About me

chengda_at_riken

I am currently a post-doctoral associate at Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and UMD ESSIC. I am working with Dr. Stephen G. Penny and Drs. Eric Hackert and Santha Akella on coupled data assimilation since 2022.

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.

My full passion is on data assimilation for the Earth system, since data assimilation combines the knowledge of Earth system modeling, remote sensing and predictability all together, bringing me triple pleasure.

You can find me at Google scholar, ORCID, Github (cd10kfsu), Github (gmao-cda), and Linkedin.

Contact Info

You can reach me through

  • NASA GSFC: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Building 33, 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD, 20771
  • 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, cheng.da[at]nasa[dot]gov

Recent News

  • 2023-Oct: Dr. Cheng Da was featured in the Early Career Scientist Spotlight at NASA GSFC [Read more]