My Expertise
- Extreme weather events and climate
- Numerical modelling
- Atmospheric meso-scale dynamics and diagnosis
Keywords
Fields of Research (FoR)
Atmospheric sciences, Atmospheric dynamics, Numerical analysisBiography
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
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 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
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.
Currently supervising
1. Panpan Lu
2. Marin Akter
My Teaching
Difei’s teaching interests includes atmospheric sciences, extreme weather and climate, and natural disaster.
Contact
Publications
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5490-6797