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 examine interactions between atmospheric aerosols, clouds, chemistry, and climate, with an emphasis on understanding the impacts 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., Clark, B., Labe, Z. M., Jong, Bor-ting. “Uncertainty in Regional Monsoon Responses to Solar Radiation Modification Is Greater Across Models Than Across Strategies.” In prep.

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. J., & Mahfouz, N. G. A. “Wind-driven circulation feedbacks offset tropical geoengineered sea salt emissions”. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 131, e2026JD047411, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1029/2026JD047411

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

• Teaching Assistant at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ for Professor Daniel Sigman for Fall semester 2024. Taught and led the lab component of the course: “GEOS 102- Climate — Past, Present, and Future”

• Teaching Assistant at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ for Professor Rob Socolow for Fall semester 2021. Assisted in logistics, organizing and assigning coursework for the freshmen seminar FRS 151: “Time Capsules for Climate Change, to be Opened at Your Reunions”. Led a class unit on “Clouds, Climate and Climate Change”

Art

Outside of research, I have a background in art and enjoy creating work inspired by science, climate, and the natural world. A small selection of my work is shown below.