Dr. Yang got his PhD degree in Atmospheric Sciences Program at Michigan Technological University. During that time, he conducted research on several topics, including mixed-phase stratiform clouds, laboratory work on ice nucleation, entrainment in warm clouds, and aerosol-cloud interactions in a turbulence chamber. After that, he joined the Cloud Processes Group at BNL as a postdoctoral fellow. His research interests include ice nucleation, precipitation processes, aerosol-cloud interactions, and cloud modeling.
Yang, F., P. Kollias, R.A. Shaw, and A.M. Vogelmann, 2018: Cloud droplet size distribution broadening during diffusional growth: ripening amplified by deactivation and reactivation, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 7313-7328, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-7313-2018.
Yang, F., E. P. Luke, P. Kollias, A. B. Kostinski, and A. M. Vogelmann, 2018: Scaling of Drizzle Virga Depth with Cloud Thickness for Marine Stratocumulus Clouds, Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, 3746-3753. doi:10.1029/2018GL077145.
Yang, F., Cruikshank, O., He, W., Kostinski, A., and Shaw, R. A. Nonthermal ice nucleation observed at distorted contact lines of supercooled water drops. Physical Review E 97, 023103, doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.97.023103 (2018).
Chandrakar, K.K., Cantrell, W., Chang, K., Ciochetto, D., Niedermeier, D., Ovchinnikov, M., Shaw, R.A., Yang, F.: Aerosol indirect effect from turbulence-induced broadening of cloud droplet size distributions. PNAS, 113(50), 2016.
Yang, F., Shaw, R., Xue, H.: Conditions for super-adiabatic droplet growth after entrainment mixing. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 2016.
Yang, F., Shaw, R., Gurganus, C., Chong, S.K., Yap, Y. K.: Ice nucleation at the contact line triggered by transient electrowetting fields. Applied Physics Letters, 107 (26), 2015.
Yang, F., Ovchinnikov, M., Shaw, R.: Long-lifetime ice particles in mixed-phase clouds: quasi-steady and recycled growth. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 120 (22), 2015.
Yang, F., Ovchinnikov, M., Shaw, R.: Microphysical consequences of the spatial distribution of ice nucleation in mixed-phase stratiform clouds. Geophysical Research Letters, 41 (14), 2014.
Li, Z., Xue, H., Yang, F.: A modeling study of ice formation affected by aerosols. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118 (19), 2013.
Yang, F., Ovchinnikov, M., Shaw, R.: Minimalist model of Ice microphysics in mixed-phase stratiform clouds. Geophysical Research Letters, 40 (14), 2013.
Yang, F., Xue, H., Deng, Z., Zhao, C., and Zhang, Q.: A closure study of cloud condensation nuclei in the North China Plain using droplet kinetic condensational growth model. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 5399-5411, doi:10.5194/acp-12-5399-2012, 2012.