Biography:

Dr. Xiaochen Liu graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Nanjing Institute of Meteorology and worked with the Shanghail Meteorology Bureau for a couple of years from 2001. From 2003, she continued her postgraduate education in Atmospheric Physics and obtained a Master of Science from Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences (CAMS) in 2006. In 2009, she completed her PhD at National University of Ireland Maynooth in conjunction with ICARUS. Her PhD title is Climate Change and Sustainable Urban Development: A Case study of the Greater Dublin Region

Dr. Xiaochen Liu's Ph.D. Abstract

Research Interests:

Climate change

Microphysics of Could

Applied Meteorology

Funding:

PhD research funded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through the National Development Plan (NDP) under contract 2005-CD-U1-M1

Publications and Presentations:

Liu, X and J. Sweeney (2009): Residential energy demand, climate change and urban planning. IARU International Scientific Congress on Climate Change, Copenhagen, Demark, March 10-12.

Liu, X and J. Sweeney (2009): Spatial analysis of the impact of urban residential structures on domestic energy use in Ireland. The 8th International Conference on Urban Planning and Environment, Kaiserslautern, Germany, March 23-26.

Liu, X and Edward Casey (2008): Climate change and air quality. Proceeding of Conference of Irish Geographers, Liverpool, UK, April 9-11.

Liu, X. and J. Sweeney (2008): Impacts of Climate Change on Energy Demand in Greater Dublin Region, Ireland. The 20th Conference on Climate variability and Change, New Orleans, U.S.A., January 20 -24.

Website link: http://ams.confex.com/ams/88Annual/techprogram/paper_130358.htm