Research Interest 
 
● Global Change and Drought
● Urban Heat Island Effect 
● Climate statistics
 
Education
 
2007  Ph.D.   Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
2004  MA. Sc. College of Physical and Environmental Oceanography, Ocean University of China, Qingdao
2001  B.S.     Yunnan University, Kunming    
 
Professional Appointments
 
2009.12-present      Associate professor at GUCAS
2007.07-2009.12     Assistant professor at GUCAS
 
Grants
 
-NSFC
2010-2012 Water Recycling Ratio in China
 
Courses
 
Climate Statistics 
 
The course provides an introduction of the application of statistical methods to atmospheric data. Topics in the course include the probability, empirical distribution, probability distribution, hypothesis tests, time series analysis and multivariate statistics. 
 
Climate Dynamics
 
The course provides an introduction to main topics in climate dynamics, including the basics of climate system, teleconnection in atmospheric circulation, low-frequency modes in climate system, air-sea interaction, air-land interaction. 
 
Seminar in advanced physics of Earth’s interior 
 
A graduate seminar that discusses very recent advances in mineral physics and geophysical observations to the earth’s interior such as seismology and MT methods.
 
Selected publications 
 
Hua Lijuan, Ma Zhuguo, and Zhong Linhao. A Comparative Analysis of Primary and Extreme Characteristics of Dry or Wet Status between Asia and North America. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2011, 28(2), 352-362.
Hua Lijuan, Ma Zhuguo. The evolution of dry and wet periods in Asia and North America and its relationship with SSTA. Chinese J. Geophys. ( in Chinese), 2009, 52(25), 1184-1196.
Zhong Linhao, Hua Lijuan, and Feng Shide. A climatology of extratropical transition of tropical cyclones in the Western North Pacific. Journal of Tropical Meteorology, 2009, 15(2), 130-147.
L. J. Hua, Z. G. Ma, W. D. Guo. The impact of urbanization on air temperature across China. Theor. Appl.Climatol, 2007, doi 10.1007/s00704-007-0339-8. 
Hua Lijuan, Ma Zhuguo, and Zeng Zhaomei. A comparative analysis of the changes of extreme temperature and extreme diurnal temperature range between large cities and small towns across Eastern China. Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Science, 2006, 30: 237-251.