I am a Professor in the College of Atmospheric Science at Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST). I received my Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science from NUIST in 2012. I have been working on tropical cyclones and climate change, climate dynamics, tropical waves, and monsoon variability since 2007. I have published over three dozen articles in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Climate, Climate Dynamics, and Geophysical Research Letters. I have been a Peer reviewer for Nature, Science Advances, Journal of Climate, Monthly Weather Review, International Journal of Climatology, Geophysical Research Letters, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Dynamics, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Atmospheric Science Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres.Mailing address: N0.219 Ningliu Road, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, ChinaEmail：zhk2004y@gmail.comPositions:●Full Professor, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, College of Atmospheric Science, 2019.08-Present●Associate Professor, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, College of Atmospheric Science, 2015.08-2019.08●Lecturer, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, College of Atmospheric Science, 2010.06-2015.07Research Interest:●Tropical Cyclone and Climate Change●Tropical Intra-seasonal Oscillations and Monsoon Variability●Climate Variability and Prediction●Large-scale atmosphere-ocean interactionAcademic Honors:●2020: Award for Excellent Young Teacher Prize of Huo Ying Dong, Education Foundation●2019: Award for Excellent Young Scientists Fund, NSFC●2019: Award for Six talent Peaks Project in Jiangsu Province, China●2018: Award for Xie Yibing Youth Meteorological Science and Technology ●2017: Award for QinLan Project in Jiangsu Province, China●2016: Award for Advances in Atmospheric Sciences (AAS) Esteemed Paper Prize●2014: Award for Excellent Visiting Scholar, Funded by the Jiangsu Province government.●2013: Award for Excellent PHD degree thesis from Jiangsu Province, China●2012: Award for Excellent PHD degree thesis from Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, ChinaPublications:●Zhao, H.*, Phil. J. Klotzbach, S. Chen, 2020: Dominant Influence of ENSO-Like and Global Sea Surface Temperature Patterns on Changes in Prevailing Boreal Summer Tropical Cyclone Tracks over the Western North Pacific, Journal of Climate, 33(22),9551-9565.●Han X., Zhao H.*, Li X., Raga GB, Wang C., Li Q., 2020：Modulation of Boreal Extended Summer Tropical Cyclogenesis over the Northwest Pacific by the Quasi‐Biweekly Oscillation under different El Niño‐Southern Oscillation Phases，International Journal of Climatology, 40(2), 858-873. ● Gao J., Zhao H.*, Phil J. Klotzbach, C. Wang, Graciela B Raga, S. Chen, 2020: Possible Influence of Tropical Indian Ocean Sea Surface Temperature on the Proportion of Rapidly Intensifying Western North Pacific Tropical Cyclones during the Extended Boreal Summer, Journal of Climate, 33(21), 9129-9143.●K. Zhao, Zhao H.*, GB Raga, R. Yoshida, W. Wang, Phil. Klotzbach, 2020: Changes in extended boreal summer tropical cyclogenesis associated with large-scale flow patterns over the western North Pacific in response to the global warming hiatus, Climate Dynamics, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-020-05486-x.●Y. Jiang, L. Wu, Zhao H., X. Zhou, Q. Liu, 2020: Azimuthal Variations of the Convective-scale Structure in a Simulated Tropical Cyclone Principal Rainband, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 37, 1239-1255. ●Zheng Y., L Wu, Zhao H., X. Zhou, Q. Liu, 2020: Simulation of Extreme Updrafts in the Tropical Cyclone Eyewall, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 37, 781-792.