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Contact

Full Name Peidong Wang
Address 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA
Email pdwang@mit.edu
Phone 608-695-1160

Education

  • 2019.09–2025.05
    Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Major: Climate Science
    Advisor: Susan Solomon
    Thesis: Understanding Drivers of Stratospheric Ozone Change and Fingerprinting its Recovery
  • 2015.09–2019.05
    Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
    University of Wisconsin–Madison
    Major: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
    Major: Applied Mathematics
    Minor (certificate): Computer Science
    Advisor: Tracey Holloway

Professional Experience

Honors and Awards

  • 2025–2028
    Stanford Science Fellow
    Stanford University
  • 2025
    Carl-Gustaf Rossby Award for the Best PhD Thesis
    Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climates (PAOC), MIT
  • 2024–2025
    Jule Charney Fellowship
    Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climates (PAOC), MIT
  • 2023
    Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad
    Extraordinary Prize for the top 20 awardees
  • 2022
    7th SPARC General Assembly Early Career Scientist Best Oral Presentation
  • 2021–2022
    Norman C. Rasmussen Fellowship
    Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS), MIT
  • 2020–2021
    John H. Carlson Fellowship
    Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS), MIT
  • 2019
    Jule Charney Prize
    Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climates (PAOC), MIT
  • 2019–2020
    MIT Presidential Fellowship
  • 2019
    Herfurth-Kubly Awards for Comprehensive Undergraduate Excellence
    UW–Madison
  • 2019
    University Book Store Excellence Award
    UW–Madison
  • 2018
    Lyle Horn Scholarship Award
    Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (AOS), UW–Madison
  • 2018
    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Summer Student Fellowship
  • 2017–2018
    Wisconsin Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowship
    UW–Madison

Teaching Experience

  • Fall 2021
    12.003 Introduction to Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics
    Teaching Assistant
    Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT
  • Fall 2017
    CS200 Programming I
    Teaching Assistant
    Department of Computer Sciences, UW–Madison
  • Spring 2017
    CS302 Introduction to Programming
    Teaching Assistant
    Department of Computer Sciences, UW–Madison

Academic Services

  • Committee Member: PAOC Colloquium Committee (2021-2025)
  • Proposal Reviewer: NASA ROSES panelist
  • Journal Reviewer: Communications Earth & Environment • Environmental Science & Technology • Geophysical Research Letters • Geoscience Letters • Nature Communications • Remote Sensing of Environment • Science Advances