Professor Jung-Eun Chu received her Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences from Pusan National University, South Korea, under the supervision of Prof. Kyung-Ja Ha. During her doctoral studies, she explored the atmosphere from multiple perspectives, working on topics ranging from monsoon dynamics and aerosol light absorption to climate modeling and machine learning. This interdisciplinary journey sparked her broader interest in understanding how the atmosphere responds to—and sometimes surprises us with—changes in climate.

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From 2017 to 2022, she continued her research at the IBS Center for Climate Physics (ICCP), led by Dr. Axel Timmermann, where she focused on extreme weather phenomena, including U.S. tornado activity and tropical cyclones. Her work during this period deepened her interest in the dynamics, predictability, and changing characteristics of high-impact weather events.

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In August 2022, Prof. Chu joined the School of Energy and Environment at the City University of Hong Kong as an Assistant Professor, where she continued to investigate extreme weather and climate variability. After four years in Hong Kong, she returned to South Korea in August 2026 and joined the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Seoul National University as an Assistant Professor.

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Today, her research brings together atmospheric science, climate dynamics, observations, numerical modeling, and emerging AI techniques to better understand extreme weather and its risks. At STORM Lab, she is particularly interested in one big question: Can we better understand the atmosphere’s most extreme events—and become better at predicting when and where they will strike?