●Cao J., Bo Wang, Bin Wang, Zhao H., C. Wang, Y. Han, 2020: Sources of the Inter-model Spread in Projected Global Monsoon Hydrological Sensitivity, Geophysical Research Letters, https://ssl1230a75e822c6f3334851117f8769a30e1c.vpn.nuist.edu.cn/10.1029/2020GL089560.●Cao J., Zhao H.,2020: Distinct response of Northern Hemisphere land monsoon precipitation to transient and stabilized warming scenarios, Advances in Climate Change Research, https://ssl1230a75e822c6f3334851117f8769a30e1c.vpn.nuist.edu.cn/10.1016/j.accre.2020.09.007.●C Wang, L Wu, J Lu, Q Liu, Zhao H., W Tian, J Cao，2020：Interannual Variability of the Basinwide Translation Speed of Tropical Cyclones in the Western North Pacific,Journal of Climate, 33 (20), 8641-8650.●Cao J., L. Ma, F. Liu, Jing Chai, Zhao H.,, et al. 2020: NUIST ESM v3 data submissions to CMIP6. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, doi: 10.1007/s00376-020-0173-9.●Zhao H., J. Zhang, Phil. Klotzbach, and S. Chen, 2019: Recent increased co-variability of tropical cyclogenesis latitude-longitude over the western North Pacific during the extended boreal summer. J. Climate, DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0009.1.●Zhao H., S. Chen, and Phil. Klotzbach, 2019: Recent Strengthening of the Relationship between the Western North Pacific Monsoon and Western North Pacific Tropical Cyclone Activity during the Boreal Summer. J. Climate, DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0016.1.●Zhao H., L. Wu, C. Wang and Phil. Klotzbach, 2019: Consistent Late Onset of the Western North Pacific Tropical Cyclone Season Following Major El Niño Events, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 97 (3), 673-688.●Zhao H., S. Chen, GB Raga, Phil. J. Klotzbach, and L. Wu, 2019: Recent decrease in genesis productivity of tropical cloud cluster over the western North pacific, Clim. Dyn., 1-13, doi: 10.1007/s00382-018-4477-8.●Zhao H., X. Jiang, L. Wu and Phil. Klotzbach, 2018: Multi-scale interactions of equatorial waves associated with tropical cyclogenesis over the western North Pacific, Clim. Dyn., 10.1007/s00382-018-4307-z.●Zhao H., X. Duan, Raga GB and Phil. Klotzbach, 2018: Changes in Characteristics of Rapidly Intensifying Western North Pacific Tropical Cyclones Related to Climate Regime Shifts, J. Climate, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0029.1.●Zhao H. and C. Wang, 2018: On the relationship between ENSO and tropical cyclones in the western North Pacific during the boreal summer, Clim. Dyn., https://ssl1230a75e822c6f3334851117f8769a30e1c.vpn.nuist.edu.cn/10.1007/s00382-018-4136-0.●Zhao H., S.H.Chen, P. J. Klotzbach, and GB Raga, 2018: Impact of the Extended Boreal Summer Intra-seasonal Oscillation on Western North Pacific Tropical Cloud Cluster Genesis Productivity, J.Climate, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0113.1.●Zhao H., L Wu, Raga GB, 2018: Inter-decadal change of the lagged inter-annual relationship between local sea surface temperature and tropical cyclone activity over the western North Pacific. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, doi: 10.1007/s00704-018-2420-x.●C. Wang, L. Wu, H. Zhao, J. Cao and W. Tian, 2018: Is there a quiescent typhoon season over the western North Pacific following a strong El Nino event?, International Journal of Climatology, Doi:10.1002/joc.5782.●Zhao H., Xingyi Duan, Raga GB, Fengpeng Sun(2017) Potential large-scale forcing mechanisms driving enhanced North Atlantic tropical cyclone activity since the mid-1990s, J. Climate, DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0016.1●Zhao H., Raga GB, Klotzbach PJ (2017) Impact of the boreal summer quasi-biweekly oscillation on Eastern North Pacific tropical cyclone activity. Int J Climatol. https://ssl1230a75e822c6f3334851117f8769a30e1c.vpn.nuist.edu.cn/10.1002/joc.5250●Zhao H., Wu L (2017) Modulation of convectively coupled equatorial Rossby wave on the western North Pacific tropical cyclones activity. Int J Climatol. https://ssl1230a75e822c6f3334851117f8769a30e1c.vpn.nuist.edu.cn/10.1002/joc.5220●Haibo Shen, Weican Zhou, Haikun Zhao (2017) Simulation of tropical cyclone activity over the western North Pacific based on CMIP5 models,Theor Appl Climatol, DOI 10.1007/s00704-017-2250-2●Zhao, H., X. Jiang, and L. Wu, 2016: Boreal Summer Synoptic-Scale Waves over the Western North Pacific in Multi-model Simulations, J. Climate, 29, 4487-4508, DOI: 10.1175/ JCLI-D-15-0696.1.