Dr. Michael Ying is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Advanced Study Program at National Center for Atmospheric Research. He received his BS in atmospheric sciences in 2009 and MS in meteorology in 2012 from Peking University, China, and his PhD in meteorology from Penn State University this May. His research interest is in multiscale dynamical systems, to study their predictability and develop adaptive data assimilation algorithms to improve their prediction skill.