Jianglong Zhang Receives NSF EPSCoR Award

Dr. Jianglong Zhang, Associate Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at UND, has received a grant through the National Science Foundation (NSF) Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Program. This multi-million dollar project, named the Center for Regional Climate Studies, is part of a $20,000,000 NSF EPSCoR research grant to NDSU, titled Innovative and Strategic Program Initiatives for Research and Education-North Dakota (INSPIRE-ND). Under this award, Jianglong will lead a team of researchers from UND and NDSU in studies of climate variations in the North Great Plains with a focus on the impacts of climate variations on regional hydrology, agricultural production, and agricultural related economy.