UNIST Lecturer Ra Professor Appointed Co-Chair of the 'Climate Dynamics Expert Committee'

Leading Expert Group Coordinating International Joint Research for the Next Two Years

The Only Korean Researcher Under the World Climate Research Program 'CLIVAR'

Professor Ra Kangsa, Lecturer in Urban Environmental Engineering at UNIST.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Professor Kang Sera of the Department of Urban Environmental Engineering at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has been appointed as co-chair of the Climate Dynamics Expert Committee, which oversees global climate dynamics research.

The Climate Dynamics Expert Committee, composed of 12 leading scholars worldwide, is an advisory body operating under CLIVAR (Climate and Ocean: Variability, Predictability and Change), one of the four major focus projects of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP).

Professor Kang will lead the Climate Dynamics Expert Committee for the next two years.

Professor Kang was first selected as a panel member of the Climate Dynamics Expert Committee in 2018 and is currently the only researcher affiliated with a Korean institution among the hundreds of experts serving on CLIVAR and its subcommittees, including the Climate Dynamics Expert Committee.

The Climate Dynamics Expert Committee issues recommendations and guidelines related to climate dynamics research and supports various international collaborative research programs.

Professor Kang said, “It is an honor to serve as chair of the committee that will lead international collaborative research in the field of climate dynamics,” adding, “I hope Korea’s standing in the global climate dynamics community will be further strengthened.”

Since climate change is a global phenomenon, international collaborative research is predominant. The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), to which CLIVAR belongs, is a coalition organization established to coordinate international joint research on climate by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the International Council for Science (ICSU), and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (UNESCO IOC).

Professor Kang graduated from Seoul National University and earned a Ph.D. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences from Princeton University. Since 2011, she has been a professor at UNIST, actively promoting international exchanges in the climate field.

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