Academic Qualification

Ph.D. in Physics, Princeton University, USA

B.A. in Physics, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Teaching Area

Mathematics

Astronomy

Scientific Computation

Research Area

Planet Jupiter

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Astrophysics

Professional Services

Advisory Board, The Innovation Journal, since 2020

Academic Editor, Advance in Astronomy, since 2020

Scientific Adviser, Hong Kong Space Museum, since 2000

Working Experience

2022 - present Professor and Deputy Head, Department of Engineering Science, Faculty of Innovation Engineering, MUST

2021 - 2022    Professor, School of Information Technology, MUST

2018 - 2021    Professor, State Key Laboratory of Lunar and Planetary Sciences (MUST)

2016 - 2018    Professor and Director, Institute for Space Science Research, MUST

2015 - 2018    Director, Lunar and Planetary Science Laboratory, MUST

1998 - 2015    Professor of Mathematics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

2014 Spring   Visiting Scholar, Earth and Space Sciences Dept, UCLA, USA

2007 - 2015    Director, Center for Space Science Research, HKUST

1999 - 2015    Professor, Department of Mathematics, HKUST

1998 - 1999    Senior Research Fellow, Noel Croucher Foundation, Hong Kong

1994 - 1998    Senior Lecturer, HKUST

1990 - 1991    Visiting Adjunct Professor, Yale University, USA

1986 - 1994    Senior Scientist (contracting at CSFC/NASA), Applied Research Corporation, USA

1980 - 1986    Assoc. Scientist (contracting at GSFC/NASA), Applied Research Corporation, USA

1977 - 1980    Lecturer/Research Associate, Physics Department, Queen’s University, Canada

1976 - 1977    Postdoctoral Fellow, Physics Dept, Calgary University, Canada

1974 - 1976    Postdoctoral Fellow, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA

Academic Publication (selected)

1.    Chan, K. L., & Jones, B. J. T. 1975, Distortions of the 3K background radiation spectrum: observational constraints on the early thermal history of the universe, Astrophys. J., 195, 1-11.

2.    Chan, K. L., & Chau, W. Y. 1979, Mathematical theory of reduction of physical parameters and similarity analysis, International J. Theor. Phys., 18, 835-844.

3.    Chan, K. L., & Henriksen, R. N. 1980, On the supersonic dynamics of magnetized jets of thermal gas in radio galaxies, Astrophys. J., 241, 534-551.

4.    Chan, K. L., & Wolff, C. L. 1982, ADI on staggered mesh - a method for the calculation of compressible convection, J. Comput. Phys., 47, 109-129.

5.    Chiu, H.-Y., Chan, K. L., & Kondo, Y. 1988, Correlation mass method for analysis of neutrinos from supernova 1987A, Astrophys. J., 329, 326- 34.

6.    Chan, K. L., & Sofia, S. 1989, Turbulent compressible convection in a deep atmosphere: IV. Results of three-dimensional computations, Astrophys. J., 336, 1022-1040.

7.    Chan, K. L., Mayr, H. G., Mengel, J. G., & Harris, I. 1994, A spectral approach for studying middle and upper atmospheric phenomena, J. Atmos. Terr. Phys., 56, 1399-1419.

8.    Chan, K. L., Mayr, H. G., Mengel, J. G., & Harris, I. 1994, A ’stratified’ spectral model for convective and stable atmospheres, J. Comput. Phys., 113, 165-176.

9.    Singh, H. P., Roxburgh, I. W., & Chan, K. L. 1995, Three-dimensional simulation of penetrative convection - penetration below a convection zone, Astron. Astrophys., 295, 703-709.

10.  Mengel, J. G., Mayr, H. G., Chan, K. L., Hines, C. O., Reddy, C. A., Arnold, N. F., & Porter, H. S. 1996, Equatorial oscillations in the middle atmosphere generated by small-scale gravity waves, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 3027-3030.

11.  Mayr, H., Mengel, J., & Chan, K. L. 1998, Equatorial oscillations maintained by gravity waves as described with the Doppler spread parameterization: I. numerical experiments, J. Atm. Solar-Terr. Phys., 60, 181-199.

