Dr. Pengwang Zhai
Professor · Tenured
About
Dr. Pengwang Zhai is an associate professor in the physics department. Before he joined UMBC, Dr. Zhai had been a NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow and a research scientist at SSAI. To date he has published 55 peer-reviewed papers in light scattering, radiative transfer, and remote sensing theories.Research interests
Dr. Zhai is interested in light scattering by nonspherical particles; vector radiative transfer theory; Aerosol remote sensing with multiangle and multispectral polarimetry and lidar; aerosol remote sensing using OCO2 oxygen A band high spectral radiometer and CALIPSO lidar; ocean color remote sensing; and semianalytic model for inherent optical properties of oceans.Teaching interests
Physics core curriculum classes in both undergraduate and graduate levels; Atmospheric physics core curriculum classes.Education
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Ph D, Physics
— Texas A&M University (2006) A Fourth-Order Symplectic Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) Method For Light Scattering And A 3D Monte Carlo Code For Radiative Transfer In Scattering Systems
- MS, Physics — Jilin University (2001)
- BS, Physics — Jilin University (1998)