster Monitoring, Warning, and Prevention: Multi-Scale Mechanisms and Prediction Theories and Methods for Heavy Rainfall (Core Member)

Awards and Honors

National Excellent Youth
China Association of Science and Technology “Young Talent Lifting Project”
Yibing Xie Award for Youth in Meteorological Science
Guangdong Provincial Meteorological Science and Technology Outstanding Youth Award
Outstanding scholar of Yat-sen Scholars Program of Sun Yat-sen University
Second Prize in the 3rd National Higher Education Teachers’ Teaching
Top Prize of Guangzhou Division of National Higher Education Teaching Innovation Competition for University Teachers (First Place in the Professor Group for Basic Courses)
Top Prize of Teaching Competition for Teachers at Sun Yat-sen University (First Place in the Science Category)
2019-2023 Outstanding teacher in School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University
First Prize and Second Prize for Teaching Achievements at Sun Yat-sen University
Outstanding PhD graduate in Beijing
IBM Research Patent Award