April 6, 2021
Kuo-Nan Liou, a UCLA distinguished professor of atmospheric sciences and the founding director of the Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering (JIFRESSE), died March 20 at his home in Los Angeles after a brief illness. He was 77.
“Kuo-Nan was a great scientist and an outstanding leader, who had a profound impact on science and on UCLA. We will miss him greatly,” said Miguel Garcia-Garibay, dean of the UCLA Division of Physical Sciences.
A former chair of UCLA’s department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, Liou joined UCLA’s faculty in 1997, after a 22-year faculty career at the University of Utah.
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December 16, 2020
Rong Fu, professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences and associate director of the Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, and Gregory Okin, professor of geography, have been selected as 2020 American Geophysical Union fellows. Fu and Okin were recognized for propelling the field of geoscience forward and pushing the boundaries of human knowledge to create a healthier planet.
The fellows were selected for their exceptional contributions to Earth and space science. Since the fellowship’s establishment in 1962, AGU has elected fewer than 0.1% of its members to join the prestigious group of individuals.
Fu’s research aims to clarify the causes and predictability of the variability of the atmospheric water cycle in a climate context, primarily focusing on the interactions between land and vegetation, fire and aerosols, clouds and rainfall, and connections with the adjacent oceans. Her research has been