Chengzhu Zhang
Research Scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, California, United States
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolChengzhu Zhang is a research scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory with a decade of experience in atmospheric modeling, from molecular-scale ice growth to global circulation and multi-scale frameworks. He combines deep expertise in convection parameterization and aerosol-dependent ice nucleation with practical skills processing multi-terabyte model, in-situ, and satellite datasets using statistical methods. His work bridges theory and observation, improving cloud and convection representation in GCMs informed by cloud-resolving and parcel models. A strong communicator and collaborator, he regularly presents at conferences and co-authors peer-reviewed studies with national labs and universities. Based in Livermore, CA, he holds a PhD in Atmospheric Sciences from Penn State and brings an uncommon blend of molecular-level modeling insight to climate-scale problems.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, Bachelor's degree, Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology at Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology at Penn State University
Github Skills (97)
prediction-model10
energy10
forge10
geodesy10
conda-forge10
post-processing10
snl-applications10
noaa10
ocean10
risk-assessment10
infrared10
carbon-emissions10
conda10
renewable-energy10
atmosphere10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
E3SM-Project/CMIP6-Metadata
Jul 2021 - Mar 2025
Contributions:52 reviews, 17 PRs, 12 pushes in 3 years 8 months
ARM-DOE/arm-gcm-diagnostics
Feb 2017 - Jan 2023
Contributions:3 releases, 13 reviews, 123 commits in 6 years
pythonclimateclimate-modelhpc-applicationsrisk-assessment
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.