Research Highlights
Research Interests
Hurricane dynamics at planetary boundary layer.
Urbanization impacts on extreme weather.
Land-atmosphere interactions.
Kwun Yip (Samuel) Fung, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate (University of Miami/CIMAS), Hurricane Research Division
305.361.4371
4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, Florida 33149
Kwun Yip (Samuel) Fung is a postdoctoral associate currently developing and implementing a scale-aware 3D turbulent kinetic energy scheme to unify numerical modeling for extreme weather studies. He is also working to improve operational wind gust forecast under tropical cyclone conditions.
Current Work
- Develop and implement a scale-aware 3D turbulent kinetic energy scheme to unify numerical modeling for extreme weather studies
- Improve operational wind gust forecast under tropical cyclone conditions
2023, Ph.D., Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
2018, M.Phil., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
2016, B.Sc., Earth System Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Second Place in the American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting Oral Presentation, 2022
Second Place in Student Research Symposium Oral Presentation, The University of Texas at Austin, 2021
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, The University of Texas at Austin, 2020
Outstanding Student Paper Award, American Geophysical Union, 2017
Dean’s Honours List, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2015, 2016