Weijia Kuang Geophysicist/Applied Mathematician Space Geodesy Laboratory, Code 697   Solar System Exploration Division  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center  Greenbelt, MD 20771   Weijia.Kuang-1@nasa.gov Phone: 301-614-6108

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, 1992 (Advisor: Prof. P. H. Roberts)
• M.S., Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, 1990
• M.Sc., Physics, Wuhan University, China, 1985 (Honor)
• B.Sc., Space Engineering Science, Changsha Institute of Technology, China,1982

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Origin of Earth and Planetary magnetic fields (dynamo theories).
• Numerical Modeling of Geodynamo/Planetary Dynamos.
• Earth's Rotation Variation and Core-Mantle Interactions.
• Application of Numerical Dynamo Models to Geomagnetism, Geodesy, Solid Earth Geophysics. Computational Fluid Dynamics.

PAST POSITIONS

• 12/02 - Present Geophysicist/Applied Mathematician, NASA GSFC
• 12/02 - Present Fellow, JCET, UMBC
• 11/98 - 11/02 Research Associate Professor, JCET, UMBC
• 06/98 - 11/98 Associate Research Scientist, JCET, UMBC
• 08/98 - 05/98 Consultant/Program Manager, Advanced Visual Systems, Inc.
• 04/95 - 07/97 Research Associate, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
• 10/92 - 11/92 Visiting Fellow, Dept. of Mathematics, Glasgow University, U.K.
• 04/92 - 03/95 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
• 01/92 - 03/92 Research Associate, Dept. of Mathematics, UCLA
• 09/87 - 12/91 Research Assistant, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, UCLA
• 04/86 - 08/87 Research Assistant, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Bayreuth University, Germany
• 08/85 - 03/86 Instructor, Dept. of Physics, Wuhan University, China

MEMBERSHIP

• 1992 - pres. American Geophysical Union
• 1998 - pres. IERS/GGFC Special Bureau for the Core
• 1987 - 1992 American Mathematical Society

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

• Group Leader, Interdisciplinary Focus Group, JCET, UMBC, 2001- Present.
• Convener, Observational, Experimental and Numerical Dynamo studies, (IAGA/IASPEI Joint Assembly, G1.08), 2001.
• Convener, Theoretical, Computational and Experimental Dynamo Progress, (Spring AGU, GP32B), 2000.
• Panel Review for NSF ITR/Geophysics Program, 2001.
• Proposal Review for NSF Geophysics/CSEDI programs.
• Manuscript Review for J. Fluid. Mech., J. Geophy. Res., Geophy. Res. Lett., Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., Geophy. J. Int.,
  J. Comput. Phys., Geophy. Astrophy. Fluid Dyn., Comp. Geosci., Fluid Dyn. Res., J. Surv. Geophy..
• Member of sub-group on "Magnetic Field Creation and Annihilation" in SUN-EARTH CONNECTION Committee, 1999.

CURRENT RESEARCH INVESTIGATION

• CO-I (PI: B. F. Chao) on "Core Angular Momentum and The IERS (International Earth Rotation Service) Coordinating
  Center/Sub-centers Activity for Monitoring Global Geophysical Fluids", supported by NASA Solid Earth and Natural
  Hazard Program (SENH).
• PI on "Core-Mantle Interaction and the Polar Motion of the Earth", supported by NSF Geophysics/Cooperative Studies
  of Earth's Deep Interior (CSEDI) Program.
• Co-PI (PI: R. Q. Lin) on "Development of a New Non-linear Ship-wave Model", supported by Office of Naval Research.