Hi, I'm Funing Li, a postdoctoral researcher at MIT EAPS working with Talia Tamarin-Brodsky. My current research focuses on mid-latitude temperature extremes and variability, as part of the MIT Climate Grand Challenge Project. 

I have a broad interest in extreme weather (e.g., severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, heatwaves, and precipitation), with a particular focus on how they form and evolve on Earth and Earth-like planets from the past to future climate, and how they impact the society. The goal of my research is to provide scientific evidence on the formation and origins of high-risk weather and climate phenomena that can advance the field and, ultimately, benefit humanity. For this purpose, I use and develop a hierarchy of climate model experiments (from aquaplanet to comprehensive earth climate modeling), combined with observations, theories, and statistics, to test fun hypotheses addressing gap questions in both modern- and paleo-climate.