Xuebin Zhang

Biography

Dr. Xuebin Zhang is the director, president and chief executive officer of the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC). As one of the top scientists in the fields of climate detection, attribution and the study of extremes, Dr. Zhang brings to his role at PCIC an extensive knowledge of the Earth’s climate system, how it is changing and the effects of climate change at the regional scale. He uses this to oversee PCIC’s research programs, making sure that PCIC’s research remains on the cutting edge of climate science and will translate to knowledge and services that will be of the most benefit to PCIC’s users.

He draws upon an equally extensive experience guiding large-scale scientific research projects to grow and strengthen PCIC’s network of partnerships, and in turn, climate services and resiliency in the regions that PCIC serves. Prior to joining PCIC, Dr. Zhang was a senior research scientist with Environment and Climate Change Canada. His research expertise includes the detection and attribution of climate change on global and regional scales and the study of past and future changes in weather and climate extremes that are most relevant to climate change impacts.

Dr. Zhang has provided important contribution to multiple reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) including his role as a coordinating lead author for the chapter on changes of weather and climate extremes of the IPCC 6^th Assessment Working Group I Report. He has been active in the World Climate Research Program including his role as co-chair for the Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices and Grand Challenge on Weather and Climate Extremes as well as Global Extremes Platform. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

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