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Member Since 2007
Xi Zhang
Professor, University of California Santa Cruz
Professional Experience
University of California Santa Cruz
Professor
2015 - Present
Education
California Institute of Technology
Doctorate
2013
University of California Santa Cruz
Doctorate
2013
Current Roles
Editor
AGU Advances
Honors & Awards
Ronald Greeley Early Career Award in Planetary Sciences
Received 2019
Xi Zhang received his Ph.D. in planetary sciences from California Institute of Technology in 2013. He is one of the few scientists whose research covers many subfields in planetary atmospheres, including remote sensing, fluid dynamics, chemistry, haz...
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Publications
The Fate of Simple Organics on Titan's Surface: A Theoretical Perspective
Atmospheric photochemistry on Titan continuously transforms methane and nitrogen gases into various organic compounds. This study explores the fate...
January 04, 2024
A Simple Condensation Model for the H2SO4‐H2O Gas‐Cloud Syst...
February 26, 2022
Large Eddy Simulations of the Dusty Martian Convective Bound...
September 01, 2021
AGU Abstracts
UV-Dark Polar Ovals on Jupiter: Tracing the Depth of the Magnetosphere-Atmosphere Connection
MAGNETOSPHERES IN THE OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM II ORAL
spa-magnetospheric physics | 15 december 2023
Troy Tsubota, Michael H. Wong, Tom Stallard, Xi Zh...
The interactions between Jupiters magnetosphere and upper atmosphere are an essential component of the dynamics of both systems, but these interaction...
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The Fate of Simple Organics on Titan's Surface
TITAN AND MARS BONUS ROUND ORAL
planetary sciences | 14 december 2023
Xinting Yu, Yue Yu, Julia Garver, Xi Zhang
Titan's atmospheric photochemistry continuously converts methane and nitrogen into simple organic gas-phase molecules. As these descend to Titan's sur...
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What controls the water vapor on Venus?
VENUS EXPLORATION: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR EARTH’S HOTTER TWIN I POSTER
planetary sciences | 13 december 2023
Xi Zhang
Observations have revealed the presence of approximately 1 ppm of water vapor in the mesosphere of Venus. While some previous models have assumed fixe...
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Volunteer Experience
2023 - 2026
Editor
AGU Advances
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