• Ph.D., Nonlinear Physics, University of Texas at Austin, 1993
• M.Phil., Nuclear Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1986
• B.Sc., Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1984
• Meteorologist, United Kingdom Meteorological Office College, Reading, UK,1995

• 1997 – now, Member, Vice Chair (2008-2021), Hong Kong Meteorological Society
• 2000 – now, Member, Chinese Meteorological Society
• 2022 – now, General Member, Friends of the Earth (Hong Kong)

• Tropical Cyclone Forecasting – Numerical Weather Prediction and AI Modelling
• Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Sustainability and Habitability
• Nonlinear Physics and Complex Systems
• Nowcasting, Weather Forecasting and Predictability
• AI/ML in Meteorology
• Atmospheric Remote Sensing – weather radar, satellite, GPS
• Cloud Electrification and Lightning Forecast
• Aviation Meteorology
• Biometeorology
• Broadcasting Meteorology

• PHYS4420 Physics in Meteorology
• UGEB2640 Perspectives in Meteorology
• PHYS5710 MSc Guided Study
• PHYS5590 MSc Project III
• PHYS5591 MSc Dissertation
• PHYS4610/4620 Senior Project I/Senior Project II

• Ensemble Weather Forecast with Machine Learning (2025)
• AI Weather Forecasting (2024)
• High Resolution Ensemble Numerical Weather Predication for Tropical Cyclone Forecast (2023)
• Numerical Weather Prediction – Theory and Case Studies of Tropical Cyclone (2023)
• Positioning Patterns from Multidimensional Data and Its Applications in Meteorology (2008)
• GPS Precipitable Water Vapor Retrieval and Application in Weather Forecast (2003)
• Pattern Recognition of Radar Echoes for Short-term Rainfall Forecast (1999)

Academic

• 2008 – now, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Physics Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 2024, Mentor, Future 17: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Challenge Programme, QS, University of Exeter, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, et al.
• 2007 – 2022, Speaker, Climate Change Speaker Team, Hong Kong Observatory
• 2004 – 2021, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Physics Department, The University of Hong Kong
• 1999 – now, Phil., M.Sc. and Final Year Project and Internship supervisor, Physics Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 2006 – 2020, Supervisor, Cooperative Education Scheme, Department of Applied Physics, City University of Hong Kong
• 2003 – 2008, Ph.D. and M.Phil. thesis supervisor, Department of Computer Science, The University of Hong Kong
• 2002 – 2004, Ph.D. thesis supervisor, Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• 2004, Visiting Scientist, Department of Astronomy and Atmospheric Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Korea
• 2003, Lecturer, United Nations/ESCAP/Typhoon Research Coordination Group Roving Seminar
• 2002, Invited Speaker, Education Enhancement Program, Physics Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 1993 – 1994, Research Fellow, Physics Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 1986 – 1987, Teaching Assistant, Physics Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Professional

• 1994 – 2022 (retired), Senior Scientific Officer and Weather Forecaster, Hong Kong Observatory
• 2019 – 2020, Focal Point, Commission on Aeronautical Meteorology, United Nations (UN)/World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
• 2014 – 2019, Chair, Aviation Research Demonstration Project, UN/WMO/ World Weather Research Program (WWRP) and Commission on Aeronautical Meteorology (CAeM)
• 2003 – 2019, Member, Working Group on Nowcasting and Mesoscale Research, UN/WMO/WWRP
• 2015 – 2018, Core Member, Expert Team on Aviation Science and Climate, UN/WMO/CAeM
• 2014 – 2016, Chair, 4th International Symposium on Nowcasting and Very-short-range Forecasting, UN/WMO/WWRP
• 2012 – 2015, Core Member, Expert Team on Meteorological Services to Terminal Area and Meteorological Information Exchange, UN/WMO/CAeM
• 2012, International Organizing Committee, 3rd WMO International Symposium on Nowcasting and Very-short-range Forecasting, UN/WMO/WWRP
• 1999 – 2013, TV Weather Presenter, Hong Kong Observatory
• 2007, Member, Organizing Committee, 33rd American Meteorological Society Conference on Radar Meteorology, American Meteorological Society

• Visiting Scientist, Forecast Systems Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Colorado, USA, 2003
• Certificate, Weather Forecast Courses on Numerical Weather Prediction, European Centre for Medium-range Forecast, Reading, UK, 2001
• Class-1 Meteorologist, United Kingdom Meteorological Office College, Reading, UK, 1995