12.  Kim, Y. C., & Chan, K. L. 1998, A hydrodynamical simulation of the highly superadiabatic layer of the sun, Astrophys. J., 496, L121-L124.

13.  Robinson, F. J., & Chan, K. L. 2001, A large-eddy simulation of turbulent compressible convection: differential rotation in the solar convection zone, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 321, 723-732.

14.  Chan, K. L. 2001, Rotating convection in f-planes – mean flow and Reynolds stress, Astrophys. J., 548, 1102-1117.

15.  Chow, K. C., Chan, K. L., & Lau, K. H. 2002, Generation of moving spiral bands in tropical cyclones, J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 2930-2950.

16.  Chan, K. L. 2007, Rotating convection in f-boxes: faster rotation, Astron. Nach., 328, 1059-1061.

17.  Chan, K. L., Tsang, K. T., Kong, B., & Zheng, Y.-C. 2010, Lunar regolith thermal behavior revealed by ChangE-1 microwave brightness temperature data, Earth and Planetary Sci. Lett., 295, 287-291.

18.  Chan, K. L., & Mayr, H. G. 2013, Numerical simulation of convectively generated vortices: Application to the Jovian planets, Earth and Planetary Sci. Lett., 371-372, 212-219.

19.  Cai, T., Chan, K. L., Mayr, H. G., Deep 2021, closely packed long-lived cyclones on Jupiter’s poles, The Planetary Science J., 2, 81.

20.  Cai, T., Chan, K. L., Chow, K.-C. 2022, Spontaneous generated convective anticyclones at low latitude - A model for the Great Red Spot, The Astrophysical J., 925, 94.

Research Grants

2019 - 2021    Dynamics and Forecast of Multiscale Severe Weather Processes over the Pearl River Estuary Region, FDCT(Macau)/NSFC(China)

2016 - 2019    Dust climate associated with mesoscale dynamics in the atmosphere of Mars, FDCT, Macau

2013 - 2016    Numerical study of overshooting stellar convective cores, Research Grants Council (RGC), Hong Kong

2010 - 2011    Lunar thermal behavior based on microwave characteristics, 863 Project, China

2010 - 2013    A lunar Geographic Information System, Research Project Competition, HKUST, Hong Kong

2009 - 2011    Numerical study of Jovian winds - deep versus shallow convection, RGC, Hong Kong

2008 - 2010    Modeling of lunar helium-3 distribution with remote sensing data from Chang’E-1, Research Project Competition,    HKUST, Hong Kong

2007 - 2008    Supportive research for China’s moon project, School-Based Initiative, HKUST, Hong Kong

2006 - 2009    Numerical study of stellar core overshooting and mixing, RGC/Hong Kong

2005 - 2006    Supersonic convection in supergiant envelops, Direct Allocation Grant, HKUST, Hong Kong

2002 - 2005    Numerical study of solar/stellar differential rotation, RGC, Hong Kong

2000 - 2002    Numerical study of solar differential rotation by a global spectral method, RGC, Hong Kong

1998 - 2000    Numerical solar convection and differential rotation, RGC, Hong Kong

1998 - 1999    Numerical study of astrophysical dynamos, British Council, Hong Kong

1995 - 1998    Numerical study of fundamental problems in solar physics: convection and differential rotation, RGC, Hong Kong

1994 - 1995    Numerical study of gravity waves/atmospheric dynamics, Direct Allocation Grant, HKUST, Hong Kong

1991 - 1993    Solar differential rotation and its connection to solar variation, National Science Foundation (NSF), USA

1989 - 1991    Numerical study of stellar convection: the upper solar convection zone, NSF, USA

1985 - 1988    Numerical study of turbulent compressible convection, NSF, USA

1985 - 1994    NSF(USA) supercomputer time awards

Professional Society Membership

Since 1974      American Physical Society

Since 1974      American Astronomical Society

Since 1981      International Astronomical Union

1982 - 1984     American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

1988 - 2020     American Geophysical Union