Dr. Shouguo Ding passed away on May 23, 2020. Shouguo has two daughters:  Vicky is a 4th grader at Wood Acres Elementary in Bethesda , and Selina is a 2019 alumna of Whitman High and freshman at New York University (NYU). We're raising funds to help his family going through tough time.

Biographical Notes of Dr. Shouguo Ding
EDUCATION
• 2004, Ph.D. in Atmospheric Physics and Environment, Institute of Atmospheric
Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
• 2001, Master of Science in Atmospheric Sciences, Peking University, Beijing,
China
• 1992, Bachelor of Science in Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou,
China
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Atmospheric Radiation; Light Scattering by Particles; Satellite Remote Sensing
Clouds and Aerosols
COMPUTER SKILLS
• Good knowledge of Unix/Linux
• Strong programming and development skills. I am proficient in FORTRAN 90/95,
IDL and MATLAB.
• Experience with a variety of satellite data and familiar with various scientific data
formats such as HDF and NetCDF.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Senior Scientist, 12/2017-9/2019
Laboratory of Environmental Model and Data Optima
• Development advanced radiative transfer model for remote sensing applications.
Senior Scientist, 6/2015-11/2017
ERT, Inc. @NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, NOAA Center for Weather and Climate
Prediction (NCWCP)
• Polarized radiative transfer modeling in the UV region.
• The Ozone Mapping and Profiler