Team

We are always interested in recruiting motivated graduate students. Anyone interested in joining the Air Quality Research Lab should contact Dr. Meng by email. Please include your CV and a brief statement that addresses your background, research interests, and long-term goals. 

For more information about the Civil & Environmental Engineering department at WSU, please visit the following websites: 

• CEE (general): https://ce.wsu.edu

• MS Thesis: https://ce.wsu.edu/graduate/ms-thesis/

• MS Non-Thesis: https://ce.wsu.edu/graduate/ms-non-thesis/

• PhD: https://ce.wsu.edu/graduate/doctor-of-philosophy/

• Application: https://ce.wsu.edu/graduate/application/

Funding for Graduate Students in my group: 

• Assistantships from the CEE Department (TA or RA)

• Assistantships (RA) from Dr. Meng's startup fund

• Assistantships (RA) from external funding (e.g. NW-AIRQUEST contract) 

Graduate Student Fellowships: (Dr. Meng is always happy to provide feedback on fellowship proposals)

• PNNL-WSU Distinguished Graduate Research Program

• NASA FINESST Program 

• NOAA Weather Program Office (WPO) Innovation for Next Generation Scientists Dissertation Fellowship (WINGS)

• NSF Graduate Student Fellowship (GRFP) 

Actively recruiting undergraduate students for school terms or summer terms. Example projects could be air quality model output analyzing, trend analysis, and other technical skill development.  Dr. Meng strongly supports senior undergraduate students to write graduate fellowship applications. Please contact Dr. Meng for more information. 

Pullman, WA (an amazing college town) is an ideal place for young families because of its affordability and safety!

I may have enough funding for a postdoc position starting from Spring 2026. The project would be related to air quality and wildfire smoke modeling, ideally air quality forecasting. Having experiences with Machine Learning would be a bonus! Please contact Dr. Meng for more information if you are interested. 

In addition, I am eager to collaborate on project ideas and apply for funding (fellowship) together. If you're interested in jointly pursuing fellowship funding, please get in touch! 

For potential visiting positions with self-support funding, please contact Dr. Meng for potential visit and collaboration.