●Zhao, H., X. Jiang, and L. Wu, 2016: Modulation of the Quasi-Biweekly Oscillation on Tropical Cyclogenesis in the Western North Pacific. Adv. Atmos. Sci., doi: 10.1007/s00376-016-5267-z.●Zhao, H., and C. Wang, 2016: Interdecadal Modulation on the Relationship between ENSO and Typhoon Activity during the Late Season in the Western North Pacific, Climate Dynamics, doi:10.1007/s00382-015-2837-1.●Zhao W, Wei Z G, Zhao H., et al.,2016: Decadal changes in western North Pacific tropical cyclones associated with Madden-Julian Oscillation, Journal of Tropical Meteorology, 22(2), 109-118.●Zhao, H., X. Jiang, and L. Wu, 2015: Modulation of Northwest Pacific Tropical Cyclone Genesis by the Intraseasonal Variability, J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 1, DOI: 10.2151/ jmsj.2015-006.●Zhao, H., 2015: A downscaling technique to simulate changes in western North Pacific tropical cyclone activity between two types of El Ni?o events. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 1-15●Zhao, H., R. Yoshida, and R. G.B., 2015: Impact of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on Western North Pacific Tropical Cyclogenesis Associated with Large-scale Patterns. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 54,.413-1429,doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-14-0254.1.●Zhao, H., R. G. B., 2015: On the distinct interannual variability of tropical cyclone activity over the eastern North Pacific, Atmósfera, 28(3), 161-178.●Zhao, H., L. Wu, and R. Wang, 2014: Decadal Variations of Intense Tropical Cyclones over the Western North Pacific during 1948–2010. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 31(1), 57-65, doi: 10.1007/s00376-013-3011-5.●Zhao, H., and L. Wu, 2014: Inter-decadal shift of the prevailing tropical cyclone tracks over the western North Pacific and its mechanism study. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 125, 89-101.●Zhao, H., Chu, P. S., Hsu, P. C., and Murakami, H., 2014: Exploratory analysis of extremely low tropical cyclone activity during the late-season of 2010 and 1998 over the western North Pacific and the South China Sea. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 06(04), 1141-1153, doi: 10.1002/2014MS000381.●Zhi, X., and H. Zhao, 2014: Travelling waves for competitive Lotka-Volterra systems with spatial diffusions and spatio-temporal delays, Applied Mathematics and Computation, 242, 669-678.●Zhao, H., and G. B. Raga, 2014: The influence of large-scale circulations on the extremely inactive tropical cyclone activity in 2010 over the western North Pacific. Atmósfera, 27(4), 353-365.●Wu, L. and H. Zhao, 2012: Dynamically-Derived Tropical Cyclone Intensity Changes over the Western North Pacific., J. Climate, 25, 89-98.●Zhao, H., L. Wu, and W. Zhou, 2011: Interannual changes of tropical cyclone intensity in the western North Pacific., Journal of Meteorological Society of Japan, 89(3):245-255.●Zhao, H., L. Wu, and W. Zhou, 2010: Assessing the influence of the ENSO on tropical cyclone prevailing tracks in the western North Pacific., Adv. Atmos. Sci., 27(6), 1361-1371.●Zhao, H., L. Wu , and W. Zhou, 2009: Observational Relationship of Climatologic Beta Drift with Large-Scale Environmental Flows. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L18809, doi: 10.1029/2009GL040126.