Qiao Liang， Associate Professor at the College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, completed postdoctoral research at Fudan University in July 2025, obtained his Ph.D. from the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at Fudan University in 2022, received his M.S. from Lanzhou University in 2019, and earned his B.S. from Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology in 2012. His research focuses on the climatic effects of soil moisture, the impact of land-atmosphere coupling on global climate change, and extreme weather and climate events. He has published 10 papers as first author or corresponding author (including in Nature Communications, Science Bulletin, Journal of Climate, Climate Dynamics), serves as a reviewer for international journals such as Communications Earth and Environment, Journal of Climate, Climate Dynamics, Journal of Geophysical Research, and International Journal of Climatology, and has been honored with both the Shanghai Super Postdoctoral Fellow and Fudan University Super Postdoctoral Fellow awards.
Email:qliang@lzu.edu.cn
Research Interests:Land-atmosphere coupling, Soil moisture, Climate change
Education:
Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science (2019–2022), Fudan University
M.S. in Meteorology (2016–2019), Lanzhou University
B.S. in Atmospheric Science (2008–2012), Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST)
Research Experience:
Associate Professor (2025–Present), Lanzhou University
Postdoctoral Researcher (2022–2025), Fudan University
Engineer (2017–2019), Gansu Provincial Meteorological Bureau
Assistant Engineer (2012–2017), Gansu Provincial Meteorological Bureau
Funded Projects:
1. NSFC Youth Program:Role and mechanisms of land-atmosphere coupling in advancing heatwaves over mid-latitude Northern Hemisphere (No. 42405021), 2025.01–2027.12, ¥300,000
2. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation:Land-atmosphere coupling effects on mitigating extreme heat under greenhouse gas reduction: Mechanisms and implications (No. 2024M750494), 2024, ¥80,000
3. Arid Meteorology Research Fund:Formation and dissipation processes of deep atmospheric boundary layers in extreme arid regions (No. IAM201709), 2017.01–2019.12, ¥20,000
Awards & Honors:
1. Shanghai "Super Postdoctoral Fellow" Incentive Program (Shanghai Municipal Government, 2023)
2. Fudan University "Super Postdoctoral Fellow" (Fudan University, 2023)
3. Outstanding Graduate (Fudan University, 2022)
4. National Scholarship (Fudan University, 2021)
5. Outstanding Graduate Thesis Award (Key Lab of Meteorological Disaster, NUIST, 2020)
6. First Prize, Scientific Research & Technology Development Award (Gansu Meteorological Bureau, 2018):"Evolution of atmospheric water resources and aridification trends in semi-arid Northern China under climate warming"
7. Second Prize, Meteorological Science & Technology Award (Gansu Meteorological Bureau, 2017):"Province-wide implementation of county-level forecast and warning operational systems in Gansu"
8. Outstanding Presentation, 34th Annual Meeting of Chinese Meteorological Society (2017):"Structural changes in the atmospheric boundary layer across the monsoon transition zone"
9. Outstanding Operational Staff in Meteorological Information Network (Gansu Meteorological Bureau, 2015)
10. Gansu Provincial "Technical Expert" (Gansu Federation of Trade Unions, 2014)
Published Papers:
1. Qiao Liang, ZuoZhiyan, ZhangRenhe, PiaoShilong, Xiao Dong, and Zhang Kaiwen. (2023), Soil moisture–atmosphere coupling accelerates global warming [J], Nature communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40641-y.
2. ZuoZhiyan, Qiao Liang (共同一作), ZhangRenhe, ChenDeliang, PiaoShilong, Xiao Dong, and Zhang Kaiwen. (2024), Importance of soil moisture conservation in mitigating climate change [J], Science Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2024.0033.
3. Qiao Liang, ZuoZhiyan, and Xiao Dong. (2022), Evaluation of Soil Moisture in CMIP6 Simulations[J], Journal of Climate. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0827.1.
4. Qiao Liang, ZuoZhiyan, Xiao Dong. Bu Lulei, and Zhang Kaiwen. (2022), Variations in Eurasian surface air temperature over multiple timescales and their possible causes[J]. International Journal of Climatology. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.7504.
5. Qiao Liang, ZuoZhiyan, Xiao Dong, and Bu Lulei. (2021), Detection, Attribution, and Future Response of Global Soil Moisture in Summer [J]. Frontiers in Earth Science. 9:74518 https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.745185.
6. JinHongmei, Qiao Liang*, Wang Suichan, Kong Lingwang, Zhang Jin.(2024), Performance evaluation of surface air temperature simulated by the Beijing Climate Central Climate Model based on the climate complexity[J]. Climate Dynamics. 62, 4331–4342 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-024-07137-x.
7. JinHongmei, Wang Suichan, Yan Pengcheng, Qiao Liang*, Sun Linhua, and Zhang Ling (2022) Spatial and temporal characteristics of surface solar radiation in China and its influencing factors. Front. Environ. Sci. 10:916748. doi: 3389/fenvs.2022.916748.
8. Wang Huan, ZuoZhiyan, Qiao Liang, et al. Frequency of the winter temperature extremes over Siberia dominated by the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. npjClim Atmos Sci 5, 84 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-022-00307-w.
9. Zhang, K., Zuo, Z., Zhang, R., Xiao, D., Qiao, L. (2022). Constrained emergence of air temperature change signal in northern‐central india from background variations. Geophysical Research Letters(10), 49.
10. Zheng J., Zuo Z., Lin Z., Xiao D, Qiao L. (2022) Linkage of the surface air temperature over Tibetan Plateau and Northeast hemisphere in winter at interannual timescale. Atmospheric Research., 274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2022.106229.
11. Zouxing Lin, ZhiyanZuo, Renhe Zhang, Dong Xiao, Qinglong You, Liang Qiao, 2022: Persistence of Soil Enthalpy Drives the Winter and Summer Climate Connection in the Tibetan Plateau. Geophysical Research Letters. 49, e2022GL098503. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL098503.
12. Lin, Z., Z. Zuo, H. Wang, Q. You, D. Xiao, K. Zhang, and L. Qiao, 2023: Role of Winter Soil Moisture in Subsequent Summer Thermal Anomalies on the Tibetan Plateau. J. Climate, 36, 4739–4753, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0905.1.
13. Huan Wang, ZhiyanZuo, Renhe Zhang, Li Peng, Kaiwen Zhang, Deliang Chen, Dong Xiao, Qinglong You, Guokun Dai, Ruonan Zhang, Haijun Yang, Xiaodan Chen, Zouxing Lin, Peiqiang Xu & Liang Qiao. Thermodynamic effect dictates influence of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation on Eurasia winter temperature. npjClim Atmos Sci 7, 151 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-024-00686-2.
