Qindan Zhu
Permanent Track Astronomer at Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
Medford, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolQindan Zhu is a Permanent Track Astronomer at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian with eight years of research experience focused on urban air pollution and its interactions with climate change. Trained with a PhD in Atmospheric Chemistry and Climatology from UC Berkeley and dual bachelor’s degrees in Environmental Science and Mathematics from Peking University, she bridges rigorous quantitative methods with policy-relevant atmospheric science. Her path includes competitive fellowships and postdocs at MIT and UCAR/NOAA, where she developed and evaluated atmospheric models and collaborated on climate and air quality model development for NOAA. Based in Medford, MA, she combines observational, modeling, and interdisciplinary approaches to trace how urban emissions shape regional climate outcomes. Notably, she transitioned from NOAA model development roles into an astronomy-affiliated research position, reflecting a broad technical skillset transferable across Earth and space science domains.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Atmospheric Chemistry and Climatology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Atmospheric Chemistry and Climatology at University of California, BerkeleyBachelor's degree, Environmental Science, Bachelor's degree, Environmental Science at Peking University
Github Skills (17)
high-resolution6
octave5
matlab5
retrieval5
scheme4
gerrit4
chemistry3
grids2
modis2
ansible-collections2
layout-engine2
tricks2
code-analysis2
rundeck1
ifttt1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
qdzhu/FLUX
Nov 2021 - Oct 2023
Contributions:1 release, 9 pushes, 2 tags in 1 year 11 months
qdzhu/qdzhu.github.io
Aug 2023 - Sep 2024
Contributions:91 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 1 month
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