Dr. Xing Meng obtained her B.S. degree in Geophysics from USTC in 2008 and Ph.D. degree in Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences and Scientific Computing from the University of Michigan in 2013. Prior to joining the  faculty of USTC in 2024, she was a Scientist at the Jet Propulsion  Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology. Dr. Meng’s  research interest lies in lithosphere-atmosphere-ionosphere coupling,  ionospheric structuring and disturbances, as well as numerical modeling  of the magnetosphere and ionosphere. She is the lead architect and  developer of WP-GITM, an open-source tsunami/earthquake-ionospheric model. Dr. Meng is the recipient of several NASA and JPL awards, including the prestigious NASA Early Career Achievement Medal. She has  authored more than 50 peer-reviewed publications and given many invited  talks at conferences and research institutions.