Cindy Wang

Cindy Wang

Postdoctoral Research Associate

I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate with the Cornell Engineering Climate Initiative at Cornell University. I received my Ph.D. in Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences from the Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at Princeton University in 2025. My work uses global climate and atmospheric chemistry models to understand how aerosols interact with clouds, circulation, atmospheric chemistry, and the climate system. My research broadly examines interactions between atmospheric aerosols, clouds, chemistry, and climate, with an emphasis on understanding the Earth-system consequences of climate intervention strategies.

Feel free to contact me at cindywang[at]cornell.edu

Education

Ph.D. in Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University, 2025

M.A. in Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University, 2021

B.S. in Environmental Earth Systems Science, Macaulay Honors College at City College of New York, 2019

Publications

Wang, C., Visioni, D., Lee, W. R., Duffey, A., Wentland, C. R., Wheeler, L., Wagman, B., Turbeville, S., Watanabe, S., & Henry, M.
“Quantifying the effectiveness of multiple SAI strategies across different dimensions.”
Earth’s Future. Under review.

Wang, C., Donner, L., Mahfouz, N. G. A., & Wang, C.
“Radiative Feedbacks to Sea Salt Aerosol Engineering in a GFDL Coupled Model.”
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. Under review.

Visioni, D., Robock, A., Duffey, A., Henry, M., Hirasawa, H., Lee, W. R., Wang, C., Roberts, K., Watanabe, S., Reboita, M. S., & Sugiyama, M. “The Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP) contribution to CMIP7—description of new experimental protocols and preliminary results.” EGUsphere. Under review.

Wang, C., Donner, L., & Mahfouz, N. G. A. “Wind-Driven Circulation Feedbacks Offset Tropical Geoengineered Sea Salt Emissions.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. Accepted, 2026.

Wang, C., Visioni, D., Chua, G., & Bednarz, E. M. “Air quality impacts of stratospheric aerosol injections are likely small and mainly driven by changes in climate, not aerosol settling.” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 26, 1339–1357, 2026. doi:10.5194/acp-26-1339-2026

Takahashi, H., Lebsock, M., Luo, Z. J., Masunaga, H., & Wang, C. “Detection and tracking of tropical convective storms based on globally gridded precipitation measurements: Algorithm and survey over the tropics.” Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 60, 403–421, 2021. doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-20-0171.1

Talks & Presentations

  • “Air quality impacts of Stratospheric Aerosol Injections are small and mainly driven by changes in climate, not deposition.” Presented at Composition Air quality Climate inTeractions Initiative (CACTI), Exeter, United Kingdom, 2025. Oral presentation.

  • “The Nonlocal Effects of Sea Salt Aerosol Engineering in the GFDL Coupled Model.” Presented at American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2024. Oral presentation.

  • “The Nonlocal Effects of Sea Salt Aerosol Engineering in the GFDL Coupled Model.” Presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2023. Oral presentation.

  • “The Nonlocal Effects of Sea Salt Aerosol Engineering in the GFDL Coupled Model.” Presented at Graduate Student Climate Conference, Woods Hole, MA, 2023. Oral presentation.

  • “Sea Surface Temperature Dependence of Sea Salt Emissions – Physical Explanation and Implications for Sea-Salt-Mediated Climate Feedback.” Presented at the Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences Seminar, City College of New York, 2022. Oral presentation.

  • “Sea Surface Temperature Dependence of Sea Salt Emissions – Physical Explanation and Implications for Sea-Salt-Mediated Climate Feedback.” Presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2021. Poster.

  • “Production of a Globally Uniform ISCCP Convection Tracking Dataset and Preliminary Analysis Results.” Presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, DC, 2018. Poster.

Awards & Recognition

Exemplar Mentor Award, McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning, Princeton University, 2024

Best Student Presentation and Poster Award, 16th Symposium on Aerosol–Cloud–Climate Interactions, American Meteorological Society, 2024

Outstanding Student Presentation Award, Global Environmental Change Section, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2023

Teaching