Dr Difei Deng | UNSW Research

My Expertise

Extreme weather events and climate
Numerical modelling
Atmospheric meso-scale dynamics and diagnosis

Keywords

tropical cyclones

extreme events

atmosphere-fire numerical modelling

Fields of Research (FoR)

Atmospheric sciences, Atmospheric dynamics, Numerical analysis

Biography

I joined UNSW Canberra in 2016 as a postdoctoral researcher working on tropical cyclones and extreme weather. I became an ARC DECRA Fellow and Lecturer in the School of Science at UNSW Canberra in 2020. I am also an Associate Investigaor of the ARC Center of Excellence for Climate Extremes and affilicated with the Bushfire Research Group | UNSW Canberra.

My Grants

2020-2023: Australian Research Council - Discovery Early...view more

My Grants

2020-2023: Australian Research Council - Discovery Early Career Researcher grant (DECRA)
2020-2023: UNSW Canberra Faculty Matching Funds

My Awards

2018-2020: High Quality Research Paper Award from UNSW of Australia
2020-2023: Australian Research Council - Discovery Early Career Researcher grant (DECRA)
2024: AMOS Penny Whetton Lecture Award

My Research Activities

I am interested in extreme weather events, especially in Tropical Cyclone intensity, structure and extreme rainfall processes.

My Research Supervision

Supervision keywords

extreme events

Areas of supervision

Teaching:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics (ZPEM 2506) at UNSW Canberra

Supervision:

I currently have positions open for PhD students and honours students to work on a range of projects about the extreme rainfall associated with tropical cyclones. Ph.D. scholarships ($35,000 per year) are available for high-achieving students (with H1/High Distinction in UG and/or Masters by Research) under my supervision. If you are interested, please feel free to get in contact with me. You can seek my advice/help during the construction of your Research Proposal.