Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Yonggang Yu

(SCI SW IMPLEMENT ENGINEER)

Yonggang Yu's Contact Card & Information.
Email: yonggang.yu@nasa.gov
Org Code: 610.1
Address:
NASA/GSFC
Mail Code 610.1
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer: SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC

Brief Bio


Dr. Yonggang Yu works on software implementation for the GEOS model. He implemented MAPL sampler codes for field regridding onto time-dependent geometry (e.g., station, swath, trajectory, mask). His previous work experience includes software implementation for JEDI-MPAS, GPU programming related to the FV3 dycore, and shallow-water model implementation on icosahedral grids for Exascale computing.

Positions/Employment


Software Engineer

SSAI - MD

2024 - Present


Software Engineer

SAIC - MD

2022 - 2024


Software Engineer

NCAR - Boulder, CO

2021 - 2022


Research Associate

University of Colorado Boulder - Bouder, CO

2013 - 2020


Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellow

University of Frankfurt - Frankfurt am Main, Germany

2011 - 2013


Research Associate

Virginia Tech - Blacksburg, VA

2008 - 2010

Education


B.S. in Physics, Tsinghua University (2002)

M.S. in Physics, University of Florida (2004)

Ph.D. in Chemical Physics, University of Minnesota Twin Cities (2008)

Awards


Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellow Award (2011)

AGU Graduate Research Award (2009)