Welcome to Dr. Zhibo Zhang, GPHI Director
We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Zhibo Zhang has been selected as the new Director for GPHI!
As he expressed in a recent UMBC News story, “My first priority is to support GPHI faculty and help enable the outstanding science and engineering they carry out at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. At the same time, I hope GPHI can serve as a stronger bridge between NASA and UMBC by connecting GPHI faculty with UMBC research resources, collaboration and funding opportunities, and with students and faculty who can expand our collective capacity and open doors to bigger, cross-cutting ideas.”
As a professor, Dr. Zhang teaches physics at UMBC and leads the Aerosol, Cloud, Radiation-Observation, and Simulation (ACROS) group within the Physics Department. He has advised five doctoral students to date, works with UMBC Atmospheric Physics students who organize UMBC's Earth Day Symposium, and has guided many students to achieve fellowship opportunities and receive prestigious awards.
We thank Dr. Jan Merka for his leadership of GPHI from 2011 to 2025.
As he expressed in a recent UMBC News story, “My first priority is to support GPHI faculty and help enable the outstanding science and engineering they carry out at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. At the same time, I hope GPHI can serve as a stronger bridge between NASA and UMBC by connecting GPHI faculty with UMBC research resources, collaboration and funding opportunities, and with students and faculty who can expand our collective capacity and open doors to bigger, cross-cutting ideas.”
As a professor, Dr. Zhang teaches physics at UMBC and leads the Aerosol, Cloud, Radiation-Observation, and Simulation (ACROS) group within the Physics Department. He has advised five doctoral students to date, works with UMBC Atmospheric Physics students who organize UMBC's Earth Day Symposium, and has guided many students to achieve fellowship opportunities and receive prestigious awards.
We thank Dr. Jan Merka for his leadership of GPHI from 2011 to 2025.
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Posted: March 5, 2026, 3:09 PM
