Pengfei Xue received his B.S.(2000) in applied mathematics from the East China Normal University and his Ph.D. (2012) in Marine and Atmospheric System Modeling and Analysis (MASMA) from University of Massachusetts Intercampus Graduate School of Marine Sciences. Dr. Xue is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech). Prior to joining Michigan Tech in October, 2013, He worked as a postdoc associate in the department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) since February, 2012. Dr. Xue’s research focus on the development and application of numerical models to problems in the coastal and regional oceans and the Great Lakes. His research interests include hydrodynamic modeling, dynamics of coupled ocean/lake-atmosphere models, ocean data assimilation, estuary and coastal ocean circulation.