Nathanael Wong Zhixin
Postdoct @ NYU
Hello! I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences in New York University, currently working for Professor Sara Shamekh on investigating the shallow-to-deep transition of Convection. See the links above for a more detailed breakdown, along with the relevant publications.
Feel free to reach out to me via email if you have any questions.
Interests
- Tropical Meteorology and Climate
- Dynamics of the Maritime Continent
- High Resolution Climate Modelling
- Observational Meteorology
Education
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PhD in Climate Dynamics, 2025
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard
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BSc in Environmental Earth Systems Science, 2015
Nanyang Technological University
Recent Publications
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Nathanael Z Wong, Zhiming Kuang Geophysical Research Letters, 50(24), e2023GL104350, 2023. |
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Proximal ejecta of the Bolaven extraterrestrial impact, southern Laos Kerry Sieh, Dayana S Angel, Jason Herrin, Brian Jicha, Brad Singer, Vanpheng Sihavong, Weerachat Wiwegwin, Nathanael Z Wong, Jia Yong Quah Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(50), e2310351120, 2023. |
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Siyue Chen, Nathanael Z Wong, Ding Ma, Pak Wah Chan, Zhiming Kuang Geophysical Research Letters, 48(17), e2021GL094648, 2021. |
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Research Interests
Convection and Climate
How does convection couple with large-scale vertical motion in the tropics
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Maritime Continent Dynamics
How do the islands of the Maritime Continent drive climate at different scales?
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Idealized Island Modelling
How do we represent tropical islands in climate models in an idealised framework?
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Previous Research
Moderate Sumatran Earthquakes
Modelling and cataloguing moderate earthquakes in Sumatra using SuGAr
Bolaven Plateau Catastraloess
Investigating the sedimentology of the Bolaven Plateau Catastraloess