CV

Academic curriculum vitae of Dr. Jung-Sub Lim.

General Information

Full Name Jung-Sub Lim
Title Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D.)
Languages Korean (native), English (fluent), German (intermediate)

Education

  • 2024
    Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D.) in Meteorology/Physics
    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
    • Dissertation: Entrainment, Mixing, and the Evolution of the Cloud Droplet Size Distribution
    • Honors: magna cum laude
    • Advisor: Prof. Dr. Fabian Hoffmann
  • 2021
    M.Sc. in Atmospheric Sciences
    Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • Dissertation: The Effects of Giant Aerosol and Turbulence on the Stochastic Coalescence in Clouds
    • Advisor: Prof. Dr. Yign Noh
  • 2019
    B.Sc. in Atmospheric Sciences
    Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Professional Experience

  • 2025-Present
    Postdoctoral Associate
    CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder / NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory
    • Cloud, Aerosol, and Climate Group (Lead: Dr. Graham Feingold)
    • Research Focus: Arctic mixed-phase cloud stability using Lagrangian Cloud Model and MOSAiC observations
  • 2021-2024
    Research Associate
    Meteorological Institute Munich / LMU
  • 2019-2021
    Research Associate
    Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab., Yonsei University
  • 2018
    Research Internship
    Computational Science and Engineering, Yonsei University

Awards & Fellowships

  • Under Review
    • Co-Investigator, DOE ASR Grant ($941k)
  • 2019-2021
    • BK21 (Brain Korea 21) Graduate Fellowship, NRF Korea
  • 2018
    • Bronze Prize, Undergraduate Fluid Dynamics Competition, KSME
  • 2014
    • Undergraduate Scholarship, The East
  • 2013-2014
    • Undergraduate Scholarship, Rotary International
  • 2013
    • Undergraduate Scholarship, Shin-heung Youth Association

Invited Talks

  • May 2026
    From Particle to Planet: What Cloud Droplets Tell Us About Arctic Climate
    Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul
  • May 2026
    Stochastic Cloud Fluctuations and Arctic Winter Radiative Bistability: Bridging Cloud Microphysics and Climate
    Kyungpook National University, Daegu
  • Oct 2025
    Evolution of Individual Cloud Droplets: A Lagrangian View of Turbulent Entrainment, Mixing and Droplet Growth Pathways
    Ewha Womans University Colloquium, Seoul
  • Oct 2022
    Scale-Crossing Lagrangian Cloud Modeling: From the Kilometer Scale to the Millimeter Scale
    Ewha Womans University Colloquium, Seoul

Teaching Experience

  • Lectures
    • 2026 — Cloud Modelling from a Lagrangian Perspective, Guest Lecturer, Kyungpook National University
    • 2024 — Introduction to Scientific Writing, Invited Lecturer, VeKNI
    • 2022 — Cloud–Climate Interactions, Invited Speaker, VeKNI
  • Teaching Assistant
    • Spring 2023 — Instrumenten-Praktikum (Meteorological Instruments Practicum), LMU
    • Spring 2022 — Instrumenten-Praktikum (Meteorological Instruments Practicum), LMU
    • Fall 2020 — Fluid Dynamics, Yonsei University
    • Spring 2020 — Climate and Civilization, Yonsei University
  • Mentored Students
    • Since 2025 — Sanggyeom Kim, Ph.D. Student, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea
    • 2023 — Julian Sebastian Humer-Hager, Student Research Assistant, LMU, Germany

Professional Service

  • Conference Organization
    • Session Convener — Proposed and organized session 'Bridging Experiments, Observations, and Models to Develop Process-Level Understanding of Mixed-Phase Clouds,' Third Symposium on Cloud Physics, 106th AMS Annual Meeting (2026)
    • Session Chair — 'Mixed-Phase Clouds: Lab Studies, Field Studies and Parameterization,' Third Symposium on Cloud Physics, 106th AMS Annual Meeting (2026)
  • Peer Review (15 reviews)
    • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
    • Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
    • Journal of Atmospheric Sciences
    • npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
    • Atmospheric Research
    • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
    • Geophysical Research Letters
    • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
    • GIScience & Remote Sensing
    • Weather

Software Development

  • PyLCM — Developer and maintainer of an open-source, simplified version of the Lagrangian Cloud Model designed for university lectures and theses. github.com/jslim93/PyLCM_edu

Media & Press

  • SBS 8 O'Clock News (Aug. 29, 2023) — Featured interview on research regarding cloud–climate interactions. Watch on YouTube

Memberships

  • Korean Meteorological Society (since 2020)
  • American Geophysical Union (since 2021)
  • American Meteorological Society (since 2022)
  • The Korean Scientists and Engineers Association in the FRG (VeKNI) (2022–2024)

Service & Outreach

  • 2025-2026
    Organizing Committee Member, CSL Science Social All-hands
    NOAA CSL
  • 2020-2021
    Lecturer, Youth Meteorology Career Camp (high school & middle school students)
    Korea Productivity Center
  • 2019
    Team Leader, Weather Debate Contest (Finalist, top 8 teams)
    Korea Meteorological Administration
  • 2018-2019
    Co-founder / University Representative, Undergraduate Student Society of Atmospheric Sciences
    Yonsei–SNU–Ewha joint group
  • 2018
    Member / Python Teaching Member, BITAMIN Big Data Study Club
    Seoul, Korea