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Research Interests
- North American hydroclimate variability
- Pacific/Atlantic ocean-atmosphere variability
- Tropical intraseasonal variability/monsoon

Professional Experience

2009-:	Postdoctoral Scholar, Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
2009 (Jan-Feb):	Research Associate, University of Maryland, College Park.
2003-2008:	Research Assistant, University of Maryland, College Park.
2001-2003:	Graduate student researcher, City University of Hong Kong.
2000-2001:	Graduate student researcher, Nanjing University.

Education

1996-2000:	B.S. in Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
2000-2001:	Graduate student in Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China. Advisor: Dr. Yuan Wang.
2001-2003:	M.Phil. in Applied Physics, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. Supervisor: Dr. Johnny C. L. Chan.
2003-2008:	Ph.D. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland, College Park. Advisor: Dr. Sumant Nigam.

Honors/Awards

2008:	Member, the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.
2007-2008:	Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship, University of Maryland Graduate School.
2007:	Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Award, University of Maryland Graduate School.
2003-2008:	Research Assistantship, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland, College Park.
2001-2003:	Postgraduate Studentship, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
1997, 1998:	Outstanding student awards from Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
1996-1999:	Scholarship from Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.

Membership
2004-present: Member, American Geophysical Union.

Selected Presentations
Guan, B., 2008: Pacific sea surface temperatures and long-term hydroclimate variations over the Great Plains. Yuk L. Yung Lunch Seminar, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California.

Guan, B., 2008: Pacific sea surface temperature variability in the twentieth century: Spatiotemporal structures, and connections to long-term droughts over the Great Plains. Seminar, NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.

Guan, B. and S. Nigam, 2007: Pacific sea surface temperatures in the twentieth century: An evolution-centric analysis of variability and trend. The 2007 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California.

Guan, B. and S. Nigam, 2006: Pacific decadal SST variability 1900-2002: structure and evolution. The 11th Annual CCSM Workshop, Breckenridge, Colorado.

Referred Publications
Guan, B., and S. Nigam, 2009: Analysis of Atlantic SST variability factoring inter-basin links and the secular trend: clarified structure of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation. J. Climate, 22(15), 4228-4240. Fulltext

Guan, B., and S. Nigam, 2008: Pacific sea surface temperatures in the twentieth century: An evolution-centric analysis of variability and trend. J. Climate, 21(12), 2790-2809. Fulltext

Guan, B. and J. C. L. Chan, 2006: Nonstationarity of the intraseasonal oscillations associated with the western North Pacific summer monsoon. J. Climate, 19(4), 622-629. Fulltext

Other Publications
Guan, B., 2008: Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures in the Twentieth Century: Variability, Trend, and Connections to Long-Term Hydroclimate Variations Over the Great Plains. Ph.D. thesis, University of Maryland, College Park.

Guan, B., 2003: Summer Monsoon Over the Western North Pacific: The Onset and the Intraseasonal Variations. M.Phil. thesis, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Abstract and TOC (provided by CityU library)
Fulltext (provided by CityU library)