최환영 Hwan-Young Choi

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Email: hy_choi@pusan.ac.kr

Research Interests

  • Air-Sea Interaction
  • Tropical Cyclone
  • Numerical Modeling
  • Extreme Events

Education

2026 Ph.D. Climate Physics, Graduate School of Ocean Science and Technology Korea Maritime and Ocean University
2020 M.A. Physical Oceanography, Graduate School of Ocean Science and Technology Korea Maritime and Ocean University
2016 B.A. Environmental Ocean Science, Korea Maritime and Ocean University

Work Experience

2023 2023 Visiting Scientist at Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, USA
2018 2018 World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), WMO Intern
2017 2018 UNESCO-IOC GOOS Intern

Publications

  1. Choi, HY., Park, MS., Nam, C. C., Bell, M. M., & Kim, HS. (2026). Modest ocean warming difference, explosive intensification: marine heatwave control of Typhoon Hagibis (2019). Environmental Research Letters, 21(10), 104013. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae6713
  2. Choi, HY., Park, MS., Kim, HS. et al. Marine heatwave events strengthen the intensity of tropical cyclones. Commun Earth Environ 5, 69 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01239-4
  3. Choi, H.Y., Lee, H.J., Kim, SY. et al. Deepening of Future Aleutian Low in Ensemble Global Warming Simulations with the Kiel Climate Model. Ocean Sci. J. 55, 219–230 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12601-020-0017-7