About me
I am currently an Assistant Research Scientist at University of Maryland’s Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (UMD ESSIC).
My full passion is on data assimilation for the Earth system, since data assimilation combines the knowledge of Earth system modeling, predictability and satellite remote sensing all together, bringing me triple pleasure.
I develop data assimilation as a system-level discipline for understanding, constraining, and controlling chaos in coupled Earth system models, with an emphasis on scability in high-dimensional, real-world systems.
I received my postdoc training at Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in 2022-2025, focusing on coupled data assimilation using NASA’s GEOS Earth system model, mentored by Dr. Stephen G. Penny and Dr. Eric Hackert.
Before that, I obtained my Ph.D. on Atmospheric and Oceanic Science from the University of Maryland College Park in 2022 under the advisory of Prof. Eugenia Kalnay and Dr. Tse-chun Chen. Before that, I earned my M.S. and B.S. in Meteorology from Florida State University. I also hold a M.S. degree in Computer Science.
You can find me at Google scholar, ORCID, Github (cd10kfsu), Github (gmao-cda), and Linkedin.
Contact Info
You can reach me through
- UMD ESSIC: Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, 5825 University Research Ct Suite 4001, College Park, MD, 20740
- Email: cda[at]umd[dot]edu
Recent News
- 2025-Jul: Book co-authored by Dr. Cheng Da is published by the Cambridge University Press [Read more]
- 2024-Dec: We will present at the 2024 AGU Annual Meeting at Washington D.C. [Read more]
- 2023-Oct: Dr. Cheng Da was featured in the Early Career Scientist Spotlight at NASA GSFC [Read more]