Xu, Feng

Mentoring Mindset:

I hope to find out the major interests of my mentee. On such a basis, I hope to foster the skill sets that are valuable to their present study and future careers.

Higher Education and Employment Background:

• Higher Education
  • 2008 – PhD in Physics, University of Rouen Normandie, France
  • 2002 – B.Eng. in Thermal Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science & Technology, China
• Employment
  • 2019 – Current: School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, USA
  • 2010 – 2019: Jet Propulsion Lab, California Institute of Technology, USA
  • 2008 – 2010: Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany

Life Defining Moments in Meteorology and Higher Education:

• In 2010, I relocated from Germany to USA to start working on remote sensing at Jet Propulsion Lab. Such a decision determines my major area of research.
• In 2019, I moved to University of Oklahoma. The relocation provides me with the nice opportunities of building a research group, working with students and collaborating with our colleagues.