• Professor, Atmospheric Sciences
  • Adjunct Professor, School Of Computing
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Professional Service

  • NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. Role: Member, External Advisory Committee, NSF NCAR Earth System Predictability Across Timescales. Member, External Advisory Committee, NSF NCAR Earth System Predictability Across Timescales. 12/18/2023 - present
  • NASA. Role: Panel member. NASA Review Panel, Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments. 05/16/2023 - 05/18/2023
  • DOE. Role: Panel member. DOE Review Panel, Early Career Program. 05/09/2023 - 05/11/2023
  • American Meteorological Society. Role: Conference Program Chair. Conference Program Chair (with Robert Atlas). 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS). 104th Annual Meeting, American Meteorological Society (AMS), January 27- February 1, 2024, Baltimore, MD. 02/01/2023 - 02/03/2024
  • NOAA. - Core study team/Executive team member, Congress mandated U. S. Priorities for Weather Research (PWR). 2021-2022. 03/01/2022 - 03/31/2023
  • American Meteorological Society. Role: Program Chair. - Conference Program Chair (with Robert Atlas). 27th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS). 103rd Annual Meeting, American Meteorological Society (AMS), January 8-12, 2023, Denver, CO. (2022-2023). 03/01/2022 - 01/31/2023
  • NOAA. Role: Chair. Review Panel, Princeton University’s Cooperative Institution for Modeling Earth System with NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. 02/01/2022 - 08/31/2022
  • NOAA. SAB Liaison, Environmental Information Services Working Group. NOAA SAB,. 07/01/2021 - present
  • NOAA, Department of Commerce. Role: Member. NOAA Science Advisory Board (Special Government Appointment). 06/07/2021 - present
  • NASA. Role: Leader, Data Assimilation and Hurricane Working Group. CYGNSS Science Team. 09/2020 - present
  • UCAR. CISL supercomputer allocation panel. 09/01/2019 - 12/31/2022
  • UCAR. Developmental Testbed Center Science Advisory Board Member. 07/01/2018 - 06/30/2021
  • American Meteorological Society. Role: Editor for "Weather and Forecasting". 10/01/2016 - present
  • Springer Publisher. Role: Editor of "Journal of Meteorological Research". 01/01/2016 - present
  • NSF. Program Review Panelist 2017/01; 2015/08; 2014/02. 02/01/2014 - 03/31/2017

Honors & Awards

  • Ph.D. student Chengfeng Feng, advised by Professor Zhaoxia Pu, won an Edzipser Outstanding Graduate Research Award from the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah. 05/2023. Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah, 05/30/2023
  • Professor Zhaoxia Pu was a Cohort member of the Provost's Banner Project for the Top 25 University Researchers. University of Utah. (2023). University of Utah, 03/17/2023
  • Ph.D. student, Chengfeng Feng, advised by Professor Zhaoxia Pu, won a first-place Best Student Oral Presentation award at the 103rd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting in January 2023. American Meteorological Society, 01/31/2023
  • NOAA Science Advisory Board . National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), US Department of Commerce, 06/07/2021
  • Fellow of American Meteorological Society (AMS). 01/2019
  • Appreciation for service as the Program Co-Chair of the 96th American meteorological Society Annual Meeting. American Meteorological Society. American Meteorological Society, 01/2016
  • Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award. College of Mines and Earth Sciences, University of Utah, 05/2012
  • Outstanding Achievement Awards. NASA/GSFC, Code 912, 12/2000

Internal Service

  • Faculty Review Committee. Member, 09/01/2023 - present. Department service.
  • Linda K. Amos Award Committee. Chair, 01/01/2022 - 06/30/2022. University service.
  • Utah Woman in High Education Network, University of Utah Chapter. Executive Committee Member, 07/01/2021 - 06/30/2022. University service.
  • Senate Committee on Academic Freedom and Faculty Rights. member, 06/2021 - 06/2024. University service.
  • Member, Presidential Strategic Enrollment and Marketing Committee. 11/2018 - 06/2021. University service.
  • Member, Presidential Commission on the Status for Woman (PCSW). 10/2018 - 06/2021. University service.
  • College Council. member, 08/2018 - present. College service.
  • Member of the Department Committee on Doctoral Advancement (CODA). Member, 02/01/2008 - present. Department service.

Affiliations

  • American Meteorological Society (AMS), Member (1994-present); Elected Fellow , 01/2019 - present
  • Royal Meteorological Society (RMS), Fellow, 2010 - present
  • American Geophysical Union (AGU), member, 1997 - present

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