ESSIC / AOSC Professor Zhanqing Li has been announced to the American Meteorological Society’s (AMS) class of 2017 fellows. AMS fellows are nominated by colleagues based on their contributions to the atmospheric or other related sciences. Li, who has been an ESSIC / AOSC professor since 2001, also has Fellow appointments in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
![Satellite seasonal temperature difference maps indicate how the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem and its organisms may respond to the temperature changes. Here, the maps show warmer than average water temperatures from January through March 2020, cooler than average from April through June, near average July through September, and slightly warmer than average October through December. The long-term baseline is from the years 2008-2019.]](https://essic.umd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/rv-chesapeake2-150x150.jpg)
