Dr. Shuyi Chen is Professor of Atmospheric and Climate Science at University of Washington. Her research integrates observations, coupled atmosphere–wave–ocean modeling, and AI/ML to advance the understanding and prediction of weather–climate extremes, including hurricanes, coastal flooding, the MJO, and ENSO. She chairs UCAR Board of Trustees and is a Fellow of American Meteorological Society. She received the AMS Sverdrup Gold Medal in 2022 and delivered the AGU Jacob Bjerknes Lecture in 2024.