The 6th International Conference on Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Change

Kuo-Nan Liou, University of California, Los Angles

Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and Director of the Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles. The institute has the primary mission to study global climate change and its impact on regional climate and environment. Professor Liou’s recent work focuses on radiative transfer and satellite remote sensing in mountain/snow regions and the deposition of black carbon and dust over these areas in association with surface temperature and snowmelt amplification and feedback. Dr. Liou was elected to the National Academy of Engineering of the United States in 1999 and served as a past Chair of its Special Fields and Interdisciplinary Engineering Section (2008-2010). He was elected to the Academia Sinica (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiwan) in 2004. Professor Liou is a Fellow of the American Association of the Advancement of Science, Optical Society of America, American Geophysical Union, and American Meteorological Society (AMS). He was the recipient of the AMS Jule Charney Award in 1998, shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Certificate bestowed on the IPCC, received the 2010 COSPAR Biennial William Nordberg Medal, and recently was awarded the 2012 International Radiation Commission’s Quadrennial Gold Medal