Books/Chapters

• P. Joe, J. Sun, N. Yussouf, S. Goodman, M. Riemer, K.C. Gouda, B. Golding, R. Rogers, G. Isaac, J. Wilson, P.W. Li, V. Wulfmeyer, K. Elmore, J. Onvlee, P. Chong, and P. James, Predicting the Weather: A Partnership of Observation Scientists and Forecasters. In: Golding, B. (eds) Towards the “Perfect” Weather Warning: Bridging Disciplinary Gaps through Partnership and Communication. Springer Cham, 2022.
• Y. Wang, E.D. Coning, W. Jacobs, P. Joe, L. Nikitina, R. Roberts, J. Wang. J. Wilson, A. Atencia, B. Bica, B. Brown, S. Goodman, A. Harou, A. Kann, P.W. Li, I. Monteiro, P. Parrish, F. Schmid, A. Seed, and J. Sun, Guidelines For Nowcasting Techniques, WMO-No.1198, WMO, Geneva, 2017. ISBN 978-92-63-11198-2.
• P. Joe, S. Dance, V. Lakshmanan, D. Heizenreder, P. James, P. Lang, T. Hengstebeck, Y. Feng, P.W. Li, H.Y. Yeung, O. Suzuki, K. Doi and J. Dai, Automated Processing of Doppler Radar Data for Severe Weather Warnings, in Doppler Radar Observations – Weather Radar, Wind Profiler, Ionospheric Radar, and Other Advanced Applications, InTechOpen, N.Y., 2012.
• C.L. Yip, K.Y. Wong and P.W. Li, Data Complexity in Tropical Cyclone Positioning and Classification, in Data Complexity in Pattern Recognition, M. Basu and T.K. Ho (eds.), Springer, N.Y., 2006.

Papers in Referred Journals

• P. Joe, E. Ebert, T. Keenan, J. J. Wang, Y. Duan, G. Isaac, Y. Wang, D. Kiktev, P.W. Li, K. Saito, G.W. Lee, V. Masson, B. Brown, J. Onvlee-Hooimeijer, P. Steinle, P. Salio, R. Albrecht, J. Wilson, R. Roberts, J. Sun, F. Liang, C. Saulo, C. Campetella, S. Goodman, B. Conway, C. Doyle, S. Bélair, J. Milbrandt, S. Leroyer, T. Montmerle, A.J.P. Filho, B. Golding, P. May, A. Seed, Y. Wang, D. Michelson, A. Baklanov, and E.D. Coning, 2025: Insights from Nowcasting and Mesoscale Research Working Group Projects of the World Weather Research Programme. Bull. Am. Meteor. Soc., July 2025, 106(7), E1221-1245.
• P.M. Ruti, O. Tarasova, J.H. Keller, G. Carmichael, Ø. Hov, S.C. Jones, D. Terblanche, C. Anderson-Lefale, A.P. Barros, P. Bauer, V. Bouchet, G. Brasseur, G. Brunet, P. DeCola, V. Dike, M.D. Kane, C. Gan, K.R. Gurney, S. Hamburg, W. Hazeleger, M. Jean, D. Johnston, A. Lewis, P.W. Li, X. Liang, V. Lucarini, A. Lynch, E. Manaenkova, N. Jae-Cheol, S. Ohtake, N. Pinardi, J. Polcher, E. Ritchie, A.E. Sakya, C. Saulo, A. Singhee, A. Sopaheluwakan, A. Steiner, A. Thorpe, and M. Yamajie, 2020: Advanced Research for Seamless Earth System Prediction, Bull. Am. Meteor. Soc., January 2020, 101(1), E23-35.
• P.W. Li, W.K. Wong, P. Cheung and H.Y. Yeung, 2014: An Overview of Nowcasting Development, Applications, and Services in the Hong Kong Observatory, Journal of Meteorological Research, Vol. 28, No. 5, October 2014, 859-867.
• J. Sun, M. Xue, J. Wilson, I. Zawadzki, S. Ballard, J. Onvlee-Hooimeyer, P. Joe, D. Barker, P.W. Li, B. Golding, M. Xu and J. Pinto, 2014: Use of NWP for Nowcasting Convective Precipitation: Status and Future Challenges, Bull. Am. Meteor. Soc., March 2014, 95(3), 409-426.
• P.W. Chan and P.W. Li, 2013: Development of a guideline for thunderstorm reporting based on radar and lightning location data, Disaster Advances, 6, 71-81, Mar 2013.
• K.Y. Wong, C.L. Yip and P.W. Li, 2008: Automatic Tropical Cyclone Eye Fix using Genetic Algorithm, Expert Systems with Applications, 34(1), 643-656.
• K.Y. Wong, C.L. Yip and P.W. Li, 2007: A Noval Algorithm for Automatic Tropical Cyclone Eye Fix Using Doppler Weather Radar, Meteorological Applications, 14, 49-59.
• Y.C. Cao, Y.Q. Chen and P.W. Li, 2006: Wet Refractivity Tomography with an Improved-Kalman Filter Method, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 23, No. 5, 693-699.
• P.W. Li and S.T. Lai, 2004: Applications of radar-based nowcasting techniques for mesoscale weather forecasting in Hong Kong, Meteorological Applications, 11, 253-264.
• P.W. Li and S.T. Lai, 2004: Short-range quantitative precipitation forecasting in Hong Kong, Journal of Hydrology, 288, 189-209.
• P.W. Li, W.K. Wong, K.Y. Chan and Edwin S.T. Lai, 2000: SWIRLS – An Evolving Nowcasting System. Hong Kong Observatory Technical Note No. 100.
• P.W. Li and S.T. Chan, 2000: Application of a weather stress index for alerting the public to stressful weather in Hong Kong, Meteorological Applications, 7, 369-375.
• P.W, Li, H.T. Poon and S.T. Lai, 1998: Observational study of typhoon Victor during its passage over Hong Kong, ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee Annual Review 1997, 121-132
• P.W. Li, 1995: On the numerical study of the KdV equation by the Semi-implicit and Leap-frog Method, Computer Physics Communications, 88, 121-127.