Dr. Jonathan H. Jiang is a Principal Scientist of the Engineering and Science Directorate at JPL. He serves as the Editor in Chief for Earth and Space Science Open Archive, Editor for the Journal of Earth and Space Science, and the President-elect of the AGU’s section for Global Environmental Change. Dr. Jiang has been twice awarded the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medals for his leadership and innovation in scientific research using NASA satellite observations. Most recently, he received the Edward Stone Award and the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal for his outstanding scientific achievement and service to NASA missions.

Research Areas: My research centers on developing novel methodologies for retrieving microphysical properties of ice clouds from space, and the applications to the studies of cloud forcing and feedbacks to climate, aerosolcloud interaction, and modeling climate change projections. I am also leading a team of scientists and engineers at JPL to help manage current Earth science missions (MISR and CloudSat) and to prepare future missions (MAIA and ENTICE). In addition to the Earth science field, I’m also conducting active research in astrophysics, focusing on exoplanet and space science researches. Over the past 20+ years at JPL, I served as PIs for NASA ROSES AC, ACMAP, AST, CCST, COUND, MAP, NDOA, DSCOVRST, and XRP programs; I also mentored 17 postdocs.